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Hello, I am Maya and I am currently in year 11 in High School, here in Victoria. Next year I will be in year 12, very exciting but as you all know, year 12 can be very overwhelming with the content and hard to balance your social life with school commitments. I’ve had a bit of research and looked into the three best advices, that I will be sharing with you all, so you are able to learn how to manage year 12 as well! I think the most important tip would be the first one, and I urge you to try and achieve this. In Victoria, we have VCE and/or VET, and you need six subjects all together to complete year 12, so I pulled, not only one, but two subjects earlier. Meaning in year 10 I finished a subject and I will be finishing one this year too, so next year I will have not six, not five, but four subjects to focus on and it will be easier for me to manage my routine within school and social life, that is why I urge you all to try this. Tip number two, remember that you are not alone, have a chat with your friends about how you’re feeling and if you’re behind on the schoolwork. You both can help each other out and you both could go to a library together and study together there and afterwards, go your separate ways home. Make sure that you pick the right friend! So you both wouldn’t be chatting away the whole time and ignoring the work! Tip number three, you can talk to your teachers, or your support group by emailing them or having a discussion face-to-face, saying “I feel that I can’t catch up with the class work or understand it very well.”. Most of the time your teacher will be supportive and try help you out by giving you extra information, extra time or sitting down with you and having a chat to make sure that you can understand as much as possible. Especially because your education/learning is important.