I have been pissed of to the maximum limit thanks to my english homework!

hey guys heres how it works, right now i wanna give up fully and set fire to my dam books cause ive had the last straw.

I live in australia and we follow the most bullcrap english education system ever. You cant get good marks even if you work hard. Im a very hard working student. Im in all the top classes and whatnot and im one of the best at maths and science in my year. B im one of the worst at my english calses no matter how hard I work.

You wanan know what ive been doing for the past 1 and a half years of studyin in high school in australia. Ive been analysing stories, poems, songs and characters for that whole time. And it PISSING ME OFF!. I work so hard yet i get the wrost marks . My teacher thinks im a **** when just becuase i get bad marks in english and he doesnt even know my other marks which are good.

Right now im supposed to analyse a dam story. Answer some questions and whatnot and thats what ive been doing all this time. And you wanna know somehting, ive been worderin HOW THE HELL DOES ANALYSING A GOTDAM STORY HELP MY ASS IN REAL LIFE!. IM NOT TRYING TO BECOME A GOTDAM JOURNILIST HERE OR SOME BLOODY POET. cant they make a different subject for this ****

How do they expect to get good marks whne the story im reading now its about a future house, a nuclear bomb and a dam dead dog. Tell me what ur mind thinks on that beucase my mind thinks thats the most random **** im ever seen!

guys please tell me you agree that english homework these days is a waste of time.

Id rather be solving sums and equations.

Um, good rant for blog...but I know where you come from (I'm the maths/science type myself, and hated English). Unfortunately in Australia, it is still compulsory and you gotta do it regardless.

The only benefit English has is to get you the marks for a uni course after high school. If not, then you can go off to TAFE or work full time in a stock job without too much worry.

hey guys heres how it works, right now i wanna give up fully and set fire to my dam books cause ive had the last straw.

I live in australia and we follow the most bullcrap english education system ever. You cant get good marks even if you work hard. Im a very hard working student. Im in all the top classes and whatnot and im one of the best at maths and science in my year. B im one of the worst at my english calses no matter how hard I work.

You wanan know what ive been doing for the past 1 and a half years of studyin in high school in australia. Ive been analysing stories, poems, songs and characters for that whole time. And it PISSING ME OFF!. I work so hard yet i get the wrost marks . My teacher thinks im a **** when just becuase i get bad marks in english and he doesnt even know my other marks which are good.

Right now im supposed to analyse a dam story. Answer some questions and whatnot and thats what ive been doing all this time. And you wanna know somehting, ive been worderin HOW THE HELL DOES ANALYSING A GOTDAM STORY HELP MY ASS IN REAL LIFE!. IM NOT TRYING TO BECOME A GOTDAM JOURNILIST HERE OR SOME BLOODY POET. cant they make a different subject for this ****

How do they expect to get good marks whne the story im reading now its about a future house, a nuclear bomb and a dam dead dog. Tell me what ur mind thinks on that beucase my mind thinks thats the most random **** im ever seen!

guys please tell me you agree that english homework these days is a waste of time.

Id rather be solving sums and equations.

tarunramesh

Ok. Re-read your post and then tell me why you don't think you need to study English.

I know exactly what you mean. I'm in NZ and english is a very finicky subject. I know a lot of very smart people who have the same problems as you as well as some stupid people who do very well.

I'm doing english in uni right now and getting A's. What I have found the markers are generally looking for is original thinking. Come up with something new, justify it, and you should get good marks.

But if all else fails you could try antistudy.com

Um, good rant for blog...but I know where you come from (I'm the maths/science type myself, and hated English). Unfortunately in Australia, it is still compulsory and you gotta do it regardless.

The only benefit English has is to get you the marks for a uni course after high school. If not, then you can go off to TAFE or work full time in a stock job without too much worry.

Judza

haha im goona go to uni so i need 2A/B and i cant even imagine how annoying its goona be.

