A study break within a study break

My history exam isn't until Wednesday and I decided that I needed to take a break from study in order to maintain some sort of mental stability. So this weekend I put down my books and enjoyed myself.

I rented Skyrim on Friday and enjoyed that very muchly, then I saw my girlfriend Ciara on Saturday which was very nice (she always knows how to make me smile).

Saturday night I rented Modern Warfare 3 which was awesome! The campaign was superb and I've only scratched the surface of multiplayer.

If you're wondering, I'm a PS3 gamer. Add me so we can shoot eachother!
My tag is: Joshwahr

So for now, that is all. Hope you all had a good weekend too!


Josh.

Does the letter C in VCAA stand for Cheating?

Well it appears that the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA) have been doing a bit of plagiarism! In the VCE year 12 (final year high school in Victoria) English exam, they included an article about tattoos, which turns out to have been blatantly stolen from Melbourne based writer Helen Razer.

This really makes me think, how can the people who would chastise students and throw the book at them if they were found cheating in an exam, get away with this?
This is a blatant case of plagiarism and the VCAA should be preparing themselves for one hell of a law suit if Razer wishes to press charges.

In the link below, you can read the entire article from 'The Age' newspaper regarding this issue.

http://www.theage.com.au/national/education/sloppy-copy-in-exam-raises-ire-20111109-1n7eo.html

Shame on you VCAA, shame on you.

Josh.

VCE - It Ain't So Bad!

I had my first VCE exam yesterday for Psychology, and it wasn't as hard as I thought.
On the contrary, it was rather easy...
So my exams have started and are under way for the next three weeks!

• Thursday 10/11 I have Literature
• Friday 11/11 I have Drama
• Thursday 16/11 I have History Revolutions
• Monday 21/11 I have Media

Studying hard for Lit as it's the one that counts the most towards my university entry requirements.

I will endeavour to keep you informed on my progress throughout the next few weeks and my final scores at the end of the year!

Josh.

Struggling to Study

I have my first VCE final year exam tomorrow, Psychology. And yet I cannot get the motivation to study for it. Thankfully we had a mid-year exam so it's not a massive amount of content to remember, but in saying that it's still a horribly, horribly content heavy subject.

Motivation to study is coming in dribs and drabs, not as much as I would like, but hey, it's better than nothing! I'm panicking a little bit that I may bomb the exam tomorrow, but fingers crossed that I have done enough in the way of study over the year to be enough. My notes are jam packed and I have this lovely summary book which we purchased, that helps a lot.

Seeing as this determines much of my life and where I go to university, you'd think I'd have higher concentration levels, but alas today I am struggling a bit...

I apologise in advance if I post a depressing sounding entry tomorrow about how I went in my psych exam.

Josh