[ROSSYROO]

Hey, I just wanted to know if anyone is doing the:


EDEXCEL RELIGIOUS STUDIES

UNIT 2 "INVESTIGATIONS"

exam on January 20th ?

What have you studied, and what do you think of the exam?

[ayume]

aye i doin dat abortion paper u feel more its aight nt dat hard ye but mans iz pretty neeky so i understand if u get vexed.

[Lucy_x]

(Original post by ROSSYROO)
Hey, I just wanted to know if anyone is doing the:


EDEXCEL RELIGIOUS STUDIES

UNIT 2 "INVESTIGATIONS"

exam on January 20th ?

What have you studied, and what do you think of the exam?

Heyyy I did it on abortion, what did u pick? I thought it was quite hard!! The questions are normally about religious and ethical principles but because it said only religious principles, and why they should be used, I went on t say how people would think that the relevant ethical principles are more appropriate

[Silver Aurora]

(Original post by Lucy_x)
Heyyy I did it on abortion, what did u pick? I thought it was quite hard!! The questions are normally about religious and ethical principles but because it said only religious principles, and why they should be used, I went on t say how people would think that the relevant ethical principles are more appropriate

I saw it as a either religious or non-religious, aka sancity of life against quality of life and other various factors. Was a brillant question but I didn't revise for it

[Lucy_x]

(Original post by Silver Aurora)
I saw it as a either religious or non-religious, aka sancity of life against quality of life and other various factors. Was a brillant question but I didn't revise for it

What do you mean? I've been fretting since the exam that I've answered the question wrong!

So I basically did like, for example, some people feel you should apply sanctity of life bla bla mentioned the strengths, and then some people feel it shouldn't be applied and went through the strengths, and then said how a non-religious principle would serve better e.g. Situation ethics instead of using one set principle. Does that make sense to you?!

I wouldn't usually mind, but I'm a vet school offer misser and reapplicant, and I really don't want to do more exams in June!

[ROSSYROO]

(Original post by Lucy_x)
What do you mean? I've been fretting since the exam that I've answered the question wrong!

So I basically did like, for example, some people feel you should apply sanctity of life bla bla mentioned the strengths, and then some people feel it shouldn't be applied and went through the strengths, and then said how a non-religious principle would serve better e.g. Situation ethics instead of using one set principle. Does that make sense to you?!

I wouldn't usually mind, but I'm a vet school offer misser and reapplicant, and I really don't want to do more exams in June!

I basically argued that religion should never be the cornerstone belief in our society. I wrote about religion and their stance; then ethical theories (and if they offer an alternative to religion) and then the law - and how it has shifted away from religion

Would you say that's okay? I'm really concerned

Plus the question threw me a little when it said not as I've been doing everything for how it can be a cornerstone belief; so had to quickly spin things on its head!!

[ROSSYROO]

(Original post by Lucy_x)
What do you mean? I've been fretting since the exam that I've answered the question wrong!

So I basically did like, for example, some people feel you should apply sanctity of life bla bla mentioned the strengths, and then some people feel it shouldn't be applied and went through the strengths, and then said how a non-religious principle would serve better e.g. Situation ethics instead of using one set principle. Does that make sense to you?!

I wouldn't usually mind, but I'm a vet school offer misser and reapplicant, and I really don't want to do more exams in June!

And yeah I thought it was quite hard too by the way!

[ROSSYROO]

(Original post by Silver Aurora)
I saw it as a either religious or non-religious, aka sancity of life against quality of life and other various factors. Was a brillant question but I didn't revise for it

I basically argued that Religious teachings and principles are no longer, and never will be the cornerstone belief when discussing issues concerning abortion in our society.

I talked about religion - and what their views are

I talked about ethical theories - and whether they instead should be followed

I talked about the law - and how society has shifted away from religion (thus supporting the statement)

And an evaluation after each paragraph and at the end.

What do you think of that dude? I'm quite worried!

[Silver Aurora]

(Original post by ROSSYROO)
I basically argued that Religious teachings and principles are no longer, and never will be the cornerstone belief when discussing issues concerning abortion in our society.

I talked about religion - and what their views are

I talked about ethical theories - and whether they instead should be followed

I talked about the law - and how society has shifted away from religion (thus supporting the statement)

And an evaluation after each paragraph and at the end.

What do you think of that dude? I'm quite worried!

I did the same for religions and their views. I mentioned and touched upon ethical theories. I sorta talked about law and society, I just stated how most hospitals and the West in general works on utilitarian views.

I think you got a B at the very least but now this has got me thinking that I lacked a lot of structure and was much more critical than I should of been perhaps but then again, the question was kind of from a critical stance so I left off from there

[Silver Aurora]

(Original post by Lucy_x)
What do you mean? I've been fretting since the exam that I've answered the question wrong!

