Past HSC and Practise Questions for Area of Study: Belonging

WB Yeats’ The Wild Swans at Coole (1918)

Context:

• The poem is a reference to Coole Park, which was the property owned by the Gregory family. Lady Gregory was a patron of Yeats and he spent much of his time at Coole Park.
• During the time he wrote this poem in 1917, Yeats was depressed. He had been rejected by not only Maude Gonne, but her adopted daughter Iseult Gonne as well. Instead, he married Georgie Hyde-Lees, as he could never attain the love of Maude or Iseult.

Ideas:

Is this a poem about the pain of time’s passage and aging, in contrast to the endurance and immortality of nature?

Is this a poem about the loss of love and his isolation after being rejected by Maude?

Is this a poem about the loss of inspiration and passion for his writing?

The Value of Volunteering

So, you’re in highschool. It’s HSC year and you’re doing 13 units, vying for rank one in all your subjects (you’re ambitious).

Or, you’re in uni. You’ve got classes 3 days a week and you’re working at a part-time job another 3 days. Your weekend is now only one day long.

These aren’t exactly situations where you’ve got “time to spare”. But it’s worthwhile to think about using time you do have to volunteer.

In high school, I used to volunteer at the library (contacting books), the canteen (selling food), in  an environmental group (doing water testing) and in random school events.

In uni, I volunteered on charity days (Bandaged Bear, Pink Ribbon etc) and took up volunteer web designing for various non-profit organisations.

WB Yeats’ When You Are Old (1893)

Context:

• Published as part of a collection, The Rose, which was inspired by Yeats’ long-time unrequited love, Maude Gonne
• Yeats was madly in love with Maude and proposed to her on several occasions. He also proposed to her adopted daughter Iseult in 1917.
• Maude rejected Yeats, because he was not fully committed to the Irish independence (Irish Nationalism), which she was passionate about. She had already fully rejected her Anglo-Irish heritage.

Readings:

• Biographical – unrequited love for Maude Gonne
• Universal – lyrical expression of the unrequited love
• Romanticism – as a Romantic poet, Yeats is isolated and mortal, but his work “this book” is an attempt to immortalise himself

UTS Federal Constitutional Law: Spring 2007 – Notes

Here are all my notes for Federal Constitutional Law, taught at UTS in Spring 2007 semester.

Please note the year of the subject, as laws and content change.

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NOTE: for this subject, I don’t remember (and didn’t record) what order the notes were taught in. But I’ve posted them in what I think was roughly the order.

1. The Fundamentals Of Australian Constitutional Law
2. Federal, State & Territory
3. Constitutional Interpretation and Characterisation of Federal Laws
4. Executive Powers
5. Judicial Power of the Commonwealth
6. Trade and Commerce
7. External Affairs
8. Corporations Power
9. Individual Rights and Freedoms
10. Inconsistency and Repugnancy of Laws
11. Indigenous People and the Constitution

UTS Commercial & Estate Practice: Spring 2010 – Notes

Here are all my notes for Commercial & Estate Practice, taught at UTS in Spring 2010 semester.

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1. Lecture 1: Taxes and Duties for Small Business
2. Lecture 2: Business Structures
3. Lecture 3: Pre-Exchange
4. Lecture 4: Exchange, Post-Exchange and Settlement
5. Lecture 5: The Final Stage
6. Lecture 6: Corporations
7. Lecture 7: Industrial Relations
8. Lecture 10: Wills
9. Lecture 11: Probate & Letters of Administration
10. Lecture 12: Administration and Estate Planning
11. Lecture 13: Administration and Estate Planning – Part 2

UTS Ethics & Professional Conduct: Autumn 2010 – Notes

Here are all my notes for Ethics & Professional Conduct, taught at UTS in Autumn 2010 semester.

