- Something about the functionality and beauty of math.
- Something about the value of preserving the world's minority languages.
- The protection of animal rights in your society.
- Can violence be justified?
- Should technology be used for financial gain?
- Is the economy the criteria for good governance?
- Can humour be serious?
- Something about the donation of "suitable" organs after we die... though I can't imagine why I would want to donate UNsuitable organs at any time.
And four others that probably left no impression on me.
I do recall my first response being that if the kids prepared themselves by "spotting questions", good luck to them. These questions appreciate a broad, current coverage of material, and can be a lot of fun to write as they present a nice range of thought-provoking assumptions. But then, those who rely more on a cut-and-paste approach would hardly find this exercise fun at all.
For my colleagues who like to identify "patterns" and "trends" in essay question setting, the vibe I'm picking up from today's experience is that the paper is being designed to be less predictable. Guess Cambridge is getting tired of our cookie-cutter essays and is hoping to encourage more originality of composition -- for the sake of their own sanity, if anything.
Over on Paper 2, the discussion was music and its function in society. Even if we don't raise the subject of music much in class, hopefully the kids do listen to some music and can talk about that... though extending from the individual perspective to the social perspective is what they realize they have to do. *keeps fingers firmly crossed
Ah, well, it's over. Whatever the kids did, we hope and we pray that it was enough.
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