Sign up with GoogleI'm annoyed today as it seems like my English teacher is enjoying failing me... I'm so far getting 70's in bio and maths, 80's in geog and science and then English comes along and I get 30-50's??? Wtf??? I'm i missing something here??? How could i be getting such bad marks?
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/runs off to scan through scotty's posts for grammatical errors.
/enlists the help of the Grammar Nazi's
Dude - just go down on the teacher already
/enlists the help of the Grammar Nazi's
Dude - just go down on the teacher already
Mila
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I learnt that the hard way to... do not be too creative you might say something that challenge the mind of the teacher and then.... fail.... be sweet and nice and boring.
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Erm ... I think you might be ...
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Depends on the teacher... Ours loved the "Waaaaaaaaaaaay out of the box" essays, and she graded you well for that.
/me guesses that she was bored at work.
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I used to get sent to the school psychologist for my essays.
back then in apartheid-close-minded-society.
Scotty777 not trying to be funny or anything, but read more books. It will improve your grammar and spelling (not saying that is the prob). But reading is generally the best way to improve your English results. er.... and i mean read english novels or wateva - not comix 'n the like.
back then in apartheid-close-minded-society.
Scotty777 not trying to be funny or anything, but read more books. It will improve your grammar and spelling (not saying that is the prob). But reading is generally the best way to improve your English results. er.... and i mean read english novels or wateva - not comix 'n the like.
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Start with Wilbur Smith's Warlock. You'll love it. Just don't be too far from google to find some word definitions.
Install wordweb, a easy free tool that checks on definitions for you with one click of the mouse
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What aspect of English are you having a problem with? Are your essays coming back with low marks, or is it comprehension tests or grammar tests? Can't you speak to your teacher to find out where the problem is and what you might be able to do to improve?
I know it's changed since I was in Matric, but if you could speak the language and had basic reading comprehension you would pretty much pass (not well, necessarily, but you'd get more than 30%). And you seem pretty intelligent, so I wouldn't expect you to be in danger of failing
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What aspect of English are you having a problem with? Are your essays coming back with low marks, or is it comprehension tests or grammar tests? Can't you speak to your teacher to find out where the problem is and what you might be able to do to improve?
I know it's changed since I was in Matric, but if you could speak the language and had basic reading comprehension you would pretty much pass (not well, necessarily, but you'd get more than 30%). And you seem pretty intelligent, so I wouldn't expect you to be in danger of failing
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Shouldn't that be...
I'm annoyed today as it seems that my english teacher enjoys failing me. I'm, so far, getting 70s in biography and maths, 80s in geography and science and then english comes along and I get 30-50's? *explicit* Am I missing something here? How could I be receiving such bad marks?
I would've given you 40% too
I don't think the standards have increased. It's more a case of more bad English circulating. Just look at the TV where anything goes. Radio is just as bad. Newspapers are flooded by 'reporters' who have to have all their articles super-edited (poor edsWhat aspect of English are you having a problem with? Are your essays coming back with low marks, or is it comprehension tests or grammar tests? Can't you speak to your teacher to find out where the problem is and what you might be able to do to improve?
I know it's changed since I was in Matric, but if you could speak the language and had basic reading comprehension you would pretty much pass (not well, necessarily, but you'd get more than 30%). And you seem pretty intelligent, so I wouldn't expect you to be in danger of failing
). There are few standards for the language in general. It's getting bombarded by Americanisms as well.Rodent-Boy
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Shouldn't that be...
I'm annoyed today as it seems that my english teacher enjoys failing me. I'm, so far, getting 70s in biography and maths, 80s in geography and science and then english comes along and I get 30-50's? *explicit* Am I missing something here? How could I be receiving such bad marks?
I would've given you 40% too
I'm fairly certain that you want to capitalise "English" too
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Grammar NAZI's
*biography and math*
Maybe the problem is right there -- you dyslexic or ADD or something.
the PEDANTIC one
Scotty777 said:
*biography and math*
Maybe the problem is right there -- you dyslexic or ADD or something.
the PEDANTIC one
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You've misattributed that post - it was by quovadis, trying to correct scotty77's post.
And your grammar wasn't all that good in your post, either