Just a quick question about the final assessment score for the HSC:
I'm in Mathematics (higher course) and not going so well, and I may drop to General. My teacher says the final assessment score is based on what you do in General, and doesn't include what you did in Mathematics (good), but what if you drop to General after General has already done numerous assessments? Is your final assessment score based on what you did after you dropped (for example, if General has 5 assessments and I do only 3 of them because I dropped after two were done, does my final assessment score not consider those first 2?) or do you have to do those assessments again?
lol at you getting all your advice on this from Facepunch.
[QUOTE=Antdawg;33748436]Just a quick question about the final assessment score for the HSC:
I'm in Mathematics (higher course) and not going so well, and I may drop to General. My teacher says the final assessment score is based on what you do in General, and doesn't include what you did in Mathematics (good), but what if you drop to General after General has already done numerous assessments? Is your final assessment score based on what you did after you dropped (for example, if General has 5 assessments and I do only 3 of them because I dropped after two were done, does my final assessment score not consider those first 2?) or do you have to do those assessments again?[/QUOTE]
Ask a teacher tomorrow. Or whenever. Go ask them. A lot of us didn't do HSC, as majority of us are from Victoria so we did VCE.
Best advice you will ever get. Talk to a teacher.
[editline]17th December 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=Mlisen14;33747987]Girlfriend got 99.30 so I'm now comparatively retarded.[/QUOTE]
So you got 86.50 and she got 99.30....
That's not a huge difference.
I got 52.8 and Sltungle got an 80.something.
[QUOTE=Hana-San;33750071]Ask a teacher tomorrow. Or whenever. Go ask them. A lot of us didn't do HSC, as majority of us are from Victoria so we did VCE.
Best advice you will ever get. Talk to a teacher.
[editline]17th December 2011[/editline]
So you got 86.50 and she got 99.30....
That's not a huge difference.
I got 52.8 and Sltungle got an 80.something.[/QUOTE]
It's also not a huge difference when you realise that the scores are fit to a bell curve so, unless each score is a percentile (is it?) the difference between 86.50 and 99.30 would be TINY compared to the difference between, say, 50 and 60.
The whole system is bullshit anyhow
[QUOTE=Contag;33750915]The whole system is bullshit anyhow[/QUOTE]
Most education systems are bullshit, unfortunately. I guess the upside is that it all averages out whereas in the olden days to receive any formal education you'd have to be really fucking lucky (or rich).
[QUOTE=sltungle;33751039]Most education systems are bullshit, unfortunately. I guess the upside is that it all averages out whereas in the olden days to receive any formal education you'd have to be really fucking lucky (or rich).[/QUOTE]
My grandfather or a documentary I watched, (I can't remember which) said something about an IQ test deciding what you would do in the future. If you got a high score in it, you would go to further education etc. Back in the UK several decades ago.
[QUOTE=Lonestriper;33742044]Hello mrs. Krabapple[/QUOTE]
ban
IQ tests used to be huge, Americans still treat the SATs in a similar way.
When I did it in 07, it wasn't a bell curve. They sorted people by total aggregate score, allocated 99.95 to the highest ~20, went down to the next few and gave them 99.90, and so on. Probably a bit different now though.
[QUOTE=devotchkade;33748404]Why?[/QUOTE]
needed a sea change
[QUOTE=mr apple;33751401]ban[/QUOTE]
No mr apple, you are a wizard
anyone know anything about good journalism courses/degrees in aus? RMIT looks good, but without any insider information i'm loathe to jump straight into it.
Are there even good journalism courses?
[QUOTE=DogGunn;33759463]needed a sea change[/QUOTE]
Moving universities across the city counts as a sea change?
[QUOTE=R3N3GADE;33762414]anyone know anything about good journalism courses/degrees in aus? RMIT looks good, but without any insider information i'm loathe to jump straight into it.[/QUOTE]
RMIT's is prestigious but very very hard to get into, they only accept a handful of students each year and aside from medicine it has the highest entry requirements. LaTrobe's Journalism bachelor has some good occupational integration. I don't know much about the quality of the course but I've been told by former teachers who have worked in media that it's a great place to start.
[QUOTE=devotchkade;33748414]Moving forever?
