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    Geo teacher = crap

    if your teacher is not helping you then circumvent them by asking other geography teachers at the school for help. Most of them should be happy to help you and hopefully one of them will be more helpful than your teacher. Have you spoken to your teacher about the lack of notes and...
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    intrinisic and utility value

    the concept of intrinsic value is that the total value of an ecosystem is greater than the sum of the value of its parts. eg the value of a forest does not equal the value of the timber, plus whatever other natural resources can be sold. Intrinsic value means that a natural environment has...
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    Pip Topics Of '07'

    The best way to choose a topic is to find something you are really interested in and base it around that. A lot of the pips i have read were very contrived in that the person chose something they thought would appeal to the markers or get them high marks. The process of research and how...
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    Primary or Secondary?

    That is not my experience at all. By year 11/12 a lot of students are not interested in learning for learnings sake but rather in achieving the highest possible marks regardless of interest. In year 7-10 they are much more free to explore their interests and less marks driven. Some students...
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    Private teachers salaries

    the elite private schools (independant ones) generally pay more, but expect extras such as compulsory sports training and saturday sport. CEO schools are on an award that is similar to the state schools
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    Primary or Secondary?

    secondary for me. I love my subject and enjoy developing a love of it in my students. Most of my friends are primary teachers and there are some definite positives. -classroom management is much less challenging (a bunch of 10yr olds are much less difficult than a group of 16 yr old boys...
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    Teachers and selective schools

    selective schools are preferential postings meaning that most of the teachers who end up there have a lot of experience and have worked up enough points to get into a good school. I went to both a selective and mainstream high school-the selective school had much better teachers in general...
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