[QUOTE="tarunramesh"]

Ok. Re-read your post and then tell me why you don't think you need to study English.

Large_Soda

ok so i have some spelling mistakes lol, im typing while im pissed off here whatcha expect

Your one of the best? :lol: Oh it shows well.Wilfred_Owen

hahaha, only for maths and science but im not the best, i know some people who are really good in my **** but i feel like im showing off, im normally a humble person lol

Do you want to be a scientist, or a mathematician, or a historian? English is one of the most important subjects even if you don't want a career directly relating to it. I enjoy English anyway.SolidSnake35

yea well if u enjoy it its fine i mean i have nothing against people who like english its their passion but it hate it when they have like some super drama studies english and mush it into normal english coruses

I know exactly what you mean. I'm in NZ and english is a very finicky subject. I know a lot of very smart people who have the same problems as you as well as some stupid people who do very well.

I'm doing english in uni right now and getting A's. What I have found the markers are generally looking for is original thinking. Come up with something new, justify it, and you should get good marks.

But if all else fails you could try antistudy.com

domatron23

haha thanks for the tips man ill try out what u say and see how it goes.

EDIT: dude that link you gave me has to be the greatest thing ive seen in my life, thank you so much :hug: !!

ok so i have some spelling mistakes lol, im typing while im pissed off here whatcha expecttarunramesh

There is a spell check function in FireFox and Gamespot offers an option as well. If you are going to write a massive note to people about how you hate learning English, it might be a good idea to proof read it before submitting it. I know you're angry, but it takes one minute to do.

It's always a good idea to re-read what you submit, not just on forums.

I got the same with my Dutch homework (I'm from the Netherlands). Why the hell should I learn about the history of Dutch literature, or read some dumb books. Its not gonna help me further in my live... My English homework is quite useful though:Prubenbos007

haha man i hate it when i have to do stuff like that

Your pissed...TO THE MAXIMUM LIMIT! :o

But yeah...seems like your English homeworks suck as much as ours (in the US).

That's the problem with education in the UK too. They do so much crap that is in no way related to English.

All hail Sweden :)

Analyzing the English language is such a waste of time. It's not like anybody ever uses it, and it's not like anybody ever says anything more complex than "I like tulips."

Once you analyze my sentences, you'll see why it's important. ;)

[QUOTE="tarunramesh"]

ok so i have some spelling mistakes lol, im typing while im pissed off here whatcha expectLarge_Soda

There is a spell check function in FireFox and Gamespot offers an option as well. If you are going to write a massive note to people about how you hate learning English, it might be a good idea to proof read it before submitting it. I know you're angry, but it takes one minute to do.

It's always a good idea to re-read what you submit, not just on forums.

[QUOTE="Large_Soda"][QUOTE="tarunramesh"]

ok so i have some spelling mistakes lol, im typing while im pissed off here whatcha expectdarkfox101

There is a spell check function in FireFox and Gamespot offers an option as well. If you are going to write a massive note to people about how you hate learning English, it might be a good idea to proof read it before submitting it. I know you're angry, but it takes one minute to do.

It's always a good idea to re-read what you submit, not just on forums.

THIS IS SPARTA!!!!

haha man i just had to say that, but im not taking it out on the journilists, i mean comeon they should have a seperate subject for this.

You guys wanna know something, my teacher is an **** he says stuff like OMG your hurting my feelings, i mean wtf? He sent someone out for saying silly??? can someone please tell me wtf is up with that. and unluckily me ive gotten stuck with his ass.

Your pissed...TO THE MAXIMUM LIMIT! :o

But yeah...seems like your English homeworks suck as much as ours (in the US).

