It’s finally the end…
Another year, another period of time that you won’t ever get back. Have you ever felt that a year of regret has just gone by? Experiences that you could have had, that you just won’t get to do are probably the experiences that eat you inside out for the rest of your life. If this has ever happened to you, let it be a lesson 
Treat every day as if it were your last! I only got into this sort of mindset in the latter half of the year – but still, I got a little in over my head… will a year of regrets never pass?
This could be the birth of a New Year’s resolution.
On the brighter side of things, I’ve been sucked into reading Twilight by Stephenie Meyer. A decent read, but there is a great fluctuation between boring and exciting. Still, a book to have me hooked through about two thirds of it is a feat unachieved since Marcus Zusac came along. Maybe this will set another goal for me, because I’ve been noticing my slow reading speed lately – I SHALL CONQUER THIS 
My brother recently got two games that have got and engulfed my attention: Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training and The Curious Village-something-or other. Both of them involve irritating the brain, achieving an increase in intelligence and processing speed, an idea that I quite enjoy. It’s been a while since I hurt my brain this much.
Anyway, the rambling shall caese here 
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
It’s Christmas Day!
Merry Christmas everyone! I hope everyone has a happy day and enjoy any plans they may have. I’m sure not too many of us will be studying today *sigh* If only every day was like this.
It’s Christmas Eve =)
Just wishing a happy, peaceful Christmas Eve. Don’t forget to watch the carols! ;)
A little reflection so far…
OK, being offline for about a month doesn’t go without things happening. So, I’m going make an effort to dedicate this post to the events that have taken place and the problems I’ve had and whatnot here, to see how I’m working so far.
Extension English has become quite a hinderance for me. It isn’t that I don’t HATE the course, it’s that I don’t GET it. What do we actually have to do? How do we go about it? The science courses, for example, are very straight forward: you must know all the required knowledge, and there are even question answering scaffolds that we get taught in order to answer questions. I mean, even Advanced English is more straight forward (but that is probably because it is supposed to be an easier course). I haven’t completely ignored it, though, I’ve tried my hardest so far and I’m just finding that maybe I could use all the time I’m putting into it into my other subjects. I’ve actually already decided that I want to drop it. The issue is my teacher, who keeps egging me on with that magic sentence, “You have the potential.”
Sure I came first in EE in year 11, but first in the school is very different to first in the state. Plus, my exam marks were attrocious, something I just don’t want to risk for the HSC. Besides that, if you haven’t already noticed, I’m losing my motivation and interest, and that is something you need to be in an extension course in order to succeed – motivated and interested in it… dedicated. What’s worse is that I’m not much of a reader – I’ve estimated that it would take me at least 7 hours to complete The Great Gatsby which is approximately 200 pages long. Some people can finish it in 1-3 hours, and those are the people that belong to EE. Those are the people who would do well because they enjoy reading, whereas I don’t
Reports came in last week (the last week), and I must say I like what I saw. Top 10 in all of my subjects except for Maths 2U and 3U. On top of that, the first lot of results for HSC exams were completed:
- Biology – 96% (Two marks off 100% =_=”)
- Maths 2U – 83%
- Maths 3U – 70%
And that is all IIRC. The rest are still in marking. I’m pretty pleased with my results, in any case, and I don’t blame EE for any hinderences, because I put it off in order to study for these (well, it was kind of a half half thing, but I still don’t put any blame on EE).
Now a little bit of a study schedule to keep me on track:
- Advanced English – Read at least 50 pgs of a text a day.
- Maths 2U – Complete a chapter of Excel a day (They aren’t very elaborate)
- Maths Extension 1 – Read through the past topics in the Cambridge/Coroneos Textbooks (perhaps a topic a day, if there is time).
- Biology – Get through the homework the teacher has set and make notes, also read ahead into the syllabus (perhaps a worksheet a day, a past focus point a day [not to be confused with dot point] and likewise with the future topics’ syllabuses)
- Physics – Same with Bio, minus the homework.
- Continuer Japanese – Complete a homework task a day, Complete a booklet each week.
- Extension Japanese – Revise past work, Go into future work – complete a Sample Task a day.
Realistic… I dunno. I’ll have to start doing what I’ve just written and see how I can adjust it.
It’s been a while….
Well, I’ve been on an internet holiday for a while, and I plan on extending it. Basically, all I want to do is study everyday and possibly check my emails and Facebook and whatnot. Of course, you don’t always get what you want regardless of needs :/ Anyway, I haven’t really noticed that it’s Christmas time already… are the joys of this momentous holiday escaping me…? I guess that’s what growing up does for you.
I’m still working on that creative writing goal, as well. It’s been busy, with lots of drama, but I’ll be good
