Our General Paper Advisor's comments on the 2014 GP Paper

From Mdm Lyn:

Those who thought new media and social media concerns make a ‘hot’ topic, got our way – sort of. It turned out to be the topic of the passage in Paper 2.

The inequality question emerged yet again – this time with a narrower focus on workers’ rights.

The current affairs question helped those who heeded the reminder to, well, BE CURRENT.

The other reminder was THINK BIGGER / DEEPER. Those who chose the broad question about always getting what we want may have included :

– self-actualisation and other innate desires
– the need to consider the impact on our values & our treatment of others (e.g. Are their rights sacrificed ? Do our relationships suffer ? What or How much are we prepared to lose ?)
– the struggle to balance aspiration and other conflicting responsibilities
– the consideration of whether what we want is really good for us, or just a perception
– the good and bad of material pursuits

(All points have been rehearsed when we covered this : http://prezi.com/7kefucggtfhq/inside-insights-brainstorming-toolkit/ )

The marriage question rehearsed a very very familiar skill : what has changed over time

Marriage is a little tied to gender… And didn’t we talk about gender ?

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To read the rest of her comments and discussion with students, please visit her webpage:

http://h1generalpaper.wordpress.com/2014/11/03/gp-down-the-rest-to-go-and-guess-what-id-like-to-say/