Wednesday, September 8, 2010

“A stress-free HSC”

“A stress-free HSC”

A stress-free HSC

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 11:26 AM PDT

Have fun, choose subjects you like and don't take it too seriously. That's the advice Bulli High School student Ari McNamara gives HSC students in her book, The HSC Less Travelled: A Guide to an Unconventional Year 12.

With final exams looming, Ari's book aims to help high school students in their final year of study escape the stress and pressures of the HSC.

"I found that a lot of people were feeling really pressured to study really hard and not find the fun in the year," she said. "I just thought it could be done a different way."

The book was created as part of a design and technology course requiring students to complete a major project.

Ari said she had been working on her project since January and the whole process had been inspiring.

"I loved doing it," she said. "When any challenge came up for me, when I thought there could be another way to do it, I wrote about it."

While she dedicates chapters to important HSC strategies such as time management and study techniques, it is the unconventional advice that stands out.

Ari believes the key to HSC success is not slogging away at your desk for hours but enjoying it, having fun and making the most of it.

"It's really just an attitude," Ari said. "It's saying 'I want to go to school and make the most of each day'.

Love the whole process and don't just concentrate on the ATAR [tertiary admission rank]. It's just a number."

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