Gcse English language is approaching & I had to go through this paper with one of the kids yesterday. Yep, the Jack comprehension. It is without doubt the most
tit exam paper I have ever seen and the question itself is a joke.
So they first have to read this boring wank fest.
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Note btw all the ‘I’ & usual Jack self obsession. Why the exam board didn’t set a good question for this drivel is beyond me-I’d be able to spend hours on a question like ‘evaluate the writer’s sense of self absorption and the validity of her claims’.
Instead, we got this. I wish I was making this up.
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Tries to show how others are affected? Or invents an anecdote about imaginary friends whilst humblebragging & exploiting her son by dragging him into her boring, needless bullshit story designed to sell a
tit book & get attention at any cost?
I suggested we read through the text & highlight anything that mentioned ‘other’ people as asked by the question. This reminded me of Jack’s scant portion sizes. Literally-try it. Even the ‘different people were asking ME every day if I-(yes lil old me) would put them into a cookbook’ is ultimately about Jack, not about other people. Certainly not about other people who actually exist. The imaginary morons Jack invents for her gullible stans to sell the idea that her
tit recipes are needed or wanted.
We ended up with hardly anything to say so I consulted the mark scheme and again, this was a pile of
tit.
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They’re all basically dragging the barrel to avoid saying the glaringly obvious fact: this writer isn’t crafting a decent piece of writing or doing anything to help others. The last one is hilarious: ‘the impact on others is ultimately seen in those who end up buying her book’ (her paypigs then? Also, we know all about the impacts. A bin full of wasted food, a lingering honk & the shits).
I have to wonder if the person writing this exam paper was deliberately trolling Jack with that question. The girl I was teaching actually said ‘but this makes no sense-it’s all about her’