Exams

[lulu]

My exams just started... I have 9 more subjects to go... And most of them are AWFUL!!! Like History, Geography, Physics... f*&$%^g exams...

[Kyo18]

my exams are starting in 2 weeks
gonna be pretty hard, but soo important
this is my last year
and then i'm gonna study japanese at the university...finally i'm gonna learn somthing i actually wanna learn

[Gackt21]

Originally Posted by MissMisa

It's exam period in the UK right now! Not sure about anyone else, who has got exams?

For this AS Level I have about 48 hours worth of exam time! That is some kind of ridiculous! Though I don't mind too much, I'm usually good at exams, but they are extremely boring and there is a lot of pressure involved. I had my Sociology AS Level exam today.

So are you doing exams at the moment? I know that SATs are on at the moment in the UK [ they are exams in Maths, English and Science tested in Year 2, Year 6 and Year 9, I think ]

Everyone says students in England are over-tested. I think so. We have, SATs, Assements at the end of each term, CATs [sort of like an IQ test, some schools do it upon entering to set you into ability order.] Some schools have entrance exams [which aren't called entrance exams, they sort of try to cover it up by saying that it's to 'assess your level' but really it's just sort of 'are you good enough.'] GCSEs are pretty important, then AS Levels and A Levels. The university stuff All very boring I know.

Oh my...I am sorry you have go through that...I hated SATs because they really don't test anything except can you spit back information. All it takes is memorizing the practice test and you have it. Well I am sorry to hear that those test are still around because they showed me nothing except for an high IQ which I already know.
Well do your best anyways, even if you don't like it cause colleges will look at it.

[Suki]

Originally Posted by noodle

I already tried... Unfortunately she doesn't have a clue!!!... I even gave her another example; she said "from" for my example, but when I asked her what's the difference, she didnt' have a clue... All she said was; this is what the book says! it's funny that she copies questions from books to give in an exam, but she can't justify the answer

lol what? She is incapable of giving a valid explanation to a question she is expecting her students to know? Wtf!?

Oh and guess what, I was in English class today and we were reading a text from which we had to write a summary, and as I was reading I came across the sentence: "After decorating the raft with flowers made of aluminum foil, the people released it on the great Irrawaddy River, and the little statue began its fateful journey"

First thing I thought: aluminum is spelt the American way, cause I think (please Brits, do not hesitate to correct me if I'm mistaken lol) in British English it's spelt like aluminium, so I assumed whoever wrote the article must have been American; then I noticed the "made of" I had totally overlooked and realized that it might as well be an American thing, so I asked my teacher whether it would be possible to change the preposition of to from, and she said it was totally exchangeable ^_^ So I told her that a friend of mine (meaning you) had written so in an exam and it had been marked as wrong, and she said the same I did, that made from wasn't wrong but it stressed the origin of the material as in the place or conditions it had been created in, so your answer would have been right if, for instance, the sentence had been something like: this wool is made from long haired sheep, because you want to emphasize that long-haired sheep is where the wool comes from, but if you simply wanna say what material a certain thing is made of, you need to use of since that is the correct preposition this particular verb goes with:

Examples:

That box is made of wood <-- meaning the material of which the box is made comes from wood.

The car is made from industrial minerals <--- meaning industrial minerals were used but they're not what the car is made of...

Ok, now I have confused myself to the point where I don't even know what I'm saying and I doubt I'm making much sense xDDDDDD! ... so I'll just jet now lol

[hennaz]

I've finished my AS exams a couple of days ago (やった！） I literally had a whole day of exams, which consisted of French and Geography. And yes, I agree, students in the UK are overtested with exams (including SATS), it's all complete torture .

[Hisuwashi]

Originally Posted by Suki

lol what? She is incapable of giving a valid explanation to a question she is expecting her students to know? Wtf!?

