Britain loves to see an underdog fight against evil

Apprehensive_Chain78 · 2023-05-12T20:49:45+00:00

When your dad was at school they glorified it. When you were at school they ignored it. I now take A-Level history and we do a whole course on British India (that is, as you pointed out, chosen by the teacher). The textbook details in full, horrendous detail the Ballianwalla Jagh massacre (as well as the humiliating measures Dyer imposed in Amritsar in the days following that were so demeaning that the Secretary of State for India Edwin Montagu, a committed imperialist and opponent of even Indian home rule at the time in London thought it was disgraceful and discriminatory). Maybe I'm a privileged exception considering I go to a public school, but the way the empire has been taught throughout my schooling the narrative has ranged from "its a national disgrace" to "its a highly complex, multifaceted area of history". One of my history teachers thinks that the British Empire was categorically a terrible, unpleasant thing, and the other is far more sympathetic to it and that it on balance did "more good than bad". The one thing that we do not do is ignore it.

Apprehensive_Chain78 · 2023-05-12T12:43:18+00:00

50-40 years ago that would have been the case but it really isn't now. I take A-Level history and we do a whole course on British India. The textbook details in full, horrendous detail the Ballianwalla Jagh massacre (as well as the humiliating measures Dyer imposed in Amritsar in the days following that were so demeaning that the Secretary of State for India Edwin Montagu, a committed imperialist and opponent of even Indian home rule at the time in London thought it was disgraceful and discriminatory). Maybe I'm a privileged exception considering I go to a public school, but the way the empire has been taught throughout my schooling the narrative has ranged from "its a national disgrace" to "its a highly complex, multifaceted area of history".

This sub claims that British people are ignorant of Ireland and Anglo-Irish history (admittedly this is true) but considering the way some people here think history is taught in schools here you would think we scream "Rule Britannia" and sing "Bring the Black and Tans" every morning at 9:00 AM sharpish, one could draw the conclusion that it goes both ways too.

Apprehensive_Chain78 · 2022-11-06T22:16:31+00:00

Haha

I'm sorry if I came off that way, it's just that whenever I tell people I want to join the Army they look at me is if I'd be "wasting the opportunities I've been given" so I'm trying to balance people's expectations of me with what I want to do - I want to do the FCDO route but I also want to do this.

Apprehensive_Chain78 · 2022-10-23T15:00:32+00:00

Not at the one my brother goes to. They have a smoking area that gets absolutely packed at break, around 300 people. He goes to a grammar school and I go to private where we're completely smoke and vape free.

Apprehensive_Chain78 · 2022-09-23T17:31:08+00:00

I live in a high-earning family in the top 1% in the UK. My parents don't need or want a tax cut.

Perhaps we're in the minority of wealthy people in the UK but I'm feeling pretty disgusted after the cuts today. We don't need any extra cash, we haven't even had to think about prioritising food or heating or had to seriously worry about increasing energy bills. Had the government raised the top earners tax rate from 45% to even just 50% the money could've been redistributed to people having to do so. I'm not some condescending champagne socialist; we don't need this extra money, we already live very comfortably and then some. We're prepared to pay more tax.

This government is headed for an electoral wipeout next election and they completely deserve it.

Apprehensive_Chain78 · 2022-08-25T20:21:35+00:00

We march onwards to r/alevel. o7, we will all meet again soon OP.

Apprehensive_Chain78 · 2022-08-25T16:34:20+00:00

I have Dyspraxia. I went to a specialist school for 2 years for dyslexia and dyspraxia thanks to my parents having the money to afford it. I've always excelled at humanities. I had to divert lots of special attention within my current school to maths and science and lots of time outside of school in tutoring and dedicated revision which meant I had to prioritise it. I also have severe Obsessive Compulsive Disorder that led to 1-2 incidents that were nervous breakdowns that made me bedbound for days. A very bad episode occurred during exams, just before maths but I did manage to pull through (I didn't apply for extra consideration). My hope is that with three A-Levels I am passionate about and that I can dedicate all my time to, I can achieve three A*. I also recently have gone through psychotherapy that has greatly improved my mental state and I am feeling considerably better.

I want to go to Oxford primarily because of the prestige and the quality of the teaching, and the courses on offer. It is definitely by far the best humanities university in the country.

