Gcse Religious Education

Mr_JeburtOMr_JeburtO Join Date: 2003-08-29 Member: 20340Members
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<div class="IPBDescription">hmm......</div> Ok i dont know about in other countries but in the UK paper over half of the questions are about your opinion. Surly u cannot (as long as u stay within the guidelines of the quesstion) be given anything but full marks.

I discussed this with my teacher and he agreed with me and my friends about this. so if u get marked down is it takin away your right to have your own opinion.

Id be interested to see what u people have to say on the matter.
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  • DreadDread Join Date: 2002-07-24 Member: 993Members
    edited November 2003
    It's not about what your opinion is, but how well you write it down and back it up. I could say "hedgehogs rule", but I wouldn't get full points without writing a 10 page essay carefully describing the animals and their life and why they actually rule.

    It's all about arguments, motivations, reasoning and writing skills.
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  • Mr_JeburtOMr_JeburtO Join Date: 2003-08-29 Member: 20340Members
    yeah but that wouldnt be a question in an exampaper would it but i see wot u mean.
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  • othellothell Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 4183Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    Heh... actually... You're on to something. This was something that bothered me throughout highschool. You would be asked an opinion... But that opinion could be marked as right or wrong. The problem is with the questioning itself. Don't ask for opinions!
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  • Nemesis_ZeroNemesis_Zero Old European Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 75Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Constellation
    edited November 2003
    I had an outstanding religion teacher in my last two years. He really <i>did</i> follow the philosophy layed out by Dread, which means that he shut his own opinion out for as long as he was correcting the papers. Unfortunately, such people are rare, but the concept is sound: Ask for opinions, but don't be surprised to get them.
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  • SnidelySnidely Join Date: 2003-02-04 Member: 13098Members
    edited November 2003
    It's not like GCSEs are worth anything anyway. I passed all of mine - that should tell you something of their worth. :/

    Anyway, History is the same, at both GCSE and A-Level. As long as you give (good) reasons, you can usually argue either way. It's probably best to go for the "easy" answer though. (:
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  • Mr_JeburtOMr_JeburtO Join Date: 2003-08-29 Member: 20340Members
    hmmm u all make good arguments but nemesis really made me think. I wish my teacher was like that instead of making us copy out of the book every lesson <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • Josiah_BartletJosiah_Bartlet Join Date: 2002-07-04 Member: 880Members, Constellation
    GCSE RE...the good old days.

    I remember there was a question on Mark's Gospel:

    "Describe the Miracle of the Man with the Paralysed Hand" (6 marks)

    Answer:

    A man had a paralysed hand and asked Jesus to heal it. Jesus healed it.


    Overall exam score : B

    Rock on.

    Trust me, GCSE RE is pretty much boring, studying the Gospel's and all that, A-Level Religious Studies (Philosophy & Christian Ethics) is a hell of a lot more fun, and yes you can state the blatantly obvious and get marks.
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  • spidermonkeyspidermonkey @ Join Date: 2003-09-13 Member: 20810Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--othell+Nov 12 2003, 04:19 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (othell @ Nov 12 2003, 04:19 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Heh... actually... You're on to something. This was something that bothered me throughout highschool. You would be asked an opinion... But that opinion could be marked as right or wrong. The problem is with the questioning itself. Don't ask for opinions! <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    No your opinion is not marked right or wrong. It is the strength of your thesis, and depth of your discussion.
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  • Bosnian_CowboyBosnian_Cowboy Join Date: 2003-06-07 Member: 17088Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin--Nemesis Zero+Nov 11 2003, 01:43 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Nemesis Zero @ Nov 11 2003, 01:43 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I had an outstanding religion teacher in my last two years. He really <i>did</i> follow the philosophy layed out by Dread, which means that he shut his own opinion out for as long as he was correcting the papers. Unfortunately, such people are rare, but the concept is sound: Ask for opinions, but don't be surprised to get them. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I had a very religious psychology teacher who would from time to time tell us what he believes but he would never let it come to conflict with the views we are sharing with him. Sometimes kids in my class would say things that are absolutely idiotic but he wouldn't respond in any other way but saying "Interesting." He was a very good man. He continued to hold his faith until he passed.
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  • EvisceratorEviscerator Join Date: 2003-02-24 Member: 13946Members, Constellation
    I have a friend who went to college in India. He talked about having exams that consisted of only a single question. The question, however, was something you had to write, and then answer. The question you posed is worth 80% of the total grade and the answer is worth 20%. The idea here is not what you can memorize and regurgitate for your professors. The idea instead is to show your thinking capabilities and creativity. Do you understand the material to such a degree that you're able to take it and explore ways of using that knowledge? Can you think for yourself and pose interesting and unique questions, or are you a robot tape recorder simply spitting back what the professor already knows?
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