Sunday, 15 November 2009
the ayatollah song
[Audrid] says:
in honour of international history theme 3
[Audrid] says:
ayatollah don't khomeini closer
Posted by nikky at 20:27
Saturday, 7 November 2009
care for all <3
Hello people!A few things to remember!
BRING IC AND ENTRY PROOF! PUT ENTRY PROOF EVERYWHERE!
BRING SPARE BATTERIES FOR GC! I got spare batteries and will be bringing them (siao class welfare seh) but don't rely on me. Get the $1.50 for 4 AAA batts one haha. The school bookshop sells at $4.20 for 4 AAA alkaline ones. And note that school bookshop opening hours not very flexible.
Last but not least, REMIND EVERYONE ELSE! Yea myself included.
Posted by mishra at 23:08
Friday, 6 November 2009
Camp details (Must read)
Update 28 OctoberAttendance list:
Kian keong (Interstate Tensions)
Song kang (Legacies of the Cold War)
Nicolette (Third World Debt)
Alan (India-Pakistan causes, impacts, resolution)
Noreen (Probably Stages of Economy from Golden Age to Globalism)
Yijun (Religious Fundamentalism causes + impact on regional security)
Ee chu (Third World Debt)
Dexter(UN crash course)
Norvin (UN crash course)
Jia sheng (UN crash course)
Nwong (Japan rise + Japan Fall + China RICE)
Chuan yi (Arab-Israeli Causes, Impacts, Resolution.)
People to do essays (queries direct to songkang) :
Nick
Ee Chu
Nwong
Neng
Rachel Teo
Yumeng
Cedric (SEA questions)
Jillian (SEA questions)
Fabian (SEA questions)
minjian (ALL nationalism questions, focus on TYPES)
What to do:
1) Do spoonfeed essay plans for your classmates on selected topics.
Remember to do in Mr Teh's format, the outline should ensure that we know the question requirements, how to argue the questions, both sides to the question and also the relevant case studies to use. If it's a familiar case study, just name drop it.
2) Those assigned SEA, sort out among yourselves what to do. Ignore all interstate questions. KK will do it.
Posted by Songkang at 22:40
History Essay Plans
International History (Paper 1)Theme 1: The Cold War and How it Shaped the World
A. Origins of the Cold War in Europe (SONG KANG)
- Factors
- Historical debate
- Factors
- Superpower rivalry versus localised conflicts
- Factors
- Historical debate
- Consequences (I'll let the person who volunteers to do this cut my queue)
D. Growth and problems if the global economy: key developments and reasons (BING YANG)
- Reasons for the growth of the global economy, Golden Age
- Problems that affected the growth of the global economy, Crisis Years - Problems listed in the syllabus are - oil crisis, protectionism versus free trade, trade imbalances, debt crisis
- Role of international economic institutions
- Japan's 'economic miracle': reasons for Japan's economic success and its problems
- Rise of China as an economic power in the post-Mao era
E. Rise of religious fundamentalism: causes and impact (NORVIN-WEAKLING)
- Reasons for the rise of religious fundamentalism
- Impact of religious fundamentalism on regional security
- Arab-Israeli conflict: causes and cosnsequences
- Indo-Pakistani war over Kashmir: causes and impact
The United Nations: organisation and structure
Collective Security: peacemaking, peacekeeping and peace enforcement
International Law: International Court of Justice; UN Convention of the Sea; laws
against international terrorism
The role of the UN in the social and economic progress of the developing world
List of topics is based on History Higher 2 Syllabus 9731
old message:
Edit: Moving this up again since history camp is here
Hello, If anyone is interested, Norvin and I were thinking of splitting the history essay planning so we all have more resources to refer to! Yipee!
The logic is - We have all kinds of notes to refer to, but few of them are organised in the form of essay plans (and some are organised in a very special way). Hence it might be nice to have something neater for our mutual reference.