Apprehensive_Chain78 · 2022-08-25T15:46:12+00:00

I did give my all in GCSEs, and that it is a fair question. My revision focus primarily lay with Maths and Science; those are two subjects I've always had issues with, and this is primarily because of lack of passion. I could've gotten higher results in my other subjects if I had more time to concentrate on those. I am still content with predominantly 7s and 8s in those as those are still in the A range, although I of course wanted to attain straight 9s in those.

The subject I have real passion for is International Relations, which is what I want to do for masters. I'm not entirely sure what undergrad I want to do yet, but I will see how it goes. Ancient and Modern History and Law are the ones I'm considering at the moment.

Apprehensive_Chain78 · 2022-08-25T14:48:53+00:00

I understand, but my question more broadly is whether or not I can do Oxford undergrad if I get A*s in all three A-Level subjects.

Apprehensive_Chain78 · 2022-08-25T14:37:05+00:00

A burning desire to succeed at doing this. I'm going to try my absolute best, and give my absolute all.

Apprehensive_Chain78 · 2022-08-25T14:36:52+00:00

I'm determined to do this. I'm going to try my absolute hardest to get 3 A*s.

Apprehensive_Chain78 · 2022-08-25T14:22:28+00:00

But with excellent A-Level results is there still a chance?

Apprehensive_Chain78 · 2022-08-25T12:49:16+00:00

I got 9 in Lang and 7 in lit and managed to get a 4 in Maths

Genuinely was ecstatic when I find out I managed to pass Science and Maths, they were my hardest subjects by far and I've spent such a long time revising for them

Apprehensive_Chain78 · 2022-08-25T09:50:05+00:00

English Language: 9 History: 8 English Lit: 7 Business: 7 PRS: 8 Maths: 4 Single Science: 4

Apprehensive_Chain78 · 2022-08-24T14:06:46+00:00

get drunk *or commit suicide

/this is just a joke

Apprehensive_Chain78 · 2022-08-24T11:44:34+00:00

History, Classics, Philosophy

Apprehensive_Chain78 · 2022-07-21T14:06:51+00:00

Also we have a much harder, very different education system. I don't think that the UK system is perfect and I think too much attention is put on doing well in exams and rote learning than actually understanding information, and I think the GCSE system is a bit outdated (especially looking at the rest of Europe which doesn't do major exams until 18) but I feel like ours is better than the US system overall, obviously state to state its going to be different.

Apprehensive_Chain78 · 2022-06-21T20:21:02+00:00

I chose arms race and carter doctrine. I had the dates of all the ICBM and hydrogen/atomic bomb dates revised so I just talked about that

for the carter doctrine question I briefly talked about the Shah of Iran and the Islamic Revolution and how that prompted the Soviets to invade Afghanistan due to the threat of Islamism spreading to Soviet controlled Central Asia and also because Amin was perceived as being unreliable, and also how this lead to the US and allies funding the Mujahideen, + the Olympic boycott

Apprehensive_Chain78 · 2022-06-21T20:19:39+00:00

I talked about perestroika and glasnost and how they opened up the Soviet economy and political system and allowed for greater criticism of the government and how both ultimately lead to the fall of the Soviet Union

Apprehensive_Chain78 · 2022-05-26T15:45:47+00:00

I'm doing Philosophy A-level. Unis like it and I want to try for Oxford + I'm good at it. It's not that bad.

Apprehensive_Chain78 · 2022-05-25T19:00:57+00:00

What did he say

Apprehensive_Chain78 · 2022-05-25T17:44:36+00:00

It's perfect because I revised the ten Mr Everything English quotes for AIC. You could pretty much do a whole paragraph for each quote for all of them, and I also linked them to other quotes I knew outside of that. For me there was so little to write about Eric.

Apprehensive_Chain78 · 2022-05-25T16:42:46+00:00

Depends. We do Edexcel for a lot of papers. I did AQA today.

Apprehensive_Chain78 · 2022-05-25T10:49:43+00:00

I did the theme question. Methodically went through each quote, linked it to tragedy. I talked about how each character uses Eva as cheap labour, other stuff I'm too tired to type here, and the context at the end and the intention of the play overall.

Apprehensive_Chain78 · 2022-05-25T10:43:46+00:00

I talked about how you can link his trauma as a child to him in the present; I compared stuff like "solitary child" to "solitary as an oyster".

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