Do You Like English? (2 Viewers)

[ellen.louise]

I love english. It's one of my favourite lessons. So is extension, but only because my class is so much fun (and my teacher has a ferret laugh.... too cute)

 

[Forbidden.]

english is pretty useless no matter how you look at it. bos should concentrate on helping students improve on their grammar, spelling, etc and not simply force them to learn about shit like shakespeare, film techniques, visual techniques, blah blah blah.

spot on.

 

[aiz]

Would you want to be working on your grammar when you're in year 12? I figured that that was what year 4 was for.

Worksheets on whether/weather the word they're/their/there fit into a sentence during the entire HSC year is much worse than what we do currently.

oh you should come visit my school some time.. you'd be surprised.

 

[Zephyrio]

I love English.

Planning to study English at Uni.

LOL at the reaction you guys will have after hearing that.

 

[sle3pe3bumz]

I love English.

Planning to study English at Uni.

LOL at the reaction you guys will have after hearing that.

.. .. O_O" OH YOUR SO DEADDDDD !

naw .. i dislike english .. have a mad teacher but it's just the work .. maths ftw !

 

[Zephyrio]

Well I mean, I really like English and maths, but for different reasons.

I like English because it gives me a chance to be articulate in my answers and I've been quite astounded by how I can at least get the message a lot of obscure, vague modern poems by looking at some of the techniques and stuff. LOL I'm so weird. If you argue well then you'd do well in English.

I like maths because I'm Asian. Nuff said. LOL - no, but I like maths because I have a good teacher and no bias comes into it at all - i.e. if you've got a right answer, then you're right, matey.

But then if you HATE subjects, then aren't you setting yourself up for a mark that isn't on par with your potential? I mean it's a pretty negative attitude to have.

 

[Tiffanys]

I like English but given choice of doing it or not, I'd pick something else over it.

 

[cs01001]

English... I wouldn't say I love it, but I would pick something else like IPT over it

I have never had an good teachers for English throughout high school the memorizing, quoting is sometimes over the top. Though I still wanna do well in it

 

[Kujah]

Well I mean, I really like English and maths, but for different reasons.

I like English because it gives me a chance to be articulate in my answers and I've been quite astounded by how I can at least get the message a lot of obscure, vague modern poems by looking at some of the techniques and stuff. LOL I'm so weird. If you argue well then you'd do well in English.

I like maths because I'm Asian. Nuff said. LOL - no, but I like maths because I have a good teacher and no bias comes into it at all - i.e. if you've got a right answer, then you're right, matey.

But then if you HATE subjects, then aren't you setting yourself up for a mark that isn't on par with your potential? I mean it's a pretty negative attitude to have.

I'm currently enjoying English over Maths at the moment. Probabaly because we're pretty far behind in Maths

 

[S.Yong]

I prefer english extension over advanced, but i'm dropping it in year twelve. I don't think i'd do well enough to get the marks i want. But i can always learn to like english advanced =)

 

[ccc123]

I like English but given choice of doing it or not, I'd pick something else over it.

Hmm yeah me too. I mean, my motivation for English fluctuates a lot. Some day I'm like "I love Eng!!!" and other days I wish I could drop it.

Generally I like it (only because I get good marks), but I think there should be less emphasis on analysing texts and more emphasis on gerneral communication skills. Oh and I don't think we should have to study techniques because they are an absolute waste of my life. Furthermore, It really irritates me that when I'm writing essay I have to interpose some pointless literary technique when I'm like halfway through an idea.

Oh and I think they can scrap Shakespeare (all you Shakepeare lovers please don't shut me down) because I find it ironic although his plays were actually intended for proletariat entertainment, we now have to sit down and treat them as through they have deep subliminal meaning. For me, analysing Shakespeare now is like equivelent to poor sods in 1000 yrs times attempting to extract something deep from Neighbours.

 

[James747]

NOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Boring as hell!

 

[patty4848]

I reckon english is fantastic, but that's probably because i get good marks in english sorta subjects. I do feel sorry for all of those science/maths people that are forced to do english.

 

[Kujah]

I do feel sorry for all of those science/maths people that are forced to do english.

Like fenris.

 

[Lucid Scintilla]

Re: Surely not do you like English?

i h8 engliish coz im a fob-lah.

omg keke.

. (I do not know what it truly means, the "single-dot post", but I'm sure it's something like "I agree.")

I used to enjoy/like/whatever the subject English.

LOL at the reaction you guys will have after hearing that.

Good for you, buddy! From pals that do coaching, I hear that one cannot lead a meaningful life without philosophy, literature, and language - namely English.

 

[Jachie]

Lucid, use the dot when you find a post (usually on another page) that you agree with so strongly you think it should be repeated. the dot is just so there's actual content in your post apart from the quote itself, cause otherwise it wont be submitted ^____^

 

[Lucid Scintilla]

Lucid, use the dot when you find a post (usually on another page) that you agree with so strongly you think it should be repeated. the dot is just so there's actual content in your post apart from the quote itself, cause otherwise it wont be submitted ^____^

Posting to express my utmost gratitude, thanks.

 

[your.knee]

I suppose I like English. I find our teacher amusing and the work isn't hard because you can just make anything up. Our teacher is really enthusiastic about English and really tries to get us to be as well. Shes not strict or mean and marks pretty well so that is good. Extension is better than advanced I think because it is a lot smaller and we have more discussions and more in depth topics. Sooo in conclusion, yes I like english.

 

[S1M0]

I don't like Advanced English one bit. It feels more like an english subject designed so that you just have to memorise a bunch of language features to get full marks. There's no skill involved, its just memorise what the teacher tells you, and if you write a heap of bullshit but include a bunch of language features, you get full marks. Its boring in every sense of the word.

English Extension is different. I find English Extension to be great, probably because it requires a different approach and encourages you to think more regarding the texts, as opposed to simply writing down a few language features and their examples.

Remarkably, i'm doing better in English Ext. than in English Advanced.

 

[cfair]

I don't like Advanced English one bit. It feels more like an english subject designed so that you just have to memorise a bunch of language features to get full marks. There's no skill involved, its just memorise what the teacher tells you, and if you write a heap of bullshit but include a bunch of language features, you get full marks. Its boring in every sense of the word.

Agreed, thankfully my teacher spoon feeds us so that makes it a bit more bearable.
Even though I am ranked 1st I hate every text we do and I'm guilty of sleeping during the Othello, Great Gatsby and Talented Mr. Ripley films. I am only doing it because standard is even worse, at my school anyway.

ps: Who else has had to watch the othello movie where a white guy plays othello? It seems like they threw a bucket of shoe polish on him to make him black, so weird looking.