Comments on A Blank Canvas: Citizenship

After teaching such a dummy subject, no wonder the...

2007-05-16T15:24:00.000+01:00

After teaching such a dummy subject, no wonder the teacher had a mental breakdown. jajaja.

Here, citizenship is the tool to get to know how your country should be, in order to be traumatized when you discover how it REALLY is. It sucks as well.

iiih citizenship test. Yikes. Apparently Denmark h...

2007-05-15T11:20:00.000+01:00

iiih citizenship test. Yikes. Apparently Denmark has started with it too.

Good luck, with your exams and everything.

Well done on your French Cara. As I have said many...

2007-05-14T22:06:00.000+01:00

Well done on your French Cara. As I have said many a time before: the relief as your leave that room is tangible.

I like the idea of GCSE Politics though. We could watch Have I Got News For You on our sit off lessons.

I had my french oral on friday and im amazed i did...

2007-05-13T17:25:00.000+01:00

I had my french oral on friday and im amazed i didnt die, it was so scary but was fine when i knew what i was going to say but there were several occasions when i was horrified because i had no idea what the teacher had just asked me.

i wish i had died tho cos im bored and i got a media exam 2mos and im runnng low on ideas cos i hate media so much and i have wondered why i choose it everyday for the last 2 years, i think i had some vain hope that i wuld get a job and meet some famous people. Anyway, I think u shuld go online and talk 2 me cos im bored.

I agree with Hammer. It's kind of ridiculous what ...

2007-05-12T21:09:00.000+01:00

I agree with Hammer. It's kind of ridiculous what people choose to sue over these days.

That actually sounds like a "fun exam", if you can...

2007-05-12T10:34:00.000+01:00

That actually sounds like a "fun exam", if you can ever tie those two words together!

Haven't "spoken" in a long while! I've been too caught up with clinics and the workload it has to offer *sigh* Anywho, hope life's been treating you well, and g'luck with exams!

leo: The thing about geography is, it has to cover...

2007-05-11T23:49:00.000+01:00

leo: The thing about geography is, it has to cover a broad range of topics - physical geography and social geography (the most boring aspect of the course by far). But you get a choice of questions to answer in the exam (depending on what select topics you have learnt) so you never get a true understanding for the subject.

Citizenship would be so much better if it featured more politics. In fact, they should scrap citizenship and have a GCSE course on politics instead.

UCAS points mean nothing to the high achievers. It's only those at the bottom that eagerly claw at them.

If only you and I got the chance to rewrite the syllabus eh?

hammer: Answer D is a good one. The sue culture in America is getting ridiculous, and it's catching on over here!

The caterpiller in the sandwich question here in t...

2007-05-11T22:40:00.000+01:00

The caterpiller in the sandwich question here in the states would also have:

D. a Lawyer
E All of the above

And the correct answer would be E

Citzenship, like Geography to an extent except muc...

2007-05-11T22:17:00.000+01:00

Citzenship, like Geography to an extent except much worse, is a mish-mash of topics which seem to bear very little connection to one another, as i'm sure you're aware.

This subject Could be an interesting fusion of history and politics, combined with analytical skills and critical thinking; however, it is so typical of this government's dilution of the GCSE as a qualification that it stand for very litte, as you have highlighted, in the eyes of UCAS.

A complete redrafting of the syllabus, i feel, is warranted by the lamentable state of this GCSE's curriculum and its utter lack of credibility as a subject choice.