I Give Up!!! (2 Viewers)

[@lbert3269]

English is easy if you understand the text and the requirements. For me it was the most bullshitable course at high school. Just write anything in but make sure it sounds good and has some depth to it. eg. Change is an inevitable process.. erm.. it's good.. it's bad as well.. erm.. *add more bulllshit here and there* You catch my drift ?

Btw.. i did Standard English and managed a 83 band 5 (top 1%) w00t!

 

[redslert]

hahah it's beginning, the 04s are starting to whinge
just another phase in the process

 

[unmentionable]

ahahh woah thanks for all the replies
very much appreciated
but i dunno if i can continue to care about english anymore
its so much pressure that i put on myself =\
my other subjects are alright its just english =(
if only im a natural bullshitter

 

[Xayma]

English is all about justifying what you make up about the text, For example "The use of shades of the colour red, implies that one does not see all things in their true life but is biased towards them based on previous experience"

 

[Sarah168]

so basically everything is a valid answer as long as u justify with some bullshit quote from the text...just throw in the nice wording and ull get through...at least that is what my plan is for this yr...

 

[KeypadSDM]

Get about 3-4 quotes from each text which are highly manipulatable to the situation, and write lots of practice essays, practice intros, practice conclusions. If you do that consistently throughout the year, you'll be fine. It's effectively no work, with very good results (at least for me)

 

[Someguy123]

my english teacher isnt giving us much work @ all. we got more work in yr 10 english than year 11. in year 11 we just talk pretty stupid

 

[unmentionable]

hmmm practice essays
ive never done any practice essays in my whole life
sounds daunting =\
ahaha im so reluctant to work for english
i think im just going to settle for a mark of 80

 

[honky tonk]

Originally posted by unmentionable
ahaha im so reluctant to work for english
i think im just going to settle for a mark of 80

Hate to say it, but without working for it, a mark of 80 might be difficult to get! Especially without doing any practice essays!

 

[unmentionable]

ahha im getting 75 right now
so im guessing (hoping) with a bit more effort 80 could be reachable

 

[alby]

find an eng tutor....do d work your teacher gives u, n get d tutor 2 give u essays on the topic you're doing in class
wat eng r u doin?
i did adv eng in yr 11...totally fkd dat up, even wit tutor...but now im in std n goin really well. my tutor gives me essays basically every wk, n helps me practise 4 assessments..easy

 

[clairegirl]

hahah dont worry bout english it'll be worth it in the end :d

like seriously hehe for trials i got 60 something % and den i got 91 in the exam........ see if u work hard and remember whats important in the end.... u'll get there

however..... it just clicked right before exams the type of stufff markers would be looking for..... hope u realise it soon

 

[unmentionable]

ahahh thanks
i hope so too......
im doing advanced...i think i should of stuck with standard
oh well ill stop complaining now and maybe do some work =P

 

[freaking_out]

thats how i felt like for english- but i managed to do some work at the end, coz i kept on saying to myself that it will b all ova very soon!!!

 

[MissMacbeth]

I'm with you - I absolutly hated english during yr 11 and 12 and I used to looooooove it in the other years. But then all of a sudden, litterally the week before the exams, I feel in love with the stuff again (Or maybe I just had a breakdown.......lol)
I can actually talk about King Lear without vomiting now and I find it creepy that I can now do that!

Same with me CLAIREGIRL!! I got 67% in the trials and got 89% in the exam

 

[mazza_728]

if i could drop english...

it would be gone

 

[freaking_out]

Originally posted by mazza_728
if i could drop english...

it would be gone

don't worry- ur not the only one who hates english that much.

 

[KeypadSDM]

Originally posted by freaking_out
don't worry- ur not the only one who hates english that much.

Even the staff hate it.

 

[CHUDYMASTER]

Originally posted by KeypadSDM
Even the staff hate it.

Shh...they might be watching.

 

[Josie]

Everyone hates it because its compulsory. If it wasn't compulsory, it wouldn't hurt so much. You would get rid of the least interested people.

P.S I wish English was like maths, and if you did 4u you didnt have to do a 2u exam. (and yes, i know there isn't an exam for 4u english)