no i mean conditioned
as in conditioning like soma in bnw (not that i've read it)
the smart baulko atmosphere makes us oh-so happy and ignorant to the stupidity that lies out there
i love baulko
i love the smart people
i love the conditioning it provides from the outside world
selective schools are the best
i would go as far to say that being around such a smart group of people makes you enjoy learning
i do both + art
which means 3 major works
if you love doing your own research and making your own decisions instead of following a boring syllabus i highly reccomend you do both
Re: Historians
so you don't get marked done for doing it wrong
but when you do it right it makes it much much better
now i get why we're told to focus on arguments... it's all making sense ! lol
yeah that's because majority of the smarter kids do advanced
if they did standard they would be getting band band5/6 without putting in as much effort
eg for module B
standard - close study
advanced - critical study ie close study plus context, perspectives, critics etc etc
therefore easier to...
Re: Historians
lol dennett should never be quoted
he is a history teacher, NOT a historian
also some of the textbook writers are markers, so when you quote them, particularly when you quote them wrong, it makes you look foolish
lol well one of the feminist teachers doing ext 2 marked my reflection said:
"WHY JUST GAY MEN, WHY NOT LESBIAN WOMEN?!?!?!"
i'm not kidding, she wrote this as a comment
no
the ancient syllabus is much bigger
you can't study modern history without reading about previous periods
notable example: Communist Russia
you need to understand the Hegel dialect, Russia's social and cultural history, the Industrial Revolution etc etc to understand many of events/policies...