English Exam Discussion 2009

[Fireworks]

I am a chronic insomniac and I got too sleep at 5:30.
Inevitably, when I opened the exam, I went blank.
Worst feeling possible right now.

Ill scrap a C+ or a B

You should go see a doctor and get it on paper. THat way you may be able to get special consideration, as insomnia is a disorder.

Booked in just now

[i.am.amanda]

The target audience was obviously people who harbour some scepticism or doubt concerning the digital revolution.

Wow I said something totally different lol. I said the general audience would have been internet users, given that it was published online.

[xXNovaxX]

Not too happy with how I did. I'll probably either scrape an A+ or get a high A. Text response I ended up choosing the topic I had prepared less for. Context I broke my own rule and brought in stuff I had never used before. Language analysis went okay but my writing was utter trash. I also wrote significantly less than in all my practice essays.

Oh yeah and I forgot to bring my pencil case which was always fun.

...."not happy with an A+" What the eff.

[haneybee]

I am a chronic insomniac and I got too sleep at 5:30.
Inevitably, when I opened the exam, I went blank.
Worst feeling possible right now.

Ill scrap a C+ or a B

awww.. it's not your fault if you have insomnia.

I guess if we look at things in perspective, this exam won't be the most important part of our lives, it just feels like it at the moment..

[xXNovaxX]

I am a chronic insomniac and I got too sleep at 5:30.
Inevitably, when I opened the exam, I went blank.
Worst feeling possible right now.

Ill scrap a C+ or a B

awww.. it's not your fault if you have insomnia.

I guess if we look at things in perspective, this exam won't be the most important part of our lives, it just feels like it at the moment..

I'm truly sorry for you =*(

Must not be easy, best of luck mate, and don't forget to apply for special consideration.

Trust me, you would be surprised how the brain cna still think/write even whilst tired.

[shinny]

Not too happy with how I did. I'll probably either scrape an A+ or get a high A. Text response I ended up choosing the topic I had prepared less for. Context I broke my own rule and brought in stuff I had never used before. Language analysis went okay but my writing was utter trash. I also wrote significantly less than in all my practice essays.

Oh yeah and I forgot to bring my pencil case which was always fun.

...."not happy with an A+" What the eff.

I guess people have different standards. I was hoping for around 48 or so for English, and walked out of the exam annoyed last year with also having probably scraped A+'s. From what I've seen, lynt.br would have been aiming for these kinds of marks too.

[lynt.br]

The target audience was obviously people who harbour some scepticism or doubt concerning the digital revolution.

Wow I said something totally different lol. I said the general audience would have been internet users, given that it was published online.

That's a perfectly valid answer as well. I just thought that because the purpose of the piece was to quash any fears about the technological revolution then his primary audience or at least, the group that the piece would primarily be directed at, would be people left unconvinced that digital technology really is the way to go.

Not too happy with how I did. I'll probably either scrape an A+ or get a high A. Text response I ended up choosing the topic I had prepared less for. Context I broke my own rule and brought in stuff I had never used before. Language analysis went okay but my writing was utter trash. I also wrote significantly less than in all my practice essays.

Oh yeah and I forgot to bring my pencil case which was always fun.

...."not happy with an A+" What the eff.

I'm fairly sure I'm not getting an A+ on this exam. I'm mainly frustrated because I'm fully aware of all the mistakes I made. My problem is that it takes me a very long time to create something I am happy with and that satisfies all the necessary criteria. I'm not very good at getting things right the first time and instead rely on extensive editing and re-drafting. Obviously this is impossible in the exam so I just had to accept that there were things which would probably cost me marks in my essays. It is an extremely frustrating feeling walking out of an exam knowing that this is not your best work and that you are fully aware of what is wrong with it but did not have the time to fix it.

[derivativex]

Not too happy with how I did. I'll probably either scrape an A+ or get a high A. Text response I ended up choosing the topic I had prepared less for. Context I broke my own rule and brought in stuff I had never used before. Language analysis went okay but my writing was utter trash. I also wrote significantly less than in all my practice essays.

Oh yeah and I forgot to bring my pencil case which was always fun.

...."not happy with an A+" What the eff.

It sounds over the top but a low A+ can spoil a year's worth of excellent sac marks.. it could be the difference between a 45 and a 40.

[themit]

I actually thought it was quite a fair exam. I wrote on Richard III and then the Imaginative Landscape. The language analysis was a little bit harder, but it wasn't too bad.

[xXNovaxX]

Oh Okay, sorry! Didn't mean to sound all angry . Don't get the wrong impression

I was just saying heaps of people would be happy with that mark, but i see what you mean

Don't worry!!! Just because you think u got that doesn't mean u have!!!!!!!

Best of luck

[lynt.br]

Not too happy with how I did. I'll probably either scrape an A+ or get a high A. Text response I ended up choosing the topic I had prepared less for. Context I broke my own rule and brought in stuff I had never used before. Language analysis went okay but my writing was utter trash. I also wrote significantly less than in all my practice essays.

Oh yeah and I forgot to bring my pencil case which was always fun.

...."not happy with an A+" What the eff.

It sounds over the top but a low A+ can spoil a year's worth of excellent sac marks.. it could be the difference between a 45 and a 40.

A low A+ can be devastating in a single exam subject. It happened to me last year in legal studies. Despite having high A+ for both SAC GAs, my low A+ on the exam gave me a SS of 39.

[studyhound]

conflict prompt was very average

[theop]

he everyone wat did u guys think about section 3 long hard?

[xXNovaxX]

he everyone wat did u guys think about section 3 long hard?

longggggggg, but thats because I think they compensated for having ONE article, and not TWO difefrent ones.

[lynt.br]

he everyone wat did u guys think about section 3 long hard?

I think a lot of people are going to find the opinion piece hard because it really wasn't as forceful as others have been in the past. Last year's piece was much easier to analyse because of how opinionated it was. His contention was clear right from the start whereas this year the authors contention wasn't really made explicitly obvious until about halfway through. The techniques used also were generally more subtle than last years. It only got easy to analyse once you reached the last paragraph or so and he started talking about how you'd be a "loser" to ignore the digital revolution.

I foresee the visual also causing a lot of grief. It really wasn't obvious what the intent of the visual was, unlike last year where it's purpose was pretty straightforward. I think another issue is that usually its easier to analyse a piece when the piece actually has an effect on you. I usually try to judge the intended effect of the piece by what it makes me feel. I really felt nothing when looking at this years visual.