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    Satire vs Serious

    im doin revenge tragedy too. u should do satire. it's more interesting. marker's would prob get bored listening to a whole heap of serious speeches..unless everyone did satire..in that case..serious would be good.
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    Use of Profanities

    doesn't that suck. u should be allowed to use swearing etc. in ur major work because there are THAT many published works that have swearing in it..books we study at skool have swearing- catcher in the rye etc. they can't mark u down for using it.
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    Books on Human Influence

    read those self help books by bradley trevor grieve...the lil photography ones..they really do inspire u to be a better person
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    What TO Read

    j.d salinger's catcher in the rye is a good book. its short. and it holds ur attention. lord of the flies is interesting. u should read that. i watched the black n white version on dvd the other day..fascinating. i enjoyed the hobbit moreso than lord of the rings...u should read them both coz...
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    The Da Vinci Code

    i just read it. it held my interest long enough to read the whole text...however i don't think it's as great as everyone is making it out to be. some parts were good, others just dragged on. and whats with 1 page chapters? this book was good..not great
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    favourite subject

    favourite:vis art and ext eng least: maths and bio
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    Year 11 course advise

    biology- i dropped it for yr.12....everyone says its the easier science but its not easy..i thought i was alright at it. the prelim is alright. didnt want to stick around for the hsc part...it gets really tough IPT- my friend isnt that good with cpu's and she's ranked 10/80 and we go to a good...
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    Best/Worst Novel

    how long ago did u read it? we had to study it in year 11..the story never really sank in...and what did..was pretty boring
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    Best/Worst Novel

    just keeping this thread alive Best: everyone who wrote Lotr- yeah it was great..but i dunno..i kinda liked the Hobbit more...i kinda got annoyed with the amount of poems/songs in Lotr.. Perfume- Patrick Suskind The Bartimaeus Trilogy- Jonathon Stroud Worst: most books that we're forced...
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    HARRY POTTER: Has anybody noticed....?

    no we're not too old...i did find it rather odd though last year when i did work exp in north sydney and every morning i caught the train..i noticed at least 4 ppl reading hp novels...and they were all 25+ and then what was even more amusing was at the nth syd shopping centre accross from the...
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    HARRY POTTER: Has anybody noticed....?

    what?harry never got kicked off the quidditch team!
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    help with selecting a topic for project

    argh! u jerk, i was thinking of doin napolean. meh. topics lose their appeal when so many ppl do them
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    Bring two calculators into the exam??

    it doesn't matter what other people think.its your mark not theirs.if u have 2 calculators then def bring them both.in the half yealy exams i took 3 pens..2 ran out..bring on the pens
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    most annoying person in an exam room

    its annoying when ur own or other people's stomachs rumble during exams or make funny noises
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    Chinese Cinderalla - Adeline Yen Mah

    i've read 'chinese cinderella and the secret dragon society' it's a kinda interesting book and all..with learning about the conditions and context...but i'm pretty sure its aimed at younger reader's, or maybe thats just because it seemed so clear and easy to understand as compared to the other...
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    perfume by patrick suskind

    i've read that. i used grenouille in my eng ext speech last term
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