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Overstudy and Burn out. (1 Viewer)
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bob fossil
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bamm!
When did you start studying hard then? And did you focus more on learning your content thoroughly before past papers, or just jumped straight into those papers like how everyone suggests you do?
How rigid was your study schedule?
ahahah i know youre freaking out right now but honestly i just did the homework which took around 3 hours a day and that was basically it all the way until a few weeks before each exam block and then i turned it up a notch
for the hsc it was 2 past papers a day other than that i wasnt working that hard
for the hsc it was 2 past papers a day other than that i wasnt working that hard
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wendybird
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The trick to not burning out (imo):
- Do the subjects you love, so that "work" for those subjects don't even feel like work, but is instead actually enjoyable and meaningful for you.
- Keep up your extra-curricular activities (sport/music/debate etc) so you feel like a real person with an actual identity outside of studying.
- Find creative ways of studying. I listened to dramatic readings of Coleridge's poetry (for English X1) and watched Wuthering Heights on TV days before the HSC exam instead of trying to cram. I've gone to plays of my english texts (Crucible, Hamlet), and been to museum exhibits for the histories. Mix it up.
- Take plenty of breaks. If you procrastinate, make it the best damn 3/4/5 hours of "wasted" time of your life. (A good film/ a great party - whatever).
- Look long term. The ATAR is just a number. It shouldn't be a goal in itself. The goal should be whatever you want to do after the HSC - your course/career etc. Keep that in mind to keep yourself motivated.
- Do the subjects you love, so that "work" for those subjects don't even feel like work, but is instead actually enjoyable and meaningful for you.
- Keep up your extra-curricular activities (sport/music/debate etc) so you feel like a real person with an actual identity outside of studying.
- Find creative ways of studying. I listened to dramatic readings of Coleridge's poetry (for English X1) and watched Wuthering Heights on TV days before the HSC exam instead of trying to cram. I've gone to plays of my english texts (Crucible, Hamlet), and been to museum exhibits for the histories. Mix it up.
- Take plenty of breaks. If you procrastinate, make it the best damn 3/4/5 hours of "wasted" time of your life. (A good film/ a great party - whatever).
- Look long term. The ATAR is just a number. It shouldn't be a goal in itself. The goal should be whatever you want to do after the HSC - your course/career etc. Keep that in mind to keep yourself motivated.
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You did Deeming's Chem homework? Aw man.....I never did it.
How did you fare in your internal assessments? How were they scaled?
annabackwards
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Do you mean moderated?
I made a list of things i had to finish (i remember uploading it so it's probably still somewhere on this site) and i basically did something from there each time i felt like studying.
Every other time i enjoyed myself
Sometimes i felt guilty for not studing, so i basically did a little of a study (~30mins) and then returned to playing again and repeated the process if i was in the mood.
The longest i studied for a day in the holidays was 6hrs with breaks every 45mins and that was because i was in the state library researching for my history extension project which i found fun ^^
Usually i probably didn't do more than 5hrs and most of that was studying for subjects i liked
So there you go, perhaps you guys can make a list too
wendybird
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I got full marks in basically all my internal assessments. My trial mark was 98.
The moderation is pretty irrelevant to anyone who isn't from my specific cohort at my specific school - moderation is done according to YOUR cohort. Mine would have no relation to yours.
We had 250 people do Eng Adv, the top 5 were basically neck and neck the whole way through the year and for all the assessments. I was ranked top 3 internally.
Its definitely possible to improve, I'd say work really closely with your teacher to go over your essays and assessments, identifying where you went wrong and what areas you need to work on. Its not something I can give you a magic formula for.
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Wow, amazing! What subject was this for?
ninetypercent
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I can't be bothered studying anymore
I did one page for my religion assessment
and then i realised that the way I phrased my sentences didn't make sense
and I have to do it all over again
boring...
I did one page for my religion assessment
and then i realised that the way I phrased my sentences didn't make sense
and I have to do it all over again
boring...
ascentyx
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One way i found was effective was breaking up study for subjects i disliked with subjects i did like. For example i didn't really like chemistry (cause alot of it was straight content memorisation) and enjoyed 4unit maths (i like problem solving). So i would do 1 hour of chemistry and then 1 hour of maths and it would work out better that way. Also try and trick your brain into thinking you have done less work than you should have, so you overprepare for every assessment task
ninetypercent
ninety ninety ninety
how much time do you spend doing an assessment anyway?
I spend around 3 days each assessment task
I spend around 3 days each assessment task