The following is a list of topics and respective allocations. (just add your name beside it to volunteer and upload your part to the google group once you're done, hopefully before the start of Sept Holidays) If you already have something on a particular topic, such as your term assignment or any notes you've made earlier, just mark it out and upload onto the google group as well. (It's okay if the topic is already taken, the more the merrier)
Southeast Asian History (Paper 2) (Thanks Mr Teh, SEA has served us well)
Theme 1: How Independence was achieved
A. Nationalism (CHUAN YI)
- Origins of nationalism
- Types of nationalisms
- Nature of nationalism: Nationalist strategies and colonial responses
- Successes and failures of nationalist movements
- Impact on the development of nationalism
- Collaboration and resistance: successes and limitations
- Factors affecting the decolonisation process
- Transfer of power or struggle for independence
- International circumstances
D. Political structures (EECHU)
- Different forms of governments
- Role of the military
- Role of the Communist parties
- Challenges and strategies adopted
- Role of government
- Role of different communities
- Different approaches to creating national unity
- Policies towards minorities
G. Interstate Tensions
- Origins of interstate tensions
- Consequences of interstate tensions
- Reasons for the formation of ASEAN
- Founding members of ASEAN and their contributions
- Growth and development of ASEANAreas of cooperation: political, economic, social, cultural and environment
- ASEAN after the Vietnam War (1975): regional peace and security of Southeast Asia
- ASEAN and regional identity
- Strengths and limitations of ASEAN
Posted by cy at 19:05
Tuesday, 3 November 2009
History!!!!
Int 08Assess the significance of the Berlin Blockade in the development of the Cold War in europe to 1955. (no typo)
The Korean War was more significant in the spread of the Cold War outside Europe than the Cuban Missile Crisis. How far do you agree?
Assess the reasons for china's rise as a major economic power in the period 1978 to 2000.
How far was the Japanese economic miracle, from 1945, due to the aid and assistance of the US?
To what extent was the rise of religious fundamentalism in the Islamic world a reaction to Soviet/Russian and Western policies, in the period 1970 to 2000.
Int 07
To what extent was the Korean War a cold war conflict?
How far did the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe in 1989 cause the collapse of the USSR in 1991?
The most important reason for the growth of the global economy from 1945 to 1973 was the rapid recovery of western Europe after WWII. How far do you agree?
Which created more problems for the development of the global economy between 1970 and 2000: protectionism or the debt crisis of the developing world?
To what extent was Britain responsible for the Indo-Pakistani conflict over Kashmir?
Sea08
Ideology was more important than religion and culture for the growth of nationalist movements in the period before WWII. How far do you agree?
How far was the process of decolonization affected by the cold war?
Democratic government is not suited to SEA. Discuss with reference to the newly-independent states of SEA.
Assess the view that education was more important than language and religion in helping to create a national identity in newly 0 independent states.
Ideology has been the main cause of interstate tension in SEA. how far do you agree?
Sea07
Before 1941, little had been achieved by nationalist movements across SEA. Discuss
Did the US help to hinder the cause of nationalist movements in SEA in the period following WWII?
How successful were attempts to establish democracy in the newly-independent states of SEA?
Assess the causes of the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis.
How successful have SEA nations been in resolving tensions that have arisen between them?
Posted by EECHU at 17:15
Sunday, 1 November 2009
Shopping!
Vietnam trip, 27 November 2009. It'll last for about 4-6 days. We'll be back by th end of th last A Level paper.Deadline for confirmation: MIDNIGHT.
Please hurry, 'cos we need to book soon.
We're able to get chaperones too, if yall need/want.
ALRIGHT TIME'S UP, we have seven people going, and 2 more who have informed me in advance of their intention to confirm tomorrow.
Goodnight!
Posted by NICK at 14:01
Tuesday, 27 October 2009
Announcements
ANNOUNCEMENTS!!!!!http://www.seab.gov.sg/SEAB/aLevel/syllabus/2009_GCE_A_Level_Syllabuses/9725_2009.pdf
Basically it means for A level literature
for paper 1, we have 3 sections: unseen, prose (Beloved) and drama excerpt (TIOBE)
then paper 3: unseen (random modern extract), COMPARISON (between 2 of the 3 we've studied i.e. GG LDJ Wilfred Owen) and lastly a general Modernism question (must choose a qn on the book we didn't use in section B)
Post any relevant A-levels stuff here!!
