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holiday homework

Hello everyone! Sorry for this late post, I’ve just been caught up with some things... my humble apologies. So here’s the usual list of homework etc, though this time I’ve also put in a schedule of what’s happening during the first week (our lessons etc.), so please take note.

Holiday lessons week one

Monday:

• history lecture: P2 : 11-2pm: LT3
  work to be done for this lecture are as follows:
  1. The WW2 was a “watershed” in the decolonization process of SEA. How far do you agree?

Tuesday:

• Econs consultation( for those who have questions): 9-12pm

Wednesday:

history lecture: P3: 9-1130a.m.: LT3
work to be done for this lecture are as follows:

1. ‘The predominant picture of the international economy as one primarily serving the needs and interests of the richer countries is most misleading.’ Discuss. (OUTLINE)
2. Did the impending collapse of the USSR cause the end of the Cold War or did the ending of the Cold War cause the collapse of the USSR? [UCLES] (OUTLINE)
3. Which had been more important in perpetuating the Sino-Soviet Split: differences in ideology or conflicts over national interests? (OUTLINE)
4. How far do you agree that the cold war ended because both leaders lost the will to continue fighting? (ESSAY)


history enrichment: 12-2pm: LT4
work to be done are as follows:

1. Which was more responsible for the downfall of the USSR, impersonal economic and social forces or words and actions of key individuals?
“The international economy never quite recovered since the depression in 1973.” How valid is this statement in relation to the growth of the international economy from 1945-91?

Thursday

Lit lecture: HMT: 9-11am: LT1
Consultation with madam damo( for interested parties)

Friday

Lit lecture: HMT: 9-11am: LT1
Heart of Darkness make up lesson with Mrs. Sng: 12 pm onwards: ( pls finish you HOD essay ppl)

OTHER WORK:

1. Everyone please take note of the piece of paper I gave u guys in school after the gp exam with all the econs stuff. All the essays are due in the weeks that are stated on that piece of paper in term 3, and there are a helluva lot of essays to do, so maybe we could just start doing them for revision or something yeah?
   
2. There WILL BE (and im quite sure of it) an assignment to be done foe history on china (crisis of communism), so please be pre pared for that.
   
3. For all the art people: DO YOUR COURSEWORK! J
   
4. Other than that I can think of nothing else. So please let’s pray to god there isn’t.
   
   have fun everyone: mental gymnastics!
   
   

26 january 2006 (:

Finally a nice class picture! this is 2T03 2006!

more homework!!!

Hello everyone, its Anisha the homework lady again, here’s homework for this week, next week and a little bit for the week after yeah?

Things due this week are as follows:

1. Econs project on macro aims, due at 1 pm tomorrow!
2. lit BNW essay also due tomorrow!
3. we have a lit make-up lesson with madam damo on Saturday at 0830 for HANDMAID’S TALE. So please don’t forget.
4. that’s all for this week.

Things due next week:
Econs MCQ chapter 11.1 + November 03 DRQ, which is attached in the tutorial package.
history:

T1 / Group Discussion for Research Assignment

T2: CA Assignment: Cooperative Learning “Rather than creating economic prosperity to the world, the international economic policies were a handicap instead.” Evaluate the role of the international economic policies in the light of the global economy from 1945-91 [Research Assignment – 1000 words, due on 25 May]

T3: Essay Qns analysis on Role of International Economic Policies (topic, issues, stand & approach) – to be done in class
LIT NIGHT AUDITIONS ARE ON TUESDAY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THINGS DUE THE WEEK AFTER NEXT: WEEK 8
1. lit MOCK EXAM on 8th may
2. lit night 10th may
3. T4: Open book Test: from “GAOC to International Economic Policies”
4. T5: Tutorial Outline: “The Japanese economic miracle of 1945-89 can be largely
explained in terms of US special treatment”. Discuss
5. T6: CA Test I: International Economy [Open book Test – formative assessment]
6. T7: Essay Qn analysis on the rise of Japan’s economy [WITs] – done in class


