2024 HSC Chat (1 Viewer)

[liamkk112]

HELLO,

I personally think my active note taking skills are quite weak any tips for taking notes activley in the classroom? Any overall note taking tips?

Is this technique even 'worth it', like is it actually effective or is taking textbook notes at home easier or more effective?

i only took notes in physics, english and software, but tbh it would just be drawing up whatever examples were being explained or the basic defintions + anything subtle that my teacher would say out loud that wasnt necessarily in the textbook. overall id say just dont take notes for everything super obvious detail that you know is in the textbook anyway, just jot down the main points or any additional things that might be important that the textbook doesnt really elaborate on

 

[AsuTeksu]

HELLO,

I personally think my active note taking skills are quite weak any tips for taking notes activley in the classroom? Any overall note taking tips?

Is this technique even 'worth it', like is it actually effective or is taking textbook notes at home easier or more effective?

Personally, I tend to purely listen in class and ask questions. It helps if you do your notes at home, as well as pre-readings, so that class time is just for consolidation and understanding any knowledge gaps that you have, allowing you to address potential weaknesses early.

I find that taking notes during class can lead to you missing out on other information since you get caught up on noting down everything important, which tends to be… everything in a classroom situation, when in reality, there’s only around 3-5 points that are worth taking down. It’s better to listen to everything as a whole and write down things that you didn’t come across during your note-taking and/or pre-reading at home.

 

[ziGma]

What's your test on?

Differentiation and Geometrical Application of Differentiation

 

[Average Boreduser]

Differentiation and Geometrical Application of Differentiation

All parts? ie curve sketching, optimisation, rates of change graph qns, derivative to primitive conversions graphically?

 

[ziGma]

All parts? ie curve sketching, optimisation, rates of change graph qns, derivative to primitive conversions graphically?

Yeah but some of it was a part of the hand-in so we probably won't have that in the test...

 

[AsuTeksu]

Yeah but some of it was a part of the hand-in so we probably won't have that in the test...

Usually the parts that are in the hand-in are not in the test at all, but it's still good to have some knowledge. When I had my hand-in, none of the content that it covered was in the test, so invest more time on topics that weren't covered in the hand-in.

What textbook are you using?

 

[ziGma]

Usually the parts that are in the hand-in are not in the test at all, but it's still good to have some knowledge. When I had my hand-in, none of the content that it covered was in the test, so invest more time on topics that weren't covered in the hand-in.

What textbook are you using?

Hmm, yes thanks I'll focus on those parts then

New Senoir Mathematics

 

[AsuTeksu]

Hmm, yes thanks I'll focus on those parts then

New Senoir Mathematics

If you’re looking for more questions, I’d say just go through Trial Papers. As someone who went through the worry of running out of questions, let me stress this… you won’t. One of the advantages with Mathematics is that it has such an abundance of past papers that you probably will never get through all of them.

It’s up to you whether you start with older papers or newer papers or even a mix of the two. Past papers, especially Trial Papers, will always be your best bet since they can prepare you for any curveballs you might get in your class test.

 

[ziGma]

If you’re looking for more questions, I’d say just go through Trial Papers. As someone who went through the worry of running out of questions, let me stress this… you won’t. One of the advantages with Mathematics is that it has such an abundance of past papers that you probably will never get through all of them.

It’s up to you whether you start with older papers or newer papers or even a mix of the two. Past papers, especially Trial Papers, will always be your best bet since they can prepare you for any curveballs you might get in your class test.

Okay thanks for the reassurance @AsuTeksu, I was worrying about running out or not having enough to prepare for Trials if I look at them now XD!

 

[AsuTeksu]

Okay thanks for the reassurance @AsuTeksu, I was worrying about running out or not having enough to prepare for Trials if I look at them now XD!

I think you should opt for the older papers (i.e. 2020) but also do a few recent ones to wrap your head around questions that have been coming up and are increasingly common; maybe you'll spot some patterns and learn methods to solving things more efficiently.

Don't worry at all, Mathematics has so many past papers that you'll be drowning in them comes Trials. There's no way you'll get them all done... maybe if you do 3 of them everyday from today onwards lol.

 

[ziGma]

I think you should opt for the older papers (i.e. 2020) but also do a few recent ones to wrap your head around questions that have been coming up and are increasingly common; maybe you'll spot some patterns and learn methods to solving things more efficiently.

Don't worry at all, Mathematics has so many past papers that you'll be drowning in them comes Trials. There's no way you'll get them all done... maybe if you do 3 of them everyday from today onwards lol.

Hmm I'll do that then and keep an eye out for 'patterns' as well!

AHAHA thank youu maybe I'll start the papers from today then....

 

[Aeonium]

i just drank chatime for the first time since like y8 and i think it put me in an even worse mood

 

[WeiWeiMan]

i just drank chatime for the first time since like y8 and i think it put me in an even worse mood

Would an Atomi session lighten your mood Aeonium?

 

[Aeonium]

Would an Atomi session lighten your mood Aeonium?

you reminded me to unsubscribe from those god awful atomi emails

 

[linoloml_]

Hey I just wanted to say that it's good to compare yourself to others sometimes but what may work for them may not work for you so don't feel discouraged if they've done 100000 hours this holidays and you feel like you haven't done enough

That being said...
Bio: ~3 hours
Chem: 1 hour?
Eng adv: ~2 hours
Maths altogether: 5 hours
SOR 1: 0

Oops?

Content-wise I've mostly focused on making my term 4 knowledge really good but I'm reading my english texts and I'll try to work ahead and kinda accept that my real 'holiday' has ended and I have to go back into work mode

yeah, seeing people finish the ENTIRE physics/chem/math syllabus makes me feel so useless
and these 1.5 months opened up an opportunity for me to get a lot done, but i fear i just wasted most of it
anyway, thanks for your insight, it was super helpful

 

[xoNat]

yeah, seeing people finish the ENTIRE physics/chem/math syllabus makes me feel so useless
and these 1.5 months opened up an opportunity for me to get a lot done, but i fear i just wasted most of it
anyway, thanks for your insight, it was super helpful

No time like the present

 

[Aeonium]

you reminded me to unsubscribe from those god awful atomi emails

i think my cohort also got like a feedback form on our usage of atomi and at the end they had an additional comments part ... i doubt they ever read it though

yeah, seeing people finish the ENTIRE physics/chem/math syllabus makes me feel so useless
and these 1.5 months opened up an opportunity for me to get a lot done, but i fear i just wasted most of it
anyway, thanks for your insight, it was super helpful

you should consider that these people have probably not done the entire syllabus during the school holidays and have probably gone ahead throughout y11 & prior – likely just finished the small bits that remained

To The 2023'ers : Can you rank the English Advanced modules from hardest to easiest?
To The 2024'ers : Rank the English Advanced modules based on what you feel would be hardest to easiest.

easiest to hardest
mod c; discursives are very easy to write – almost formulaic and i just have a mental checkbox i tick off and consider if i'm rambling too much. i also think i just find writing creatively more fun
mod a: i think i am very good at writing integrated paras so yay
common mod (would be 2nd easiest with more practice):
mod b: am not pretentious enough to do this module well sorry

 

[Aeonium]

bro im more concerned on your sleep schedule at this point

it could be worse tbh

 

[tote bag]

i just drank chatime for the first time since like y8 and i think it put me in an even worse mood

real if chatime has 0 haters im dead

 

[Aeonium]

real if chatime has 0 haters im dead

i'm convinced people try chatime as their introduction to bubble tea and never drink it again because of how bad it is