Recent content by conjc

We'll see how this turns out. I'm hoping. Got dumped (short relationship) on the last day of school. She was dux of y11 so I have a goal of beating someone at least and nothing to do all holidays but study.

I definitely second the essay part. My teacher gave us two-15 mark extended responses in our prelim and I wrote 4 pages for one and three for the other. Got 13/15 and 14/15 just by aiming for key points and keeping it on track

I found economics really enjoyable (still doing it in year 12). There are definitely some topics that feel dryer than others (I didn't enjoy unemployment or labour force as a whole of year 11) but some of the topics are really interesting. You'll likely enjoy it if you like seeing how and why...

I listen to softer stuff while actually studying, my usual music if I'm really struggling to get started or just trying to grind out a really tedious task. If I'm trying to be somewhat productive but it's not important that I get anything done, a podcast or video essay (but that's rare unless...

This is making me rethink my plan of a general understanding for upcoming topics. Would it be more beneficial to go more in depth if I know what will be assessed for an upcoming task? For example my task 2 for 3u and 4u is an assessment rather than a test and I have access to past papers so I...

I'm kind of loosely following my timetable. I have 2 hour periods but only 3 classes a day so I manage to get a fair bit done. I'm doing less for certain subjects like engineering studies and more for maths, physics and economics because they can take some time to understand topics. Generally...

I study with music until I get to 2 weeks from an in class test or prelim or something and I'm doing past papers for it.