Well I guess I am a miracle story for english extn 2 because my school mark was in the late 30's (37 or 38) and I ended up getting 50 : ) For me it feels really good because I spent the whole year arguing with my English teacher about my work as she didn't like it very much (thought it wasn't English). She wanted me to change sooo many things, and I am soooo glad that I didn't take her "advise". I'm seriously going to go and rub my mark in her face!
And for those of you who feel ripped for getting in the 30's...be glad u didn't get in the 20's...I have heard some real horror stories from ppl I expected to do really well.
A friend of mine was told by his teacher, a senior marker, that the major prob this year with most works was originality...especially with critical responses. Lots of students were apparently just not original in their ideas and arguments, simply copying something out of someone's phd thesis. With film, originality was also the major problem. I'm not to sure abt poetry, but the ppl I know who did it, both got 49. With short story, the same originality thing, but there was also apparently many really BAD post-modern stories. I heard that there were a few ppl who prettied much copied the concepts of the short stories in the showcase thing.
I've blabbed on for toooo long!
