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that's freaky hey - that the media are reading all our posts eeek! and i spose its just "arent you lucky" to the catholics who got a practically identical paper! :uhhuh: we public schools aint, ha!

What the hell were the priveleges of the kings? I studied the role of kings n shit and i could find no where what the priveleges of Spartan kings were so i thought meh fug it, we prob wont get a Q on it... And low and behold! I just said that they were priveleged to have a dignified...

good good ... thats good to hear :p

who cares...obviously the nerdiest school in the state...i'd be caring more how i went...

True...i have a shit english teacher and the only way to figure out what the fuck shes on about is to further the research yourself. The teachers arent meant to spoon feed you everything...if you are a smart and motivated student then you would do ur best to do ur best ;) Now that...

yeah i said it was postmodernist perspective because they believe theres no such thing as historical fact and the article talked about how people have used history to suit themselves and their own purposes ie manipulated it so the facts and what actually occurred is no longer cared about...

yeah i reckon it was a fair paper but the source was a bit gay i reckon i talked about the approaches of different schools and their respective historians: - ancient/classical (thucydides and herodotus) - relativist (commager, becker, croce) - empiricist (von ranke) - post-modernist...

How weird was the answer sheet they gave us for ancient societies?!?! For my ancient society (which was Sparta) i'd normally write the equivalent amount of pages as my other three options, but the writing space they gave us for ancient societies was PETTY! i dont reckon it gave us room to talk...

Is anyone else confused or mislead by these stupid Board of Studies exam booklets? :confused: I think its so hard to estimate what to write seeing as we dont normally write on these kinda pages! And I keep getting told different things - who agrees that one of the BOS pages equals a half an A4...

Is it just me, or are there others out there who leave the exam feeling confident that you've given it your best shot, then, reflecting back on it later on or by talking to others about it, feel like you've screwed it up...or think "shit...i should have written that here, or improved on that" i...

omg mine was so shite...i made it up on the spot...it was a parody (i sought inspiration from real insp hound and *cough* monty python which i've been watchin like all week!) :p anyway twas set in a place with "thick fog, water dripping and minimal lighting" ie you're made to think its a dark...

i reckon the best way to tackle Paper Two is to definitely stick to the 40 minute time slot for each section...as soon as that forty minutes is up - MOVE ON! They're all worth the same remember so you gotta give them all an equal chance. I recommend finishing the essay about 37 mins so then you...