Monday, March 30, 2009

Scrap the CCTs

I agree that the CCTs should be scrapped. The numerous CCTs adds to students' immense stress and worries in their everyday school lives. Nowadays, students have to stay back in school for strenous co-curricular activities which stretched easily into the early evening around 7pm. Due to the tremendous expectations they have of themselves, they will make sure they are well prepared for the CCTs, causing they to have late nights studying until the eleventh hour. Writing aboutthis reminsd me of my personal experience. After coming home from school and all those packed activities, I still had to drag my fatigued body to do all the homework of that day. In addition, I had to stay up even later to study for my biology CCT. However, i fell asleep before i could even start, reulting in a low mark for my CCT and enormous frustration and deep regret. Hence, considering the welfare of the students, i agree that the CCTs should be scrapped.

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

What is an exposition?

"A full explanation of a theory, plan etc." is the definition of an exposition by the Oxford dictionary.


However, I feel that an exposition is a type of literary essay that tries to convey a message to the readers. In an exposition, the main purpose is to inform, explain, argue, analyse or define. Expositions focus on the main topic at hand by providing logical supporting facts, clear examples and details, and a strong explanation of these in a rather clear, logical and coherent manner. There are many kinds of expositions and these forms can be used for comparison, classification, examination of the cause and effect etc.

Expositions are very significant in our everyday lives. We see them everywhere. Even textbooks, new features, encyclopedia, press releases, newspaper articles, magazine articles and guidebooks can be considered to be a form of expostion.