Jealous.[/QUOTE]
You shouldn't be I'm moving to Ipswich.
What do you find attractive about journalism?
If it's just about rewriting AAP articles and news reading, the a straight journalism degree would be the way to go.
On the other hand, if you're passionate about a particular field, you should do a degree in that sector and do whatever freelance work you can to build a portfolio while you study
[QUOTE=Pat.Lithium;33763885]You shouldn't be I'm moving to Ipswich.[/QUOTE]
Oh bogan ville?
I don't even give a fuck; I want to live in Queensland super badly.
[QUOTE=devotchkade;33763389]Moving universities across the city counts as a sea change?[/QUOTE]
it does when it's a subject change
[QUOTE=Contag;33764159]What do you find attractive about journalism?
If it's just about rewriting AAP articles and news reading, the a straight journalism degree would be the way to go.
On the other hand, if you're passionate about a particular field, you should do a degree in that sector and do whatever freelance work you can to build a portfolio while you study[/QUOTE]
not doing the former; from what i've been told it's much better to do study before going into journalism itself, so that you can actually write/etc from a position of knowledge. i've no particular field in mind (e.g. economics, etc.), but i'd love to end up in newspapers. while i'm enrolled for a BA / B International Relations now, i'm just looking for where to head next in terms of study - so i guess i'd be following the latter of your two choices.
[QUOTE=R3N3GADE;33776206]not doing the former; from what i've been told it's much better to do study before going into journalism itself, so that you can actually write/etc from a position of knowledge. i've no particular field in mind (e.g. economics, etc.), but i'd love to end up in newspapers. while i'm enrolled for a BA / B International Relations now, i'm just looking for where to head next in terms of study - so i guess i'd be following the latter of your two choices.[/QUOTE]
Hey man, same life.
[QUOTE=R3N3GADE;33776206]not doing the former; from what i've been told it's much better to do study before going into journalism itself, so that you can actually write/etc from a position of knowledge. i've no particular field in mind (e.g. economics, etc.), but i'd love to end up in newspapers. while i'm enrolled for a BA / B International Relations now, i'm just looking for where to head next in terms of study - so i guess i'd be following the latter of your two choices.[/QUOTE]
Well - what [i]are[/i] you interested in?
[QUOTE=devotchkade;33778054]Well - what [i]are[/i] you interested in?[/QUOTE]
foreign affairs and relations, i guess, but i don't exactly plan to start my career as REPORTING FROM KABUL because that may be a bit wildly unrealistic a hope.
Good night our glorious leader.
[QUOTE=R3N3GADE;33785057]foreign affairs and relations, i guess, but i don't exactly plan to start my career as REPORTING FROM KABUL because that may be a bit wildly unrealistic a hope.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, that type of correspondence journalism is overcrowded and not for everyone. It's difficult to find a job and it's quite stressful (being a journalist involves a modicum of stress anyhow because of deadlines and such, but that takes it to the next level). Not to mention that you would be moving around a lot, which isn't always ideal. You'd be competing against people all over the world, most of whom would be rich and have attended universities like the Ivy League schools. Some of Australia's unis (like the Group of 8) are internationally renowned, but not many are.
However, you could write for Australian papers, which would be less difficult and stressful. Far easier to get a job, etc.
[QUOTE=-n3o-;33791973]Good night our glorious leader.[/QUOTE]
There's only one more tyrannical dictator to deal with.
Julia Gillard.
JuLIAR GAYlard amirite?
apparently one of the Australian expeditioners in Antarctica has gone missing
has anyone heard anything about that on the news?
[QUOTE=Spycrabz;33792911]There's only one more tyrannical dictator to deal with.
Julia Gillard.[/QUOTE]
because there are better alternatives.
[QUOTE=devotchkade;33764775]Oh bogan ville?
I don't even give a fuck; I want to live in Queensland super badly.[/QUOTE]
If you move to Ipswich or the Sunshine coast you'll regret it
The sunshine coast is good if you are only interested in the beach and nothing else in life.
Ipswich isn't as bad but it's Ipswich. No.
[editline]19th December 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=DogGunn;33794051]because there are better alternatives.[/QUOTE]
Mooth
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