Help! Anyone doing religion in yr 11? (1 Viewer)

[zhouyn]

my school (penrith high) only allow us to do 12 units in yr 11 and i must choose an extra 1 unit course to fill my 12 units. There is not much choice i have as the TAFE is almost full and there are only a few 1 unit course in my school.

Now i must choose between 1 unit of study of religion or english extension. i think english extension would be too difficult for me but i know nothing about religions. Anyone in year 11 who is doing religion can tell me anything about the course? like how time-consuming it is and how hard. very appreciated.


my subject selection:
*Eng (adv)
*3U math
*Phy
*Chem
*modern history
*english extension or religion?

 

[Redp3n]

well of course u know nothing about religions, because u havent learnt it yet.

the whole point of doing that subject is to LEARN it, it appears ur doing 3 U maths, do u know n e thing about intergration? or parameters? get my drift?

if u reckon 3u eng is to hard, dont do it.

as for religion ( i assume u mean SOR)
no its not time consuming
and i mean that literally, i didnt study for a second in that shit subject and I got 94% for the yearly, its a 1 unit subject and is quite stupid. listen in class and u'll be fine.

SOR however is very easy and boring.

 

[KarmaKitten]

First of all, you are supposed to have 12 units in year 11. thats every school and second of all I think extension english is not so bad at all. In fact its a lot easier to comprehend than advanced english. I would say pick that, but im biased and i hate religion

 

[PaleReflection]

Originally posted by KarmaKitten
First of all, you are supposed to have 12 units in year 11. thats every school and second of all I think extension english is not so bad at all. In fact its a lot easier to comprehend than advanced english. I would say pick that, but im biased and i hate religion

I guess it's not every school; at mine we are allowed to have anything between 12 and 14 units for year 11, 13 being what most students do.

 

[Redp3n]

your comment PaleReflection doesnt really help zhouyn does it?

 

[alby]

it really just dependz on how good u r in eng
if u arent dat good...u should do sor

dere is always d bit after about 6 wks were ya can change subjects if ya want, so if u choose 1 n dun like it you can change 2 d otha 1 then

itz ultimately ur choice....ext eng iz a bit hard (but den again..i suck @ eng)..sor iz a bit o a bludge

good luck wit ur choice

 

[iambored]

the religion course is fairly interesting, you learn about other religions, not only your own (although you may have a topic on your religion, and then a topic on the others)

but eng ext is also interesting. it is a lot better than 2u. and scales better than 1u rel if you do well. (what i mean is that if you are good at both, you are more likely to get a better scaling mark for your 1u eng ext than 1u rel) i would advise going to your eng teachers and asking what they think.

 

[kimmeh]

i did 1 unit religion and i was in the same situation as you.

i picked religion 1 unit over english extension because i knew i was going to drop religion for ext 2 maths. i did jack all for religion 1 unit. i actually changed into the course halfway term 1 from saturday language school... i didnt like it. i thought it was a waste of time, slept in class and just handed things in when asked. (and i still managed to beat 20 people!) but practically everyone in my religion class dropped it. we had a clas of 24 (plus another class in a separate line) and now only about 5 or 6 people in my class have continued.

its all really depends, if you like english, are good at it and have ideas on keeping it, then i reccemend you do it.

if u want a subject just t take up some time and definitely going to drop, then take religion

 

[candi_licious]

hey, i go to chizholm and i do both 1unit sor and eng ext 1, and religion is a total bludge, its so boring its not funny, and eng ext 1 is easier then adv english i reckon, and plus u get less assessments in eng ext 1, i only had 2 assessments to do, so i would say do eng ext1 coz its not that hard, and when it comes to scaling, it scales up unlike religion, oh well thats jst my opinion newayz..laterz

 

[Tenille]

I did ext eng last year and dropped it, but thats because i kinda got over english lol.

I also do SOR1 (because at my school we have too), i like it, and its easy. you only have to do 3 topics.
1) the nature of religion, thats like all ancient religious ways, that topic is kinda ordinary.
2) a depth study of one of the 5 religious traditions.
3)Religion on influence on australia 1788-1900, which is more about history than religion. lol

if your going to drop it, its not going to matter either way lol

 

[zhouyn]

thanks for your suggestions, everyone

I was thinking to do 4U math and drop religion in year 12 if i choose SOR as my subject.

One more question, could the SOR helps my work in Modern History? if it these two courses are related then I am pretty sure what i should do.

 

[kimmeh]

umm i dont know about the linkage between the two subs in prelim,
but i know my friends have made claims that 1 unit religion (their PIP) relates to art (because they did say... buddhism art)..

Originally posted by zhouyn

I was thinking to do 4U math and drop religion in year 12 if i choose SOR as my subject.

thats what i did :uhhuh: i'm so happy i droppped it.. its was SO damn boring! also, my new school didint offer it
good luck with ur choices

 

[Tenille]

Originally posted by zhouyn
thanks for your suggestions, everyone

I was thinking to do 4U math and drop religion in year 12 if i choose SOR as my subject.

One more question, could the SOR helps my work in Modern History? if it these two courses are related then I am pretty sure what i should do.

I doboth, again lol, they don't directly relate,but both will work together to help with your writing andessay skills.

Year 9 and year 10 history will help you more with SOR1, especially in "religion in australia 1788-1900", and if you keep it, it will also help you with, "religion in Australia 1901- present"

 

[Andronicarse]

Originally posted by Tenille
I did ext eng last year and dropped it, but thats because i kinda got over english lol.

*cough* couldnt hack it *cough*

 

[Tenille]

Originally posted by Andronicarse
*cough* couldnt hack it *cough*

No i just don't get my marks by sexual favors like others. i had better things to waste my time on...

 

[Andronicarse]

giving sexual favours for drugs you mean?

 

[zhouyn]

appreciated for everyone's suggestion, although it was a bit confusing as different people advised me to do different subjects.

anyway, i already decided to take SOR for yr 11. again, thanks for your advice.