General (Paper) Rants

I'm reminded of my need to speak/blog with proficient engrish English by the countdown that keeps reminding me that there are five days to the GP prelim exam. pardon this interjection. SHIT!. five whole days?? meaning a hundred and twenty hours? (actually less) meaning 720 minutes? meaning 43200 seconds? wait let me check the last one... yep its correct... now that we've gotten that settled, lets actively criticise GP.

firstly, GP sux. agreed? agreed. its not the fact that one I cant score in it. its the fact that its so dull? isn't it? it cant be just my teacher... urf.. maybe its just the monotonous drone that drives me to sleep? but he doesnt hv a monotonous drone! not that he has the liveliest voice on the planet... but maybe i just cant muster up enough motivation to even try to do well for GP. or maybe there's some part of me that thinks its already too late. "lets jus settle for that C5 you were condemned to get right from the start" n then take the verbal SATs and laugh at the system, hopefully..

point to note: i can do verbal SATs.. not fantastically well like 1600/2400, but definitely better than i do GP.

and another thing... i keep hearing this phrase - "GP-specific topics". now take note that GP stands for GENERAL paper. so let me say that phrase again in full: GENERAL paper- SPECIFIC. maybe one needs to consider the context of where i hear this phrase. "link the question to GENERAL paper SPECIFIC topics."

maybe its just a misconception on my part that i believed General Paper tested General Knowledge, or rather, the General Application of knowledge. oh well...

another point to note: General X Specific.

overall, no matter how much i drone on and on about it, i think there's no preventing the fact that i'm ultimately going to take the GP prelims very soon. without any clue on how the teachers want an essay to be presented. is it supposed to be convincing? perhaps a debate-style essay that shows balance? or perhaps a speech-style essay that attempts to persuade the masses to believe what you say? how about the PM's National Day Rally quoted verbatim?

its bad enough not knowing how to study a subject (if need arises), but not even knowing what the markers WANT to hear is.. well.. plain sad.

and are we allowed to think away from the norm? can we suggest that communism might have SOME good points? or that hitler might have had SOME good characteristics?

and what is balance? suggesting the alternate views? (only to get them refuted for being biased or provocative?) "the Cambridge markers wont want to see that you're expressing your own views such a tone in your writing"

of course i understand. dont say "white pple this, white pple that.." thats jus plain dumb. if u want to say that, write it in chinese or malay or tamil or smthg... arf..

i know how to score now. i'm going to rattle of kancy's views.. not mine. mine fail, n he's the knowledgable one. knowledgeable since he noes what the cambridge VJ markers want to see... all the same, He said to mug up kaleidoscope, (and/or k-online), so i shall. may not go school tmr for that sake. GP is of utmost importance... after monday, i'm going to mug all the other four subjects.

and to continue my study plan, after i'm done with screwing up my prelims, i'll cheong my s-papers. i noe prelims got s-papers, but i guess its a bit late to cheong for them now.. haha.. esp maths, which i hvnt done at all. must rely on my *cough*cough* maths 'o' background.. haha.. lets just see how far it pulls me through. i think my mentality's changed loads since the past... i wonder why.

i'm jus not as relaxed when i'm taking my papers. hv to work on that. i will survive. n score.

anw, i'm so sleepy today that i *cough*cough* - mb i'm getting sick a bit - may not be going to sch tmr lah.. lazy sick lah...

okay.. cheers~ n peace...