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This may seem like an obvious answer, but idk if i am using my class time efficiently. So, for 2u (advanced) i am either catching up on hwk from ext 1 or 2, or listening to content (should i do the advanced hwk??). Then, for 3u and 4u, i just do the hwk for the classes and ask questions abt the content on that day. For english, i do nothing special, just do what my teacher says and try to survive (i hate it), then for physics, i find myself not doing the work in the lesson and just doing practice questions, cause i cbf listening to my sack of a teacher. Chem is somewhat similar, but i do work provided as well cause my teacher is actually good, but often times, i put headphones and learn the content in class myself cause i don't like her style of explanation. Lastly, for modern, my teacher just rambles on abt whatever we are doing that day and i just do random stuff, e.g. write paragraphs/work on an essay, sleep (very heavy on sleeping in modern cause why not), and do maths/another subject (i rarely listen).

For anyone that does any similar subjects, should i try to do something different in the sciences, and actually listen in modern (my teacher yaps off the textbook), or just continue what i do now.

Is it possible if u guys put what you do as well in ur subjects classes, i just feel lost.
 

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This may seem like an obvious answer, but idk if i am using my class time efficiently. So, for 2u (advanced) i am either catching up on hwk from ext 1 or 2, or listening to content (should i do the advanced hwk??). Then, for 3u and 4u, i just do the hwk for the classes and ask questions abt the content on that day. For english, i do nothing special, just do what my teacher says and try to survive (i hate it), then for physics, i find myself not doing the work in the lesson and just doing practice questions, cause i cbf listening to my sack of a teacher. Chem is somewhat similar, but i do work provided as well cause my teacher is actually good, but often times, i put headphones and learn the content in class myself cause i don't like her style of explanation. Lastly, for modern, my teacher just rambles on abt whatever we are doing that day and i just do random stuff, e.g. write paragraphs/work on an essay, sleep (very heavy on sleeping in modern cause why not), and do maths/another subject (i rarely listen).

For anyone that does any similar subjects, should i try to do something different in the sciences, and actually listen in modern (my teacher yaps off the textbook), or just continue what i do now.

Is it possible if u guys put what you do as well in ur subjects classes, i just feel lost.
i just stare around and feel a bit lost
 

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This may seem like an obvious answer, but idk if i am using my class time efficiently. So, for 2u (advanced) i am either catching up on hwk from ext 1 or 2, or listening to content (should i do the advanced hwk??). Then, for 3u and 4u, i just do the hwk for the classes and ask questions abt the content on that day. For english, i do nothing special, just do what my teacher says and try to survive (i hate it), then for physics, i find myself not doing the work in the lesson and just doing practice questions, cause i cbf listening to my sack of a teacher. Chem is somewhat similar, but i do work provided as well cause my teacher is actually good, but often times, i put headphones and learn the content in class myself cause i don't like her style of explanation. Lastly, for modern, my teacher just rambles on abt whatever we are doing that day and i just do random stuff, e.g. write paragraphs/work on an essay, sleep (very heavy on sleeping in modern cause why not), and do maths/another subject (i rarely listen).

For anyone that does any similar subjects, should i try to do something different in the sciences, and actually listen in modern (my teacher yaps off the textbook), or just continue what i do now.

Is it possible if u guys put what you do as well in ur subjects classes, i just feel lost.
Physics: blank dead stare at teacher yapping with powerpoint (id usually be yapping to my friends about random things or physics but they all dropped), do 2/50 practise questions on the worksheet given and call it a day, do an occasional practise hsc question with the class and loose 100 marks on my response bc i forgot to quote newton's 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th laws, law of conservation of energy, zeroth law of thermodynamics, the periodic table, didn't write down the polarity of the galvanometer, forgot direction 10 times, didn't use enough metaphors, imagery and juxtaposition in my explanation, didn't note that spring sensors don't compress, didn't read the question's ambiguity etc (I usually write notes at home when the info has marinated for a day)

Chem: less dead stare at teacher, do half of the worksheet, yap with my friends about random things and chemistry, rummage for 5 min trying to find a working whiteboard marker to work, play dots and lines on the whiteboard (again, i write notes at home)

English: first 7 weeks of the term - play wordle, connections, strands and the mini, yap with my friends, diss english, cook up in the class discussion if it gets deep enough for me to bother (what notes are there to take)
2 weeks before the exam - don't listen to the yappery, work on an essay, pester teachers for feedback, yap with my friends, participate in the occasional class discussion

Maths adv: when it was still assessable - dead blank stare at teacher not absorbing anything, yap with my friends about anything but maths, do the worksheet, go play soccer in the hallway (i didnt write notes for maths)
when it was no longer assessable - dead blank stare, yap, play soccer in hallway
when it was ext 2 lock in season - do ext 2 work with the other ext 2 kids

maths ext 1 & 2: with my strict teacher - try to lock in even tho its 7am, finish worksheet, leave (i didn't take notes, but always did hw at home, and extra study if needed)
with my not so strict teacher (t2 yr 12 onwards) - try to lock in, occasional yap, finish worksheet, have some out of control debate with teacher and class about whether maths was invented or discovered, realise its 9:05 am and the next class has started for 15 min, run to class

business studies (dropped): not listening to yappery, try to yap with friends but get caught, take some notes on the brainrot, occasionally get told to sit outside to make me lock in

engineering distance ed (dropped): no sessions, do worsheets after ctrl f-ing the answers from the textbook, no notes taken. online lessons - listening to yappery, brain fried, try to concentrate with idiots being idiots behind me outside of the view of the teacher's camera in an unsupervised classroom (unless you count the teacher on the screen)
 

