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I went to france last year with my school and stayed with a really noice french family, though we just had the usual food like wraps, bbq and stuff, i was expecting full on escargot and horse meat 
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I went on a Model United Nations trip to Delhi. We got to see a lot of monuments, and with friends there was loads of fun 
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I went to Naples in Italy for GCSE Geography, and to the French Alps for A Level Geography
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I went to Japan in Year 8 and did a tour of the West Coast of America in Year 10: San Francisco, Yosemite, Death Valley, Zion national park, Monumental Valley, Las Vegas, Grand Canyon, Bryce National Park, Lake Powell, LA, Universal Studios, Hollywood, Santa Barbara, and Venice beach to end 
Want to go back to much
Want to go back to much
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(Original post by RebeccaBlack)
I went on a Model United Nations trip to Delhi. We got to see a lot of monuments, and with friends there was loads of fun
I went on a Model United Nations trip to Delhi. We got to see a lot of monuments, and with friends there was loads of fun
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(Original post by lilGem)
I went to Japan in Year 8 and did a tour of the West Coast of America in Year 10: San Francisco, Yosemite, Death Valley, Zion national park, Monumental Valley, Las Vegas, Grand Canyon, Bryce National Park, Lake Powell, LA, Universal Studios, Hollywood, Santa Barbara, and Venice beach to end
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I went to Japan in Year 8 and did a tour of the West Coast of America in Year 10: San Francisco, Yosemite, Death Valley, Zion national park, Monumental Valley, Las Vegas, Grand Canyon, Bryce National Park, Lake Powell, LA, Universal Studios, Hollywood, Santa Barbara, and Venice beach to end
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lucky, how long did u stayed in usa?
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(Original post by ihatePE)
Was it extremely hot? i would not consider going cos i cannot even stand 20C british summer
Was it extremely hot? i would not consider going cos i cannot even stand 20C british summer
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I went to Naples in Italy for GCSE Geography, and to the French Alps for A Level Geography
I went to Naples in Italy for GCSE Geography, and to the French Alps for A Level Geography
im considering A level geo but im not sure because i find the course we're doing really boring and repeative to last year. (i hate physical geography T_T )
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(Original post by ihatePE)
I heard the USA trips are way over £1000
lucky, how long did u stayed in usa?
I heard the USA trips are way over £1000
lucky, how long did u stayed in usa?
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it was about £1600 for 11 days but we moved around a lot! definitely one of the best trips I've been on! Forgot to mention it was for geography
it was about £1600 for 11 days but we moved around a lot! definitely one of the best trips I've been on! Forgot to mention it was for geography
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(Original post by ihatePE)
How is a level geo? boring?
im considering A level geo but im not sure because i find the course we're doing really boring and repeative to last year. (i hate physical geography T_T )
How is a level geo? boring?
im considering A level geo but im not sure because i find the course we're doing really boring and repeative to last year. (i hate physical geography T_T )
I also didn't like the fact that all of the exams were essay based, with essays ranging between 10 and 25 marks, with a couple of 5 mark questions in the first year exams. Even though I had 25% extra time and word processed my exams, I still found myself running out of time in the geography exams, whereas I didn't run out of time in my other subjects. If you're thinking of doing the WJEC Geography course, that's definitely something to keep in mind: the time you get in exams is NOT very generous! For example, you'll have 33 minutes (approx) to write a 25 mark essay (1200 words), which sounds easy, but it's really not
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We went on a day-trip to Ypres with History in Year 8 or something which was very nice.
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There's quite a few trips currently on at school, for example, the Skii Trip to America and the Iceland trip to watch the Northern Lights. I would've liked to have gone but it's too expensive. I don't understand how some people are able to go on every trip, every year.
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(Original post by Leviathan1741)
I did the WJEC course, and I didn't like the fact it had so much human geography in it (I'm the opposite of you, I prefer physical geography!). The first year had 2 modules, one about water, flooding, tectonics, tectonic hazards and climate change, and the other one about populations and cities etc. The second year had another two modules, one on glacial environments and globalisation, and the other one on sustainability. I much preferred the physical geography topics, and I found the human geography topics boring and difficult.
I also didn't like the fact that all of the exams were essay based, with essays ranging between 10 and 25 marks, with a couple of 5 mark questions in the first year exams. Even though I had 25% extra time and word processed my exams, I still found myself running out of time in the geography exams, whereas I didn't run out of time in my other subjects. If you're thinking of doing the WJEC Geography course, that's definitely something to keep in mind: the time you get in exams is NOT very generous! For example, you'll have 33 minutes (approx) to write a 25 mark essay (1200 words), which sounds easy, but it's really not
I did the WJEC course, and I didn't like the fact it had so much human geography in it (I'm the opposite of you, I prefer physical geography!). The first year had 2 modules, one about water, flooding, tectonics, tectonic hazards and climate change, and the other one about populations and cities etc. The second year had another two modules, one on glacial environments and globalisation, and the other one on sustainability. I much preferred the physical geography topics, and I found the human geography topics boring and difficult.
I also didn't like the fact that all of the exams were essay based, with essays ranging between 10 and 25 marks, with a couple of 5 mark questions in the first year exams. Even though I had 25% extra time and word processed my exams, I still found myself running out of time in the geography exams, whereas I didn't run out of time in my other subjects. If you're thinking of doing the WJEC Geography course, that's definitely something to keep in mind: the time you get in exams is NOT very generous! For example, you'll have 33 minutes (approx) to write a 25 mark essay (1200 words), which sounds easy, but it's really not
this year im doing 3 topics, coasts (so boring) tourism and retail (also boring) my teacher havent told me about those 25 markers yet O_O or is this A level you're talking about? im quite ok at essays cos my hands felt like dying everytime we do a history essay, but i think geo essays are easier. im so struggling to choose my A levels apart from the fact that im sure i want to do history, do u regret taking geo?
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(Original post by ihatePE)
I do wjec geo gcse as well, but it seems that the course has changed over time now this year im doing 3 topics, coasts (so boring) tourism and retail (also boring) my teacher havent told me about those 25 markers yet O_O or is this A level you're talking about? im quite ok at essays cos my hands felt like dying everytime we do a history essay, but i think geo essays are easier. im so struggling to choose my A levels apart from the fact that im sure i want to do history, do u regret taking geo?
I do wjec geo gcse as well, but it seems that the course has changed over time now
this year im doing 3 topics, coasts (so boring) tourism and retail (also boring) my teacher havent told me about those 25 markers yet O_O or is this A level you're talking about? im quite ok at essays cos my hands felt like dying everytime we do a history essay, but i think geo essays are easier. im so struggling to choose my A levels apart from the fact that im sure i want to do history, do u regret taking geo?
I regretted taking A Level Geography at the time when I was doing it (I completed it this year), but I'm happy I did it now (I managed to get a B overall with one AS retake). Geography was the subject I struggled with most (I also did Geology and ICT), but that may have also been due to the fact that there were/are very few revision resources for the WJEC board, in addition to me finding the topics boring and difficult at times. My teacher wasn't very good at explaining things
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