PTEM General Paper

Nobel Peace Prize Winners

2009-09-03T01:02:00.000-07:00

As we are working on a question about this, I thought the following link might be of interest:
http://almaz.com/nobel/peace/

have a look

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Kids Are Quick From Izzah

2009-08-26T03:00:00.000-07:00

TEACHER: Maria, go to the map and find North America ..
MARIA: Here it is.
TEACHER: Correct. Now class, who discovered America ?
CLASS: Maria.
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TEACHER: John, why are you doing your math multiplication on the floor?
JOHN: You told me to do it without using tables.
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TEACHER: Glenn, how do you spell 'crocodile?'
GLENN: K-R-O-K-O-D-I-A-L'
TEACHER: No, that's wrong
GLENN: Maybe it is wrong, but you asked me how I spell it.
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TEACHER: Donald, what is the chemical formula for water?
DONALD: H I J K L M N O.
TEACHER: What are you talking about?
DONALD: Yesterday you said it's H to O.
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TEACHER: Winnie, name one important thing we have today that we didn't have ten years ago.
WINNIE: Me!
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TEACHER: Glen, why do you always get so dirty?
GLEN: Well, I'm a lot closer to the ground than you are.
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TEACHER: Millie, give me a sentence starting with 'I.'
MILLIE: I is..
TEACHER: No, Millie..... Always say, 'I am.'
MILLIE: All right..... 'I am the ninth letter of the alphabet.'
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TEACHER: George Washington not only chopped down his father's cherry tree, but also admitted it. Now, Louie, do you know why his father didn't punish him?
LOUIS: Because George still had the axe in his hand. ______________________________________

TEACHER: Now, Simon, tell me frankly, do you say prayers before eating?
SIMON: No sir, I don't have to, my Mom is a good cook.
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TEACHER: Clyde , your composition on 'My Dog' is exactly the same as your brother's. Did you copy his?
CLYDE : No, sir. It's the same dog.
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TEACHER: Harold, what do you call a person who keeps on talking when people are no longer interested?
HAROLD: A teacher
Mr K: So True!!!!!

from Jimah

2009-08-24T23:59:00.000-07:00

Dear Mr. Bill Gates,
We have bought a computer for our home and we have found some Problems, which I want to bring to your notice.
1. There is a button ’start’ but there is no ’stop’ button. We request you to check this.
2. We find there is ‘Run’ in the menu. One of my friends clicked ‘run’ he ran up to Amritsar ! So, we request you to change that to ’sit’, so that we can click that by sitting.
3. One doubt is whether any ‘re-scooter’ is available in system? I find only ‘re-cycle’, but I own a scooter at my home.
4. There is ‘Find’ button but it is not working properly. My wife lost the door key and we tried a lot to trace the key with this ‘ find’ button, but were unable to trace it. Please rectify this problem.
5. My child learnt ‘Microsoft word’ now he wants to learn ‘Microsoft sentence’, so when you will provide that?
6. I brought computer, CPU, mouse and keyboard, but there is only one icon which shows ‘MY Computer’: when you will provide the remaining items?
7. It is surprising that windows says ‘MY Pictures’ but there is not even a single photo of mine. So when will you keep my photo in that.
8. There is ‘MICROSOFT OFFICE’ what about ‘MICROSOFT HOME’ since I use the PC at home only..
9. You provided ‘My Recent Documents’. When you will provide ‘My Past Documents’?
10. You provide ‘My Network Places’. For God sake please do not provide ‘My Secret Places’. I do not want to let my wife know where I go after my office hours.
11. Why is it that your name is Gates but u are selling WINDOWS

Some interesting stuff

2009-08-15T01:53:00.000-07:00

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=search_users&search_query=human+rights+watch&uni=1

The Committee!!!!

2009-08-14T05:22:00.000-07:00

Human Rights

2009-08-14T05:12:00.000-07:00

A few links you might find interesting on the topic we are currently studying. The first one is a United Nations site, the second is from Amnesty International, which fights to protect Human Rights throughout the world, as does the third organisation, Human Rights Watch. The fourth is some general information on the topic from Wikipedia. Check them out. If you feel strongly enough, why don't you join one of them?

http://www.un.org/en/rights/

ht tp://www.amnesty.org/

http://www.hrw.org/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights

I Have learned... (submitted by Frozster) A bit soppy, I took out the soppiest ones!!

