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Got a question? Ask it here. Q. Which is the best Search Engine to use? A. In many ways, it's a question of personal taste. Search engines all work slightly differently, so it's a good idea to choose one and learn how to use it really effectively. Search engines fall into different categories - Web Crawlers, MetaSearchers and Web Directories. Each has advantages and disadvantages. The Search skills section of this site has links to information about these different types. Personally, I really like Google. It's fast, simple and seems to get exceptionally accurate results. In my experience, it would be a very rare occasion where Google failed to come up with the goods. I like the fact that it just searches. No free offers, no flashing advertising, no sign-up-for-a-free email-account... just a really great search tool. Q. Does the work from Year 9 count towards our School Certificate Grade? A. Technically, No. The SC rules state that your assessment for the School Certificate has to be based only on the assessment tasks completed during Year 10. So, if you look at the assessment guide, you'll see that your Year 9 work is not included in the total. However, don't forget that your ability to understand some of the Year 10 work will be partly based on how well you understood some of the Year 9 work, as quite a lot of the theory builds on what you should already know. It's also quite acceptable to be asked a question in an exam based on Year 9 work, because you are supposed to know it. So the bottom line is that if you messed up in Year 9 and didn't do as well as you could have, don't loose too much sleep, it's not the end of the world. The flip side to that argument is that if you know there are things you didn't understand from Year 9, for goodness sake, go catch up and find out what you need to know to fill the gaps.
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