Handwriting and Units (1 Viewer)

[ShayK]

Hey guys,
I just needed opinions, suggestions, help, advice, etc.

Firstly, I got my English Trials paper back. The three modules were marked by different teachers in our school.
Module B had no complains and I got 14/15
Module C was just that I could have used more techniques with my related texts 13/15
However, Module A was marked by a very experienced teacher and even though I got 14/15, she made a comment on my handwriting, saying I should practise cursive writing to use more space as my print writing is small.. My writing is actually pretty neat and small compared to some people in my class. I like to keep my work neat and I personally find cursive writing pretty messy and it usually looks like noodles when I write :S
Like with my normal writing, in 40 minutes, I write like 2 and a half pages and still get Band 6's. Do you reckon I should practise cursive writing for HSC or just write a bit bigger? :S

Secondly, I just do 10 units now. I was ranking first in PDHPE but I dropped it because I did pretty bad in one of my assessments which brought my rank down to 3 or 4 :-/ So is there a problem in just doing Adv Eng, 2U Maths, Economics, Legal and Business?

Thanks for any help in advance

 

[LoveHateSchool]

Not sure, what you're asking.

For handwriting if you don't want to write cursive, just write bigger to make it more legible. But I find cursive is alot quicker for exams imho Your writing must be really small for 2.5 pages in 40 mins. I write 4 on normal lined paper (more in those exam booklets) and that's about 1100-1200 words and my handwriting is smaller than average.

And there's no problem only doing 10 units, except your maths wil definitely count and may bring down your ATAR (just looking at sig ranks).

 

[ShayK]

Not sure, what you're asking.

For handwriting if you don't want to write cursive, just write bigger to make it more legible. But I find cursive is alot quicker for exams imho Your writing must be really small for 2.5 pages in 40 mins. I write 4 on normal lined paper (more in those exam booklets) and that's about 1100-1200 words and my handwriting is smaller than average.

And there's no problem only doing 10 units, except your maths wil definitely count and may bring down your ATAR (just looking at sig ranks).

In that 2 and a half pages I fit like 1000 words :S I take my time with cursive :S
Yes, I'm currently ranking 7/9 in Mathematics, but is it the ranks that matter or the external marks? Because internally after the trials, my percentage is like 80%

 

[BrokenGlass]

In that 2 and a half pages I fit like 1000 words :S I take my time with cursive

That's fine. I'm like that. Make me do cursive and I will take a year to write one essay, and it will still look like complete shit on a paper.
Although you seem to be a very good writer(well done with your awesome marks ), I would *recommend* writing bigger, and NOT changing your writing to cursive. The 'truth' is...
...*many* English teachers DO care about how many pages you write, and from what you've written, it sounds like the difference between a 14 and a 15 in your case could possibly be due to be pages. If you wrote a couple more pages by practicing bigger writing and/or spacing between words, you're set.
Also from what I know: for INTERNALS - ranks is pretty much everything. It doesn't matter if you're percentage is 60% - If you're coming first, and you manage to do well in your externals, moderation should take that your internal percentage into account hopefully.
Your RANK internally along with your COHORT's EXTERNAL results will in the end, are quite important. Also if you don't mind: Do you go to a top school (top 30 ish) - because that can make a difference if you're asking about internal ranks and stuff.
Hope this helped even slightly.