Posted by mishra at 22:34
Dear Year twosEven so few of you turned up for today's lecture (though some of you were responsible enough to message me), and many of you have not come for consultations, still I am duty bound to help all of you. We had the source based practice today on International law, a hot topic. I am attaching the source based answer scheme for all of you.
Here's wishing all those who are willing to cooperate and work hard the best for the As.
matthew quek
Posted by dassw3e1 at 19:35
we all <3 eechu
hello eechu XD
Posted by nikky at 18:58
Monday, 26 October 2009
lit stuff
heymiss khoo told us to go check out brtom.org, and i found this
go take a look!
edit: the links don't work! geocities took the stuff down. but some articles are still available on other sites, just google the title of it. sorry!
Posted by noreen at 01:18
Friday, 16 October 2009
"I also want to clarify the COMPARISON element in your essays.Mr Teh told me that you all had the impression that you must compare factors for EVERY PARAGRAPH.
Now I explicitly remembered mentioning during lectures and tutorials that this was not so but once again, many were not listening but were distracted.
So I am going to say this one more time. YOU DO NOT COMPARE EVERY SINGLE PARAGRAPH. RATHER YOU ONLY COMPARE THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR (YOUR STAND) WITH TWO LESS IMPORTANT FACTORS.
eg To what extent was the Cold War caused by Soviet policies?
So the given factor is "Soviet policies". Assuming that your MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR IS THAT IT WAS USA POLICIES, then after writing the 2nd paragraph on "soviet policies", the next paragraph on American policies is where you start comparing
S- Issue showing that USA policies were the most important for origins of cold war
E- Evidence of USA policies
E- Link to question to show how USA policies caused Cold war
Then COMPARE TO SHOW HOW USA POLICIES WERE MORE IMPORTANT THAN USSR POLICIES.
So remember the golden rule, ALWAYS COMPARE THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR PARAGRAPHS WITH TWO LESS IMPORTANT FACTORS PARAGRAPHS. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO COMPARE EVERY PARAGRAPH.
Now I know that many of you still want to score higher for paper 2 at the expense of paper 1, and I must admit that paper 1 is less attractive and harder because it is contemporary history and very ISSUE DRIVEN.
But as I said in the lectures, if you abandon Paper 1 and get a miserly C or D for it, you will not get an overall A grade for History. So for goodness sake, put aside your personal preferences and do what is beneficial for yourselves.
Acknowledge this mail as always and tell your class mates about the comparison factor please."
matthew quek
Posted by dassw3e1 at 17:21
Wednesday, 14 October 2009
pckrislow
you cannot wear animal prints because the animal won't let you. XD
Posted by nikky at 21:37
Thursday, 8 October 2009
money matters
The following people still owe the class fund money. The school year is almost over, so PLEASE clear your debts, by tomorrow 9th October.Class Fund ($15 unless otherwise stated)
- Dexter ($0.40)
Posted by ruiyi at 15:10
Tuesday, 29 September 2009
post prelim schedule
26 Oct, Monday11 - 12.30: Math Revision Lecture, LT4
dfdfdfdfdfiiMath Remedial, wherever
dfdfdfdfdfiiH1 Math Revision, B218
27 Oct, Tuesday
8 - 9.30: History Remedial Lecture, LT1
11 - 12.30: GP for lousy GP people
12.30 - 2: History Remedial Lecture, LT1
28 Oct, Wednesday
8 - 11: Econs Mock Paper, LT2/3
29 Oct, Thursday
12 - 3: History Mock Paper, LT1
30 Oct, Friday
8 - 11: Maths Mock Paper, Audi
H1 Maths Mock Paper, A317
3 Nov, Tuesday
8 - 9.30: GP for lousy GP people
Posted by mosquito at 16:18
Monday, 28 September 2009
Lit Post-Prelim Schedule
Here's the SMB message posted by our lit teachers:All students taking H1 and H2 Literature,
Please note that we will be returning Paper 3 (Sections A and B) on 1 Oct instead of Paper 1.
Please bring your question papers for Paper 3.
H1 students NEED NOT attend this session.