2009-08-14T05:03:00.000-07:00

I’ve Learned… That the best classroom in the world is at the feet of an elderly person.
I’ve Learned…That when you’re in love, it shows.
I’ve Learned…That just one person saying to me, “You’ve made my day!” makes my day.
I’ve Learned…That having a child fall asleep in your arms is one of the most peaceful feelings in the world.
I’ve Learned…That being kind is more important than being right.
I’ve Learned…That you should never say no to a gift from a child.
I’ve Learned…That I can always pray for someone when I don’t have the strength to help him in some other way.
I’ve Learned…That no matter how serious your life requires you to be, everyone needs a friend to act goofy with.
I’ve Learned…That sometimes all a person needs is a hand to hold and a heart to understand.
I’ve Learned…That simple walks with my father around the block on summer nights when I was a child did wonders for me as an adult.
I’ve Learned…That life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer it gets to the end, the faster it goes.
I’ve Learned…That we should be glad God doesn’t give us everything we ask for.
I’ve Learned…That money doesn’t buy class.
I’ve Learned…That it’s those small daily happenings that make life so spectacular.
I’ve Learned…That under everyone’s hard shell is someone who wants to be appreciated and loved.
I’ve Learned…That to ignore the facts does not change the facts.
I’ve Learned…That when you plan to get even with someone, you are only letting that person continue to hurt you.
I’ve Learned…That love, not time, heals all wounds.
I’ve Learned…That the easiest way for me to grow as a person is to surround myself with people smarter than I am.
I’ve Learned…That everyone you meet deserves to be greeted with a smile.
I’ve Learned…That there’s nothing sweeter than sleeping with your babies and feeling their breath on your cheeks.
I’ve Learned…That no one is perfect until you fall in love with them.
I’ve Learned…That life is tough, but I’m tougher.
I’ve Learned…That opportunities are never lost; someone will take the ones you miss.
I’ve Learned…That when you harbor bitterness, happiness will dock elsewhere.
I’ve Learned…That one should keep his words both soft and tender, because tomorrow he may have to eat them.
I’ve Learned…That a smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks.
I’ve Learned…That I can’t choose how I feel, but I can choose what I do about it.
I’ve Learned…That everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you’re climbing it.
I’ve Learned…That it is best to give advice in only two circumstances; when it is requested and when it is a life-threatening situation.
I’ve Learned…That the less time I have to work with, the more things I get done.

New Topic

2009-07-21T02:38:00.000-07:00

OK everybody, we are in the process of writing the essay for this topic of GM/GE, which means we will soon be starting another. Do we have any requests for a particular topic which you would like to look at? I think perhaps that many of the topics we have done so far have been a bit serious and heavy like Abortion, Death Penalty and Euthanasia. How about something a bit more light-hearted like Art or Music or Cinema, that sort of thing? Let me know what you think.

Stories

2009-07-17T07:22:00.000-07:00

If you like reading, especially short stories, then check out this website.

http://www.short-stories.co.uk/

Enjoy

Read This

2009-07-09T03:15:00.000-07:00

What I was talking about today. I tell you boys, we're doomed!!!!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8138963.stm
and on a slightly more light-hearted note
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/jul/09/women-men-better-off-without

New Topic - Genetic Engineering

2009-07-07T17:34:00.001-07:00

This week we will be starting a new topic, namely Genetic Engineering. This will include subjects such as cloning, GM food etc so you might like to research a little bit beforehand. We may even touch on subjects like IVF (Look it up if you don't know what it is!!).

I hope that in this topic, you will be a bit more independent and find out a bit more for yourself. So far it has been me doing all the work.

Essay on Advertising

2009-07-02T00:24:00.000-07:00

Hello all. Don't forget about the essay on advertising. You have quite a lot of material as it is but you might like to look at the following:

http://www.foothilltech.org/rgeib/english/media_literacy/advertising_techniques.htm

http://www.adcracker.com/creativeideas/Advertising_Techniques.htm

http://www.buzzmarketing.com/advertising-techniques.html

and of course:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advertising

STAY HEALTHY!!

See you soon

Stuff for the Holiday

2009-06-12T04:24:00.000-07:00

Best Excuses For Not Doing Your Holiday Essay

I lost it fighting this kid who said you weren't the best teacher in the school.

