English is truly gay (2 Viewers)

[IceBreaker]

what a stupid gay subject i mean do we need to know different meaning of how texts(pic,poem etc.) represent and how it relate to other stuff....wtf???you can't really study for it, you either have to love it or hate it

they should change to a more grammer based course or something...i hate reading poems and novels. english is seriously going to pull my UAI down..

 

[nick1048]

its compulsory to stop all the illiterates from doing 4u maths chem, physics and engineering studies... you can study for english and practise responses and read lots of texts but u choose to do your little mathematics instead. Suck it up and get over it...

 

[KFunk]

Yes, I agree, it would be much more fun to cite the definition of a disjunctive pronoun than to watch a movie and learn something about human nature by thinking about it.

 

[absolution*]

Fucking homophobes. Way to be Christian...

 

[nick1048]

ur refering to the standard/advanced course arent u... in that case I agree... they suck.

 

[badhairday]

i agree with Icebreaker, english can sometimes be a pain in the ass especially when analysing abstract poetry and writing pointless essays about journey
But nick also has a point. English is pretty important subject whether you like it or not. Sure you may not need to know what "juxtaposition" is in normal life, but english can overall be useful.
Me? I myself dont like english at all, but what can you do about it

 

[taco man]

Thats bullshit, english is a great subject..you just need to have a open mind to take up the ideas/concepts in texts.

 

[ur_inner_child]

being able to read and anaylse texts is one ability...

the ability to look at this within its contexts, recognise dominant discourses and why it may be relevant to our context, or with other contexts, as well as finding the conceptual meaning behind the text is another ability, which would probably get you the higher marks.

But yes, I hated english.

Most utterly.

 

[IceBreaker]

no you cant study for english at all....well sort of. what i mean theres no hard solid facts to follow in the english syllabus unlike other subjects where there is. its just showing your understanding of relationship between texts etc...which you cant bullshit and interpret in your own way and that english syllabus it hard to understand. And as for illerate/bad english people the Bos should make just an average english grammer course to learn how to read and write, punctuations etc.... just enough to a minimum standard and other people with ok english shouldnt have to do it

 

[absolution*]

Write an essay, memorise it and then write it in the exam. Its not rocket science kiddies.

 

[nick1048]

there's fundamentals and ESL but yes I see your point. English is there to stop these rediculously high UAI's coming from the very good mathematics students. If you just so happen to be good @ English go with it. Yes you can study, its called produce an essay and work on it. The solid fact are the quotes you need to adapt to the exam questions. Other subjects are based on revise and regurgitate, English can be "wrote learnt" but in most cases people CBF doing that so you actually have to think... *sigh* Y am I fighting on English's side... who cares you gotta do it.

 

[IceBreaker]

Write an essay, memorise it and then write it in the exam. Its not rocket science kiddies.

thats not the real way, how are you suppose to do that when you do not know the question?

 

[absolution*]

thats not the real way, how are you suppose to do that when you do not know the question?

Telepathy?

 

[nick1048]

u can predict the question I mean a transformation is always a transformation... techniques... how does the first text compare to the later text and discuss techniques.

 

[IceBreaker]

i dun think its impossible to study for but i def find it is alot harder to study for well for me any way (my worst subject) ...

ive got it tommorow for my half yearly exam

grr

you got ya half yrly already? thats fast

 

[IceBreaker]

what i mean is that when you look at the english syllabus there no hard solid fact you can follow , its all this understanding & interpretation stuff which i dont understand , they should revise the english syllabus and make it more clear.

 

[IceBreaker]

Thats bullshit, english is a great subject..you just need to have a open mind to take up the ideas/concepts in texts.

im open minded, its just that its gay

 

[badhairday]

english isnt really one of those subjects where there is a clear cut right or wrong answer. its all based on interpretation and justification. everyones answers are different and unique and there isnt really a set path to follow, just a general direction
Yes they should make the syllabus more clear, but theres only so much that they can include.

 

[IceBreaker]

english isnt really one of those subjects where there is a clear cut right or wrong answer. its all based on interpretation and justification. everyones answers are different and unique and there isnt really a set path to follow, just a general direction
Yes they should make the syllabus more clear, but theres only so much that they can include.

thats exactly what i mean

 

[Lhyviathan]

I trust I have made my position on this matter quite clear...