Why did u choose standard english? (2 Viewers)

[ninetypercent]

So why did you choose Standard English?
With all the stuff going around that Standard English aligns down terribly, what made you do Standard English?

I had to choose Standard English because I did badly in my School certificate, and as a result, I was forced to pick it.

 

[annabackwards]

So why did you choose Standard English?
With all the stuff going around that Standard English aligns down terribly, what made you do Standard English?

I had to choose Standard English because I did badly in my School certificate, and as a result, I was forced to pick it.

That sucks, especially because the SC means nothing.

 

[ehtefaz.hedayet]

my reason is that i despise english and its also compulsory + i herd that standard and advanced has similar scaling and is also very hard to get band 6 in standard.

 

[shady145]

lol same reason as OP but i mean really bad in SC... exactly 71 XD
never tried until this year... ive never liked english but now its ok

 

[ninetypercent]

That sucks, especially because the SC means nothing.

The school forced me to do it because I didn't get a Band 6!!! I got 87!!!! which is so stupid, because a) the SC doesn't matter and b) 87 is not too bad.
stupid school. had to pick up 4unit maths coz of the school

 

[shady145]

The school forced me to do it because I didn't get a Band 6!!! I got 87!!!! which is so stupid, because a) the SC doesn't matter and b) 87 is not too bad.
stupid school. had to pick up 4unit maths coz of the school

bahahhahahahahahhahahaaaa well ill go crawl in a hole... the highest at my school for english in the sc was 87, shit my year is dumb. HSC next month and what are most doing... at the rally and out partying, guess thats how they did so bad in their trials + majors + half yearlies + meh everything.
your school sounds tough...

 

[Rocket Man]

because we hate reading and never read a book in our lives. lol I still came first in standerd in my school somehow for the ranking stuffs i think

 

[zazzy1234]

english is not ma strongest subject as u can see from ma sig. The head teacher said that it's best to drop advanced to standard coz if i get these marks in advanced it would drag down ma UAI (well know ATAR) =)

 

[Aerath]

english is not ma strongest subject as u can see from ma sig. The head teacher said that it's best to drop advanced to standard coz if i get these marks in advanced it would drag down ma UAI (well know ATAR) =)

Yeah, we can see it from all your posts as well.

 

[ehtefaz.hedayet]

Yeah, we can see it from all your posts as well.

lol

 

[darkcounty]

Didn't get to choose - the principal bloke stuck me in standard with all the slackers.

 

[ScullyBCDali]

I have this working dog who helps muster cattle on our farm (trust me there is a point to this). She runs around the cattle, jumping back and forth, barking, twisting and turning, almost as if she is dancing. The cattle stop and stare at her, wondering what on earth she is trying to do and what she wants. She just jumps around, and looks busy, but rarely gets the job done.

This is like my Advanced english teacher. She dances around te point of an asked question, but never manages to answer it. (when asked to define 'context', she said it was the 'context of a era', and would not budge from that answer)

Thats why I dropped to standard. My teacher was useless as tits on a bull! If we didnt understand something, she made out that she had explained herself perfectly well, numerous times, but in reality she just moved around, answering unasked and unrelated questions. hahaha

 

[saberbladexx]

I chose standard because advance is for the people who are pro at english.
Don't really care tbh, i'm gonna get a higher atar than most of them anyways.

 

[loz1]

i chose it for the texts we had to do.. a choice between frankenstein and billy elliot? its obvious which one i found more interesting, and i doubted that i was gunna get in the band 6's anyway

 

[stefgi32]

I did advanced for prelim and HATED it.....I felt the course was just all about talking out of your ass and overanalysing texts, making up hidden meanings that the writer probably wasn't even thinking of when he/she wrote it. I don't know how my teacher is able to get so much out of one bloody chapter in Romulus, My Father and talk about it for two friggin' hours without a moment of pause.

I love standard, because we're asked about just what the text actually says...not all these hidden meanings and silver linings about how the grass is greener, or maybe the grass is actually musty like Australian grass, and how the grass in New England is luminescent....and yes, my English Advanced teacher actually talked about that grass is greener on the other side saying, and had a monologue about the different shades of grass she has seen in her life....no joke, we all looked at eachother in disbelief.

English Standard is straight to the point and actually provides useful skills, plus I'm top of the class there so ego boost for me. Go Standard English!

 

[Uncle]

because i am cool

thumbs up to that

Didn't get to choose - the principal bloke stuck me in standard with all the slackers.

Then there is no excuse coming pretty much near or at the top of the subject.

I did advanced for prelim and HATED it.....I felt the course was just all about talking out of your ass and overanalysing texts, making up hidden meanings that the writer probably wasn't even thinking of when he/she wrote it. I don't know how my teacher is able to get so much out of one bloody chapter in Romulus, My Father and talk about it for two friggin' hours without a moment of pause.

I love standard, because we're asked about just what the text actually says...not all these hidden meanings and silver linings about how the grass is greener, or maybe the grass is actually musty like Australian grass, and how the grass in New England is luminescent....and yes, my English Advanced teacher actually talked about that grass is greener on the other side saying, and had a monologue about the different shades of grass she has seen in her life....no joke, we all looked at eachother in disbelief.

English Standard is straight to the point and actually provides useful skills, plus I'm top of the class there so ego boost for me. Go Standard English!

A good example of why Standard English should be considered.

 

[Deer]

So why did you choose Standard English?
With all the stuff going around that Standard English aligns down terribly, what made you do Standard English?

I had to choose Standard English because I did badly in my School certificate, and as a result, I was forced to pick it.

Wow, that sucks!! Sc means nothing, in particular sc english means nothing because the english skills tested (multiple choice) aren't at all required in hsc, it shows in no way how good you'll be at critical thinking or essay writing. That really sucks.

At my school everyone does advanced. We don't even offer standard.

 

[darkcounty]

Then there is no excuse coming pretty much near or at the top of the subject.

Yeah haha, my teacher put me in Advanced after prelims.

 

[FTW]

because we hate reading and never read a book in our lives. lol I still came first in standerd in my school somehow for the ranking stuffs i think

Amazing
rofl

But seriously, I'm doing standard next year because: A) I don't wanna do a shakespeare text in Advanced B) I'm kinda lazy C) I would prefer to come rank 1-3 in standard that 10+ in advanced D)I generally hate english

 

[martinc]

Rather than being borderline between Standard and Advanced, it was just better to be safe. But i didn't do that.. wasn't very smart.