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Folks, Interested in your thoughts on online tuition for English: 1. What would convince you to try it? 2. How much would you pay for it? 3. Why don't any colleges/schools currently offer it? Lessons + homework task feedback both delivered online. Asking for a friend.

First of all, think about what techniques are meant to do. I wrote a definition here which might be useful: http://5minuteessay.wordpress.com/2014/04/29/techniques-definition-hsc-english-not-just-bs/ Then, go through your texts looking for interesting phrases, descriptions, bits of speech...

Yes possible. If your teacher is stringent about her assessment criteria, you'll likely do better in final exams than you expect. And that, as the previous comments have suggested, will boost your assessment marks higher, which in turn means higher overall score, et c. Just focus on doing as...

Significant. I was fortunate that I had a lot of competition in my grade - we had about 10-15 people who ended up with state rankings, many of whom had more than 1 to their name. We all pushed each other to do better, but for the most part it was also an extremely collegial and friendly sort of...

From memory (+/-1 variance): English Adv: 95 English Ext1: 47 English Ext2: 50 Maths Ext1: 98/7 Maths Ext2: 97/6 Latin Cont: 98 Latin Ext1: 49 French Cont: 94 Practical practice, and Princess Elsa. Practical practice means doing exercises, past papers, and other "active" modes instead of...

Also, focus on certain "scenes" rather than just quotes in isolation. So for example, you might want to use Kurtz's death as one scene, in which you may have 4-5 quotes on various elements (e.g. dialogue with Kurtz/Marlowe, descriptions of the setting, some perhaps on Marlowe's own thoughts...

By the time I was 4 years old, I had already exhibited a preternatural ability to talk shit and run away from anything resembling personal responsibility. My parents, recognising my innate talent, shipped me off to Professor Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters (you may have seen the...

Definitely possible. At least 35% of the people I encounter are absolute tools. However, the judgement is out on the other 65%.

Medium of production is basically just the same as medium. The most salient point is that different mediums work in different ways. An image, for example, works visually, while a poem works with words. Film uses audio (including music, dialogue), visual (effects, shot choice), as well as...

+1 anything and everything. Mine was basically a brain-dump consisting of: - recollections of my thought processes - new ideas or research findings - micro-short stories that I wrote because I felt like it (ostensibly to "improve my skills") - offensive limericks - sketches and drawings and...

My answer 1. We typically perform very well at Latin because (a) teaching staff is great, most have been around 20+ years (b) the students who do Latin are usually the A-grade students, which helps with scaling (c) not many schools do Latin anyway. 2, I studied for Latin by focusing...

Well...that's why there are more assessments than one. My list of 5 No's for creatives is generally: No war No sex No people dying No swearing No spaceships Of course you can break all of these if you are decent enough, but generally nobody of 18 years of age is (this included me in my HSC...

This only works if your writing style is really, really, really strong. Here's something I wrote about the perks and pitfalls of "writing what you know". Relevant.

In order of priority: 1. Answer the question 2. Back up your answer 3. Add something new to discussion Original thought is important, but it's also hard to summon under examination conditions. Plus, you're in high school. Chances are even your most out-there ideas have already been put through...

Re: Urgent: 2nd Opinion needed on this FR/BR essay. There's no way it only deserves 1 And another +1. Seriously you don't need that extra mound of confusion with only 40mins of writing time. I agree with OP: you do have topic sentences, and I think they're pretty good (maybe a tad long, but...

If you think you are too busy, you will be too busy. If you want to find the time, you will. The saying "if you want something done, give it to a busy person" is only halfway accurate. The most effective people don't think about being busy or not. They think about doing things, and how they can...

I used the same structure as buriza, except without referencing the prescribed text in the related text paragraphs. So I'd have: Prescribed 1 (idea 1) Prescribed 1 (counterpoint to idea 1); or Prescribed 2 (if you have, say, two poems as a prescribed) Related 1 (idea 2) Related 2 (idea 3; or...

UR DEAD BUDDY But seriously, as long as you have a clear and consistent structure you'll be okay. I can't tell if this "4 out of 5" thing is a one-off or a regular trend, but it sounds to me like it's a question of luck and marker preferences as much as anything. I mean, I once got 0 for a...

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