yes, another entry giving you a complete account of my exam

lit 1. what do i say?! when i flipped through the paper, my first impulse was to laugh. because NOTHING we spotted came out. OH YAY. if this continues for all the history and lit papers to come - cambridge, please go and die.

the questions were weird, especially measure for measure and silas marner. i mean, nothing we spotted came out. nothing even close. and i'm a lazy bum who banks on spotting like the world is going to end. it worked well for the O levels because our teachers were bang on about it. measure for measure was hard, really. i did the thematic question and i have no idea what the 'ideals' of measure for measure are to this very day. my only hope was to twist the question to fit my knowledge and any theory i thought sounded clever and impressive. silas marner would have been doable if i had expected it and studied that topic more. but in all fairness, none of us did (including the rj kids) because we all thought bloody WOMEN would come out, or at least a CHARACTER question. i can't complain about Herbert much because i thought it was quite a relaxing essay to do (compared to the others) but i know everyone else who usually does context for Herbert wanted to murder dio. Vanity (1)? i wanted to cry FOR them. fortunately i never do context for this paper. and i'm beginning to think i really shouldn't for lit 3, either.

the thing about lit is that no matter what sort of weird questions are thrown at you, you WILL find a way, you WILL write thousands of words in 3 hours, you WILL MAKE your brain have something to say (even if trash). and that's the beauty of lit and history (though history not as enjoyable to think about) and that's why i guess i have to say i enjoyed writing this paper. even though my answers may have gone off tangent greatly (there's always a danger), i had fun anyhow.

i just hope i do okay, because my parents act as though i already have As for lit and history and i would really HATE HATE HATE to disappoint them when i can do no other subject properly. yes, i'm quite a talentless person.

+ posted by M @ 11:46 AM