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This is a guest post from former VCE student Erin Lancaster for VCE Literature on Hamlet. If you want to write a guest post on this blog, check out the guidelines here.
Fortune

“Time is out of joint o cursed spite that I was ever born to set it right” Hamlet
“There’s a [...]

This is a guest post from VCE student Nicholas Buttigieg for VCE English. If you want to write a guest post on this blog, check out the guidelines here.
In preparation for a text response essay as a SAC or an exam, it should be natural and crucial to create some sort of plan.  Since the [...]

This is a guest post from VCE student Nicholas Buttigieg for Maths Methods Unit 1/2 . If you want to guest post on this blog, check out the guidelines here.
Here is an article for all of the functions and graphs used in Maths Methods Units 1 & 2. You can use these as study notes [...]

This is a guest post from Khoa Ly at vcejapanese.com. If you want to guest post on this blog, check out the guidelines here.
I recently completed VCE in 2009, receiving a raw study score of 50 for Japanese, the subject of this article. Here’s a list of 10 tips that I hope will be useful [...]

CONTROLLING AND REGULATING BIOCHEMICAL PATHWAYS – Unit 3 Biology notes. By Emma Roache.
Hint – use SAC 1 for Outcome 2 as revision
Enzymes- a specific protein that acts as a catalyst to increase that rate of a particular chemical reaction in living organisms
-    enzymes are protein catalysts
-    They increase that rate of reactions between substrates without [...]

Don’t know where to start with VCE French or other languages? Struggling to balance your listening comprehension with reading comprehension practice as well as essay writing? Well, don’t worry. I had the same problem with VCE French last year…before I got organized that is. Here is how to get through it all without compromising study [...]

Hi all, was doing some research and found this great VCE English study guide on Maestro – enjoy.
Maestro: – By Peter Goldsworthy – VCE Study Guide
Background information on the writer – Peter Goldsworthy
This is his first book. Prior to writing this he had been writing poetry. These days Peter Goldsworthy has been said to think [...]

VCE English- Gattaca Essay. By Emma Roache
‘Gattaca shows us the dangers of uncontrolled technology.’ Discuss.
In the ‘not-to-distant future’, the world of Gattaca is where genetic engineering has become the normal approach to procreation. Gattaca’s society involves a culture of self-advancement through genetic determinisms, a caste system of valid and in-valids and social discrimination based on [...]

VCE English- Gattaca noted (for Year 11 VCE students).  By Emma Roache
Genetic Engineering (superior and imperfect)
-          The assumption that in-valid cannot meet corporate demands destines them to remain laborers lacking future prospects or advancement.
-          Ceaser exemplifies this class of ‘inferiors’, as he sees to bring Vincent ‘down to earth’ when he say, ‘don’t clean it [...]

I’ve got a confession to make. VCE English Media analyses are not as complicated as you think! They are tricky to get the hang of at the start because there are so many structural aspects to remember on top of actually analysing, understanding and annotating the article. However, if you stick to the same pattern [...]

Coming from a humanities background, there was a technique that I used religiously and lived by, when summarising and compacting my notes, which ultimately saved me an abundance of time and stress before the exam period.
The VCAA study design was my bible. It was a resource that I relied on 100%. Each subject has a [...]

VCE Visual communication is a subject that will take up a lot of time and effort, resulting in late countless late nights and endless hours putting the finishing touches in place. Your teacher will provide you with all the key criteria required to fulfill the requirements of the course and I know from experience that [...]

Having such a broad and free subject it was hard for me to stay on track as I would have to set my own agenda for the upcoming lessons and weeks. In studio arts, everything must be planned out so that you do not run out of time.
Do not be afraid if it takes you [...]

“I must pluck up the courage and look”. Although Michele experiences fear, he never lets his fear override his moral convictions. Discuss.
Though in the idioms of fantasy, with fictional characters like the witch, it in fact replicates the horrors Michele now knows are going on in the real world. Monsters do exist after [...]

By Emma Roache (VCE Graduate 2006)
“I must pluck up the courage and look”. Although Michele experiences fear, he never lets his fear override his moral convictions. Discuss.
In Southern Italy in 1978, Niccolo Ammaniti’s I’m Not Scared depicts a sense of Michele’s ethical struggles and steady move towards good in the face of evil. Through [...]

By Peter Lenkefi
When learning accounting for the first time, the terms ‘debit’ and ‘credit’ can be a bit confusing. Why? Because when you go to the bank and deposit money, the teller will tell you, “I am crediting your account X amount of dollars,” but if you are taking money our of your account, the [...]

By Emma Roache (VCE graduate 2006)
‘We’ve created this problem. Multi-drug resistance is a man made problem. By developing as many antibiotics as we have, we’ve essentially accelerated an evolutionary process…’ (Microbiologist- Mr. Barry Kreiswirth)
Due to human societal failures the evolution of drug-resistant strains of the tubercle bacillus has occurred all around the world. Until recently, [...]

As with any subject in year 12, if you do the work then you will have no reason to underachieve when the final results are posted. In VCE further math’s, I found that the only way to achieve the best results possible was to just get through the work chapter by chapter, question by question. [...]

Challenge the topic. Don’t just agree or disagree with a topic, look at it. You’ll probably find phrases or something which isn’t entirely true of the text. Put conditions on the amount you agree/disagree with what the topic says.
For example, a topic in the 2005 exam was something like ‘”The play shows Oedipus to [...]

VCE English is by far the most popular subject in the VCE, pretty much because you HAVE to do it unless you prefer VCE Literature or VCE English Language or you fit the requirements for ESL. English is also an important subject because it goes on your top four subjects in your ENTER increment. In [...]

Obviously, you should also aim to get the best exam score humanly possible. Do this with revision (basically writing a lot of plans and essays under timed conditions including at least one or two trial exams and getting a teacher to look at them) and on the day by not freaking out too much.
I [...]

Motivation is an oft-discussed subject, particularly with regards to whether or not it is something that can be “taught”. Some people believe that motivation is something that can be “caught” like a virus, whilst others (myself included) believe that motivation is something that has to have start from within, and for personal reasons.
What is [...]

The standard for success across the globe is having a vision that compels you to succeed. Motivation is the key in accomplishing all your goals. No matter how many years you spend in a classroom or from what social class or lifestyle, motivation is the common factor among those who are high achievers.
Finding the tools [...]

By John Crowley, BA, Grad. Dip. Ed, M.A
Exploring Key Knowledge Area 1: What is meant by the Interpretation of the elements?
Many teachers would reasonably assume that their students possessed a generally accurate grasp of what the term interpretation of the elements implies. However, in my experience of teaching the revised VCE Solo Performance Study [...]