The_Ish

to the maximum limit!

haha ya it does suck but for those guys who like to analyse text, u guys are luckly, this stuff is probably a piece of cake for u and hows it in sweden, someone mentioned its better? and exactly how to things get more complex then saying " i like tulips" my teacher would make it like " the person who is me fancys beautiful tulips" i mean cant u just gotdam say i like tulips simple as that

Have you thought of asking your teacher how you can improve your grade?zeus_gb

yes indeed i have, ive asked him a couple of times, sometimes he goes im busy, sometimes he just does it for me wihtout explaning, sometimes he just doesnt do it right. i dunno why but he just annoys me a lot. Though he is a good teacher, hes not the teacher i want to study under

I wish English classes would spend more time on teaching people to write and less time on analyzing stories.reddevilyi

agreed!

TEE in general is the biggest load of wang.

Just talk about context and ideologies instead of techniques like setting, characterisation or plot. You get loads more marks, especially if you can find some good original examples and can analyse them. Symbolism is also a handy technique to talk about often. All texts have it and it is so subjective that if you have a good argument you can prove symbolism in anything. I sucked arse at English in highschool (i live in Australia too btw) but that was mostly because I never finished an essay. Often was the occasion however that I would get more marks for a half done essay than my peers would get for a whole one. I killed the speeches though hehe, but that's a different story.

[QUOTE="zeus_gb"]Have you thought of asking your teacher how you can improve your grade?tarunramesh

yes indeed i have, ive asked him a couple of times, sometimes he goes im busy, sometimes he just does it for me wihtout explaning, sometimes he just doesnt do it right. i dunno why but he just annoys me a lot. Though he is a good teacher, hes not the teacher i want to study under

Keep asking him and ask him to explain it clearly. If you still feel you're not getting the right answers after a few more times then go straight to the head of the English department and ask him/her to explain it.

to the maximum limit!

haha ya it does suck but for those guys who like to analyse text, u guys are luckly, this stuff is probably a piece of cake for u and hows it in sweden, someone mentioned its better? and exactly how to things get more complex then saying " i like tulips" my teacher would make it like " the person who is me fancys beautiful tulips" i mean cant u just gotdam say i like tulips simple as that

tarunramesh

A lot of people speak simple but some people in the business world like using complicated sentence structures; that's why you are required to analyze sentences.

[QUOTE="darkfox101"][QUOTE="Large_Soda"][QUOTE="tarunramesh"]

ok so i have some spelling mistakes lol, im typing while im pissed off here whatcha expecttarunramesh

There is a spell check function in FireFox and Gamespot offers an option as well. If you are going to write a massive note to people about how you hate learning English, it might be a good idea to proof read it before submitting it. I know you're angry, but it takes one minute to do.

It's always a good idea to re-read what you submit, not just on forums.

THIS IS SPARTA!!!!

haha man i just had to say that, but im not taking it out on the journilists, i mean comeon they should have a seperate subject for this.

You guys wanna know something, my teacher is an **** he says stuff like OMG your hurting my feelings, i mean wtf? He sent someone out for saying silly??? can someone please tell me wtf is up with that. and unluckily me ive gotten stuck with his ass.

[QUOTE="Large_Soda"][QUOTE="tarunramesh"]

ok so i have some spelling mistakes lol, im typing while im pissed off here whatcha expectdarkfox101

There is a spell check function in FireFox and Gamespot offers an option as well. If you are going to write a massive note to people about how you hate learning English, it might be a good idea to proof read it before submitting it. I know you're angry, but it takes one minute to do.

It's always a good idea to re-read what you submit, not just on forums.

I can read it just fine, but I think proper writing skills should be used as much as possible, because people tend to get lazy and ultimately become useless at it.

But my biggest gripe comes from stories I've heard from friends that are teachers about the students they teach and how they write. I have seen first hand what some students submit as so called "work" and it's scary. Kids should not be writing essays in Messenger slang, nor should they be using it for résumés.

I live in australia and we follow the most bullcrap english education system ever. You cant get good marks even if you work hard.tarunramesh

Well.... English class comes really easy to me... except when it comes to several page essays. I was the only person out of all the english classes to get a 93/95 on the test :) .

My hardest class is AP chemistry. I usually get 20 questions a day. 1 Lab explanation a week. 2 Practice Tests a week. Luckily, were only reviewing what we did last year.

Compared to all my normal classes, AP produce 10 times more homework.

Well.... English class comes really easy to me... except when it comes to several page essays. I was the only person out of all the english classes to get a 93/95 on the test :) .

My hardest class is AP chemistry. I usually get 20 questions a day. 1 Lab explanation a week. 2 Practice Tests a week. Luckily, were only reviewing what we did last year.

Compared to all my normal classes, AP produce 10 times more homework.

Luminouslight

[QUOTE="Luminouslight"]

Well.... English class comes really easy to me... except when it comes to several page essays. I was the only person out of all the english classes to get a 93/95 on the test :) .

My hardest class is AP chemistry. I usually get 20 questions a day. 1 Lab explanation a week. 2 Practice Tests a week. Luckily, were only reviewing what we did last year.

Compared to all my normal classes, AP produce 10 times more homework.

sca321

Its the only c l a s s I have less than a 97% *punches self in face*

who cares how he types its the internet no one gives a ****.

i think that u should only have to know the basic grammar and stuff i mean cmon when am i gonna have to identify a common noun from a proper noun, a interragotive sentence from an explanotory sentence, a coordinating conjunction from a interjective.

i dont even know wat all those mean to me once english gets to that point where its confusing stuff ull never use cept for a few jobs just have it as an elective like calculus or something

That's not as bad as your teacher trying to fail you because you proved her wrong. >__> And least you weren't kicked out of the school library for reading a book.ayanami_rei

Assuming that story applies to you, what book was it?

[QUOTE="ayanami_rei"]That's not as bad as your teacher trying to fail you because you proved her wrong. >__> And least you weren't kicked out of the school library for reading a book.The_Ish

Assuming that story applies to you, what book was it?

The Foreshadowing

Know what's funny? :| I picked it up at that library and started reading it because I just had my first period, College English III, and had nothing else to do.

:P Plus the cover was pretty. >__>

Who cares how he types?It's the internet; no one gives a ****.

I think you should only be required to know the rules of basic grammar and stuff of that nature. I mean, c'mon!When am I going to need to distinguish a common noun from a proper noun, an interrogative sentence from an explanatory sentence, or a coordinating conjunction from an interjection?

I don't even know what all those terms mean.To me, once English gets to the point where the focus turns toward the sort of confusing detailsyou'll likely never use (except for a few jobs), it makes sense to just offer the course as an elective, similar tocalculus.atony12

I think that about fixes everything. You're welcome.

^thats sad if u can see all those mistakes

^It's sad thatyou can see all those mistakes.atony12

There you go. No need to thank me.

TEE in general is the biggest load of wang.

Just talk about context and ideologies instead of techniques like setting, characterisation or plot. You get loads more marks, especially if you can find some good original examples and can analyse them. Symbolism is also a handy technique to talk about often. All texts have it and it is so subjective that if you have a good argument you can prove symbolism in anything. I sucked arse at English in highschool (i live in Australia too btw) but that was mostly because I never finished an essay. Often was the occasion however that I would get more marks for a half done essay than my peers would get for a whole one. I killed the speeches though hehe, but that's a different story.

English does have a point though. It develops your ability to form and justify and argument, something that your topic post doesn't really achieve. Just hang in there; you only need to pass to prove your English competency to University, then it will never bother you again.Buffalo_Soulja

thats some good tips man, ill follow them. Yea ill check with the englsih department if things get crazy but thesers only 1 good teacher which i had last year. She was the best teacher ever. Some of you guys are luckily. Pulling a A outa your ass by doing half completed essays lol. And some of you guys are just good at it. I read all your posts and ill try out ur tips with the subject

i wish i could do better in this subject beucase right now i put in so much effort but my results are bullcrap