So I basically did like, for example, some people feel you should apply sanctity of life bla bla mentioned the strengths, and then some people feel it shouldn't be applied and went through the strengths, and then said how a non-religious principle would serve better e.g. Situation ethics instead of using one set principle. Does that make sense to you?!

I wouldn't usually mind, but I'm a vet school offer misser and reapplicant, and I really don't want to do more exams in June!

I think that's the way to do it haha. I sorta did the same thing aha. How much did you write?

[ROSSYROO]

(Original post by Silver Aurora)
I did the same for religions and their views. I mentioned and touched upon ethical theories. I sorta talked about law and society, I just stated how most hospitals and the West in general works on utilitarian views.

I think you got a B at the very least but now this has got me thinking that I lacked a lot of structure and was much more critical than I should of been perhaps but then again, the question was kind of from a critical stance so I left off from there

Aha, well my teacher was grading my essays previously, and the mocks, at 100%. Which I really hated because a) it's added pressure b) It's practically impossible to get full marks c) After getting graded so highly, it would be kind of disappointing - although I'd be overjoyed with an A seeing as that was my first ever A-Level exam!

(please don't think I'm being big-headed!

I just wanted to know whether you thought I answered it right. In short, my argument was that religion did, but no longer, and never will, be considered when concerning abortion (in the face of unwanted pregnancy.)

I wrote 11 pages by the way! And yours seems far more critical than myself - so you must have done very, very well!

[Silver Aurora]

(Original post by ROSSYROO)
Aha, well my teacher was grading my essays previously, and the mocks, at 100%. Which I really hated because a) it's added pressure b) It's practically impossible to get full marks c) After getting graded so highly, it would be kind of disappointing - although I'd be overjoyed with an A seeing as that was my first ever A-Level exam!

(please don't think I'm being big-headed!

I just wanted to know whether you thought I answered it right. In short, my argument was that religion did, but no longer, and never will, be considered when concerning abortion (in the face of unwanted pregnancy.)

I wrote 11 pages by the way! And yours seems far more critical than myself - so you must have done very, very well!

Ah I wish I had teachers like you haha! I get the opposite. No no it's not bigheaded and hope it goes well! I am resitting this from last year!

I wouldn't of said 'never will' be considered again, what about religious people? They're of course gonna consider religion as the main factor in getting an abortion.

11 is a lot! That's like the entire bookley isn't it?
Ah I hope so lol!

[ROSSYROO]

(Original post by Silver Aurora)
Ah I wish I had teachers like you haha! I get the opposite. No no it's not bigheaded and hope it goes well! I am resitting this from last year!

I wouldn't of said 'never will' be considered again, what about religious people? They're of course gonna consider religion as the main factor in getting an abortion.

11 is a lot! That's like the entire bookley isn't it?
Ah I hope so lol!

Haha, I just thought I'd make a big, lasting statement at the end. My stern and blunt view may be quite convincing to an alcohol-induced marker? Hahaha

Good luck! You'd have done fine I'm sure

[Silver Aurora]

(Original post by ROSSYROO)
Haha, I just thought I'd make a big, lasting statement at the end. My stern and blunt view may be quite convincing to an alcohol-induced marker? Hahaha

Good luck! You'd have done fine I'm sure

Aha fair play! Most likely them markers gonna be drunk when they mark out work *hopefully*

Thanks!
Did you quote a lot?

[ROSSYROO]

(Original post by Silver Aurora)
Aha fair play! Most likely them markers gonna be drunk when they mark out work *hopefully*

Thanks!
Did you quote a lot?

Yeah I quoted Canon Law, Church of England, Psalms, Ethical theory philosophers, Cathechism of the Catholic Church, Christian Didache...

Oh and a paragraph from Levitt & Dubner's "Freakonomics" 2006!

Would you say that is sufficient?

[Silver Aurora]

(Original post by ROSSYROO)
Yeah I quoted Canon Law, Church of England, Psalms, Ethical theory philosophers, Cathechism of the Catholic Church, Christian Didache...

Oh and a paragraph from Levitt & Dubner's "Freakonomics" 2006!

Would you say that is sufficient?

Ahaha I think it is very although possibly more scholars than instutitions might of been better, I may mistaken on that

[ROSSYROO]

(Original post by Silver Aurora)
Ahaha I think it is very although possibly more scholars than instutitions might of been better, I may mistaken on that

Yeah I quoted Thomas Nagel, James Rachels, and loads of statistics - abortion figures, rates, census data etc

Lets hope I done well! And you too obviously haha!

[301lw]

where can i find the thread for the a2 edexcel papers?

[ROSSYROO]

(Original post by Silver Aurora)
Ahaha I think it is very although possibly more scholars than instutitions might of been better, I may mistaken on that

Hey dude, how'd your result go in Medical Ethics?

[Silver Aurora]

(Original post by ROSSYROO)
Hey dude, how'd your result go in Medical Ethics?

41/50, just an A. I got an A overall now as A/s and I need 150pts to get an A overall. Wbu?