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My point wasn't to say that you should reject high school literature class. So I'm sorry that I spurned others to write posts to egg you on.

But you really don't know what's good for you. If you had a legitimate argument then it's totally fine to challenge the curriculum. But you don't. You don't get that literary analysis reinforces critical thinking and rhetoric. And that is actually very useful when you're out looking for a job, or just living your life.

Meh.

"english also known as the most useless subject and the only subject I can't drop."

I... I cannot express how strong this feeling was for me.


Now I can't speak english and I am homeless. (jks) I hate english though.

This reminds of the **** I hate, except its worse. I gotta do a senior project involving a 10-12 page essay about a certain topic and its mandatory for everyone if they want to graduate. What the ****.

I'm pretty sure there is nothing I can do about that.

Do what Vess said. Except....

Go to the school board, and bring your parents. Piss them off with it and convince them to go with you, bring friends. Tell the board how wrong it is. Then have your parents call the school continuously, as well as other parents if possible. Then you go to the PTA.

This can be done if executed properly in three days tops.

Attack at all angles. Leave no room for them to retreat.

This is your education.

I think that these state wide tests also need to be nullified. Where for example, you have to pass some type of standard "state-wide" test to go to the next grade. I had that issue when I was in HS. I had to take a reading/literature exam in the tenth grade, failed it but since it goes by credits I still went to the next grade, took it again in the 11th grade, failed it again and than finally passed it in my 12th and final year. It's just too incredibly boring.

If I hadn't graduated from high school and finished the HSC last month I'd have probably written this exact same post. I love writing, literature and English, but what the high school curriculum does to the subject is an abomination.

I say be a smart-ass in your presentation. I ended up having a rant about the pointlessness of one speech in my actual HSC exam. Not only that, in my Extension 2 English journal I have a go at my teachers and markers and the Board of Studies itself amidst the actual 'work'. I have rants about the entire course in general mixed in there as well. My teachers told me to tear the pages out before submitting it. I lied and said I did and handed it in with all the *****iness intact!

I'm not sure how the markers will react in the end of the day but I don't need a very high ATAR to get into my course at uni so it should all work out. So in short, fight the power!

but at least your speech was accually good unlike mine lol

Well I could not do it, but I'd rather not have an "N" on my record.

lol, the unfortunate truth, the cycle of pointlessness

the point isn't about changing the curriculum it's about getting out of doing work you'd otherwise suck at doing.


"man this is such a pointless thing to do."

"why don't you do something about it?"

"because it's pointless to try."

LOL

Vess, one guy questioning the national curriculum isn't going to do much, proper complaint or not. Quite a few teacher have agreed with me that speeches are a stupid format for an assessment, although few agree with me about the analysis of poetry.
The point being is that, if it hasn't changed in the last however long it has been running like this, why would it change now on the opinion of a highschool student.

make a proper complaint, question the significance of the material being taught.

it's your education, after all. you live with the consequences. teachers just get paid.

Yeah vess. Because he can totally just write up a paper. What the **** can any student do about it besides *****? Actually, no please do it and have it recorded by a friend so we can watch.

Most people just accep thte project and move on. The teacher isn't gonna change anything because you think it's stupid.

considering WWI was soldiers dug into trenches waiting to be bombarded by artillery and chemical gas, i doubt that the writer was actually there or had pen and paper.

you should write and present a paper on how stupid the entire project is.

or keep *****ing about it in this blog because you can't stand up for what you believe in. either way, this is good stuff keep it up.

you didnt put in the lazer tag bit

Well I had to change that 0 to at least a 1, it was really getting on my nerves

hahahah good one dust. i like it. lol

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