I was mugged on the way to school and the mugger took everything I had

Some aliens from outer space borrowed it so they could study how the human brain worked

I put it in a safe, but lost the combination.

I didn't do it because I didn't want to add to your already heavy workload

My little sister ate it.

Jokes

On the last day of kindergarten, all the children brought presents for their teacher. The florist's son handed the teacher a gift. She shook it, held it up and said, "I bet I know what it is - it's some flowers!"

"That's right!" shouted the little boy.

Then the candy store owner's daughter handed the teacher a gift.

She held it up, shook it and said. "I bet I know what it is - it's a box of candy!"

"That's right!" shouted the little girl.

The next gift was from the liquor store owner's son. The teacher held it up and saw that it was leaking. She touched a drop with her finger and tasted it.

"Is it wine?" she asked.

"No," the boy answered.

The teacher touched another drop to her tongue. "Is it champagne?" she asked.

"No," the boy answered.

Finally, the teacher said, "I give up. What is it?"

The boy replied, "A puppy!"

"If there are any idiots in the room, will they please stand up" said the sarcastic teacher.
After a long silence, one student rose to his feet.
"Now then mister, why do you consider yourself an idiot?" enquired the teacher with a sneer.
"Well, actually I don't," said the student, "but I hate to see you standing up there all by yourself."

A little girl came home from school and said to her mother, "Mommy, today in school I was punished for something that I didn't do."
The mother exclaimed, "But that's terrible! I'm going to have a talk with your teacher about this ... by the way, what was it that you didn't do?"
The little girl replied, "My homework."

"Isn't the principal a dummy!" said a boy to a girl.
"Well, do you know who I am?" asked the girl.
"No." replied the boy.
"I'm the principal's daughter." said the girl.
"And do you know who I am?" asked the boy.
"No," she replied.
"Thank goodness!" said the boy with a sign of relief and ran off.

Calling in Sick
A high school had a policy that the parents must call the school if a student was to be absent for the day.
A girl decided to skip school and go to the mall with her friends. She waited until her parents had left for work and called the school herself.
This is the actual conversation of the telephone call...

Girl:"Hi, I'm calling to report that Kelly so-and-so is unable to make it to school today because she is ill.
Secretary at high school: "Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. I'll note her absence. Who is this calling?"
Girl: "This is my mother."

You think English is easy???

2009-06-06T01:41:00.000-07:00

All these pairs of words in bold may look the same, but they are not pronounced the same. See if you can read it as it should be read.

1) The bandage was wound around the wound.

2) The farm was used to produce produce.

3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.

4) We must polish the Polish furniture.

5) He could lead if he would get the lead out.

6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.

7) Since there is no time like the present , he thought it was time to present the present.
8) A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.

9) When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.

10) I did not object to the object.

11) The insurance was invalid for the invalid.

12) There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.

13) They were too close to the door to close it.

14) The buck does funny things when the does are present.

15) A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.

16) To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.

17) The wind was too strong to wind the sail.

18) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.

19) I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.

20) How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?

Another spelling poem

2009-05-31T00:23:00.000-07:00

This is a poem, and it rhymes. See if you can read it like it should be read.

When the English tongue we speak.
Why is break not rhymed with freak?
Will you tell me why it's true
We say sew but likewise few?
And the maker of the verse,
Cannot rhyme his horse with worse?
Beard is not the same as heard
Cord is different from word.
Cow is cow but low is low
Shoe is never rhymed with foe.
Think of hose, dose, and lose

And think of goose and yet with choose
Think of comb, tomb and bomb,
Doll and roll or home and some.
Since pay is rhymed with say
Why not paid with said I pray?
Think of blood, food and good.
Mould is not pronounced like could.
Wherefore done, but gone and lone -
Is there any reason known?
To sum up all, it seems to me
Sound and letters don't agree.

Another useful link

2009-05-28T21:43:00.000-07:00

http://www.moe.gov.sg/edsoftware/ir/files/gp-essay-helper/index.html

try it, you might like it!

A nice joke

2009-05-26T06:40:00.000-07:00

A snail was going down the street and he gets robbed by two tortoises. The police interview him afterwards and he says "I don't know what to tell you, it all happened so fast."