The schedule for revision lectures is as follows; please bring your texts.
| 1 Oct (Thurs) 11.30-1.30 | Return of Lit Paper 3 (Sections A and B) |
| 2 Oct (Fri) 11-12 | Return of Lit Paper 1 |
| 6 Oct (Tues) 9.30 – 10.30 | Lit Revision Lecture Paper 3 |
| 9 Oct (Fri) 12-1 | Return of Lit Paper 3 (Section C) |
| 12 Oct (Mon) 10-12 | Return of Lit Paper 1 |
| 16 Oct (Fri) 11-12 | Paper 1 revision lecture |
| 21 Oct (Wed) 11-12 | Paper 1 revision lecture |
| 23 Oct (Fri) | Paper 3 revision lecture |
Do inform us if there are any discrepancies.
Rgds
Ms Khoo and Ms Liew
Posted by mars at 22:31
Sunday, 27 September 2009
2008 math papers 1 & 2 and CIP stuff
Hi all, please be reminded to COMPLETE the 2008 A Level Math Papers 1 and 2 by the next compulsory math lecture. Btw, it's really easy, although you might not remember cosine rule which is needed. =)
HAVE FUN MUGGING.
Anyway, if you want the solutions, I could pass them to you. Just tell me. =D
Also, please pay attention to the following announcement:
HAVE FUN MUGGING.
Anyway, if you want the solutions, I could pass them to you. Just tell me. =D
Also, please pay attention to the following announcement:
Dear C2 students,
After 2nd Oct Friday - noon, any change to existing ‘endorsed’ cip record which appeared in your cip cert via ISP, will be charged at $20. Only missing cip record from cip cert in ISP or new cip record to be inserted will not be charged. And students who did not click via ISP either “check but need amendment” or “check and verified”, will be treated that all their cip records are correct as shown in cip cert via ISP.
Thank you
Mr Lee L J
CIP teacher
PEOPLE TO TAKE NOTE:
Minjian
Ruiyi
Rachel Chng
Dexter
Jillian
Jiasheng
Alan
Nicolette
Norvin
Yonghui
Rachel Teo
Cedric
Vera
Yumeng
PEOPLE TO TAKE NOTE:
Minjian
Ruiyi
Rachel Chng
Dexter
Jillian
Jiasheng
Alan
Nicolette
Norvin
Yonghui
Rachel Teo
Cedric
Vera
Yumeng
Posted by nikky at 13:26
Monday, 14 September 2009
prelims preparation
History repsIt has come to my attention that many students have decided to 'abandon' History paper 1 because of preoccupation with other subjects or due to other inexplicable reasons.
While I do understand the difficulties in coping with revision for so many subjects, yet it is my solemn duty to remind you that History is still after all, a combination of Paper 1 and Paper 2. Even if you were to do outstandingly well for paper 2, yet careless neglect of paper 1 can reduce an overall A grade to even a C (of God forbid, a D or less).
If you recall, I sent a list of history essays with comments to you not too long ago. Those essays were selected because they are helpful for your prelims.
I am sending another essay that may help you for your revision.
I cannot tell you which topics are going to be tested as this would defeat the purpose of preparing for A levels. But I can and have been giving you as much help as I can with regard to highlighting important topics and providing essays with comments. I expect you all to do your part and not simply abandon paper 1, a choice which one may live to regret if not corrected.
History reps please pass this mail and attachment to your classmates.
HINT: For UN, pay special attention to the last few topics presented by your classmates. Trust me, you need CK
For essays, for goodness sake do not ignore conflict and cooperation. Remember the global economy sub topic that I told you Cambridge will remove after your batch too.
matthew quek
Posted by dassw3e1 at 17:23
Thursday, 10 September 2009
please pay for teacher's day!
Hello :DSo teacher's day has come and gone
and it's time to pay yonghui back money because total cost is >$140
and her account have very little money left
:(
anyway it can be roughly divided like so:
everyone from mr ng's class pay $5
everyone from mrs toh's class pay $6
please pay soon! asap! immediately!
miracle egg
jiayou with mugging :D
Posted by mosquito at 02:05
Sunday, 30 August 2009
teacher's day presents
hai everibadido you guys want to share for teacher's day presents as a class?
if any of you have gotten / are getting presents already and don't want to please tell me!
i shall assume that everybody is sharing if nobody tells me!
for now i know that nikky has bought his own presents so he's not sharing!
