HTA Awards (1 Viewer)

[Craig]

Hey All
Just wondering if anyone is submitting their major assignments into the HTA(History Teachers Association) Extension History essay competition?
My teacher wanted me to submit mine, however I would have to fix it up for it to be competitive, which takes up time that I don't really have.

 

[laracroft]

yeah my teacher got me to submit mine...but the whole point is that ur essay is exactly the same as it was when it was marked by your teacher....so you're not meant to make changes, but neways

 

[gemita]

Yeah, if you change it then you're not really presenting your extension history work, but a competition essay. Kind of defies the point, since it's supposed to be competition for the best works. Plus it's an unfair advantage. If it's not suitably competitive as is, then that's something you probably should have thought of before you handed it in for marking.

 

[silvermoon]

mne's submitted. heh, i didnt even look at it again when my teacher asked me, just took off the headers and footers and printed off the copies.
seems a bit unfair though if some ppl refine theirs - defeats the purpose.
ah well, something tells me that somehow, someway, im gonna live even if ppl do...

 

[Jennibeans]

my teacher never said anything bout submitting ours - they must not have been that good aye

 

[Ziff]

Yeah mine's in.

 

[silvermoon]

my teacher never said anything bout submitting ours - they must not have been that good aye

heh, dont think like that! *hugs* im sure they were good, would kcik the arse of all our essays. its optional to send in essays - perhaps they just couldnt be bothered? or left it too late or something. lotsa schools dont submit after all.

 

[Scatterbrain]

is it true that we have to think up a title for our paper coz at this point, mine has only the question & i cant think of a way to make it into some sort of snappy statement

 

[silvermoon]

yeah, its supposed to have a title. mine's hardly what you'd call 'snappy' though! something like: 'Subjectivity in the history of Ned Kelly'...or something along those lines.

 

[Sarah168]

I was asked to submit mine, but in the end, I decided against it, because I don't think it's up to par.

 

[silvermoon]

heh, well then mine's got no chance at all. not that it ever did...but now my estimation of my chances has fallen to a negative percentile. such is life.

 

[airlie]

Our teacher chose two from our school, mine's in...

 

[da_butterfree]

i bet our teacher has no clue abt it!! shes so lost!!!;p

 

[gordo]

can we submit it ourselves,
or do the teachers have to?

 

[silvermoon]

can we submit it ourselves,
or do the teachers have to?

has ot be nominated by the teacher or the head teacher - no more than 2 entries are permitted per school.

 

[gordo]

i got full marks for mine and the external marker said it was the best she had ever read. but i never heard anythign about this hta's??

 

[Sarah168]

What external marker? It's up to your teacher to know about it and choose to submit it.

 

[gordo]

we had an external marker too so the teacher wouldn't be bias

 

[gemita]

I got full marks as well but my teacher never mentioned sending it to the HTA awards and I didn't want to ask....

 

[Plebeian]

Me too, except it was over 2500 words and I couldn't be bothered editing it down.