More useful stuff

2009-05-25T00:21:00.000-07:00

Check out this link to a Singapore site about GP. I'll try and find some more

http://generalpaper.wordpress.com/

Some helpful links

2009-05-20T05:03:00.000-07:00

These might be useful for your other subjects. They are not necessarily aimed at Cambridge exams, but might be useful anyway.

General Links
S-cool - revision materials for A-levels, including hints and tips for passing exams
Topmarks Education - covers a wide variety of subjects
Revision Notes - free notes to print off on all the main subjects as well as Classics, Psychology, Sociology, Law, Media and Business Studies
Tutor2u - resources for Economics, Business Studies, Politics and Music
Revision World - covers Biology, Economics, Business Studies, Chemistry, Physics, English, Geography. You need to register for this free site.
Exams Tutor - subscription-only revision service, covering the three Sciences, Psychology, History, Business Studies, Maths and English Literature

Subject-specific Links
Exam Solutions - worked answers and specimen Edexcel past papers for Maths.
Maths Revision - Sections on Pure Maths, Mechanics and Statistics
School History - this site covers the Tudors and Stuarts, 19th Century Britain and 16th to 20th Century Europe. Sections on the American revolution and civil rights movement.
Spartacus - fact-filled site covering diverse periods of history and countries
Biology Mad - aimed at those studying AQA (spec A) Biology, this site contains notes, worksheets, interactive tasks and quizzes
Creative Chemistry - this Chemistry site includes three modules for AS and two modules for A2
Re:act - Nuffield Advanced Chemistry - this website is for post-16 students studying all A-level chemistry specifications, IB and Scottish Highers
AS/A2 Physics - Edexcel course with units on Mechanics, Radioactivity, Electricity, Thermal Physics, Topics, Waves and our Universe, Fields and Forces and Synthesis
Kay’s AS & A2 Geography - this site is for UK AS, A level, Access course (HEFC) and Scottish Higher Geography students

Thoughts for the Day

2009-05-20T04:54:00.000-07:00

Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.
Alexander Graham Bell

The road to success is always under construction.
Unknown

It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question
Eugene Ionesco

Strange things to say

2009-05-17T21:17:00.000-07:00

Strange things to say.
If you fall and break your leg, don't come running to me!
Don't look at me with that tone of voice
That question was so easy you could have answered it blindfolded.
Math illiteracy affects 7 out of every 5 people.

Definitions not in a dictionary
Avoidable: What a bullfighter tries to do.
Handkerchief: Cold Storage.
Polarize: What penguins see with.
Shellfish: A bit like a shelf.

Exam answers - real ones!!

2009-05-16T05:52:00.000-07:00

Exam Answers
The following questions and answers were collated from last year's British GCSE exams (16 year olds)!

Geography
Q: Name the four seasons.
A: Salt, pepper, mustard and vinegar.

Q: Explain one of the processes by which water can be made safe to drink.
A: Flirtation makes water safe to drink because it removes large pollutants like grit, sand, dead sheep and canoeists.

Q: How is dew formed?
A: The sun shines down on the leaves and makes them perspire.

Q: What is a planet?
A: A body of earth surrounded by sky.

Q: What causes the tides in the oceans?
A: The tides are a fight between the Earth and the Moon. All water tends to flow towards the moon, because there is no water on the moon, and nature abhors a vacuum. I forget where the sun joins in this fight.

Sociology
Q: What guarantees may a mortgage company insist on?
A: If you are buying a house, they will insist you are well endowed.
Q: In a democratic society, how important are elections?
A: Very important. Sex can only happen when a male gets an election.

Biology
Q: What happens to your body as you age?
A: When you get old, so do your bowels and you get intercontinental.

Q: What happens to a boy when he reaches puberty?
A: He says good-bye to his boyhood and looks forward to his adultery.

Q: Name a major disease associated with cigarettes.
A: Premature death.

Q: What is artificial insemination?
A: When the farmer does it to the bull instead of the cow.

Q: How can you delay milk turning sour?
A: Keep it in the cow.

Q: How are the main parts of the body categorized? (e.g., abdomen).
A: The body is consisted into three parts-the brainium, the borax and the abdominal cavity. The branium contains thebrain, the borax contains the heart and lungs, and the abdominal cavity contains the five bowels, A, E, I, O and U.

Q: What is the Fibula?
A: A small lie.

Q: What does *varicose- mean?
A: Nearby.

