Depressing Literature

[Mondt]

Originally Posted by Geminex

I didn't mind the literature that much. The essays and assessments (particularly the extremely extended one) were what drove me into a BLINDING RAGE.

Nah, IB was good. Teachers were competent, classes were fun more often than not. And assessments went well, though I lost a night's worth of sleep every time one was due.

Also, I didn't mind One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich. Wrote my World Lit essay about it. And the purpose of Antigone was actually to cheer people up through Catharsis.

I'm not a diploma candidate so I don't have an extended essay to write but I just finished up my World Lit 2 and my Individual Oral Commentary.

Wrote my WL1 on One Day and Metamorphosis.

And I agree, too much catharsis is too much. I definitely left Antigone in some accidental attempt to empathize with Creon after he realized he just killed everyone in some way or another.

There's no cheering up in that. <.<

Edit: My thing with IB english is all the of retarded assessments (The IOC actually tests.... nothing except your ability to analyze under pressure because that situation comes up a lot), the emphasis on works in translation just to have works in translation... a few other things its too late for me to remember.

I just really dont like how IB does things. They sacrifice actual productivity in education to standardize the curriculum as much as possible, in my experience. It's all just another test to study for, instead of actually learning.

Edit2: AND THEY MAKE US READ DEPRESSING BOOKS

WHERES THE SHAKESPEAREAN COMEDIES