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SAC: I'm usually on here half the time
Business: I do some work
Math: I'm feel like falling asleep cause my teacher is so slow and she can't teach. Most of the time I don't even listen to her and I just do the homework in class
Bio: I actually pay attention but a lot of the time I end up daydreaming
DT: Kinda unproductive most of the time
SOR: I don't pay attention to my teacher and I'm on here most of the time
English: I kinda have to pay attention to the teacher but this class makes me feel depressed and stressed
 

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sac: on bos or yapping to my friend, sometimes doing work
visarts: i love theory so during theory week i work. prac week is my sworn enemy.
english: usually taking the notes (shocking) or on my laptop
drama: literally nothing. sometimes my ip, most of the time nothing.
music: on my laptop or asleep idk
 

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Phys: Get yelled at by the teacher half the time for talking with my mate.
Ext 1: Attempt some questions or stare blankly at the front of the room.
Ext 2: lock in otherwise im cooked
English: locked in otherwise my teacher will flame me.
Eco: Play chess.com most of the time- this subject is boring as hell and way to much to remember.
 

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english: fail to write half the notes from the presentation bc the teacher is going way too fast and it's on canvas anyways
eng ext1: half write in personal notebook half tune in to hear classmates & teacher yapping
math: speed through content and then doodle & worldbuild in personal notebook bc this shit easy (recently)
math ext1: same as eng ext1 but this time teacher likes to joke around
chinese cont: lock the fuck in and fall behind anyways bc why does teacher give us like. 30 new words of vocab per class
drama: half the time talk w/ my friend (bc we are both easily distracted) and do physical scene work (bleh.)
ent. vet: 70% listening to teacher & classmates yap 25% personal notebook time 5% trying and failing to retain content
 

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This may seem like an obvious answer, but idk if i am using my class time efficiently. So, for 2u (advanced) i am either catching up on hwk from ext 1 or 2, or listening to content (should i do the advanced hwk??). Then, for 3u and 4u, i just do the hwk for the classes and ask questions abt the content on that day. For english, i do nothing special, just do what my teacher says and try to survive (i hate it), then for physics, i find myself not doing the work in the lesson and just doing practice questions, cause i cbf listening to my sack of a teacher. Chem is somewhat similar, but i do work provided as well cause my teacher is actually good, but often times, i put headphones and learn the content in class myself cause i don't like her style of explanation. Lastly, for modern, my teacher just rambles on abt whatever we are doing that day and i just do random stuff, e.g. write paragraphs/work on an essay, sleep (very heavy on sleeping in modern cause why not), and do maths/another subject (i rarely listen).

For anyone that does any similar subjects, should i try to do something different in the sciences, and actually listen in modern (my teacher yaps off the textbook), or just continue what i do now.

Is it possible if u guys put what you do as well in ur subjects classes, i just feel lost.
idk bout yall but i be on pinterest haahha
 

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english - BoS 15-30% of time, doing work/listening to teacher rest of the time
Math adv - BoS 30-50% of time, 20% of time copying notes, rest js yapping/ doing a bit of work
MX1 - Notes + listening to teach 40% of time, work 30%(?), BoS and yapping the rest
science- unassessable as of now
HSIE - work and listening to the teacher getting bored
IT- doing whatever tf I want
Engineering - small yapping, not that much/doing work/ BoS
Commerce - BoS 5%, work/ listening to teacher 90%+
 

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This may seem like an obvious answer, but idk if i am using my class time efficiently. So, for 2u (advanced) i am either catching up on hwk from ext 1 or 2, or listening to content (should i do the advanced hwk??). Then, for 3u and 4u, i just do the hwk for the classes and ask questions abt the content on that day. For english, i do nothing special, just do what my teacher says and try to survive (i hate it), then for physics, i find myself not doing the work in the lesson and just doing practice questions, cause i cbf listening to my sack of a teacher. Chem is somewhat similar, but i do work provided as well cause my teacher is actually good, but often times, i put headphones and learn the content in class myself cause i don't like her style of explanation. Lastly, for modern, my teacher just rambles on abt whatever we are doing that day and i just do random stuff, e.g. write paragraphs/work on an essay, sleep (very heavy on sleeping in modern cause why not), and do maths/another subject (i rarely listen).

For anyone that does any similar subjects, should i try to do something different in the sciences, and actually listen in modern (my teacher yaps off the textbook), or just continue what i do now.

Is it possible if u guys put what you do as well in ur subjects classes, i just feel lost.
eng adv: do all classwork and take notes. im quite serious about this class. but if i have a sub, i go on stardew valley
math standard: when i was in adv i would copy everything from the board and then give up. now that im in standard i do the work but i spend most of the time talking to my friends
legal: blankly stare at the board and listen to my teacher yap for the whole 75 minutes....
modern: take notes and try not to fall asleep. i like this class a lot but my teacher talks for sooo long i get so tired
japanese cont: not much. its my top subject so i dont feel inclined to be working hard in class (is that egotistical lol???) but i make sure to copy new grammar and stuff and do vocab quizes
sac: fall asleep or play peggle
after school: go to the library and lock tf in. i do little work at school but i work hard afterwards. maybe not the best idea...
 

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english: fail to write half the notes from the presentation bc the teacher is going way too fast and it's on canvas anyways
eng ext1: half write in personal notebook half tune in to hear classmates & teacher yapping
math: speed through content and then doodle & worldbuild in personal notebook bc this shit easy (recently)
math ext1: same as eng ext1 but this time teacher likes to joke around
chinese cont: lock the fuck in and fall behind anyways bc why does teacher give us like. 30 new words of vocab per class
drama: half the time talk w/ my friend (bc we are both easily distracted) and do physical scene work (bleh.)
ent. vet: 70% listening to teacher & classmates yap 25% personal notebook time 5% trying and failing to retain content
english adv is so real... also japanese cont is the same we get so much new vocab every day and we get tested on it every week
 

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