STUDENTS

CLIVE D’SILVA

OP: 5 Mansfield State High School, Brisbane

Subjects: English, Film & TV, Business Management, Drama, Maths A

Achievements: School Captain 2018

Topped 5 Subjects 2017 (English, Business, Film, Media, Guita) & topped Film in 2018; Outstanding Contribution to Art 2018;

Stuffit Int. Film Festival (Senior Live Film Winner); Mansfield Literary Festival (2018 Short Story Winner and Highly Commended 2014-2017); Corrine McMillan MP Award for Leadership

Vishwajeet Modi

Gilmore College, WA

ATAR: 99.70

Subjects: Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics Specialist, Mathematics Methods, English.

Achievements: Highest ATAR of Gilmore College, Top in Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics Methods

Graduation.

Vishwajeet: I won’t forget the ping pong matches that my friends and I played nearly every day in school during breaks and insane lucky shots that we sometimes pulled off accidentally. Also, the gags and dumb science jokes my friends and I made in library during group studies is something that I’ll cherish for a while.

What did you learn about yourself in your last year of school?

Aditi: I learnt that the pressure of deadlines motivates and pushes me to work harder.

Liya: I learnt how I personally cope with stress, and discovered that my favourite subjects were biology and physics, which was helpful in choosing university preferences.

Clive: CLIVE

Vishwajeet: Vish M

Describe your HSC year in three (or four) words.

Madhu: Competitive. Energy consuming. Knowledgeable.

Liya: Demanding. Fun. Unforgettable

Aditi: Fun. Relentless. Tiring.

Clive: Unforgettable. Unpredictable. Character-building. Surreal.

Clive: Everything transforms into an independent way of life in universitywhether it’s having to take the initiative with your own learning, studying subjects that you are actually passionate about, choosing your own timetable, or even something as simple as wearing what you want every day. There’s so much opportunity to meet a diverse group of people who also share similar interests with you.

Vishwajeet: I think university life will be starkly different from high school. I won’t have teachers reminding me about assignments being due like in high school.

But in terms of social life, I think there are more opportunities to meet like-minded people in uni and also to more opportunities to get an insight into other careers.

What moments from Year 12 will you remember the most?

Aditi: The formal events as well as those times chatting with my friends when we were supposed to be studying.

Liya: Formal, graduation dinner, and our last full day of school (muck-up day).

Clive: Formal. Exam block. Sports carnivals. The final week with friends and teachers.

Clive: I learnt that there is no substitute for hard work. And that the QCS system is unfair and is rightly being abolished because it relies on the average and effort of other students and can easily negatively or positively influence your individual final result, which is simply an absurd principle.

Vishwajeet: I learnt that if I put my mind into it and work towards a goal, then it can be achieved no matter the difficulty as long as I preserve and work for it.

What was your jersey name?

Liya: Liya

Aditi: Aditz