tell me if you're not sharing so i can split cost accordingly and you all can return me, nikky and nor money in due time! that does not mean never!
me and nor have bought many many presents today, if you want to know what they are you can ask us!
okay over and out, if you keep mum i'll just assume you're sharing!
yonghui より
EDIT: hi all i've gotten the hard disk for mr tan, so all those in mr andrew tan's class please pay me 3.50 each thanks. =)
Posted by mosquito at 01:15
Thursday, 27 August 2009
Prelims Schedule
14:30 Jap Oral [Language Lab 1]
2/9 Wednesday
15:00 - 16:45 Jap Compre [Container Classroom 3]
3/9 Thursday
15:00 - 16:30 Jap Compo [Container Classroom 3]
4/9 Friday
8:15 - 11:45 GP Paper 1 & 2 [HALL]
13:00 - 16:30 Literature Paper 1 (Beloved, TIOBE) [HALL]
15:00 - 16:20 Jap Listening [Container Classroom 3]
14/9 Monday
8:15 - 10:30 Econs Paper 2 [A410]
13:00 - 15:15 Econs Paper 1 [A410]
15/9 Tuesday
8:15 - 11:15 H1/H2 Math Paper 1 [A203/HALL]
16/9 Wednesday
8:15 - 11:15 History Paper 1 (International) [HALL]
18/9 Friday
13:00 - 16:30 Literature Paper 3 (GG, LDJ) [HALL]
22/9 Tuesday
8:15 - 9:45 China Studies in English Paper 1 [A316]
13:00 - 13:40 Music Performance [NYGH HALL]
13:00 - 16:00 History Paper 2 (SEA) [HALL]
24/9 Thursday
8:15 - 11:15 Mathematics Paper 2 [HALL]
28/9 Monday
8:15 - 10:30 China Studies in English Paper 2 [A316]
Posted by mishra at 20:34
Sunday, 23 August 2009
Money Matters
The following people still owe the class fund money. Please pay up on Monday 24th August.STJ ($15 unless otherwise stated):
- Yijun ($10)
Class Fund ($15 unless otherwise stated):
- Dexter ($10)
- Kaiye
- Minjian
- Yijun
- Shangyong
- Songkang
Posted by ruiyi at 13:13
Tuesday, 18 August 2009
Econs Tutorial Timed Practices
Hi all, here are the topics to mug for in the next two econs Wednesday tutorials.Week 8 (this week) - Timed Practice 1
Q1. Macroeconomic Goals and Policy
Q2. International Trade and Finance
Choose 1 and attempt in 45 mins. Debrief on Thursday.
Week 9 (next week) - Timed Practice 2
Q1. Demand, Supply and Elasticities and their applications
Q2. Market Structure (may include some Cost & Production)
Choose 1 and attempt in 45mins. Debrief on Thursday.
Posted by nikky at 19:22
Monday, 17 August 2009
History. Again.
I wish I can bring good tidings, but... FAT CHANCE.1. UN PRESENTATIONS IN THURSDAY INTL HIST LECTURE
Jiasheng, Chuanyi, Eechu, Alan, Nicolette, Nicholas Eng, Norvin, Yijun
UN and Socio economic development
- objectives of UN (socio economic mession), article 55- ECOSOC
- UN's aid for developing world
- Economic specialized agencies: IMF, World bank, GATT(not an agency), IDA
- conferences and agreements: UNCTAD, UNIDO, NIEO's demands
- UN and the environment: UN environmental programme in Kenya, UN earth summit in 1992
- UN and the refugee problem
- Changes in approach: late 1950s, 1960s, 1970s to the 1990s
- case studies
Kiankeong, Bingyang, Tonghang, Cedric, Vera, Nicholas Wong, Marissa, Noreen, Yumeng
UN and terrorism
- origins and development
- detailed laws: 1979 international convention against the taking of hostages (Hostages convention)
- UN security council resolutions: resolution 1373
- case studies: Libya, Sudan etc
BOTH GROUPS WILL HAVE TO PRESENT IT IN LECTURE ON THURSDAY.
