Prelim 2015 Chit Chat Thread (9 Viewers)

[Graceuf]

Woo o 3o/ Yearlies! Mine start this Friday. Starting with both Physics & Economics 8D WOO. SO FUN. KELF.

Wooh! That enthusiasm.

So glad I still have another weekend to procras- I mean study...

 

[Kittyrules]

i also had english today... for the first time ever in english i actually had ideas as to what to write... like duh it was all bs but at least it was meaningful bs! Um pretty happy with what i was able to do considering my lack of study for it

my questions were:
How do relationships alter the way we see the world?
and
Gwen Harwood shows deeper meaning in everyday activities and ordinary events. Discuss.

 

[Sien]

i also had english today... for the first time ever in english i actually had ideas as to what to write... like duh it was all bs but at least it was meaningful bs! Um pretty happy with what i was able to do considering my lack of study for it

my questions were:
How do relationships alter the way we see the world?
and
Gwen Harwood shows deeper meaning in everyday activities and ordinary events. Discuss.

fkkkkk i'm so under prepared, don't even know how to answer those
btw which poems did you do, my school is doing violets and Fadah And Child

 

[blackbird_14]

Wooh! That enthusiasm.

So glad I still have another weekend to procras- I mean study...

Yeah good luck with that!

My essay question was: poetry is a powerful expression of ideas. Discuss.

 

[Kittyrules]

fkkkkk i'm so under prepared, don't even know how to answer those
btw which poems did you do, my school is doing violets and Fadah And Child

my school did a lot... and then we chose 2 each.
the ones to choose from were:
in the park
prize giving
violets
father and child
mother who gave me life

i chose violets because we went through it sooooo much and its ez and mother who gave me life because its got plenty of meaning but not as complicated to talk about as father and child

 

[Kittyrules]

Yeah good luck with that!

My essay question was: poetry is a powerful expression of ideas. Discuss.

woah thats so general omg what did you write about?
like how does one even prove that something is a 'poweful expression of ideas'??

 

[blackbird_14]

woah thats so general omg what did you write about?
like how does one even prove that something is a 'powerful expression of ideas'??

Yeah I was so happy when it was that general! Went on about techniques (powerful expression) and the use of them to make ideas that stay in your mind.

 

[Sien]

my school did a lot... and then we chose 2 each.
the ones to choose from were:
in the park
prize giving
violets
father and child
mother who gave me life

i chose violets because we went through it sooooo much and its ez and mother who gave me life because its got plenty of meaning but not as complicated to talk about as father and child

do you choose the 2 poems b4 actual test, because there is nothing normal about father and child. The persona is nuts
which question did you choose and can you tell my briefly what you wrote?
I just pray they won't ask me about memories

 

[MilkyCat_]

I'm actually feeling semi confident about english which is a good surprise

 

[DatAtarLyfe]

Wait, I've never learnt how to deal with essay q that has a quote in it. Do you stick the quote somewhere in the essay or something

Your essay's ideas should revolve around the ideas portrayed in the quote. I generally like to stick the quote in in the conclusion.
The problem with my quote was that it had ideas that i was not prepared for, so all my quotes related to a different idea. Thats my fault for not preparing enough but usually i manipulate the quote to my ideas but i couldnt even do it this time

 

[Sien]

Your essay's ideas should revolve around the ideas portrayed in the quote. I generally like to stick the quote in in the conclusion.
The problem with my quote was that it had ideas that i was not prepared for, so all my quotes related to a different idea. Thats my fault for not preparing enough but usually i manipulate the quote to my ideas but i couldnt even do it this time

do you have to use the entire quote? So you would say something like Thus in this sense the ideas portrayed in "quote".... ?

 

[Kittyrules]

do you choose the 2 poems b4 actual test, because there is nothing normal about father and child. The persona is nuts
which question did you choose and can you tell my briefly what you wrote?
I just pray they won't ask me about memories

yeah i went through two poems before and picked out certain quotes that i memorised and did some thinking about a general-ish thesis that i could incorporate into most questions somehow. yeah father and child is cray...and there are two friggin parts to it so yeah i didnt choose that... but theres a lot to it and a lot of fdifferent routes to go down when you analyse it.

i actually had to do both questions. one was for AOS (the relationship one) and the other for Harwood...
for the harwood one, the thesis i wrote at home was that memories are a link between past and present and this allows the exploration of loss. i warped this a tiny bit to show that through everyday activities (such as picking up violets or being a mother) you create memories, which then allows for exploration of loss... lol my last paragraph was all over the place but i think the first half of the essay was solid enough.

 

[DatAtarLyfe]

do you have to use the entire quote? So you would say something like Thus in this sense the ideas portrayed in "quote".... ?

Yep, insert the WHOLE quote somewhere within your essay, whether it's your intro, bodies or conclusion. I hate using it in the intro cause i find it really generic as everyone uses the quote as their thesis. I like to create my thesis based of the quote and in the conclusion, just state how my thesis is a direct reflection of the values explored in the quote.

 

[DatAtarLyfe]

Todays engrish paper wasnt as bad, but still not good.
I recked shakespeare part, but for the poetry part they decided to use a poem i didnt study for as a prescribed.. so i had to write an essay on a poem i had no quotes or techniques for. GG

 

[Sien]

I just finished english, so done
I churned out 2 pages of creative in 10 min, that was like the only redeeming factor in my test gg

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[Kittyrules]

I just finished english, so done
I churned out 2 pages of creative in 10 min, that was like the only redeeming factor in my test gg

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well at least it's overwith!

what was your question for harwood?

 

[Sien]

well at least it's overwith!

what was your question for harwood?

Lol I don't remember it was def about time and memories.

 

[AppleTea]

For such a bad joke I laughed wayyyyyyy too hard...

 

[Ello1234]

For such a bad joke I laughed wayyyyyyy too hard...

hahahahaha omg I laughed as well PPP

I feel sorry for the lady tho...

 

[Speed6]

Is it possible to memorise a 900 word essay in less than 4 hours? I've done 1k+ before but that took me like 7-8 hours over two days.

I'm restricted on time...