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offline Ezkerraldean from the lowest common denominator (United Kingdom) on 2006-06-10 02:29 [#01917041]
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got geography a-levels on tuesday. the papers usually have
really vague essays at the end like
"Tourism in any environments is likely to create as many
costs as benefits. discuss this view"
and
"to what extent are there inevitable conflicts between the
settlement of one or more cold environments and the
well-being of their natural environments and local
populations?"

AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


 

offline Ezkerraldean from the lowest common denominator (United Kingdom) on 2006-06-10 05:33 [#01917143]
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you see


 

offline dave_g from United Kingdom on 2006-06-10 06:32 [#01917156]
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I got an A for A level Geography. Those essays are the best
questions ever. They are so vague that you can discuss so
many different ideas that to get a decent mark all you need
to do is learn a few case studies and you can apply them
somehow.

Just make a coherant arguement, try to argue for both sides
equally and juxstapose agreeing with one viewpoint with the
opposing views.

Try to include as many different aspects as you can into the
arguement. Physical, environmental, social, economic, etc
etc
Don't spend too long focusing on one specific part, make the
answer cover as many aspects as you can so the examiner
thinks "hey this guy has thought about this on many
levels".

conclusion is that it depends on your viewpoint if it is a
good thing or a bad thing, but generally there are ways to
do things better (give an example). If you can, either agree
or disagree with the question/comment or state that it is
impossible to give a yes/no answer.

Listen to what your teachers say about time-management and
stop the short questions to start the essay ones if you're
running behind, the essays are worth the marks and gives you
a chance to show the examiner how clever (or not) you really
are.

Good luck.


 

offline Raz0rBlade_uk on 2006-06-10 06:34 [#01917157]
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i just bought you a premium membership because you're cool


 

offline DeleriousWeasel from Guam on 2006-06-11 02:53 [#01917611]
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You are far more lucky than you can ever realise. Instead of
choosing to do Geography A-Level like everyone told me do, I
decided to study Medevil History instead and now look at the
difference between us in these upcoming exams:

Q. Tourism in any environments is likely to create as many
costs as benefits. Discuss.

vs.

Q. Which term better describes the development of the
Catholic Church throughout the sixteenth century from Pope
Paul III's pontificate: "Catholic Reformation" or "Counter
Reformation"?


 

offline Ezkerraldean from the lowest common denominator (United Kingdom) on 2006-06-11 07:20 [#01917679]
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hahaha, unlucky!

razorblade: you actually did get me a premium acount?!?!


 

offline Ezkerraldean from the lowest common denominator (United Kingdom) on 2006-06-11 07:23 [#01917682]
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while im on about exams - im doing geology GL4 tomorrow, and
its the first time its ever been issued (by WJEC board) so
there are no past papers to revise with! shit! help!!!!!


 

offline Raz0rBlade_uk on 2006-06-11 07:40 [#01917692]
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yes! i wasn't be sarcastic


 

offline i_x_ten from arsemuncher on 2006-06-11 07:55 [#01917701]
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geography is easy as long as you have case studies and
evidence to support your arguments. this is not your
revision blog.


 

offline Ezkerraldean from the lowest common denominator (United Kingdom) on 2006-06-11 08:20 [#01917721]
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my mistake


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offline tridenti from Milano (Italy) on 2006-06-11 09:45 [#01917755]
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Congs


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