What do you do with your Reading Time? (1 Viewer)

[michaeljennings]

I thought it would be interesting to find out what others did with their reading time because i think i kind of waste mine

For maths i generally try to find any circle geometry questions and try to figure them out so i dont have to worry about it later

For my other subjects i just look at multiple choice lol but now im starting to think that i should plan out my extended responses in exams that require extended responses

 

[michaeljennings]

I read every single question to ensure that I won't end up like those careless ppl who missed out on questions in the exams and loss a lot of valuable marks.

Ah yes, before i start a past paper now i just look over the whole exam to make sure i can do them but i havent really done that in my trials so far

 

[Qwertyuioplm]

For Chem and Phys I do every single multiple choice that doesn't require a calculation in my head. For English, SOR and Economics I plan my essays. For Maths I go to the final Q's and plan to do the one's I think am good at, and to stick away from Q's I will waste time on.

 

[khorne]

I have a quickie and spend the other 4 min cleaning up

 

[fiesycal]

Chem => Go through all short answers, if I don't see anything I don't know celebrate. If I
see something I don't know spend the first 10minutes of exam going through multiple choice while being on the lookout to see if it can help me in short answer.

Maths => Question 8 if its 4U, then the rest of the test
Quesiton 7 if its 3U, then the rest of the test
When we had to do 2U, sleep cause I finished the test already

English => Go through essay question formulate answer to it

PDHPE => Go through multiple choice and cry because our teacher can't write coherent sentences that make sense.

 

[michaeljennings]

PDHPE => Go through multiple choice and cry because our teacher can't write coherent sentences that make sense.

Amen brother..

 

[anne1010]

i read from the back forward. i think its pretty important to read the whole paper before u start cause ur mind works on them while u do the rest of the paper. seems weird but its true.

 

[Hermes1]

u actually get additional reading time at the start when they go through the paper to make sure u hav every page. i sneak a quick peak while we are checking page numbers. thats usually when i no im fuked.

 

[michaeljennings]

u actually get additional reading time at the start when they go through the paper to make sure u hav every page. i sneak a quick peak while we are checking page numbers. thats usually when i no im fuked.

hahah we dont get this

 

[Hermes1]

hahah we dont get this

wat the hell? u guys dont chek u hav every page?

 

[michaeljennings]

wat the hell? u guys dont chek u hav every page?

Nope they dont let us check if we have every page i assume its either because they have already done it or they are lazy bums

 

[Blacklisted]

English - Read the Texts
Maths - Look at last 2-3 q's
Religion - Sleep
Economics - Skim MC's and Mentally decide what Ext response to do
Business - Decide which ext to do, then sleep

 

[jnney]

English - do a quick deconstruction of the text/s / question and formulate an outline of a response in my head

Maths - 2u -too easy. LOL 3u - read every single question and do the 'harder' questions/ more time consuming questions in my head e.g. circle geo/3d trig

physics/chem/bio - look through all the questions and confirm i know how to do all of them.

 

[MrBrightside]

err.. I read.

 

[MrBrightside]

wat the hell? u guys dont chek u hav every page?

Same with me, I think we only got to do it once or twice. But most of the other times the teachers CBF or forgot.

FOR the HSC we will get to check our pages for all exams before reading time starts due to much more professional standards being enforced by the TRAINED volunteers (the school certificate we did it), and not dodgy sub teachers taking care of exam prep.

In one of my trials, when the exam finished, the teacher was like "pass up ur exam one by one to the front of the row". I mean like anyone can start fucking up your answers you know. So dodgy. And then people started talking and shit while we were still handing exams up, and the sub teachers looked too weak to handle the situation, I swear the guy behind me was fukinnn changing his answers with the guy next to him, and the teachers didn't even realise. Biggest bullshit. This is the reason why I hate internal assessments, its so unprofessional and inconsistent.

External exams will be so much more strict like the school certificate. Its a completely different environment, cause students know if they fuck up the school is not responsible etc etc. and they will get 0 by the Board.

Another exam, one of the teachers were like, "No I have to collect each exam paper myself" (and he wasn't even our teacher), so it was like 1 teacher collecting 50 exam papers and we had to wait around 5 minutes. So inefficient in collecting papers. Every other exam a person from the back of the row would collect each paper in that row, much more efficient.

Most other exams were professional though, with good teachers supervising and head subject coordinators conducting exam prep.

 

[markrule5]

Same with me, I think we only got to do it once or twice. But most of the other times the teachers CBF or forgot.

FOR the HSC we will get to check our pages for all exams before reading time starts due to much more professional standards being enforced. (the school certificate we did it)

true that, when i was reader writer in year 11 they checked every page and i think, im not 100% sure but u write yur number on the specific pages so while you write it you can read the questions

 

[michaeljennings]

I find it a bit annoying in maths exams when people spend 10 mins after the exam writing their student numbers on each page. Means they get extra time during the actual exam cos they dont have to spend time writing out their number during the test like everyone else

 

[MrBrightside]

Since this is related to reading time, would you get a 0 in the HSC, for using your finger nails to make dents in the paper as if you were trying to underline works or scribe information? Or would the supervises just think this guy is really stressing out and just walk past. Lmao

 

[michaeljennings]

Since this is related to reading time, would you get a 0 in the HSC, for using your finger nails to make dents in the paper as if you were trying to underline works or scribe information? Or would the supervises just think this guy is really stressing out and just walk past. Lmao

HAHAHAHA probably tell him to get up, take him to the back room and lash him with a whip

 

[MrBrightside]

I find it a bit annoying in maths exams when people spend 10 mins after the exam writing their student numbers on each page. Means they get extra time during the actual exam cos they dont have to spend time writing out their number during the test like everyone else

OMG I fuckin hate that too. it's so Bullshit. One of my teachers was like its reading time now, then she said, and don't forget to put ur name and teacher's initials on every booklet. I was like meh fuck it, it's reading time now, bitch don't waste my exam time.

THE HSC supervisors better give plenty of time at the start to fill in our student and centre numbers, or if not, then do it at the end. Lmao if you got ur student number wrong and then end up with a shit estimation. Hmmm what if you get the centre number wrong? don't all the exams at a single school end up in the same centre any ways.