2009 Exam Thoughts

[chrsha01]

How did we find it?

Easy? Hard?

I personally found the second short answer question from 'Washington to Canberra' the hardest - Two difference between the High Court/Supreme Court

[wombifat]

I think I found that one hardest too. I wrote that the Senate has to approve the appointment of judges in the US and that in Australia they retire at  70, but I'm not really sure if that's what they were looking for since it only relates to the judges, not the actual operation of the judiciary, but seriously, what else is there to write?

[xXNovaxX]

^ I rote EXACT same as you, but i should be right, because judges are part of the judicary...they ARE the judiacry, they merely operate in the High Court.

[samuel8191]

I agree the High court one was a little sudden... howd you guys go with the rest?

[wombifat]

I didn't have time to check over my answers so I'm kind of freaking out that I didn't have enough examples or whatever because i think i was going to go back and add bits to some of my answers, but generally nothing was too hard. I blabbed on way too much about the bill of rights in the W to C question and I'm a bit worried about the quality of my writing but I wrote HEAPS and I think I showed a recent understanding of the two systems. It was kind of hard though, because there's SO much to say so I had to organise all my thoughts.

How about you?

[samuel8191]

i know what you mean, I wrote a whole shitload for W to C then looked at the clock and only had 25 min to plan and write for foreign policy 
other than that the only parts that really surprised me was the high court bit, all the past exams concentrated on legislative and executive but oh well.

How much should we have written in B and C?

[wombifat]

at least 3 pages to get 15+ is what they said at the lectures. I wrote almost 4 pages for one and about 4.5 for the other.

[Rietie]

I think I found that one hardest too. I wrote that the Senate has to approve the appointment of judges in the US and that in Australia they retire at  70, but I'm not really sure if that's what they were looking for since it only relates to the judges, not the actual operation of the judiciary, but seriously, what else is there to write?

I think there is also a difference in the number of judges. One's 9 and the other's 7. Can't remember which is which.

[xXNovaxX]

I think I found that one hardest too. I wrote that the Senate has to approve the appointment of judges in the US and that in Australia they retire at  70, but I'm not really sure if that's what they were looking for since it only relates to the judges, not the actual operation of the judiciary, but seriously, what else is there to write?

I think there is also a difference in the number of judges. One's 9 and the other's 7. Can't remember which is which.

America 9 i think it was, but its sort of hard to elaborate on that point.

Thanks heavens it's done with, one of my worst/boring subjects. I still plan to maybe do it at Uni, would be better than the way it was taught to me.