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So far.. so good. I've been prepared for the few O'lvl papers that have come my way - the practicals, and the ss paper. Interestingly, I managed to accurately spot the topics tested. But well, it was really due to no brillance of mine, but the fact that the O'lvl cambridge examiners are just too conventional in their thinking, making it far too easy for students to predict what chapters would come out. Where's the creativity??
I wonder whether the examiners are exasperated. Really. This time, the questions are straightforward. For SBQ, they ask you directly - how different are the 2 sources? why do you think margaret Thatcher made that speech? Do you think the cartoonist approves of the Argentine invasion? Totally unlike last years' more difficult qns like - both give different views. Does that mean 1 of them is wrong? The only one which was more difficult was - How far can source E be accepted as evidence that the dispute cannot be resolved? That cracked my head as the source seems to say that the dispute can and cannot be resolved. But the qn suggested that source E says that the dispute cannot be resolved, and is it reliable? Ahhh forget it, I think I screwed up that qn.
The structured questions were very direct too, they even list the factors down for you, unlike the ambiguous qns from past years. I think they had enough of studens misinterpreting qns.
One bad thing about studying too many chapters though. I could not decide - Switzerland or Japan? In the end, I chose Japan because I thought the whole of Singapore would choose Switzerland. Apparently, not so. Quite a few others also thought the same way as I did, as well as half of DHS, as what Jeremy said. But I take solace in the fact that the question on Japan was easier to answer. Although I had only 10 mins to finish my last 13 marks essay, I hope the examiners will not penalize me too much for lack of elaboration.
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"Enough, no more! 'Tis not so sweet now as it was before."
Yes. SS is over, no more of SS for the rest of my life. REJOICE! For now, its time to concentrate on my English and Literature. Will I be able to repeat my results for these subjects? It remains to be seen.
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Time for tips. According to some unidentified source which I heard (meaning I can't remember who said it), for tomorrow's English Section 2 of Paper 1, either a report or a letter should be out. How true it is, I have no idea. But you might like to pay more attention to these 2 text types.
Remember. For summary, there is no need to translate everything into your own words. Instead, use what they give you, and merely vary the sentence structure in a bid to get higher language marks.
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