I do love History

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

According to my GP teacher's comment and my sister's unnecessary input, my brain is easily muddled but the late revelation came to me only when I was scrambling for my Economics Case Study CA and GP essay test.

So there I was, coming into the Lecture Theater completely unprepared, completely clueless and acting completely nonchalant about sitting for my Economics test. The Economics lecturer had a voice that made my already mentally-adventurous mind venture into other realms otherwise known as my Anime-ogling hideout that resides somewhere in the non-practical side of my brain. (Yes, I would have won hands-down in a daydreamers contest.)

Her voice, the lecturer's voice that is, was a melodious monotone that caught my thoughts in rapture... I was transfixed, unable to think of anything other to preoccupy myself with than to do myself a favor and sleep.

"If we ever suffer from insomnia, we'd just need to record her voice and replay it at night!" Mag and I had simultaneously agreed.

I couldn't take it. Ask Mag, she knows best, I wouldn't sleep during lesson even if my tutor begged me to. Her voice was much too sleep-inducing that after a few minutes of lecturing, I would be dozing off...

Well! The consequences of sleeping in a sleep-inducing Lecture Theater came crashing down while I cooking up some practical, yet not so ludicrous 'answer' for my Case Study test.

1) Assess the effects of change in investments from...2002.

I stared dumbly at the Extract, looked pointedly at Mag who was propping her head on the table, and returned my stoned-gazed at the nearly blank foolscap. How WAS I supposed to answer but....

Answer: The change in investments saw a gradual decline...The effects of change from 2000 to 2001 could be attributed to September 11 2001 attacks on US World Trade Centre by Islamic Fundamentalist group, Al-Queda.

I found out later we were supposed to be use MPW (MPC?) somewhere along the lines. It never appeared in my script though. I was, and still am, thoroughly confused.

GP Essay Question: A benevolent dictatorship is the most effective form of government. How far do you agree?

Answer: (Paragraph 3) Thailand Marshall Sarit Thanarat was seen as a benevolent dictator with good intentions of reviving the economy... According to Clark D. Neher, an author equipped with vast knowledge of 'The Search of Political Structures in Southeast Asian nations', U Nu's charisma and impeccable honest won him much support from the Burmese.. Sukarno's Guided Democracy (1959) encompassed features of a totalitarian regime....

I got 33 for spamming History background knowledge: 60% was incongruous to the topic.

I'm waiting for that big RED mark for my Economics CA.

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