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I think both papers were pretty fair. Module B required a little thought to adapt, but other than that, I guess everything was expected at that level.
I couldnt agree more. English is a useless subject. My point is if they want to make it compulsory (which it shouldnt be), they should teach grammar and writing skills, not this BS they teach now.English needs to be cut. It's the most pointless, irrelavent, and stressful subject. I see more use in Visual Arts than English. Absolute BS. Today's Hamlet question was like a 1970's one. It's nearlon impossible not to memorise an essay. To be able to write a good length, detailed essay with the question well answered - 40 mins is just not enough. I know they can't do anything, and i appreciate that, but it's not fair. Nothing is ever good enough in English, and they wonder why.
Sorry man it wasn't a dig in replying to your comment.
yh i dun ned engishI couldnt agree more. English is a useless subject. My point is if they want to make it compulsory (which it shouldnt be), they should teach grammar and writing skills, not this BS they teach now.
Lol so true, similar to basic skills back in the day. Seriously I've learnt more useful ways to write reports, memos, reports, business letters and personal letters in VET I.T that will actually help me in life for numerous things such as applying for jobs and handling communication in a business. Whereas English does none of this.I couldnt agree more. English is a useless subject. My point is if they want to make it compulsory (which it shouldnt be), they should teach grammar and writing skills, not this BS they teach now.
How can you know what the cut-off was?
I didn't like paper 1 because we did Great Expectations and the reading task questions could have been harded.
Paper 2, well, I LOVED IT. You can't complain about module A - it was so generic. Module B was fine if you'd studied all of the content.
Module C always has a funnily-worded question and you just need to be imaginative in making your ideas fit or thinking of new ones.
It's not meant to be a walk in the park!
lets all object to bos with shit punctuations and poor grammatical skills.yh i dun ned engish
They do, don't they? When I was in year 8 or something they made 'literacy' a compulsory subject, which taught just thatI couldnt agree more. English is a useless subject. My point is if they want to make it compulsory (which it shouldnt be), they should teach grammar and writing skills, not this BS they teach now.
+1Easy paper/question, people complain others can go in with prepared responses.
Normal paper/question, people complain it's not challenging enough.
Bitch paper/question, people complain it fucks people over because they aren't prepared.
bos: /rq
In all honesty, *any* prepared response for Skrzynecki, BR + F and The Fiftieth Gate you could have written near word-for-word without an iota of worryEasy paper/question, people complain others can go in with prepared responses.
Normal paper/question, people complain it's not challenging enough.
Bitch paper/question, people complain it fucks people over because they aren't prepared.
bos: /rq
But those people HAD to do Hamlet, which was shit. So, iunno.In all honesty, *any* prepared response for Skrzynecki, BR + F and The Fiftieth Gate you could have written near word-for-word without an iota of worry
Those people included me lolBut those people HAD to do Hamlet, which was shit. So, iunno.
I'm fairly happy with the standard paper.
I did Gate and didn't do Hamlet.But those people HAD to do Hamlet, which was shit. So, iunno.
I'm fairly happy with the standard paper.
I reckon it was worth it lol. I hate poems with a passion. I reckon Hamlet was the best choice.But those people HAD to do Hamlet, which was shit. So, iunno.
I'm fairly happy with the standard paper.
You had to have really specifically studied place though, because I found it easy to talk about place 'facilitating a sense of belonging' as in Duke senior/The Forest of Arden, but i hadn't specifically studied how it 'hindered one's sense' so i was a bit fucked. I just wrote about the social demands of court life and how they reflected Olivers mistreatment of Orlando, thus left him feeling Ostracised in the court.Haha, yeh we did get lucky
If you did As you like it for belonging- the AOS q was like <33333333