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    What are you currently Reading?

    The Neverending Story - Michael Ende
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    What are you currently Reading?

    Reading Stormwarden by Janny Wurts - first book in the Cycle of Fire Trilogy - nowhere near the Empire Series she wrote with Feist, but not bad.
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    What are you currently Reading?

    Just finished reading "3 Books of Blood" by M C Sumner - not the best, but I've read worse vampire stories... Now (re)reading the "Fear Street Saga" - R L Stine - got me into horror when I was about 9. There's still a couple of scenes in it that creep me out slightly.
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    Should Australia Host a Football (Soccer) World Cup in the Next 12 Years?

    AFL and NRL are the top sports in Australia at the moment. Not soccer. It's growing, but its not up there yet, and until it is, we can't justify paying millions to host the World Cup. They are multi-million dollar industries, with a lot of people and a lot of money invested in them. Shutting...
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    Should Australia Host a Football (Soccer) World Cup in the Next 12 Years?

    My understanding was that if the Football Australia (or whatever they are now) were to host, they would be monopolising the premier sporting venues in the country not only for the duration of the event, but for a couple of months preceding so that grounds can be prepared etc. Whilst soccer is...
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    Fave author?

    Stephen King, John Grisham and Raymond Feist - read nearly everything they have written multiple times. Also enjoy Michael Crichton, Alexandre Dumas, JRR Tolkien, James Patterson, Brian Jacques, Matthew Reilley, Maggie Furey, J K Rowling, R L Stine, David Eddings, John Marsden, Terry Brooks...
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    What are you currently Reading?

    Black Tattoo - Sam Enthoven?? Read that recently, I wasn't so keen on it... Currently reading The Count of Monte Cristo - Dumas. Fantastic
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    What are you currently Reading?

    Devil Bones by Kathy Reichs
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    Thoughts on the exam

    there was someone else!!! thank god for that! I'm the only one at my school who does extension history, and we did the female convicts. What did you focus on in your response?
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    It was easy! Do you agree?

    it was good!! Lear- great question BNW/BR- awkward- specially considering we've been looking at how they are the same Frontline- couldnt get any more generic if they tried- only problem was i wrote too long on it, which cut into BNW time all in all a decent paper- one of the better ones i've...
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    UAI Prediction Please

    how do you think the following would work towards a UAI? The numbers are trial mark, overall rank, overall internal (as ive worked it out) Ancient History- 86%, 1/7, 85% English Advanced- 73%, 3/23, 82% English Extension 1- 90%, 1/8, 92% English Extension 2- NA, 2/7, 90% Legal Studies- 83%...
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    Trials Results

    well done everyone who aced their trials...and there seems to have been a fair few of them here... all in all did alright with mine...marks culd be a little better, but meh- just glad that its over English Advanced - 77/105 - Rank 2 of 25 AoS - 11, 12, 13 Modules - 16, 11, 14 English...
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    Analysing Songs...

    wat do we need to do? if we decide as one of our supplementary texts to use a song, what aspects of it should we concentrate on? Would you focus on the song itself, and its lyrics? Or would you put more of an emphasis on the music ehind the song, and how that helps portray the physical journey...
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    Crime Parody- Responses?

    hey guys... for our 3-unit composition, we have to write a crime story. simple, right? not quite. The complication added is that we have to ensure that our story reflects the prelim course, so our teacher wants us writing a crime parody...:eek: anywayz...heres the concept i was planning on...
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    Dux of your school

    Top UAI was 97.8...best UAI ever at The riverina Anglican College...though not all that surprising given that we've only had 3 grades go through, and last years crapped all over the two before...
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