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Pretty eh, although having a bit of a confidence failure reading these responses haha. I spoke about respect and care from leaders as a desired characteristic, the need for a judicious decision maker as a characteristic and then analysed what they wanted to be determined as like priorities, and then the motif of food and agriculture throughout and how the responsibility for delivering that was on the King. not feeling super confident about it but just happy it’s done haha

What colleges are you guys applying to?

How much did you write?

Dw I didn't write about that and I don't think it was that relevant although you could've spoken about how it affects the reliability because it was written during Christianisation so when it was transcripted, some elements could've been edited

I’m so conflicted ngl. I don’t think I wrote enough but what I wrote was ok? Like the fact it was a myth, written by a judge (explains the need for truth), the importance of communal living, the apparent lack of hierarchy, value = usefulness, the fact it may not demonstrate what ppl actually want but it’s been used for 500 odd years so clearly it’s at least semi relevant. But I was so VAGUE and I didn’t write well like usually I’m good with style of essay but I just sort word vomited lol

What colleges are you guys applying to?

Just an Open Application tbh, didn't know much about each college individually (I only decided to apply for Oxford two weeks or so before the deadline lol) so I figured that would be the best option.
Also HisPol for me, though if Oxford doesn't work out I've got St Andrews and Edinburgh as reserves so far

The courses in Scotland take 4 years to complete and not 3, right?

Outside of points made about the rulers' involvement in agriculture, artisanry, justice, and the military, I made an introductory comment distinguishing oral history from written history. In the 500 or so years before the Testament was transcribed, it was disseminated orally, which means that its contents would likely have evolved over time to remain relevant to the social and cultural context of the time (including changing values and beliefs), this meant that despite being oral history, it would be quite relevant.

I wrote about agriculture and animal husbandry. Also about natural resources like gold, silver and bronze, used to create artefacts (was in the source) and about justice and stability. And that the king had the responsibility to solve disputes and control the military. As bias, I talked about Christianity and how it influenced his views.

Is it a blunder that I made fleeting reference to mythology and focus more on the source being oral and then written down. Didn’t think it being a myth was useful to my answer. Also did anyone else try any else try order the priorities. I mentioned 1 priority but said it was the biggest one. Talked about agriculture and religion also.

Fair enough. What matters is historical perception and coverage is only a fraction of the marks so if you wrote well on it, that's great. Aaaah but I forgot to write about the fact it was a mythology; that is a massive blunder.

Fair enough. What matters is historical perception and coverage is only a fraction of the marks so if you wrote well on it, that's great. Aaaah but I forgot to write about the fact it was a mythology; that is a massive blunder.

I’m so conflicted ngl. I don’t think I wrote enough but what I wrote was ok? Like the fact it was a myth, written by a judge (explains the need for truth), the importance of communal living, the apparent lack of hierarchy, value = usefulness, the fact it may not demonstrate what ppl actually want but it’s been used for 500 odd years so clearly it’s at least semi relevant. But I was so VAGUE and I didn’t write well like usually I’m good with style of essay but I just sort word vomited lol