2. SEE PRESENTATIONS IN FRIDAY INTL HIST TUTORIAL
friday's tutorial will be used for group presentations. each group are supposed to pick a "challenging" question from the topic assigned to them. topic 1 is origins of cold war, and so on. so on friday, there will be one presentation from each topic. be ready.
this means that for those who havent presented UN in lecture, which is about 2/3 of the class, you will have to do 2 ppts by this friday! hi-5!
Anyway the list of questions is with me. Uploaded it on google groups, you cant miss it. group allocations... heck just go with birthdays. (LIST OF QUESTIONS UPDATED! MR QUEK JUST SENT ME A NEWER VERSION WHICH HE ASKS US TO REFER TO INSTEAD.)
topic 1 (origins of CW) - ced, minjian, kiankeong, jillian, dexter, chuanyi
topic 2 - kaiye, ruiyi, alan, eechu nicolette
topic 3 - nick wong jiasheng bingyang rachel chng yumeng
topic 4 - songkang fabian marissa shangyong rachel teo
topic 5 - vera yijun norvin noreen nick eng
ALL GROUPS PRESENTING ON FRIDAY
Posted by dassw3e1 at 20:54
Literature Prelim Papers
Yo guys,I've procured the 2007 and 2008 Literature prelim papers from the library and have all the soft copies. Unfortunately there's only one prelim paper on Beloved (HCI 2008), but there are loads of poetry comparison questions and paper 3 questions that you may wanna try. Tell me if you want them, I'll email them to you.
P.S. You'll realize where Ms Khoo and Ms Liew have been getting all their test questions from lol.
Posted by mars at 18:37
Thursday, 13 August 2009
tutorial questions for intl hist tutorial tmr
as you all know (i hope), we have to do 2 questions for tmr because of the lesson we missed due to NDP.1. It was the arab countries' aggression that hindered the resolution of the arab-israeli conflict from 1948 to 2000. How far do you agree with this statement?
2. to what extent was the india-pakistan conflict due to british culpability?
so please do them to avoid any repercussions tmr, even though i know that will be a tall order.
p.s. i love alan.
p.p.s. i am not the history rep using someone else's account to spread rumours about their love interests.
Posted by aloealoha at 17:35
LIT TEST!!
Yo all, there'll be a Paper 3 lit test next week (wk 8), 21st Aug, Friday during lecture - it'll be a Gatsby and LDJ comparison test and the question will be selected from the following (found in the LDJ revision lecture notes given 3 weeks ago):Discuss the representation of conflict in the two texts.
Modern writing is preoccupied with the portrayl of terrible events. Discuss.
"The age of uncertainty." Discuss how two modern writers present this idea.
Compare the ways in which two modern writers make use of irony/place.
Disucss how the texts function as commentaries on human affairs.
Compare the ways in which two texts present characters as coping with the impact of change.
Compare the ways in which two texts by modern writers experiment with aspects of traditional genres.
"The defining characteristic of modern writing is in its presentation of uncertainty and doubt." How far have you found this to be true in any two modern texts that you have studied?
Compare the ways in which two texts by modern writers present the effects of place on character.
Compare the ways in which any two modern texts you have studied explore themes of universal significance through the presentation of individual experience.
How do two texts that you have studied experiment with style and form in their attempt to express the complexity of the modern world?
Posted by mars at 15:24
Wednesday, 12 August 2009
Tomorrow's question of the day
Government intervention in the economic development of sea countries since independence has proven to be a bane to progress. DiscussPosted by Chee at 19:58
ctbench
The Discipline Committee had conducted a check on the CT benches last Friday (07/08/09). There were some benches with used food wrappings, plastic cups, papers which are not properly weighted down, etc…. . There were also a few benches with quite a lot of litters below them. Below are the CT benches which had failed the check:
1) A10
2) A12
3) A13 <---- !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
4) S61
5) S63
6) S65
7) S6A
8) S6C
9) S6G
10) S74
11) S7A
12) S7B
You are reminded to keep your CT benches clean and tidy at ALL TIMES. The Discipline Committee will be conducting another check on the CT benches soon. Classes that show no improvement on the maintenance of their CT benches after repeated warnings will have their benches moved to the area within the “curved all” outside the Auditorium.
Regards
Ken Yeow
EC Discipline
