Especially in terms of essay writing. I had my JC2 General Paper March Block Test today (kinda like CA, but they just like to sound fancier) and for some reason, I went and chose the damn question that I was unclear of the POC (point of contention) of. IDIOT!
As you can probably see, I CHOSE BLOODY QUESTION 3. I think I'm rebellious by nature. My first impression of the question was "oooh, I like this questions" and then "but I'm not sure about the POC." And then maybe, just maybe, the little rebellious "conscience" in the back of my brain went you know you want to... prove to them that you can do this.... And I got reeled in simple as that.
Normal science students would go for the more common and standard topics such as technology or youth (most of my friends did qns 7) and would AVOID AVOID AVOID abstract qns that is generally not taught. Me, I like abstract qns, but I can't writ them. Heck, my essays just suck, period.
The thing with GP essays is that you need real life examples to substantiate your claims or else your content marks will be wayyy low. I have a huge problem trying to memorise examples because my brain just isn't wired that way. I have a lot of trouble trying to memorise things word-for-word. I can't at all, which is why my Chemistry sucks too. )':
As I was writing the essay, I knew that I most likely got the POC wrong, but I just continued anyway. This isn't the first time something like this happened. The last time we wrote an essay I stupidly went and chose the question "People who die rich die disgraced" which was a quote. But since I didn't know who the quote was from, I didn't grasp the underlying POC of dying rich versus dying poor. That's what my teacher said.
It's kinda like eating candy when you're on a diet. You know that it's detrimental, but you do it anyway. Perhaps we are all masochistic in some ways... @_@
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