I have officially come up with my plan for the A levels.
1) Study the heck out of lit.
2) Study the heck out of maths.
3) Do reasonably well for GP.
4) Pray hard and hope econs doesn't pull me down.
Which leads to the point that I don't think the way Violet drills is actually effective. Somehow, if we write essays and they're rarely looked at, wouldn't we just happily go about our business writing the wrong way when we don't even know it? And what's the point of doing DRQs when we're just going to copy down Violet's politically correct answer anyway? One of these days she's just going to throw an essay to the ground and stomp on it while ranting about how much my essays stink, and I don't see how this future can be avoided.
Perhaps ageing gracefully really IS difficult in today's world, eh?
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Now that I'm done with that, here's how to mark a lit paper when feeling lazy! Not that I have anything against the lit department, but still!
1) Roll 2 6-sided die. On a 9 to 12, number stays. On a 5 to 8, double this number. On a 1 to 4, reroll since nobody fails lit.
2) If student has a chinese name, deduct 1 mark. If student's name is easily pronounced, add 2 marks.
3) If handwriting is fancy and cursive, add 1 mark. If handwriting resembles egyptian hieroglyphics add 2 marks. If handwriting is overly neat deduct 2 marks for time wasting.
4) If number of quotation marks exceed 5, add 1 mark. From 5 to 10, add 2. Anything else, deduct 1.
5) Actually read the essay, then write comments as see fit. Be sure to use wasteful terms such as "this could have been REALLY GOOD" or "you missed out on an A because you left out ---"
So don't feel bad about failing lit, it doesn't happen all the time. =)
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Looking back on my (relatively short, and thankfully nowhere near a midlife crisis) life so far, one thing I've realised is that I've been happiest when I was in the moment. To put it in more understandable terms, life is most certainly living, and you live it best when you're not worried about what might have been or what will be, since there really is no point in doing so. You're better off unbridled. Life slaps you in the face from time to time, but that's what life does - An uncorrectable habit, if you will. Not that there's a point getting angry about it. What does the wheel of life do if not turn?
I think the night is making me cranky.
1) Study the heck out of lit.
2) Study the heck out of maths.
3) Do reasonably well for GP.
4) Pray hard and hope econs doesn't pull me down.
Which leads to the point that I don't think the way Violet drills is actually effective. Somehow, if we write essays and they're rarely looked at, wouldn't we just happily go about our business writing the wrong way when we don't even know it? And what's the point of doing DRQs when we're just going to copy down Violet's politically correct answer anyway? One of these days she's just going to throw an essay to the ground and stomp on it while ranting about how much my essays stink, and I don't see how this future can be avoided.
Perhaps ageing gracefully really IS difficult in today's world, eh?
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Now that I'm done with that, here's how to mark a lit paper when feeling lazy! Not that I have anything against the lit department, but still!
1) Roll 2 6-sided die. On a 9 to 12, number stays. On a 5 to 8, double this number. On a 1 to 4, reroll since nobody fails lit.
2) If student has a chinese name, deduct 1 mark. If student's name is easily pronounced, add 2 marks.
3) If handwriting is fancy and cursive, add 1 mark. If handwriting resembles egyptian hieroglyphics add 2 marks. If handwriting is overly neat deduct 2 marks for time wasting.
4) If number of quotation marks exceed 5, add 1 mark. From 5 to 10, add 2. Anything else, deduct 1.
5) Actually read the essay, then write comments as see fit. Be sure to use wasteful terms such as "this could have been REALLY GOOD" or "you missed out on an A because you left out ---"
So don't feel bad about failing lit, it doesn't happen all the time. =)
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Looking back on my (relatively short, and thankfully nowhere near a midlife crisis) life so far, one thing I've realised is that I've been happiest when I was in the moment. To put it in more understandable terms, life is most certainly living, and you live it best when you're not worried about what might have been or what will be, since there really is no point in doing so. You're better off unbridled. Life slaps you in the face from time to time, but that's what life does - An uncorrectable habit, if you will. Not that there's a point getting angry about it. What does the wheel of life do if not turn?
I think the night is making me cranky.
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