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Best - Great Expectations (come on, someone had to say it! How could you not love the scene where Joe and Pip learn to read?!) - The French Lieutenant's Woman (first postmodern bookm I ever read. Amazing) - To Kill a Mockingbird (why hasn't it made it on this list earlier? It's a...

Postmodernism is awesome. There are a few people in my class who can't stand it, so I guess it's a pretty personal choice, but I honestly think it's the most exciting and valuable thing I've come across in my entire school life. The texts are fantastic and really challenging (well, Orlando and...

I loathe advanced. It's so pre-determined, everything has a definitive answer and it's all boxed in and boring. With the extensions you're meant to be creative and explore concepts, so when you get to write an essay or whatever you've got this huge bank of really stimulating ideas to draw from...

Hey, if anyone did extension history at high school, how does it compare with uni history? Are there electives at uni that are similar, ie looking at the theory and practice of history/historiography, or is it all pretty much case studies of various historical periods?

Yeah, if you change it then you're not really presenting your extension history work, but a competition essay. Kind of defies the point, since it's supposed to be competition for the best works. Plus it's an unfair advantage. If it's not suitably competitive as is, then that's something you...

Pieces of Me: I wouldn't exactly say that I liked this one, but I can't deny that it was very easy to read, and that your RS justified pretty much everything I had doubts about. You made it really clear what your intentions were and it was obvious that a lot of thought and research went into...

Bloodletting: I loved this one at the beginning. I thought you created a really successful, quirky style which really conveyed the childhood mindset of your protagonist (I know how hard this is, I tried to do it in my MW too, gaaah!) I was completely absorbed into the style and atmosphere...

thankx for the feedback crazyhomo! I have to admit, I'm kinda surprised that it was the tone rather than the postmodern reflection that you didn't like...I was so worried about whether the reflection would interrupt the flow of the story too much that I guess I didn't really give enough thought...

Mmm, yes Egypt is definitely the best in my class, but we're only doing Egypt and Greece so I'm not exactly coming from a broad perspective here. But the Egyptians were so fascinating, and i have to agree - Hatshepsut was an incredible woman.

OK, I've finally worked up the courage to post my MW. Constructive criticism would be really appreciated, I've only heard the opinions of a few people and judging by the posts in this forum the X2 ppl are really the only ones who are actually honest and constructive (mostly!). Can't change...

boz-foogle: yes, a critique is a criticism of a work. But the word criticism doesn't necessarily equate to a negative comment - CRITICISM: an analysis of a work of art or literature A critique only requires you to analyse, not sledge. You can actually say something encouraging in a critique...