Ah damz, how can ManU lose to Arsenal? It defies all logic.

Sigh, next week is really worrying. I hope they won't follow the current trend of giving weird questions for Econs and iHist.

And my mind is kinda stymied right now. Can't think of anything. Simply trying to flood this brain with economic jaron is tough work in itself. Economics is another form of essay writing altogether. It requires students to understand the economic technicalities and apply it in all its rigour. Not only that, one has to be able to come up with a host of directions from which we can tackle the question, because a unilateral argumentative essay is not going to earn you that coveted A.

The requirements are easy to understand - intro: define terms, state stand, cue your marker to other points you will be raising; body: TAS; conclusion: 'insightful' stuff. Conclusions have become so cliche that 'insightful' points are no longer that insightful. Anyone can say that a 'policy mix is required to tackle the issues that encompasses a broad range of problems as well as the need to provide alternative responses to potential trade-offs'.

As opposed to conventional thinking, I think spoon-feeding is useful in teaching us how to think. Of course, a sponge can never be compared to an independent mind, but who says spoon-feeding doesn't make a person more independent-minded? Curosity and interest are more often than not triggered due to the desire to understand the deeper aspects of a topic, rather than a desire to understand what the basic fundamentals are.

If you feel incompetent in a subject, you may be less inclined to research more about it. Looking past the negative connotations attached to 'spoon-feeding', perhaps teachers should not be so quick to subscribe to the infamous 'teach less, learn more' model that has proven itself more in the theoretical realm than in reality. Oh well, shall talk more about it next time.

Ok back to econs. My weakest link.