There is an unfortunate issue that plagues most forums on the net: an unusually high concentration of vermin and carrion eaters devoid and incapable of any real thought beyond what is prescribed by popular culture and what can be expressed in unpunctuated and grammatically incorrect sentences...
Right. This here's a thread for people who don't exactly buy into the whole pop/rock thing going on right now, who like music that actually sounds new and inventive (goodness gracious me, can it be true?). Music with a bit of intelligence behind it that requires a bit of patience to grasp the...
So, I'm looking for some Roleplayers who are interested in trying something new. Because for the old guard, I have a message: D&D is dead. D&D is dead and unmourned and the new kids on the block are dancing on its grave and using its bones for toothpicks.
With that out of the way, anybody in...
Allow me to inject a little perspective.
The HSC as a system is fatally flawed in that it does not accurately represent a student's abilities in a subject across the board. Doing well in it does not make you superior in any way.
The HSC and its results does not dictate the entirety of your...
Exams, particularly IQ tests are not accurate, particularly in regards to "intelligence". They are culturally biased and generally only measure a person's ability to regurgitate whatever crap we've been taught. Yes, granted there are some skills measured, such as memory, speed and to some extent...
I wrote some crazy fragmented thing in the vein of Kafka crossed with Stephen King. I'll get good marks if the markers recognise the style as being legitimate literary influences, rather than some confused attempt by someone who ran out of time. I managed two pages.
That's a lot for me.
I've always been a quality over quantity writer. Give me a weekend and I'll come back with some absolute kickassery, but in an exam with only 40 minutes to write an essay, I'll get one or two pages. Thats it.
I suppose what we should all be happy about is that each section is only worth 15 marks.