Politics Edexcel Exam 13th june and 16th June - Unit 3b and Unit 4b - ideologies

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  1. sar333's Avatar
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    Politics Edexcel Exam 13th june and 16th June - Unit 3b and Unit 4b - ideologies
    now that the 12 hours is finally up! there hasnt been a discussion for 3b either so i ws wondering what ppl thought of that too?
    and how every1 found unit 4b yesterday?
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    Re: Politics Edexcel Exam 13th june and 16th June - Unit 3b and Unit 4b - ideologies
    3B- Good!
    4B- Okay , didnt really like it much though
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    Re: Politics Edexcel Exam 13th june and 16th June - Unit 3b and Unit 4b - ideologies
    didnt like 4b at all! what questions did you answer ?
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    I done the feminist rejecting equality, conservatism nationalism, and political and cultural nationalism(but barely wrote anything credit worthy tbh)

    and for the 45 - to what extent do multiculturalists support diversity

    what about you? How did your class find it?
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    i did the feminist rejecting equality - did u write about differencial feminists ?
    conservative nationalism - understood it but felt i didnt have too much to write ?
    identity politics multiculturalism one

    and then feminism essay

    nooone found it amazing but i dont think they found it horrendous! you?
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    Re: Politics Edexcel Exam 13th june and 16th June - Unit 3b and Unit 4b - ideologies
    (Original post by Super_Steven)
    I done the feminist rejecting equality, conservatism nationalism, and political and cultural nationalism(but barely wrote anything credit worthy tbh)

    and for the 45 - to what extent do multiculturalists support diversity

    what about you? How did your class find it?
    Exactly the same questions. 15 marks were ok, I finished them really quickly though so I think my content was a but thin. I think the 45 went really well, simple structure and I hope I made some good judgements and analysis
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    3B - baddddddd.
    4B was amazing!
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    lucky you found 4b amazing !
    i think its going to let my whole grade down

    any guesses on grade boundaries ?
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    (Original post by sar333)
    lucky you found 4b amazing !
    i think its going to let my whole grade down

    any guesses on grade boundaries ?
    It's normally 54 for an A, 50 for a B and 44 for a C.
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    (Original post by yahyahyahs)
    It's normally 54 for an A, 50 for a B and 44 for a C.
    hmm thats not too bad i guess, my questions were pretty weak thou !
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    Touch wood, but I found 4B really really good. Luckily i'd gone over most those questions in the morning..

    Sorry if they not worded correctly..

    15 Marks:

    Explain Conservatist Nationalism?
    Distinguish Between Political And Cultural Nationalism?
    How Far Do Ecologists Believe In Sustainability?

    45 Marks:

    To What Extent Do Multiculturalists support Diversity and Political Difference?
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    Re: Politics Edexcel Exam 13th june and 16th June - Unit 3b and Unit 4b - ideologies
    3B:
    15s: Liberalism Economic vs Social Liberalism. Conservatism- One Nation and Liberalism- Constitutionalism
    45: Socialism - Equality.

    All in all, I didn't like the paper. Hadn't done Anarchism so thats reduced to two 45 markers and I just can't write enough about imperfection so that was Conservatism out the window so I was forced to do Socialism my worst ideology which isn't great. I'm feeling like I did ok though, not a complete failure.

    4B
    15s: Ecology Sustainability, National Conservatism and Gender Inequality.
    45s: Ecology Anthropocentrism

    Again, didn't like it and not done multiculturalism and Ecology is my worst from this lot and I didn't like the Feminist question. But I actually felt quite positive afterwards, I think I did good in the end so I'm hoping that has ended well.

    I need all the luck I can get really to get an A here.
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    Re: Politics Edexcel Exam 13th june and 16th June - Unit 3b and Unit 4b - ideologies
    Better than expected. Hopeful of an A
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    I'm really optimistic, hoping I can scrape an A after my shambolic English exam.
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    Re: Politics Edexcel Exam 13th june and 16th June - Unit 3b and Unit 4b - ideologies
    3B was absolutely terrible for me, I'd be surprised if I even scraped a B. I thought social liberalism meant something else to what it does, so probably got like no marks for that, and I only wrote a page - A PAGE - for the socialism 45 marker.

    But 4B was so amazing I nearly cried when I came out. I managed to write about four pages for the feminism 45 marker, and got quite a lot down for the 15 markers on gender equality/sustainability/conservative nationalism.
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    anyone do the feminism 45 marker? what kind of points did you make??
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    (Original post by chloeee!)
    3B was absolutely terrible for me, I'd be surprised if I even scraped a B. I thought social liberalism meant something else to what it does, so probably got like no marks for that, and I only wrote a page - A PAGE - for the socialism 45 marker.

    But 4B was so amazing I nearly cried when I came out. I managed to write about four pages for the feminism 45 marker, and got quite a lot down for the 15 markers on gender equality/sustainability/conservative nationalism.
    im sure ur 4b mark will completely counter your 3b! what grade do u need?

    what points did you make for the feminism equality 15marker and the feminism 45marker?
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    Re: Politics Edexcel Exam 13th june and 16th June - Unit 3b and Unit 4b - ideologies
    (Original post by sar333)
    im sure ur 4b mark will completely counter your 3b! what grade do u need?

    what points did you make for the feminism equality 15marker and the feminism 45marker?
    I only need a C this year to get an A overall, so hopefully I've managed it. For the feminism 15 marker, I said that radical feminists believed that 'gender' was a myth so therefore gender inequality would never work. Then I spoke about difference feminists who think that aiming for equality with men amounts to being male-identified, and women should instead aim to seek fulfillment as women.

    For the 45 marker, I'm actually kind of worried. I did write a lot but didn't mention socialist feminism, which I should have, but focused mainly on the differences between liberal feminism and radical feminism (liberals don't agree that the personal is the political, radicals do). Then towards the end I started realising I should probably talk about how feminism as a whole is defined by other things than that belief, and shoved in a paragraph about third-wave feminism and how they reject all-encompassing views, because they're influenced by postmodernism. So yeah, I just really hope I managed to get an A/B in this and a D in 3B so I can get a C overall at A2 to get my A!
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    Re: Politics Edexcel Exam 13th june and 16th June - Unit 3b and Unit 4b - ideologies
    Hi, i found 4b really hard but eventually managed to answer the ecologism essay question - ecologism begins whens anthropocentrism ends?- Iam not not sure if i answered it correctly..does anyone know what material you were meant to include in that essay?
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    (Original post by maxburman93)
    Exactly the same questions. 15 marks were ok, I finished them really quickly though so I think my content was a but thin. I think the 45 went really well, simple structure and I hope I made some good judgements and analysis
    what sorta stuff did you mention for the 45 marks for/against
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