AQA GCE Geography Unit 3- 7th June 2013

is everyone relaxing or chilling tonight?

edit..I mean revising...

How hard is it to get a C in this exam?

Has anybody else got General Studies in the morning? I've got 4 and a half hours of exams tomorrow!

Finally someone else doing that exam!.

I havent revised for that. What about yourself?
Do you have any idea what may come up?
And how are you going to cope with the huge amount of time we are writing?

Feeling fairly confident atm, not sure by tomorrow though.. has anyone got an idea as to why management of the Montserrat eruption was poor? That's my general thoughts anyway seeing as it's an LEDC. Good luck for tomorrow y'all

I have all ready asked this question but how are you guys going to structure your 40 markers?
This is what I struggle on.

I wouldn't say the management was poor. It was hardly an Armero-type tragedy; there's not much you can do to stop ash falling or pyroclastic flows devastating housing. The very fact that thousands were evacuated shows management was successful.

I have all ready asked this question but how are you guys going to structure your 40 markers?
This is what I struggle on.

I think I'm gonna look at the question and plan everything I think should be included. Then I'll probably work out how to link each bit together nicely/add case study examples and go from there! Like probably working my way up from the introduction, then the basic information and then the more gritty stuff like the case studies! Just remember to link every paragraph and nearly every statement back to the question and don't just write fact after fact because that's the error I usually make which got me marked down in my mock papers!

Feeling fairly confident atm, not sure by tomorrow though.. has anyone got an idea as to why management of the Montserrat eruption was poor? That's my general thoughts anyway seeing as it's an LEDC. Good luck for tomorrow y'all

In my opinion structure depends the question.
I find the human topics easier to structure because generally they ask about the effects of something so you do a paragraph on economic effects, one on social effects etc.
or if it is an evaluation question, or an assess question, I'd do like 2/3 paragraphs for the statement that include case study material, then 2/3 against the statement.
for the introduction, keep it brief, say what places you are talking about if you are going to use a specific case studies, maybe give a brief outline of key words from the question.
then for my conclusion, sum up what you've said, give your opinion in the form of something new that you haven't already discussed (if that makes sense)
just make sure you keep integrating case study material through out and make sure your paragraphs are themed and you should do fine
hope that helps.

That's up for debate - if so many people were evacuated surely that meant there were not enough strategies in place to deal with homelessness and areas deemed unsafe to live in.

My notes on the Montserrat management was:
- Scientists studied the volcano in the 1980s but their report wasn't given a lot of attention.
- There was no disaster management plan so responses were very slow .
-In the 1990s key infrastructure had been built in the areas at risk e.g. schools and hospitals so it was destroyed in the eruption which further hampered the respinse.

So I'd say yeah, the management was pretty poor and it could have been made a lot better!

I haven't revised at all, may sound retarded but I was actually planning on going into the exam and just writing out answers to questions that may come up in the geography exam! General studies is an utter waste of time in my case, two hours where I could be doing geography revision. Thank god for caffeine pills, otherwise I don't think I could hack 4 and a half hours!

That's up for debate - if so many people were evacuated surely that meant there were not enough strategies in place to deal with homelessness and areas deemed unsafe to live in.

from the revision guide? haha same here

I think I'm gonna look at the question and plan everything I think should be included. Then I'll probably work out how to link each bit together nicely/add case study examples and go from there! Like probably working my way up from the introduction, then the basic information and then the more gritty stuff like the case studies! Just remember to link every paragraph and nearly every statement back to the question and don't just write fact after fact because that's the error I usually make which got me marked down in my mock papers!