English Exam Discussion 2009

[methodsboy]

OMG the prompt for I & B was dumb:
"To be true to urself in a world that is constantly trying to make u somthing else is the greatest achievement"

[spontaneouscombustion]

So im guessing we're all in agreement, that persuasive article at the end sucked nut, left right and centre, absolutely dominated part 1 and 2 but the image in the article was so poor...

That was why they were so easy I reckon, you just explained the ambiguity in the image and moved on.

I mentioned the circuitry being shown as inside the head thus presenting the role of technology in human life as a positive, something that could enhance our potential etc.  Also the rays of light coming out of it could be said to suggest that technology is a 'ray of light' to civilisation.

Same here, derivativex.

[methodsboy]

i related the 101010101's (from the micro chip) to the reference to the 'homo superhabilis" which indicated a more intelligent human

[costargh]

What were the two AMFAS questions? I'm quite interested lol

More says: "I do none harm, I say none harm". Mores decision to place his principles above his family is difficult for a modern audience to understand. Do you agree?

or

The steward says "The great thing's not to get out of your depth..."
To what extent are the characters in the play out of their depth?

btw could someone share with me how they answered the second? I was quick to reject that prompt because i didn't really understand what it was asking.

Thank-you. Prompt (i) to me sounds the better choice, probably because a lot of study would have been more focused on 'principles' rather than the broad 'out of their depth'.

Best of luck to everyone.

What was the Identity and belonging prompt?

[methodsboy]

^^ scroll up

[costargh]

OMG the prompt for I & B was dumb:
"To be true to urself in a world that is constantly trying to make u somthing else is the greatest achievement"

I like it a lot! Can definitely relate it to social issues!

Parallels with Witness I can think of:

- John Book did not go down the road of corruption in the police force.
- John Book doesnt get married even though his sister wants him to be.
- Amish people don't let 21st century change them.
- The mother of Eli Lapp (name?) doesn't let her infatuation with John Book change her devotion to the Amish people and way of life.

[dekoyl]

Twas okay. I didn't get mental block.

I think I wrote homosupersaiyen instead of homosupersomething for the language analysis though.

[xXNovaxX]

Would I lose marks for not talking about the BACKGROUND ISSUE in my language analysis....and why do we have 2 threads on the exam =S

so glad that its over, don't believe text response was similar to what I did at home YAY

[xXNovaxX]

Twas okay. I didn't get mental block.

I think I wrote homosupersaiyen instead of homosupersomething for the language analysis though.

LOL, I read it as super sayan as well, LMAO, too much anime night before= not good

[faraout]

my context was on identity and belonging,
basically the notion of 'to thine self be true' inspired by Shakespeare(omg i didnt know it was him then), where the texts my school uses are witness and sometimes gladness poems(they are so boring)
My biggest flaw is that i spent too long on context and text response, and lang ana was on the Key In? or did anyone else have that as well? I find it vague and less opinion oriented. overall i did okay, did not expect much however.

[skinny]

i got the lang/an over with first. i thought it was a bit hard, was pushed for time so i kinda rushed it in the end :S but still, i got through it. text response was romulus, thought they were reasonable topics, thought topics for amfas were reaaally good but i didnt study that... lol. and context prompt for i and b i thought was great, so i feel i did ok with that
overall though, i really dont know how i went.

[faraout]

oh by the way i did ESL, but it was still hard as, for me at least T_T

[Ilovemathsmeth]

Thrilled! Now I can burn Hard Times! Here I come! =)

[methodsboy]

OMG the prompt for I & B was dumb:
"To be true to urself in a world that is constantly trying to make u somthing else is the greatest achievement"

I like it a lot! Can definitely relate it to social issues!

Parallels with Witness I can think of:

- John Book did not go down the road of corruption in the police force.
- John Book doesnt get married even though his sister wants him to be.
- Amish people don't let 21st century change them.
- The mother of Eli Lapp (name?) doesn't let her infatuation with John Book change her devotion to the Amish people and way of life.

i guess but it was just too long..i expected a much shorter and concise prompt.
i related it to witness:
- John Book successfully realized that his policeman identity suited him the most
- How Muslim women continue to wear the 'hijab' in the western world
- Rachael Lapp's knowledge of her identity prevented her from entering Book's, less familiar, world.

[IntoTheNewWorld]

I've never written such a shit language analysis, and I think I forgot to mention the author and publication which was quite stupid.

...*plays with ENTER calc*