Good luck getting into your JC/poly of choice. :D (And yeah, a lot of secondary schools tend to emphasise science more; I had the same problem back in Sec 3, although my science combination was pure Chem/pure Bio.)
Meridian! Third batch. XD Which are you aiming for?
I got lucky, actually. My class was a triple science class and I dropped Physics. Took, um, pure Chem/pure Bio/full Lit/elective Geog, and both E and A Maths. Went on to do Lit/Econs/Math in JC... I'm old, mine's the syllabus before all the H1 stuff came into play. XD
XD Mm. I'm aiming for Victoria, Temasek or Meridian. 8DD I live in the East, soo...
Ahhh. Lucky you. I'm taking pure Lit/pure Chem/pure Physics/elective History and both E and A Maths. 8DD I'm planning to take the same subjects as you too.
If you liked O level Lit you'll probably enjoy A Level Lit even more; I found it more flexible and less 'we'll shove obvious symbolism in your face and tell you what to think of the characters.'
Eh? That's a coincidence. I live in Tampines. You?
Hah, that sounds interesting. 8DDD Lit has always been my favorite subject (besides History), and I'm really passionate about it. I'll definitely pursue it next year, and yessss I want more flexibility!
Singapore is a small place. Hello, fellow Tampines-person! (And next thing you know it will turn out that actually, you're maybe two blocks away from me, or something.)
I admit my experiences of O Level Lit have been heavily coloured by the abject horror that is I'm The King of the Castle. (Best described as various repeats of "Omens of DOOM! /run away!")
Okay, you're not my next-door neighbour, then. XD Avenue 5, near Telepark.
...oh, those are excellent books. I really love Fahrenheit 451 (although sadly, my reading it came shortly before the news of the destruction of the OWS library...) and while I love the Crucible somewhat less, it's still a very moving book. Count your blessings you haven't heard of I'm The King of the Castle... apparently it was the lesser of two evils. (The batch before mine got to do To Kill A Mockingbird, which is one of my all-time favourites. I was jealous.)
LOOOL. If our friendship ever gets that far, it'd be super easy to meet up. Man, most of my LJ friends live in the West and it's super difficult to meet up with them.
...I haven't heard of I'm The King of the Castle. Is it that bad? Personally, I loved both of the books. I thought that Crucible was an excellent study of social hysteria and the miscarriages of justice. Danforth was my favorite character despite being an antagonist in the book. I have a strange sort of fondness for fiction in a dystopic setting (Brave New World, 1984, Fahrenheit 451... even Final Fantasy VII.) and I personally thought that Clarisse reminded me a great deal of Aerith/Aeris. (Her interaction with Montag seemed very much like how Aeris interacted with Cloud in-game, just without the romantic element.) Beatty, too, was a fascinating antagonist.
Yes, that's true! XD My LJ friends are all over the place...
It could have been worse, but it didn't feel like there was anything worth analysing, to me.
Danforth is an interesting character, I agree! I also generally found it fascinating how the characters exploited religion for their purposes - and how easily religious fervour leads to social hysteria.
Hmm. I hadn't thought about that before you mentioned it, but now that you've said it, you're right, Clarisse is a lot like Aeris! I'm also fascinated by the scene in the later stage adaptation, where Beatty tells Montag he used to be an avid reader until books betrayed him; there's something very, very painful about the bitterness of that betrayal, that'd lead a person to burn libraries. (My soul cringes at the thought of someone deliberately dog-earing books. Fahrenheit 451 made me cry.)
Good luck getting into your JC/poly of choice. :D (And yeah, a lot of secondary schools tend to emphasise science more; I had the same problem back in Sec 3, although my science combination was pure Chem/pure Bio.)
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I'm aiming for JC, haha. Which did you attend back then? Dude, at least you didn't have to take Pure Physics. That, man, is hell.
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I got lucky, actually. My class was a triple science class and I dropped Physics. Took, um, pure Chem/pure Bio/full Lit/elective Geog, and both E and A Maths. Went on to do Lit/Econs/Math in JC... I'm old, mine's the syllabus before all the H1 stuff came into play. XD
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Ahhh. Lucky you. I'm taking pure Lit/pure Chem/pure Physics/elective History and both E and A Maths. 8DD I'm planning to take the same subjects as you too.
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If you liked O level Lit you'll probably enjoy A Level Lit even more; I found it more flexible and less 'we'll shove obvious symbolism in your face and tell you what to think of the characters.'
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Hah, that sounds interesting. 8DDD Lit has always been my favorite subject (besides History), and I'm really passionate about it. I'll definitely pursue it next year, and yessss I want more flexibility!
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I admit my experiences of O Level Lit have been heavily coloured by the abject horror that is I'm The King of the Castle. (Best described as various repeats of "Omens of DOOM! /run away!")
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...I have no idea what that is. I'm doing Fahrenheit 451 and the Crucible for O Level Lit~ Those two have been amazing books though.
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...oh, those are excellent books. I really love Fahrenheit 451 (although sadly, my reading it came shortly before the news of the destruction of the OWS library...) and while I love the Crucible somewhat less, it's still a very moving book. Count your blessings you haven't heard of I'm The King of the Castle... apparently it was the lesser of two evils. (The batch before mine got to do To Kill A Mockingbird, which is one of my all-time favourites. I was jealous.)
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...I haven't heard of I'm The King of the Castle. Is it that bad? Personally, I loved both of the books. I thought that Crucible was an excellent study of social hysteria and the miscarriages of justice. Danforth was my favorite character despite being an antagonist in the book. I have a strange sort of fondness for fiction in a dystopic setting (Brave New World, 1984, Fahrenheit 451... even Final Fantasy VII.) and I personally thought that Clarisse reminded me a great deal of Aerith/Aeris. (Her interaction with Montag seemed very much like how Aeris interacted with Cloud in-game, just without the romantic element.) Beatty, too, was a fascinating antagonist.
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It could have been worse, but it didn't feel like there was anything worth analysing, to me.
Danforth is an interesting character, I agree! I also generally found it fascinating how the characters exploited religion for their purposes - and how easily religious fervour leads to social hysteria.
Hmm. I hadn't thought about that before you mentioned it, but now that you've said it, you're right, Clarisse is a lot like Aeris! I'm also fascinated by the scene in the later stage adaptation, where Beatty tells Montag he used to be an avid reader until books betrayed him; there's something very, very painful about the bitterness of that betrayal, that'd lead a person to burn libraries. (My soul cringes at the thought of someone deliberately dog-earing books. Fahrenheit 451 made me cry.)
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