2016 School Magazine

STUDY OF RELIGION Study of Religion has not only taught me how religion, philosophy and psychology underpin the premise of human thought, but has taught me how to open my mind to an expansive scope of ideas. This year, a variety of intertwining, absorbing and complex topics were studied in depth, including Buddhist and Muslim rituals, Christian liturgies and associated doctrines, creation myths, Freudian concepts and hermeneutics. I really enjoyed learning about Sigmund Freud and his polarising theories on the human complex because it fostered compelling in-class debates and discussions. Such discourse allowed girls to bounce ideas off one another in a supportive and easygoing environment. These discussions, coupled with the concepts we learnt this year, will remain with us for years to come, unquestionably influencing our outlook on broader life.

IVY LAWRENCE (12E)

YEAR 11 ACCOUNTING During my junior schooling, I became accustomed to the practice of merely focusing on the content I was taught in school. My knowledge of what was happening around the world was a little deprived. However, Accounting has taught me the importance of knowing the world’s events. Besides being interesting and relevant, I believe that another valuable bonus you receive when studying Accounting is the skillset you learn to adopt. During my past year of study in Accounting, I have learnt many skills, and one of these is the ability to become more aware and observant of what was occurring around me. Furthermore, I have learnt how to become more meticulous in my work and the importance of being flexible in my application of concepts to challenges that are presented to me. Some students may hesitate to take Accounting, considering it is not a junior subject. I was hesitant too. However, I believe that there is no specific skillset you must have beforehand. To give you a miniscule glimpse of the content in Accounting some of the topics covered in Year 11 are the basics of the accounting system so we can understand a balance sheet and income statement and the information these statements provide. We also learnt about fraud within businesses and methods of effectively preventing and discouraging it. This was tied to our study of how accounting is used to effectively control the financial resources of a business.

Some students, at the end of Term III, visited one of the Big Four firms, EY to an event about Young Futures in Financial Services. Representatives from four organisations (EY, Suncorp, QIC and Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand) presented to us and gave us valuable insights and emphasised the importance of both team work and the variety of careers in the financial sector. I’m sure many of my classmates would agree that Accounting is a very useful subject: giving us both skills we can apply in financial careers and skills we can apply to any subject matter. Accounting can be communicated anywhere in the world, because as Mrs Greig always says: ‘Accounting is a language’.

TU-AN MA (11H)

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