O Canada!

I want to get round to blogging about my stints in Canada which is not like America at all, apart from the cars and domestic appliances.

I was introduced to Canadian Culture whilst in Saudi Arabia by being loaned a cassette of Bob & Doug McKenzie, a parody of local cable Saturday afternoon hunting/shooting/fishing shows.

The Canadians love the great outdoors and will head north at every opportunity.

Their twelve days of Christmas is funny as well!

An exam paper we’ll never see…

Westminster Village Associated Examining Board
GCSE Political Studies- Paper 2- Local Government Presentation assessment

Task: Role play practical
Time allowed: Preparation- 20 minutes, Presentation- No more than five minutes

Scenario:

You are an elected Member of Morleygate Parish Council. In your Agenda paperwork, you observe the following motion as item twelve, the last item of business:

Resolution proposed by Councillor J Schofield:-

“This Council notes the ‘Morley Together’ campaign and agrees to sign up to the principles laid out in it.
Council is mindful that discrimination takes many forms and believes that all kinds of discrimination are unacceptable”.

There is no supporting paperwork for this Agenda item.

Objectives: To make a presentation on the Agenda item. A maximum of five minutes will be allowed for you to speak at which point the Chairman will call you to order if the time limit is exceeded.

Assumptions: That all previous speakers have made lacklustre presentations which have not influenced your views on the topic either way.

Marks will be awarded according to the following marking criteria:

Rational analysis of position:- 6
Clarity of position:- 4
Effectiveness in influencing listeners:- 3
Confidence:- 2
Sincerity:- 4
Delivery:- 1
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Total marks 20

A maximum of five marks overall may be deducted for use of the following techniques:

Intellectual laziness, irrational arguments, cultural relativism, guilt by association, zero tolerance, self-loathing, ad hominem attacks.

All rough notes shall be attached to this paper by the supplied treasury tag at the end of the practical and handed in to the invigilator. This will be returned to the Board along with the recorded media. In the event of a marginal result, rough notes may be taken into consideration to determine pass or fail at the discretion of the Board.