English is a waste of life. (1 Viewer)

[Lolsmith]

English, of all subjects, should certainly not be a compulsory subject. At least, not in the form it's in now. They should either be entirely elective, or focus more on the actually use of language in day-to-day life: spelling, sentence structure, etc.

I really enjoy English as a subject, but in geographical areas where people need their HSC to get into a trade, English is incredibly useless in its current form. Especially if they don't complete their HSC because of English.

 

[gella]

haha maybe if you guys weren't illiterate, you wouldn't feel this way about english

 

[slyhunter]

haha maybe if you guys weren't illiterate, you wouldn't feel this way about english

Ouch.

 

[gella]

your point?

 

[Mature Lamb]

Analysing texts saves lives guys

 

[supercalamari]

haha maybe if you guys weren't illiterate, you wouldn't feel this way about english

Lol, I do English Extension 2

 

[Lolsmith]

haha maybe if you guys weren't illiterate, you wouldn't feel this way about english

Oh damn.

 

[kawaiinlove]

Shakespeare would be cut if he knew how English was treating his plays...

 

[Phoenix Fury]

lawl

 

[iRuler]

Shakespeare would be cut if he knew how English was treating his plays...

so true, suicide for him :rofl:

 

[supercalamari]

Shakespeare would be cut if he knew how English was treating his plays...

I reckon he'd be at first amused, then extremely pissed off.

Something else about green eyed monsters and surly wenches would then be written by him, with reference to us...

 

[gesh17]

Not really as long as you acknowledge that there is an inescapable difference between a good essay and a "HSC essay."

 

[chantal_3]

i hate english because it renders me with the inability to read something without analysing it or hightlighting 'quotations'
it totally ruins the experience of just simply reading a book!
for example, i am reading jane eyre and like a paragraph into it i am already identifing techniques....
I HATE ENGLISH!!!!!!!!

 

[brendroid]

I seem to enjoy English because I'm good at it.

I must be such an oddball little nerd.

 

[nutcracker]

i like english in that it helps you develop skills on forming arguments.
but the whole analysing-techniques stuff is crap. if you break everything down like that, it takes all the beauty and magic out of the writing D: