Section C Discussion

[roger_that14]

not knowing the gender is fine dw, heaps of people at my school thought she (yvewhatever) was a dude as well

[brenden]

Are you sure? I mean, wouldn't the assessor immediately come to the conclusion that we're incompetent and a joke?

There is no criteria box for "accurately got the gender of the foreign writer" - so I'm quite sure. They can't mark you down for something inapplicable to your writing or your ability to analyse

[aqple]

Isn't Yvette a female name? I did write 'she' somewhere in the first paragraph I think then I stopped because I wasn't sure.

[Kingpoo69]

@American Beauty, It doesn't mean you highlighted 90% of the important stuff, it means we may have both highlighted 90% of the same irrelevant information. Hopefully that's not the case!

[AmericanBeauty]

@American Beauty, It doesn't mean you highlighted 90% of the important stuff, it means we may have both highlighted 90% of the same irrelevant information. Hopefully that's not the case!

no hahahaa. I wasn't basing it off yours. I Was just reading through it thinking what would have to be on it and I reckon i got 90% of what I needed.

[AmericanBeauty]

There is no criteria box for "accurately got the gender of the foreign writer" - so I'm quite sure. They can't mark you down for something inapplicable to your writing or your ability to analyse

My teacher said that I am, bluntly putting it, fucked because I'll be seen as a sexist.

[connie990]

Wait so is the author Yvette Yergon a guy or girl??? 

Yvette is a girl!!! I guessed right woo. But does it even matter if you write he or she? If so they should have chosen a better name so we can tell the difference 

[w3dragon25]

So how did everyone analyse the 2 visuals? Especially the first? Cos regardless of Columbus or not that image had little correlation with the article imo

[Nujabes]

The moon was really big, suggesting that space is really close.

[roger_that14]

So how did everyone analyse the 2 visuals? Especially the first? Cos regardless of Columbus or not that image had little correlation with the article imo

I only analysed the second one ooops. I hope it has little effect on the overall result

[connie990]

The moon was really big, suggesting that space is really close.

Oooh I like that one. I didn't think of that. Damn.

[doomdestroyer]

So how did everyone analyse the 2 visuals? Especially the first? Cos regardless of Columbus or not that image had little correlation with the article imo

For the first image, i also said that the wooden ship shown is like Columbus' ship which marks a very important event in exploration and that the overly large moon shows that space is the next step to exploration and will mark the next very important event in exploration.

[AmericanBeauty]

So how did everyone analyse the 2 visuals? Especially the first? Cos regardless of Columbus or not that image had little correlation with the article imo

First one I linked to Colombus travelling into the unknown with 'a ship powered by nothing (after saying boat stupid me)' and that delegates a sense of courage for readers to go into the unknown and explore, as with modern technology we are able to advance into the future and I made it seem like we were cowards if we didn't because we had it easier, i wrote it well.

the second one I linked to the mining boom, saying the potential resources include 'gps ... tires' etc. It was really shit. I was just making it seem like it showed the potential for resources and what we could make from it, allowing the readers to be proactive in adhering to Yvettes' contention.

[Vermilliona]

Yeah I talked about the courage inspired in readers by poor little Columbus braving the stormy seas in his wooden caravel (don't even know if it was a caravel though) and then the parallel drawn between that and space exploration by the fact that both images had a huge moon in the background

[Addzkebabs]

Hey Guys,

For the first image, I related the large and dominate moon to the closeness of space as noted by Yvette. As for the second image, it simply showed the various products that have been the direct though unpredicted results of research associated with space programs...

I think i was on the right track... but am feeling really, really nervous about the piece all together 

Cheers for the awesome thread btw!