Class of 2025 (2025 HSC CHAT) (27 Viewers)

[gossipgirllll]

does anyone actually know how to write a discursive. i literally can't!

also do you reckon i even bother with discursives since last year was discursive so i dont reckon they will force it upon us, right?

same idk how to write one hopefully we get imaginative or something this year

 

[erin_4school]

u need statistics for a discursive right? so like do u just make them up if the topic doesn't work w ur pre planned one?

 

[erin_4school]

also for adapting essays, how many times do u guys recommend referring to the q per paragraph? like at the end of every evidence cluster or like every few?

 

[yourbestfriend]

u need statistics for a discursive right? so like do u just make them up if the topic doesn't work w ur pre planned one?

wait what, this is news to me.
do we actually need statistics?

 

[bigupsanky]

u need statistics for a discursive right? so like do u just make them up if the topic doesn't work w ur pre planned one?

uhh no??

 

[yourbestfriend]

also for adapting essays, how many times do u guys recommend referring to the q per paragraph? like at the end of every evidence cluster or like every few?

my teacher said refer to q in the topic sentence and then in the analysis for every quote and in concluding sentence, for each para. otherwise, you run the risk of just topping and tailing and hsc markers hate this apparently

 

[erin_4school]

wait what, this is news to me.
do we actually need statistics?

thats just what my tecaher said but from the overall reaction im thinking she might be wrong

 

[killer queen]

thats just what my tecaher said but from the overall reaction im thinking she might be wrong

A good discursive gives the reader food for thought, and many people like to do that through logos - further, statistics are helpful in the edge case of persuasives. But statistics are just another form of evidence, and as long as you have any sort of supporting evidence, be it statistics or anecdotes or intertextual allusions - and a variety of these - and they support your point, then it is a good discursive. Statistics are one of those easier pieces of evidence to find which may be why your teacher advised it, as for Mod C many people look for a formula through which to make a good piece.

 

[reniiiblaseee]

u need statistics for a discursive right? so like do u just make them up if the topic doesn't work w ur pre planned one?

i think by statistics she means like references to the wider world

for example in my discursive i mention a tiktok video i saw related to my topic and i also mention a psychologist thats spoken abt the issue i raised, its sort of to make it look like ur connecting ur discursive to the wider world, not necessarily like finding out 39% of people smoke every year

 

[erin_4school]

i think by statistics she means like references to the wider world

for example in my discursive i mention a tiktok video i saw related to my topic and i also mention a psychologist thats spoken abt the issue i raised, its sort of to make it look like ur connecting ur discursive to the wider world, not necessarily like finding out 39% of people smoke every year

yes! sorry i dont think i worded it very well. this is what i meant lol

 

[erin_4school]

also ee2 ppl, scaling works the same for ee2 right? cause ive always been confused by that bcs its not like we sit a paper w/ the same q's its our own personal mw's which are all so different so i dont get how its fair with the rankings and stuff applying to our externals

 

[lolcti]

u need statistics for a discursive right? so like do u just make them up if the topic doesn't work w ur pre planned one?

Gang what

 

[Study to success]

u need statistics for a discursive right? so like do u just make them up if the topic doesn't work w ur pre planned one?

Huh is this eco. But honestly just make up one that seems believevale cause they won’t search it up. At least for business studies, my teacher who’s a hsc marker says that they aren’t allowed to search up if ur case studies are correct so u can make up stuff. So maybe it’s the same for Eng

 

[yourbestfriend]

does anyone else feel lowkey sick thinking about doing english exam in literally 5 days? like i actually feel like im going to throw up lol

 

[alphxreturns]

u need statistics for a discursive right? so like do u just make them up if the topic doesn't work w ur pre planned one?

dont memorise statistics, its a full waste of time. make them up on the spot, just be realistic

 

[reniiiblaseee]

does anyone else feel lowkey sick thinking about doing english exam in literally 5 days? like i actually feel like im going to throw up lol

im genuinely terrified i cannot afford to get less than a band 5

 

[yourbestfriend]

im genuinely terrified i cannot afford to get less than a band 5

what do you wanna do in uni?

 

[erin_4school]

im genuinely terrified i cannot afford to get less than a band 5

im so cooked for legal cause i thought i was dropping and then my head of HSC wouldnt let me cause she said "you've come this far just do it..." i havent studied in a term

 

[reniiiblaseee]

what do you wanna do in uni?

i acc have no idea but ive been leaning towards speech pathology, hbu

 

[reniiiblaseee]

im so cooked for legal cause i thought i was dropping and then my head of HSC wouldnt let me cause she said "you've come this far just do it..." i havent studied in a term

do u do 12 units? ur safe gang