Oh and guess what, I was in English class today and we were reading a text from which we had to write a summary, and as I was reading I came across the sentence: "After decorating the raft with flowers made of aluminum foil, the people released it on the great Irrawaddy River, and the little statue began its fateful journey"

First thing I thought: aluminum is spelt the American way, cause I think (please Brits, do not hesitate to correct me if I'm mistaken lol) in British English it's spelt like aluminium, so I assumed whoever wrote the article must have been American; then I noticed the "made of" I had totally overlooked and realized that it might as well be an American thing, so I asked my teacher whether it would be possible to change the preposition of to from, and she said it was totally exchangeable ^_^ So I told her that a friend of mine (meaning you) had written so in an exam and it had been marked as wrong, and she said the same I did, that made from wasn't wrong but it stressed the origin of the material as in the place or conditions it had been created in, so your answer would have been right if, for instance, the sentence had been something like: this wool is made from long haired sheep, because you want to emphasize that long-haired sheep is where the wool comes from, but if you simply wanna say what material a certain thing is made of, you need to use of since that is the correct preposition this particular verb goes with:

Examples:

That box is made of wood <-- meaning the material of which the box is made comes from wood.

The car is made from industrial minerals <--- meaning industrial minerals were used but they're not what the car is made of...

Ok, now I have confused myself to the point where I don't even know what I'm saying and I doubt I'm making much sense xDDDDDD! ... so I'll just jet now lol

Sounds about right. As I've noticed when people use 'from' they're putting emphasis on something that they want to promote in a positive light, as they're putting the emphasis on the origin of the materials used to make it.

For instance,
"This jacket is made from the finest leather"

[Thunda]

Originally Posted by Hisuwashi

Sounds about right. As I've noticed when people use 'from' they're putting emphasis on something that they want to promote in a positive light, as they're putting the emphasis on the origin of the materials used to make it.

For instance,
"This jacket is made from the finest leather"

Like, because "from" implies it is from somewhere far away like, chinese silk or arabic (?) rug... it is more precious, kinda >.< ookay I'm too lame to put it in words

[xGatck]

omg I got a headache after reading that paragraph..
but yeah I have an exam too, upcoming tuesday T_T
Qualifying test of the Airframe and General section, in order to take the real test, to get my aviation license.. poop~

[TheUnknown]

yep, in 5 days.. and i'm here.. =_=

[noodle]

Originally Posted by Suki

lol what? She is incapable of giving a valid explanation to a question she is expecting her students to know? Wtf!?

Oh and guess what, I was in English class today and we were reading a text from which we had to write a summary, and as I was reading I came across the sentence: "After decorating the raft with flowers made of aluminum foil, the people released it on the great Irrawaddy River, and the little statue began its fateful journey"

First thing I thought: aluminum is spelt the American way, cause I think (please Brits, do not hesitate to correct me if I'm mistaken lol) in British English it's spelt like aluminium, so I assumed whoever wrote the article must have been American; then I noticed the "made of" I had totally overlooked and realized that it might as well be an American thing, so I asked my teacher whether it would be possible to change the preposition of to from, and she said it was totally exchangeable ^_^ So I told her that a friend of mine (meaning you) had written so in an exam and it had been marked as wrong, and she said the same I did, that made from wasn't wrong but it stressed the origin of the material as in the place or conditions it had been created in, so your answer would have been right if, for instance, the sentence had been something like: this wool is made from long haired sheep, because you want to emphasize that long-haired sheep is where the wool comes from, but if you simply wanna say what material a certain thing is made of, you need to use of since that is the correct preposition this particular verb goes with:

Examples:

That box is made of wood <-- meaning the material of which the box is made comes from wood.

The car is made from industrial minerals <--- meaning industrial minerals were used but they're not what the car is made of...

Ok, now I have confused myself to the point where I don't even know what I'm saying and I doubt I'm making much sense xDDDDDD! ... so I'll just jet now lol

I'm Suki's friend. haha!... Yeah, she was unable to explain the difference, so I just gave up explaining things to her. I think she's just pissed off with me because I don't go to her lessons.

I understand what you'e saying, but I honestly think it's just a little difference between British English and American. At least, in this Uni they're teaching American!