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also, is that what the ppl in your class generally feel about modern/ your modern teacher?

flashpoints will give you the general gist but you need to go out a check out actual books in your local library (and uni libraries if you're very dedicated ^^) that are written on your topics... you don't have to read them cover to cover but just maybe the intro, or certain chapters that are...

ooo mozart... for some odd reason i decided to borrow this album of female jazz singers from the local library. so i spent the afternoon listening to ella fitzgerald, billie holiday, sarah someone (i forget her last name) etc. it was actually not bad. :D

^ yea, i heard that's a good way of making you go faster... english teacher told us that we should be writing at least 1000 words within 40 min time frame, so that'd be about 4 normal a4 pages? yea. but like hollyy said above, about 8 pages of hsc booklets is a pretty good average for 40 min.

yea, i think you only need to study three of the four prescribed texts... well that's what our class is doing... cos you only need to refer to two prescribed texts (along with your related ones) in the hsc exam. not that it hurts doing all the texts but it might be a bit of an overload..? anyway...

i want to be a writer. course- communications in writing and cultural studies at uts- hopefully combined with either law or international studies... so i have to get at least over 95+ to be on t he safe side.... and a crazy 99. something if i want the law part >< but if not, ill be a...

^ agreed. erm... i didn't like brave new world. i admire the ideas he has but the way the book is written didn't really grab me and make me want t o read it over and over again ten times while staying up. erm... blade runner was surprisngly interesting. ^^ erm... peter skrzynecki poems were...

^ adding on.,.... >< if you did excellant analysis that was answering the question (and your elective and module) then it wouldn't matter. anyway, bottom line is: yes, you're allowed to use a related text that is a prescribed text in advanced english. ^^ (phew)

yea you are. someone in my class is considering doing brave new world as one of their texts (which is part of module a: comparative study of texts and context- in the wild) however, our teacher recommends that you try to steer away from this cos the markers may think you're lazy (even if you...

written sources tacitus- the annals of erm... ancient rome... i think... the first chapters are devoted to augustus before they move on to the other julio claaudian rulers. suetonius- the twelve caesars ( i think... im writing these from memory) (actually im not sure whether he has stuff on...

^ what both aerath and brenton said there wasw this one place in japan in 1980s (?) called minnamatta or something... the town startys with 'm' where t he local chemical factory was chucking in heavy metals i.e. mercury, lead into the local water supply pond thing. people got their fish supply...

ok, firstly, i agree that the hsc markers have a responsibility to make sure they mark each paper fairly etc. so you get the marks you deserve... but hsc markers = humans... and they have to mark in a shitty tin hovel thing near homebush for four hours or more straight after teaching for six...

Re: blue or black pen? lol :p

yea, save yourself for next year ^^ youll be awesome. :D

Re: blue or black pen? blue kilometricos.... cheap and trusty... although they kinda change colour when youve been using them a while and they also start leaking and getting all gross and stuff at the end of their lives....

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wooow!! if thats what youre getting at ruse youre probably gonna kick the majority of the states arses next year ^^ erm... improving maths marks- try and do all your work thats meant to be done in class, in class... (might not be a problem for ruse but i always did abit of stuff then got...

woot VALLEYGIRL!

nice white knit dress :P

lol no way!! ^^ english all the way... except i like listening to ext 2 friends talking about ext 2 maths- its like their own language when theyre talking about complex numbers, imaginary no 'i' (???) erm... conics.... reverse integration (?????) >.< i think i have to rewrite everything...