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hey..give me some credit:D

i wrote that in like 20seconds..





it was really intended only for one person =.=;;
 

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One of my biggest problems with English is the amount of detail I right in my essays. Who else gets this: when you discuss your response in plenty of detail, you get told you're rambling too much, however when you write in less detail, you get told it's not enough. This has got to be one of my biggest frustrations in English, how are we meant to know what's enough or isn't enough? :hammer:
I'll put it this way, generally, when people say something to you twice, you're bound to remember it.

Telling them 5 times just gets annoying right?
 

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Thanks for the words of advice everyone, I listen to everything my English teacher tells me and adapt it to my successive pieces of writing, except I'm just not getting anywhere. I have never gotten over 13/15. :mad: Hopefully things will improve eventually.
 

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LOL people - i think that muffinman is referring to SUZLEE in his comment! lol

becuase he met a girl 'on some site' which is this one lol and yeah.. lol there were other bits that made it seem like he was referring to suzlee too :p, i just cant remember them..

soooooooooooooo yeahhh!
 
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swathard said:
LOL people - i think that muffinman is referring to SUZLEE in his comment! lol

becuase he met a girl 'on some site' which is this one lol and yeah.. lol there were other bits that made it seem like he was referring to suzlee too :p, i just cant remember them..

soooooooooooooo yeahhh!
nicholas..i can just imagine you shouting that out

but anyway..who was to say that i met the girl?

could be someone else, which it is :D
 

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swathard said:
LOL people - i think that muffinman is referring to SUZLEE in his comment! lol

becuase he met a girl 'on some site' which is this one lol and yeah.. lol there were other bits that made it seem like he was referring to suzlee too :p, i just cant remember them..

soooooooooooooo yeahhh!

Then his stupid poem would make some sort of sense to me, wouldn't it?
But it doesn't ;)
 

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LOL eww, no

Yeah give him the full critic's point of view!
I could. But I won't. Theres no need to write poetry in english unless you want to; and even then you can only do it as an Extension 2 major work.

As for essays; I was once told that the art of English lies in "bullshitting confidently". But, alas, there is a line you need to walk; between writing big long pointlessly vague but pertaining to the point in an effort to make your essay seem longer and more sophisticated and good and stuff; and writing alot:- but making your points clear and concise.

And work to your time limit.
 
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beve said:
I could. But I won't. Theres no need to write poetry in english unless you want to; and even then you can only do it as an Extension 2 major work.

As for essays; I was once told that the art of English lies in "bullshitting confidently". But, alas, there is a line you need to walk; between writing big long pointlessly vague but pertaining to the point in an effort to make your essay seem longer and more sophisticated and good and stuff; and writing alot:- but making your points clear and concise.

And work to your time limit.
try telling that to my english teacher..
she loves poetry and made her own anthology..
but its also compulsary during year 10..
we had to learn about keats
 

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lol joon ho.. i just made up anything.. i TRIED to interpret it.. looks like i was wrong :(
 
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swathard said:
yay ! ! now im happy :)
tvet accounting..your doing it ? hahaha

ive got to battle my case with deputy that i should be allowed
to do aviation =.=;;
 

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lol what's wrong with me doing tvet accounting? :p

ohh .. why dont they let you do aviation? and how are you going to battle your case?

btw did philip nguyen tell u that he uncovered my identity, lol ? ?
 
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swathard said:
lol what's wrong with me doing tvet accounting? :p

ohh .. why dont they let you do aviation? and how are you going to battle your case?

btw did philip nguyen tell u that he uncovered my identity, lol ? ?
they do..and i have about a 70& chance that the school will let me but i have to miss out on about 30mins of period 3 so yeah..im just going to refer back to when the principal was talking about how we dont participate enough :D

and yes he did
 

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haha ok.. well good luck.. :D

umm i was gonna say... something.... but i forgot it................... WAIT . lemme think...

uhhhh...


OHH so are you staying at tech or are u leaving to go to conserv?
 
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swathard said:
haha ok.. well good luck.. :D

umm i was gonna say... something.... but i forgot it................... WAIT . lemme think...

uhhhh...


OHH so are you staying at tech or are u leaving to go to conserv?
dont tell anyone but im moving to aviation high in queensland:cool:
 

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SIF lol ! !

yes i know there's sch school.. but i highly doubt u'd leave to go THERE:p

no seriously.. where you going - you staying or leavin?

LOL "dont tell anyone" .. hmm, didnt you just post the supposed "truth" on a student forum where thousands of people can see it, lol :p

cmon tell the truth man!
 
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SIF lol ! !

yes i know there's sch school.. but i highly doubt u'd leave to go THERE:p

no seriously.. where you going - you staying or leavin?

LOL "dont tell anyone" .. hmm, didnt you just post the supposed "truth" on a student forum where thousands of people can see it, lol :p

cmon tell the truth man!
lol fine..

im leaving to go to eton college
 

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