OMG, it’s September. Are you ready for your final exams? Good luck!

COVID-19 has impacted on the teaching and learning for final year secondary students and also on the extra-curricular parts of school life. However, three enthusiastic and talented students of Indonesian are upbeat about doing the final exam and about their futures.

Dylan Phoon, a Year 12 Indonesian student of Melbourne High School, visiting Fushimi Inari Shrine, a temple with thousands of gates in Jepang, Dec 2019. Source: Photo courtesy Dylan Phoon.

Justin Ong, Dylan Phoon and Raymond Shi study Indonesian at Melbourne High School.  They explain how they adapted to the changes in their school and social lives this year to be confident about taking on the VCE Indonesian exam.

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A Year 12 Indonesian student of Melbourne High School, Dylan Phoon who dreams to be an engineer, holidaying in Raja Ampat, Indonesia and enjoyed diving, 2017. Source: Photo courtesy Dylan Phoon.