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My favourite was Pride & Prejudice, and my favourite characters would have to be Elizabeth Bennet, Mrs. Bennet and Mr. Bennet. I found it hilarious when Elizabeth was finding excuses for not marrying Mr. Darcy and one of them was like, "..but he's so rich." (or was that in the movie? :confused...

My teacher suggested sticking formulas on the back of bathroom doors, because you are wasting time if you are sitting on the toilet and doing nothing. :mad1:

Re: Year 12 Jerseys We just got a new principal who is trying to take over the school. :mad1: Our ex-principal allowed nicknames on the back of Yr. 12 jerseys, but rumours are going around that this year, we have to put our last names, which is going to suck big time. However, I'm probably...

Do you have any idea what the question for the extended response might be? To prepare for this, I suggest you read Othello thoroughly first. Also read through notes for ideas regarding important motifs, themes and characters, as although you cannot bring notes into class, it would be silly not...

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A good technique to use is to 'speak' your speech whilst you are writing it, remembering that a speech is supposed to be presented rather than read like an essay. The basic structure of a speech would be similar to an essay, but the techniques you employ in it are quite different. Engage the...

Definitely yes, and in fact you are in a similar situation I am. My school does not have any French teachers, so I ended up doing Japanese instead, but I am still teaching myself French outside of school by using the internet and borrowing language kits from the library. It's just that I won't...

Anything from Charles Dickens. Bryce Courtenay's Power of One.

The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay. Kept me up a few nights reading. Also liked Animal Farm by Orwell.

The Merchant of Venice. Especially: Shylock: "...Hath not a Jew eyes? hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions? fed with the same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject to the same diseases, healed by the same means, warmed and cooled by the same winter...

There are many reasons to why I read. 1. For pure pleasure. 2. To escape the duties of life. 3. To improve my diction in essay writing. 4. To fall asleep. 5. To enlarge my intellectual penis (or should I say clitoris? ;) )

Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini Pride & Prejudice - Jane Austen Power of One - Bryce Courtenay The Five People You Meet in Heaven - Mitch Albom The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon Great Expectations - Charles Dickens A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens et al. There are plenty of other...

Does anyone know the Open Day 2008 Dates for the University of Sydney and the University of Technology Sydney? Our teachers recommended us go check out our preferred universites early, and I couldn't load up the USyd and UTS sites because my internet is capped and it lagged for about 10 minutes...

For Ext. 1 English I am reading Jane Austen's Emma and Deborah Tannen's You Just Don't Understand. I've finished Emma and found it horrendously boring compared to Pride & Prejudice. Tannen's work is quite interesting and entertaining. Right now, for pure enjoyment I am reading Tim Winton's...

I have a task for Extension 1 English that requires me to annotate two different works of critical theory/readings (from different theorists) on The Merchant of Venice. Our teacher has already given us one discussing post-contructionalism et al. but I still need another composer's work. Does...

I have a fetish for Ancient Roman/Greek societies so here are my recommendation (more like personal preferences): 1. Any Roman Emperor after Julius Caesar (eg. Caligula - made his horse Incitatus a consul (a ruler of sorts), Nero - fiddled while Rome was on fire, killed his mother, girlfiend...

First off with the basics. Know your grammar! It's surprising how many people do not know how to properly use punctuation and sentence structure. A great place to practise these skills is right here (lol). Make sure you recognise how to structure different text types as well (as this usually...

Top Subjects: Society & Culture (98%, 2nd in terms of rankings), then Ancient History (95%, tied 1st or 2nd) Worst Subjects: 2U Maths (80%, 30 - 40th) Maths Ext. (60%!!)

Let's see... Adv. English Ext 1. English 3U Maths Society & Culture Economics Ancient History Japanese Beg. Funny story behind my choice for Society & Culture. I weighed it down to either Modern History or S&C for that line, but for some reason chose Chemistry. Then, I dropped it after the...