Friday, April 6, 2012
The exam paper
Well, geography exam was the very first exam this term and it was a complete stunner.Like Ms J said, this year's paper tested on our ability to think and not about our ability to memorise. The last question was a prove of it, something to do about why farmers diversify their crops. First of all, we did not have enough time and secondly, we did not know what diversify means. After checking out from our classmates, they said that diversify means different. So actually, to put in into simple words, the question was asking why farmers plant different types to crops. Thank goodness, before the time ran out, I managed to squeeze in a few words. My answer was to make maximum profit. Thinking about it know, I believe that I can get a least one mark. Let's give an example: If a farmer plants rubber trees and banana trees, he sells each crops for $3. So lets say he have 10 of each tree, therefore, making a total of $60. But if his banana trees are infected with some kind of virus and dies, he can still make $30. Imagine if he only have banana trees, then he will not make any money. And there was also the first question, the only where there were three circles and they ask what A was. Does anyone know the answer?
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I agree that diversify comes from the word diversity (which is one of our primary school science topics, remember? ;)), which means 'the state or factor being different', so that means that diversify has got to do with different types. Once I thought of it that way I found it a little easier. Thank God that I had some amount of time left so I had just enough time to squeeze in something like what you said, although I didn't use the word 'profit' (which, by the way, was something I regretted). I said something like 'they could earn more money'.
ReplyDeleteNever mind what we have written, we learn from there! :)