I reckon it's a waste that they aren't given to the seniors, who stand a better chance of actually using them for their intended purpose. =P
A group of year nines had a class in the library a few days ago, and thus they took out their laptops to do "work". When the teacher had their back to...
I'm reading the prescribed texts for English Adv., Ext. and French Ext.
Well, I would, if they weren't all on loan from my local Library...:vcross:
I'm also just flipping through some Physics and Maths textbooks to see what we'll be doing this term.
Edit: But, apart from that, I'm going out...
Chemistry :D
It requires less essay-writing, and it scales better.
However, I went to a few Eco lessons at school last term (during frees) and it was actually really interesting. Shame it required twice as much work as Chem needed.
English. Oh god, English by far (and to a lesser degree, the Histories, but I don't take them).
It all depends on the marker. If (s)he is a fair, decent marker, then no harm done. If you can draw good arguments from your texts and back them up with evidence, you will get a high mark.
But if...
Obviously a troll. Why? For these reasons:
-Your profile indicates you will take your HSC next year (2010)
-You can't do 2u Maths & 4u maths- Doing 4u means only taking the 3u and 4u papers.
-Top in Adv. English? When you spell "definitely" as "definately"?
-100/100 in English Extension? Despite...
If you're looking for Dystopian texts-
A Clockwork Orange
V for Vendetta (almost an appropriation of 1984)
Animal Farm (also by Orwell)
Just be careful before you pick a text, as it may be prescribed for the HSC English course in 2009.
I know I was pissed off when I couldn't do Brave New World...