Ok that’s it for now yeah? See you all in school! Have a nice evening…

The Supremacy of Capitalism and the Stupidity of Man by Ang Kai Wen

hi people. this is my first post here and im feeling quite high haha. so i shall expound on why capitalism rocks. for all you stupid idiots who think that "nooooo we love equality, DONT EXPLOIT US!!!" let me remind you the world hardly works that way. continue thinking like that and you'll die.

as the great Machiavelli once said: "Many have imagined republics and principalities which have never been seen or known to exist in reality; for how we live is so far removed from how we ought to live, that he who abandons what is done for what ought to be done, will rather bring about his own ruin than his preservation."

and w/r to the capitalist system of supposed exploitation. you claim that well, there is no social justice in the system. You can argue that in Asia, wages at one point were exploitatively low, and govts were engaged in draconian policies to suppress consumer demand and enforce a high level of savings. but look. we sweated blood (ok our grandfathers did) to attain our level of economic efficiency. and you claim that in doing so we're shitty?

who do you compare us to? the only ones other than us in the world are the Third World and the Communists. please, the third world just dies, and the Communists, like in the Cultural Revolution adn Stalin's early years, hundreds of millions died. so capitalism and its "exploitation" is clearly the least of all evils. and there are only these evils. no good "system".

so im afraid youre stuck with capitalism. with all its good and bads. you dun like it. committ suicide lor. and let me remind you of the wonder of free market forces.

From this website: http://news.com.com/2100-1040-823260.html

"Based on a review of thousands of completed auctions for "EverQuest" items and in-game currency, Castronova concluded that players earn an average wage of $3.42 for every hour they play the game and collectively produce annual gross "exports" of more than $5 million.
And if the "EverQuest" universe of Norrath were a country, its per-capita gross national product would be $2,266--comparable to the 77th richest country on Earth and ranking it between Russia and Bulgaria. Platinum pieces, the in-game currency known as pp, end up with an exchange rate of about a penny per pp, making "EverQuest" currency more valuable than the Japanese yen and the Spanish peseta."

note that most MMORPGs or online game markets are nearly Pure Democracies. there is pitiful government intervention (like the game developers suddenly put a new monster in or smth). and these fake economies still own the Third World. tsk.

ok ive said enough.

Homework homework everyone..!!!!

hello everyone, again,

i decided to post all our homework here for all of you to refer:

ECONOMICS:

1. we have a test on tuesday: unn and macroeconomic goals. !
2. MCQ: chp 11.1 due on wednesday (26th)
3. DRQ, november 03, attached to tutorial due on thursday (27th)
4. for remedial students please finish the money essay outline and mcq and also try to read through the lecturte notes by friday 28th.
5. our PROJECT is due on friday!! (28th)

HISTORY:

1. we have a test on tuesday, SBQ on UN ECOSOC and int'l law.
2. we have to complete an essay outline on the international economy by wednesday, tutorial 6, the qn is : “The post-war economy has never been better.” How far do you agree with this statement in relation to the international economy from 1945-1978? (26th)
3. we have to complete another essay outline by thursday: T7: Tutorial Outline “Why did the international economy experience serious problems in the 1970s and early 1980s?”(27th)
4. for enrichment students, our essay outline is due on tuesday, refer to the SOW for ur qn, remedial students/dpf, i'm, sorry i dunno ur schedule, so srefer to ur own SOWs to check k!

LIT! LIT! (the subject we always neglect now need serious attention!)

1. BNW essay question! "discuss ways in which huxley presents relationshipd between man and women in the society constructed in BNW"
2. BLAKE ITEMfor lit night. each class has to present two items ppl! we have to submit a brief description of our items to the teacher in charge on tuesday! (26th apr) the two grps headaed by tash and kim pls have smth ready! we are only 2 weeks away from the catual date.
3. sign the lit night consent form by MONDAY! DONT FORGET!

For all art ppl (yes iz and zara):

1. do your coursework!

and ofr all CLA student/s: (zhan jie)

1. do your homework, or perhaps next week's homework caus i bet u finished everything already. haha.

ok ppl, so that's all the homeowrk for the weekend/next week, it gonna be a tiring week so hang in there everyone.. let's do asmuch as we can yeah? see u all tomorrow!