Difficulties in English Advanced. (1 Viewer)

[muzeikchun852]

general poll. comment on why u think so.

 

[t00l]

lol @ fag who thinks its easy

 

[b00m]

don't find it hard. A lot of work/research/time yes.

A lot more work than i originally anticipated in the junior years..

 

[Official]

it's pretty hard.

 

[Fake-Name]

I've ticked Easy subject, easy to get high marks in..

Since year 9 I have been in the top English class and have been coming first in my class. My half yearly results came as:

First in advance,
i was 4 marks off 100%.

First in Standard (we had to take the standard test too for some reason),
I was 2 marks off 100%

Tied first in extension 1 English,
Not sure what my results are, I didn't get to calculate them.

However I believe I have a majority of Crystallized intelligence.

For anyone who doesn't know:

Fluid and crystallized intelligence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"Fluid intelligence generally correlates with measures of abstract reasoning and puzzle solving.
Crystallized intelligence correlates with abilities that depend on knowledge and experience, such as vocabulary, general information, and analogies."

Which I justify for my average ability in Mathematics and Science subjects.

I've noticed that most people who do advanced mathematics or do well in Science subjects, complain at how hard English or history subjects are.

Possible they have fluid intelligence, or the capacity to think logically and solve problems in novel situations.

... Probably has no relevance to this, but it's something I've been thinking about.

 

[Official]

I've ticked Easy subject, easy to get high marks in..

Since year 9 I have been in the top English class and have been coming first in my class. My half yearly results came as:

First in advance,
i was 4 marks off 100%.

First in Standard (we had to take the standard test too for some reason),
I was 2 marks off 100%

Tied first in extension 1 English,
Not sure what my results are, I didn't get to calculate them.

However I believe I have a majority of Crystallized intelligence.

For anyone who doesn't know:

Fluid and crystallized intelligence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"Fluid intelligence generally correlates with measures of abstract reasoning and puzzle solving.
Crystallized intelligence correlates with abilities that depend on knowledge and experience, such as vocabulary, general information, and analogies."

Which I justify for my average ability in Mathematics and Science subjects.

I've noticed that most people who do advanced mathematics or do well in Science subjects, complain at how hard English or history subjects are.

Possible they have fluid intelligence, or the capacity to think logically and solve problems in novel situations.

... Probably has no relevance to this, but it's something I've been thinking about.

Fluid and Crystallized intelligence is quite interesting.
Ty for the link

 

[kr73114]

it's pretty easy just loads of work

 

[silence--]

^i agree. you have to put in the effort but after that i find it's not too hard to get a decent mark.

btw, how can it be a hard subject and easy to get good marks? or an easy subject + hard to get good marks? o_0

 

[t00l]

^i agree. you have to put in the effort but after that i find it's not too hard to get a decent mark.

btw, how can it be a hard subject and easy to get good marks? or an easy subject + hard to get good marks? o_0

thats when youre lucky or youre overconfident respectively

 

[Omnipotence]

lol @ fag who thinks its easy

Gnaw

 

[Omnipotence]

Lol, I think I was the first to press it. Good to know that three other people pressed it aswell.

 

[Omnipotence]

I've ticked Easy subject, easy to get high marks in..

Since year 9 I have been in the top English class and have been coming first in my class. My half yearly results came as:

First in advance,
i was 4 marks off 100%.

First in Standard (we had to take the standard test too for some reason),
I was 2 marks off 100%

Tied first in extension 1 English,
Not sure what my results are, I didn't get to calculate them.

However I believe I have a majority of Crystallized intelligence.

For anyone who doesn't know:

Fluid and crystallized intelligence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"Fluid intelligence generally correlates with measures of abstract reasoning and puzzle solving.
Crystallized intelligence correlates with abilities that depend on knowledge and experience, such as vocabulary, general information, and analogies."

Which I justify for my average ability in Mathematics and Science subjects.

I've noticed that most people who do advanced mathematics or do well in Science subjects, complain at how hard English or history subjects are.

Possible they have fluid intelligence, or the capacity to think logically and solve problems in novel situations.

... Probably has no relevance to this, but it's something I've been thinking about.

Such a compelling read. Thanks for link.

 

[b00m]

Gnaw

om nom nom

 

[4025808]

However I believe I have a majority of Crystallized intelligence.

For anyone who doesn't know:

Fluid and crystallized intelligence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"Fluid intelligence generally correlates with measures of abstract reasoning and puzzle solving.
Crystallized intelligence correlates with abilities that depend on knowledge and experience, such as vocabulary, general information, and analogies."

Which I justify for my average ability in Mathematics and Science subjects.

I've noticed that most people who do advanced mathematics or do well in Science subjects, complain at how hard English or history subjects are.

Possible they have fluid intelligence, or the capacity to think logically and solve problems in novel situations.

... Probably has no relevance to this, but it's something I've been thinking about.

interesting topic there...

hmm i seem to be more of a cross-over of both...

like somewhat im good at maths, averagish in sciences, good at history and social sciences, great at music but somewhat shit in english

I also score generally high in logic and reasoning competitions...

it seems like it's all like... mixed up; traits not being focused to one type of intelligence but multiple types...

has anyone heard of the left brain and right brain methods of thinking and doing stuff? coz i think that could be relevant too...

 

[muzeikchun852]

thats when youre lucky or youre overconfident respectively

+1.

 

[JTwin]

i think the work in class is easy- most of it is common knowledge.
but when it comes to exams, they mark you hard for stupid things- its my worst subject for marks. teachers are never happy with what you write.
personally, i don't understand why english is compulsory. i mean, who is going to have to analyse texts if they're a builder or something?

 

[Holly M]

I said it was average but hard to get high marks.

I find it very hard. I am not an English person. I can express myself and use the English language fine... but that doesn't seem to be the aim of the course... to me it's just a massive wank.

I got my half-yearly exam marks back: 62% and a 10/40 ranking. Now that's not terrible... but I'm a good student, and there was a lot of stress involved in getting just those marks.

Our teacher is a dick... and is so abstract, he has a completely different way of thinking fro me. I just don't get it.

Yet for some reason I do Extension 1 English... don't ask me why. English used to be OK, now it's pretty damn annoying and fairly difficult.

 

[b00m]

but that doesn't seem to be the aim of the course... to me it's just a massive wank.

oohhhhhh shakespeare........ yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

 

[thongetsu]

Pretty easy. My teacher makes it heaps easy by practically spoonfeeding us.

 

[slyhunter]

Pretty easy. My teacher makes it heaps easy by practically spoonfeeding us.

Same.