I got offered a place too. I had heard a lot of good things about Billy Blue and expected with my minimal expertise they would mull over accepting me. But they offered me a place on the spot after looking at a few things I did, and the letter asking me to place a deposit on one unit and tools...
Yay! Was quite happy with that exam
The historiography source had lots to pull out, and the case study question was awesome.
No more hsc for me! YEAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!
Ours aren't bad, a little bit lost in the beginning but now they're getting better haha.
Today in Ext Eng, the head examiner who reads out the "The board of studies requires.." thing, said "I'd sing this to you for a change but I'm not very good.." Haha, she's nice. =)
Ahaha, I find the Agrippina section easy to learn for some reason, in the assessment and trials I got 9 and 14 both times. I really struggle with Augustus but, and had to learn it sososo many times before things remotely stayed in my head.
Ugh what was with the individual and society question? Intimidation?
I just said "restriction and intimidation" about a million times, and grouped together "autonomy and freedom" but it made my essay really awkward.
Ohwell! No more english! xD
Mmm, yes, he would have belonged rather well in Sparta, no? The whole elitist attitude and all.
ANYWAY I definately need to begin studying for my exam tomorrow.. gah.
Ooh look he's a racist too! Yes actaully, I'm not one of your "pure-bloods", I'm Chinese =) and rather bloody proud of it.
I assure you that my parents worked very hard to afford for me to go to a private school. They did not however, choose to send me there for pompous, dickheaded reasons...
It's people like you who give private schools a bad rep. I go to a private school, and I am personally disgusted by your views.
The fact that you are actually PROUD that you don't need the abilities to get into a university course, that you are PROUD that your mommy and daddy would pay your...
I did:
Pompeii
Sparta
Agrippina II
Augustus
Yeah i agree with people so far, i found the exam pretty good.
I actaully wish they gave us lined paper for section II though, because I couldn't judge how much to write and ended up wasting a lot of time there. Other than that, I'm quite...