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I understand why it isn't allowed for some subjects but why not for English Literature If we are referring to a text then it makes sense. Exams at the moment just seem like a memory game to me. At the moment I really don't see the point in this rule. Does anyone else?
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Up until the year before I did GCSEs you were allowed your own copy with your notes in.
I don't get it either - its more like a memory test. We should at least be able to take in some key quotations that are likely to be useful.
exactly. grrrr
Wouldn't this deafeat the object of an exam if your copy had notes in?
im finding it quite hard remembering stuff even with my silly rhymes as im running out blah..
I'm not at the top of my game but I think doing that seriously impairs people with a regrettably shit memory because of a learning difficulty.
yeah, i get 25% but it's not gonna make me suddenly conjure up quotes
I'm allowed to take a copy of a statute book into my exams but it has to be unannotated.
To be fair, it's not like literature exams are expecting you to be able to pull 20 plus quotes and put them in context of an exam essay. It's more like two or three (at best), and I know cause I did literature up to honours level. And in most literature exams I did there were also 'open' sections which had a poem or a section of a play or novel written out and it would ask you for an analysis. Crazily enough, you can also use these sections to answer other questions in the exam, provided they fit.
Not got much else to say except that I'm sorry you're affected by this, and I hope that it doesn't hold you back too much in your studies.
P.S. Not sure if it helps but I don't have a 'memory of an elephant' either and I managed to do ok in my lit exams :yes: