Hey is pure history going to be tough? I'm not sure if i should
take pure history or pure geography. I have more interest for
geography and feel that i'm able to do well in it too. However,
every year my sch gets more distinctions for pure hist than pure
geog. There was even one year where everybody who took hist got A1.
I feel that this show that i can also score in history. Also my
history results aint that lousy too. But i feel intimidated by the
demanding writing tasks?
My friend had the pure hist teacher in sec1 and she got A1 for
everything. The pure hist class this year is taken by the same
teacher my friend had. I always hear that she'll gurantee you an A1
cos her lessons are interesting so on...
Furthermore, i have ppl that i dislike in pure geography class.
pure hist i have quite alot of close friends. Personally i feel
that if i work hard i can do well in both too.
Friends play an important part for me too, cos im very easily
affected by them. Im afraid that i'll be bothered by the ppl i
dislike in pure geog class.
Anyone care to share their advice?
Hi Teenybean,
I will suggest that you take up History. This is because as you
have stated, you have confidence in doing well for both of the
subjects, and that you are someone easily affected by the people in
your surroundings.
If you are to enter the Geography class and do not get along
well with your classmates, it will gradually affect your studies in
Geography lessons. This will in turn have a negative impact on your
Geography results.
If you are to enter the History class, you will have the support
of your friends, though most importantly, you must work hard
yourself.
History is a lot about memory work and some interpretation. The
good thing about it is that if you put in the effort and memorise
and understand the events, you will be able to score high marks.
The downside is that if you do no put in adequate effort, it is
easy to fail it as well, as the questions are usually quite
straight forward without multiple answers.
I hope this helps.
Cheers.