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1. Lecture 1: Introduction to Ethics
2. Lecture 2: Introduction to Legal Accounting
3. Lecture 3: Hierarchy of Accounting Records
4. Lecture 4: End of Month Procedures
5. Lecture 5: Lawyering as a Profession
6. Lecture 6: Duty of Court
7. Lecture 7: Duty to the Client
8. Lecture 8: Retainers, Disclosures, Costs and Liens
9. Lecture 9: Duties to Third Parties and Colleagues
10. Lecture 10: Discipline

UTS Equity & Trusts: Spring 2008 – Notes

Here are all my notes for Equity & Trusts, taught at UTS in Spring 2008 semester.

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Index to Equitable Interests and Assignments

1. Introduction to Equity
2. Equitable Estates & Interest, and Priorities
3. Assignments of Interests

Index to Estoppel and Unconscionable Concepts

1. Fiduciary Obligations
2. Estoppel 
3. Unconscionable Transactions

Index to Trust

1. Introduction to Trusts
2. Express Trusts
3. Charitable Trusts
4. Resulting Trusts
5. Constructive Trusts

Other Notes:

1. Injunctions
2. Equitable Remedies and Defences, and Specific Performance 

UTS Family Law: Autumn 2009 – Notes

Here are all my notes for Family Law, taught at UTS in Autumn 2009 semester.

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1. Lecture 1: Marriage, De Facto, Non-Couple Relationships
2. Lecture 2: Marriage, Nullity and Divorce
3. Lecture 3: Violence, Dispute Resolution, Role of Lawyers
4. Lecture 4: Parents, Non-Parents and Surrogacy
5. Lecture 5: Parental Concepts
6. Lecture 6: Children
7. Lecture 7: Enforcement and Contravention, Relocation, Abduction
8. Lecture 8: Physical Violence & Sexual Abuse
9. Lecture 9: Property Issues
10. Lecture 10: Property – Contributions and Needs
11. Lecture 11: Financial Contributions and Third Party Interests
12. Extra: Child Support and Spousal Maintenance

UTS Evidence & Criminal Procedure: Autumn 2009 – Notes

Here are all my notes for Evidence & Criminal Procedure, taught at UTS in Autumn 2009 semester.

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1. Lecture 1: Intro, Bail, Search & Seizure
2. Lecture 2: Arrest
3. Lecture 3: Proof, Relevance and Exclusions
4. Lecture 4: Privilege
5. Lecture 5: Calling Witnesses
6. Lecture 6: Credibility and Real Evidence
7. Lecture 7: Hearsay
8. Lecture 8: Hearsay for Non-Hearsay Use and Admissions
9. Lecture 9: Opinion Rule
10. Lecture 10: Tendency and Coincidence
11. Lecture 11: Character Evidence, Exclusion of Evidence, Judicial Comments, Directions and Warnings
12. Lecture 12: Approaching Problem Solving

More materials:

• Flow Chart

UTS Corporate Law: Autumn 2009 – Notes

Here are all my notes for Corporate Law, taught at UTS in Autumn 2009 semester.

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1. Lecture 1: Structures and Partnerships
2. Lecture 2: Contextual and Theoretical Issues of Corporate Law
3. Lecture 3: Corporate Insolvency
4. Lecture 4: Consequences of Incorporation
5. Lecture 5: Criminal and Contracts
6. Lecture 6: Replaceable Rules, Constitution, Management and Shareholders
7. Lecture 7: The General Meeting
8. No lectures.
9. Lecture 9: Directors and Other Officers
10. Lecture 10: Director’s Duty of Care
11. Lecture 11: Director’s Good Faith Obligations
12. Lecture 12: Conflict Avoidance
13. Lecture 13: Remedies
14. Lecture 14: Corporate Groups

Extra material:

• Replaceable Rules
• Research and Writing Assignment – question
• Research and Writing Assignment – answer

Tutorial Material:

• Tutorial Guide and Questions
• Tutorial Exercise 2
• Tutorial Exercise 4
• Tutorial Exercise 5
• Tutorial Exercise 6
• Tutorial Exercise 7
• Tutorial Exercise 8
• Tutorial Exercise 9
• Tutorial Exercise 11
• Tutorial Exercise 12
• Tutorial Exercise 13
• Tutorial Exercise 14