Higher English - Page 4

Afro Joe · 7th May 2005, 11:13 AM

we read it, i thought it was a great poem. we havent really studied it all though.

behind_theory · 7th May 2005, 12:04 PM

I'm doing Glasgow 5 March 1971 next Friday, or atleast i hope a relevant question pops up cause i like this poem and its memorable indeed.
I'm dreading Death of a Salesman / Smeddum question though. shite.

azpazzagus · 7th May 2005, 12:09 PM

i did romeo and juliet...and i really cannot remember the other one
in romeo and juliet the BEST character to study in total depth is capulet
everysingle question can be answered by talking about capulet relationship with juliet....and of course his wife
it makes things really easy as he as very few quotes and they are all easy to remember
i got an A

Gypsey_Steve · 7th May 2005, 12:20 PM

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Originally Posted by m.e.b.u.n.n.y

in romeo and juliet the BEST character to study in total depth is capulet
everysingle question can be answered by talking about capulet relationship with juliet....and of course his wife
it makes things really easy as he as very few quotes and they are all easy to remember
i got an A

cheers thats some sound advice there, i think i'll give it a try as i won't the best possible grade with the least work

.And congratulations on the A. I'll just be happy with a pass.

Lindsay · 7th May 2005, 12:53 PM

is anyone doing a girl by morgan?

that's my favourite morgan poem.

humndislocation · 7th May 2005, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by behind_theory

I'm doing Glasgow 5 March 1971 next Friday, or atleast i hope a relevant question pops up cause i like this poem and its memorable indeed.

That name rings a bell, is that the poem about the couple that gets pushed through a shop window?

Lindsay · 7th May 2005, 01:52 PM

Pinky · 7th May 2005, 05:42 PM

I'm doing King Lear and Hamlet for my essay in Advanced Higher, Heaney is only if i really really have to or the question is easy as fuck cos I really don't like the poems much and paid more attention to the teacher who taught us Shakespeare.

I need a C to get into Bournemouth but don't need to pass it to get into RGU so it looks like I'm heading up north since my dissertation was hideously short.

ana_saba · 7th May 2005, 07:34 PM

I reckon I'm doing Thomas Hardy for the adv higher exam next week. Failing a good question then Tennesse Williams

All_in_black · 7th May 2005, 07:45 PM

Started learning my quotes a night or two before and it took about a total of two hours.

Ended up with an A - higher english is a piece of piss.

.star* · 7th May 2005, 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by ana_saba

I reckon I'm doing Thomas Hardy for the adv higher exam next week.

Eugh Eugh Eugh. I can't stand Thomas Hardy. When I was doing my AH English we studied King Lear + Hamlet as our plays, Tess + Mayor of Casterbridge as our novels and John Donne and a couple of other metaphysical poets for the poetry section. I really liked AH english apart from the novel section.

All_in_black · 7th May 2005, 08:55 PM

Tell you what you dont wanna do tho, is study english at uni.

Thats intense, and kinda weird as in 'infant masturbation' weird.

Niall · 7th May 2005, 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by All_in_black

Started learning my quotes a night or two before and it took about a total of two hours.

Ended up with an A - higher english is a piece of piss.

the questions you answered your essays on straightforward i assume? i hope i'll do alright, but if i dont get any questions then itll be pretty bad, if the question isnt straightforward then it can be hard to make reference to how it can be answered in relation to the text.

... if that makes sense

The Ledger · 10th May 2005, 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by DissolveD_JameS

F****** Higher English.... I'm sooo bitter.

I loved it... absolutely loved it, I got totally into it big time. Even my teacher was cool, he watched Buffy and played in a Chili's cover-band. The Red Not Chili Peppers.

So yeah... my RPR I get an estimated 'A'. My Imaginative Essay I get an estimated 'A'. I fucking nailed the exam. (Afterwards - I went over the exam paper with a friend and we both wrote pretty much exactly the same thing - we would have been worried we'd get busted for cheating but we were at opposite sided of the exam hall)

My friend gets: 'A'
I get: 'C'

Bollocks. This was the year that hundreds of exam results got totally buggered up. To this day I'm still waiting for the grade to be changed.

I got a C in higher english last year, and i cant understand it either. I felt i did really well, and came out feeling extremely pleased with myself. Obviously i was wrong.

Roselay · 10th May 2005, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Niall

yeh, i think im gonna take a few days off school before it, as they haven't given us any study leave this year before english, which is slightly annoying, as english is considered one of the hardest exams. but yeh, im gona start doing a past paper each night until it from now on in, its a waste of a year to come out with nothing, but its a bit of a push in comparison to what standard grade was last year.

eeek..shit that you dont get any study leave before english..i came off on study leave yesterday (mon 9th) and have 2 weeks at end of study leave to do what i want!!!

i dont like the way english is in school..i hate it how there is a right and wrong way to interprate (spelling!?) passages..i usually get the toally wrong idea and its not what the fucking exam board is looking for. i'm only doing int 2 this year then higher in the next year..can not wait.. i do think its good to spread it over 2 years tho.. you end up knowing a wee bit more than the higher folk

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Lindsay eighties fan Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Glasgow Posts: 7,594	yup.

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Afro Joe Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Glasgow Posts: 7,272	we read it, i thought it was a great poem. we havent really studied it all though.

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behind_theory Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 522	I'm doing Glasgow 5 March 1971 next Friday, or atleast i hope a relevant question pops up cause i like this poem and its memorable indeed. I'm dreading Death of a Salesman / Smeddum question though. shite.

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azpazzagus la Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: dundee Posts: 1,806 Band: i used to play cello for the a forest	i did romeo and juliet...and i really cannot remember the other one in romeo and juliet the BEST character to study in total depth is capulet everysingle question can be answered by talking about capulet relationship with juliet....and of course his wife it makes things really easy as he as very few quotes and they are all easy to remember i got an A

7th May 2005, 12:53 PM	#50 (permalink)
Lindsay eighties fan Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Glasgow Posts: 7,594	is anyone doing a girl by morgan? that's my favourite morgan poem.

7th May 2005, 05:42 PM	#53 (permalink)
Pinky Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Dundee Posts: 479	I'm doing King Lear and Hamlet for my essay in Advanced Higher, Heaney is only if i really really have to or the question is easy as fuck cos I really don't like the poems much and paid more attention to the teacher who taught us Shakespeare. I need a C to get into Bournemouth but don't need to pass it to get into RGU so it looks like I'm heading up north since my dissertation was hideously short.

7th May 2005, 07:34 PM	#54 (permalink)
ana_saba Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: motherhell, near glasgow Posts: 1,209	I reckon I'm doing Thomas Hardy for the adv higher exam next week. Failing a good question then Tennesse Williams

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All_in_black Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Kirriemuir Posts: 1,873	Started learning my quotes a night or two before and it took about a total of two hours. Ended up with an A - higher english is a piece of piss.

7th May 2005, 08:55 PM	#57 (permalink)
All_in_black Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Kirriemuir Posts: 1,873	Tell you what you dont wanna do tho, is study english at uni. Thats intense, and kinda weird as in 'infant masturbation' weird.