***Higher Level Classical Studies 2012***

bazinga_

anyone?
is anyone else doing classics on friday?
what's everyone hoping will come up? :P

Kelix

I hope the philosopher questions are nice, hopefully no weird surprises like other exams...

As for the other topics, I'm good to go with almost anything hope the questions on the Medea and Oedipus the king are straight forward too...maybe a character question or two.

Kelix

bazinga_ wrote: »

i'm hoping for children in medea :rolleyes: hasn't been up in aaaages and it's really important.
i really hate oedipus questions though... but they're the only two we do, and i left out oedipus in the mocks but i think it might be a bit dodge

Alexander???

the alexander topic is easyyyyy though, I'd be surprised if it was something difficult or weird

how are you for timing

SeanMadd

Do ye have classical studies subjects in school or do ye do them on your own? I kinda wanted to do it, seems interesting!

SlyBacon93

Hopefully any 2 of mutiny at opus, policy of fusion, battle of issus or granacuis and the siege if tyre come up for Alexander

Cruel Sun

I don't do classical studies, but I'm just wondering a few things. What is it? Is it easy? Could the course be learned on your own? Just curious.

Best of Luck in the exam!

Helloxoxo

Martin_94 wrote: »

I don't do classical studies, but I'm just wondering a few things. What is it? Is it easy? Could the course be learned on your own? Just curious.

Best of Luck in the exam!

Don't do it alone!!(or at all) I liked the idea of it but I hate all the learning. Course is so broad. They really need to prescribe a better book for art and architecture too.Ugh so screwed for tomorrow

JessiStar

My teacher said the SEC have overdone Alexander battles over the past few years so they shouldn't come up- good for me though because I'm awful at describing all the positions of the infantry, cavalry and officers

Helloxoxo

JessiStar wrote: »

My teacher said the SEC have overdone Alexander battles over the past few years so they shouldn't come up- good for me though because I'm awful at describing all the positions of the infantry, cavalry and officers

Do you have any other tips? Our teacher said sieges and mutinies?

zinfandel

Can't get to grips with the architecture at all, way too much to remember, am sticking with the art and hoping for the best.
Bit worried about the Alexander question the whole thing is so big.

ACBBFG

Helloxoxo wrote: »

Do you have any other tips? Our teacher said sieges and mutinies?

My teacher thinks orientalism and conspiracies/ Callisthenes maybe. Also Hephaestion

Zach_Douglas

Does anyone have any Alexander predictions??

Helloxoxo

Zach_Douglas wrote: »

Does anyone have any Alexander predictions??

The only predictions above are Alexander predictions

SlyBacon93

Zach_Douglas wrote: »

Does anyone have any Alexander predictions??

I sent them to you on fb zack

Kelix

how many pages do you guys write for each question...based on marks? how much for a 50,30 and 20?

SlyBacon93

I'm not doing art I'm just doing architecture and I'm only doing 3 temples

Helloxoxo

Can't wait to fail classical studies today

SlyBacon93

Helloxoxo wrote: »

Can't wait to fail classical studies today

Yea I'm fairly f* *ked as well.

Cill94

What a lovely paper. Orientalism AND a general question on battles. So sexy

Kelix

Such an easy paper! Definitely got the A

SlyBacon93

Handy enough paper pity I didn't study

zinfandel

Dream of a paper, hoping for an A, could have done it with half the study!

eddie123

Such a nice paper my teacher is a genius it was exactly like the mock paper he made out for us almost all of his predictions came up to! how did everyone else find it?

Kelix

I hope everyone didn't find it too easy otherwise the marking scheme might be stingy...

F9Devil

The paper was very good, the marking scheme will be pretty tough. Everyone in my class (15approx) were literally jumping for joy and if it's the same situation with other classics students around the country we're in for one hell of a marking scheme!

eddie123

but regardless of the marking scheme,if the questions were answered correctly then they will award the points! I thought that if it was evident that a lot of students found the exam difficult then they would have to mark it easier to get the bell curve,im sure some people found it difficult,and that not everybody got an A or a B,therefore the exam will be marked fairly...if that makes any sense?

zinfandel

Hope so Eddie, I really feel I did an A1 paper, which will be my one and only, so hope they do not mess with the marks.

Helloxoxo

Such a good paper wish I'd studied my Odysessy and Aenied properly, then I would have gotten a handy A. Unfortunately before I had given up on studying it as I though the paper would be impossible!

Kelix

Actually thinking about it more I don't think the marking scheme will get harder because Classical Studies has the highest failure rate and there will still be those people who tried to do it on their own and did absolutely no study and failed, so if the fails keep up then the marks won't get difficult, right?

eddie123

yea exactly,at the start of the year my teacher told us that there was such a high failure rate because of the institute,they get students who have just came to them to take it up when they only have a year to learn everything and they tell them that its easy,they dont teach it to them properly and their students fail as a result,but sure,we'll just have to find out in August wont we!

eddie123

correction,not ALL of their their students fail of course,some do really well in their exam.