Class of 2014! :D

[walkec]

think they mean writing on every second line only so there is a space between each line of writing.

Oh right. I don't know about you, but if I did that I'd probably run out of room in the script book

[myanacondadont]

Could someone please tell me if this idea would work with regards to this whose reality prompt? I'm confused as to how far you are allowed to bend the prompt in your favour.

‘We can evade reality but we cannot avoid the consequences of doing so.’

We can choose to believe in only our reality, but in doing so we do not negate the existence of alternate realities. Then I was going to talk about Plato and the Cave, talking about prisoners being chained to a wall for their whole lives seeing mere shadows of another reality as their true existence. Then as one prisoner escapes and sees an alternate reality full of life whom goes back to tell the other prisoners about this alternate reality, they meet the escapee with denial about this other existence. As such, whilst they can choose to believe what they see and refute anything else, this does not deem other realities as non-existent.

Does this work or would you say it is irrelevant to the prompt?

I use Plato's Allegory of the Cave sooooo much holy moley. I usually tailor it to the situation however. Usually 6/10 times I find a place for it - otherwise I talk about Lao Tzu. Anyway I felt the need to say that - It sounds like what you're saying is relavent to reality but not so much to the quote, you might need a bit more of a relation?

[DJA]

Oh right. I don't know about you, but if I did that I'd probably run out of room in the script book

same

[Valyria]

Could someone please tell me if this idea would work with regards to this whose reality prompt? I'm confused as to how far you are allowed to bend the prompt in your favour.

‘We can evade reality but we cannot avoid the consequences of doing so.’

We can choose to believe in only our reality, but in doing so we do not negate the existence of alternate realities. Then I was going to talk about Plato and the Cave, talking about prisoners being chained to a wall for their whole lives seeing mere shadows of another reality as their true existence. Then as one prisoner escapes and sees an alternate reality full of life whom goes back to tell the other prisoners about this alternate reality, they meet the escapee with denial about this other existence. As such, whilst they can choose to believe what they see and refute anything else, this does not deem other realities as non-existent.

Does this work or would you say it is irrelevant to the prompt?

Rather than bending the prompt to your favour, try adjusting your supplementary evidence around the prompt. That way, you won't be criticized for swaying from the prompt

As for Plato's Allegory, you didn't really explore the positive or detrimental consequences of evading an alternate reality. Although the supplementary evidence may work to your favour, you'll have to explicitly relate it back to the prompt. I'm not completely familiar with the allegory but does the escapee then return to the chains? Because if so, by deeming his own subjective reality more desirable than the alternate reality, the escapee is metaphorically being enslaved by the prison of his own subjectivity and not broadening his horizons to new experiences.

[Bluegirl]

Is it honestly really bad if I've given up with methods altogether? As in, I'm no doing anything to prepare for the exam at all and I'm going to do horribly on it?

[LiquidPaperz]

Is it honestly really bad if I've given up with methods altogether? As in, I'm no doing anything to prepare for the exam at all and I'm going to do horribly on it?

i reckon give it all you have, especially sinces its a pre req for many courses, incase you do change your mind.
But, if its not and you think itll be in bottom two, focus on your other subjects to compensate.

[senorr]

Is it honestly really bad if I've given up with methods altogether? As in, I'm no doing anything to prepare for the exam at all and I'm going to do horribly on it?

i'm with you there i've given up on physics altogether

[Bluegirl]

i reckon give it all you have, especially sinces its a pre req for many courses, incase you do change your mind.
But, if its not and you think itll be in bottom two, focus on your other subjects to compensate.

None of the courses I'm interested in need it for a pre-req

It definitely will be in my bottom two and I'm putting a lot more time into the subjects I'll do well in.

i'm with you there i've given up on physics altogether

It'll all be over soon! I regret doing methods so much. Athough I haven't failed one sac and my average is about 65%, but i hate it and can't study for it.

[Reus]

Is it honestly really bad if I've given up with methods altogether? As in, I'm no doing anything to prepare for the exam at all and I'm going to do horribly on it?

You never how the exam may turn out to be. Don't give up on it especially when its the thing you've been preparing for all year. Just put in the hard yards now and it'll be over by 2 weeks time.

[walkec]

I'm currently trying to look at Whose Reality prompts and research external examples that could apply to ideas coming out of the prompt.
I can use Death of a Salesman well, but I don't know enough external sources to apply my ideas on a broader scale.

So far I have media censorship in North Korea, Bernard Tomic, colour synaesthesia, social media, The Great Gatsby and the Ladder of Inference. I also have a couple of interesting articles I've read recently too.

[AmericanBeauty]

Rather than bending the prompt to your favour, try adjusting your supplementary evidence around the prompt. That way, you won't be criticized for swaying from the prompt

As for Plato's Allegory, you didn't really explore the positive or detrimental consequences of evading an alternate reality. Although the supplementary evidence may work to your favour, you'll have to explicitly relate it back to the prompt. I'm not completely familiar with the allegory but does the escapee then return to the chains? Because if so, by deeming his own subjective reality more desirable than the alternate reality, the escapee is metaphorically being enslaved by the prison of his own subjectivity and not broadening his horizons to new experiences.

The escapee returns to tell his friends (and this is modified) who then break out and kill him, denying the existence of an alternate world. The 'consequences' in this is essentially the prisoners denying the existence of alternate realities. They essentially live in a box, and whilst this in essence is 'evading reality,' the consequence is that alternative realities still exist despite them negating the existence of alternate existing realities.

[M_BONG]

I'm currently trying to look at Whose Reality prompts and research external examples that could apply to ideas coming out of the prompt.
I can use Death of a Salesman well, but I don't know enough external sources to apply my ideas on a broader scale.

So far I have media censorship in North Korea, Bernard Tomic, colour synaesthesia, social media, The Great Gatsby and the Ladder of Inference. I also have a couple of interesting articles I've read recently too.

Haha! I am interested to know how are you going to link Bernard Tomic with DoAs? That he is actually not that good, but his father is over-inflating his abilities? Or the temper of his father is like Willy

For my context, I have included Aboriginal inequality only. I think (for me anyway) it's better to have one idea/broad world idea and flesh out on them than having like 5 and chucking them in randomly But that's only me though.

[AmericanBeauty]

I use Plato's Allegory of the Cave sooooo much holy moley. I usually tailor it to the situation however. Usually 6/10 times I find a place for it - otherwise I talk about Lao Tzu. Anyway I felt the need to say that - It sounds like what you're saying is relavent to reality but not so much to the quote, you might need a bit more of a relation?

How would you talk about it? Like I said above, the prisoners have been living a single reality essentially in a box. This subjective reality that is hidden deep inside of a cave allows them to evade the reality outside of the cave, despite not knowing about its existence, but choosing (or in this case being forced) to negate alternate realities does not make other realities any less real (can't avoid this consequence).

P.S. I think you can use it for the main themes of whose reality like subjectivity vs objectivity, illusions, perception, conflicting realities, fantasy etc. The only thing I can think of that you wouldn't be able to use it is memory?

[DJA]

Just did the 2013 vcaa language analysis in an hour comfortably – my last LA practice before the exam (and broke my resolve just to do bio today but oh well haha)

my hand is sore again lulz

[AmericanBeauty]

Haha! I am interested to know how are you going to link Bernard Tomic with DoAs? That he is actually not that good, but his father is over-inflating his abilities? Or the temper of his father is like Willy

Why would it have to link with DoS? My DoS paragraph is standalone and doesn't link with any of my other ideas, as I'm simply exploring ideas and using texts as a vessel.