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It was our first full week back at school after our well-deserved
Term One break. Our first Monday morning of the term, it would be painful
but our minds were eased partially as we, 'superior' Year 11 students had
a day of no formal classes. We had our 'Study Skills Day'. Studying!!!
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What was that again? A lot of us were out of practice from
our reasonably long, but not long enough holiday, so, what an opportune
time to have a day to polish up on our studying skills and perhaps even
learn some new ones.
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The day began with a seminar with Steven McInnnes. It began after
form assembly in the morning and ended before lunch in the early afternoon.
He 'appeared' to be a reasonably reserved, mellow man, but as most of us
are aware, "Looks can be deceiving", and that cliché could never
be more applicable.
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This seemingly relaxed man was overflowing with energy and insightful
words on what we want to achieve in life. He put strong emphasis on the
point that you really only have one prime opportunity to make a decision
about what you want to achieve during your VCE years.
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That opportunity is most readily available now, and if we set 'realistic'
goals for ourselves it gives us something to strive for, and hopefully
in the end, once it has been achieved, we will feel a sensation of self
satisfaction and success. The only key to that success is through
your own attitude and the effort that you put in now, rather than later.
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He also guided us into finding out what our learning style
was, whether it was Visual, Auditory or Kinesthetic. Once we all had discovered
which category/s we came under, he explained the best ways for us, within
these groups, to study efficiently and obtain effective skills for exam
preparation.
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After lunch we were to have another guest speaker and all I knew
of him was that he was a well-recognized famous entertainer. That man was
Adam Thompson, from the hit band, "The Chocolate Starfish".
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He began the seminar with a 3-minute video highlighting his
career as a performer.
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Just from this video we learned that he had a somewhat 'eventful'
life, to put it mildly.
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an extrovert and appeared to have lived his life to the utmost, and we
were all looking forward to hearing what insightful words he had to offer. |
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out, the speech that he gave had such a profound effect on me that it made
me really consider where I was going in life and what I wanted to achieve. |
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| He concentrated on
the necessity in finding your passion in life. |
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| If you have a
passion, life becomes a lot easier because you always have something that
you can fall back on, something that makes you happy and that you enjoy
doing. |
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| He also touched
on dreams and aspirations for the future, with the motive: 'There Ain't
No Mountain High Enough'!!!!!! |