Q: What is the most common form of birth control?
A: Most people prevent contraception by wearing a condominium.

Q: Give the meaning of the term *Caesarean Section.
A: The caesarean section is a district in Rome.

Q: What is a seizure?
A: A Roman emperor.

Q: What is a terminal illness?
A: When you are sick at the airport

Q: Give an example of a fungus. What is a characteristic feature?
A: Mushrooms. They always grow in damp places and so they look like umbrellas.

English
Q: What does the word *benign- mean?
A: Benign is what you will be after you be eight.

Technology
Q: What is a turbine?
A: Something an Indian man wears.

The Death Penalty

2009-05-15T06:24:00.000-07:00

This is where I got all the information about the Death Penalty from. Lots of interesting stuff here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/capitalpunishment/

Old words, new meanings

2009-05-13T07:28:00.000-07:00

These are not serious, just a joke, OK?

Coffee (n.), the person upon whom one coughs.

Flabbergasted (adj.), appalled over how much weight you have gained.

Abdicate (v.), to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.

Esplanade (v.), to attempt an explanation while drunk.

Negligent (adj.), describes a condition in which you absentmindedly answer the door in your nightgown.

Lymph (v.), to walk with a lisp.

Gargoyle (n), olive-flavored mouthwash.

Flatulence (n.) emergency vehicle that picks you up after you are run over by a steamroller.

Frisbeetarianism (n.) The belief that, when you die, your soul flies up onto the roof and gets stuck there.

We also took any word from the dictionary, altered it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supplied a new definition.

Bozone (n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little sign of breaking down in the near future.

Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period.

Giraffiti (n): Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.

Sarchasm (n): The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.

Inoculatte (v): To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.

Hipatitis (n): Terminal coolness.

Osteopornosis (n): A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)

Karmageddon (n): its like, when everybody is sending off all these really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it's like, a serious bummer.

Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you.

Glibido (v): All talk and no action.

Dopeler effect (n): The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.

Arachnoleptic fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after you've accidentally walked through a spider web.

Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.

Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding half a grub in the fruit you're eating.

Ignoranus (n): A person who's stupid AND an asshole

A Spelling Poem

2009-05-11T08:35:00.000-07:00

Check out this poem, it does rhyme!!

I take it you already know
Of tough and bough and cough and dough?
Others may stumble, but not you,
On hiccough, thorough, lough and through?
Well done! And now you wish, perhaps,
To learn of less familiar traps?
Beware of heard, a dreadful word
That looks like beard and sounds like bird,
And dead: it's said like bed, not bead -
For goodness sake don't call it deed!
Watch out for meat and great and threat
(They rhyme with suite and straight and debt).
A moth is not a moth in mother,
Nor both in bother, broth in brother,
And here is not a match for there
Nor dear and fear for bear and pear,
And then there's dose and rose and lose
-Just look them up - and goose and choose,
And cork and work and card and ward,
And font and front and word and sword,
And do and go and thwart and cart
- Come, come, I've hardly made a start!
A dreadful language? Man alive!
I'd mastered it when I was five!

A few jokes

2009-05-09T19:44:00.000-07:00

Teacher: Name two pronouns?
Pupil: Who?, me?

Teacher: I'm glad to see your writing has improved.
Pupil: Thank you
Teacher: Now I can see how bad your spelling is though!

Pupil: I don't think I deserved zero on this test!
Teacher: I agree, but that's the lowest mark I could give you!

Teacher: You copied from Ahmad's exam paper didn't you?
Pupil: How did you know?
Teacher: Ahmad's paper says "I don't know" and you have put "Me, neither"!

The Haven of Peace

2009-05-09T19:41:00.000-07:00

Thought you might like this.

Have a look at this interesting travel article about Brunei from a British newspaper, the Daily Mail. As you can see from the description of the first picture, not entirely accurate, but interesting to see how Brunei is viewed by the outside world.
http://www.travelmail.co.uk/travel/Brunei/Brunei----don-t-just-fly-by.html?article_id=27156

Also, look at this Youtube video, which is from a BBC travel documentary about Brunei

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xvApwmbmdo

Looks like a really nice place, must visit there sometime!!

Assessment

2009-05-07T16:36:00.000-07:00

AK's L6th Class. Assessment next week. Focus will be on the structure of your essay. You have the content, now you need to focus on links, conclusion, intro topic sentences etc.