"English has evolved to the point that class time is spent mostly on searching for abstract symbolism and meaning which the author arguably did not intend"
Meaning doesn't come from the author's intent lol and this part of your correspondence betrays a lack of understanding as to what it is...
bump! I'm a bit more free schedule wise from Wednesday next week so thought I should breathe life back into this. Feel free to PM me your essays/creatives :D
It's not bad, from what i have heard the only real negative is some of the top tier firms may preference students of the same ability as you who went to usyd and unsw, although this trend might be changing
MY FRIEND YOU HAVE COME TO THE RIGHT PLACE
1. psycho pass season 1
2. mushishi (either season)
3. cowboy bebop or samurai champloo
4. monster (quite long though)
5. death parade (only like 12 or 13 eps, can't remember)
6. kino's journey
7. Puella Magi Madoka Magica
8. black lagoon
9...
current shows: mr robot, suits, hannibal
others: the office (both UK and US), true detective (season 1), the wire, sherlock, luther, breaking bad, fresh prince of bel air, house of cards, seinfeld, curb your enthusiasm
The Man with the Flute
The Flute I play has echoed
The never-ending, ever-changing Song
Since the beginning, and will stretch till
The End
One would think that the Song would change
So much so that all the songs
That have been, are, and will be
Have had their chance
But only the sad ones...
Speak, your lips are free.
Speak, it is your own tongue.
Speak, it is your own body.
Speak, your life is still yours.
See how in the blacksmith's shop
The flame burns wild, the iron glows red;
The locks open their jaws,
And every chain begins to break.
Speak, this brief hour is long enough...
not only to write analytically but to think analytically
of course people can game the system and rote learn essays written by their tutors etc. but that doesn't take away from the point that in English you're supposed to analyse texts and derive meaning from them. It's honestly one of the...
Ode to Broken Things
Things get broken
at home
like they were pushed
by an invisible, deliberate smasher.
It's not my hands
or yours
It wasn't the girls
with their hard fingernails
or the motion of the planet.
It wasn't anything or anybody
It wasn't the wind
It wasn't the...
The Colorful Rose
You are not troubled with solving enigmas
O, beautiful Rose! nor do you have sublime feelings in your heart
Though you ornament the assembly, still you flower apart
In life's assembly I am not permitted such comforts
In my garden I am the complete orchestra of longing...
yeah i feel as if there was some bias in favour of georgia like as an example, she seemed to get a lot more sympathy from the judge's with her stuff-ups and they would be like "you did so well...despite blahblahblah" and "apart from this and this the dish was amazing!"
i also wasn't a fan of...
hope billie wins, has been the most consistent cook throughout imo
georgia has also been fairly consistent but i like billie's confidence and stoicness way more