CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL REPORT ON CANDIDATES’ WORK IN THE CARIBBEAN ADVANCED PROFICIENCY EXAMINATION MAY/JUNE 2012 COMMUNICATION STUDIES Copyright © 2012 Caribbean Examinations Council ® St Michael‚ Barbados All rights reserved. 2 GENERAL COMMENTS Overall‚ candidates’ performance in the 2012 Communications Studies examination continued to improve‚ with noticeably higher percentages earning Grades I and II; indeed‚ the percentage earning Grade I almost doubled that of
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The Coldest Winter Ever is a best-selling 1999 novel written by rapper and activist Sister Souljah. Set in the projects of Brooklyn‚ New York‚ The Coldest Winter Ever is the story of Winter (aptly named because she was born during one of New York’s worst snowstorms) Santiaga‚ the rebellious‚ pampered teenage daughter of a notorious drug dealer. Winter’s father‚ Ricky Santiaga‚ has attained substantial wealth through his drug empire and lavishes his wife‚ Winter‚ and Winter’s three younger sisters
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Jarrow March Essay 2012 ‘The Jarrow March was a failure and didn’t achieve anything’ In this essay‚ I am going to review the statement made and decide whether the sources given support or do not support the theory. This view is suggesting that the Jarrow March of October 1936 was a complete failure and did not achieve its goal of making the prime minister at the time‚ Stanley Baldwin‚ and the rest of the government help Jarrow in its unemployment crisis of the time. Jarrow‚ a town in Tyneside‚
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difficult to come to a new country and start a new life from the beginning. In the essay “The Back of the Bus” written by Mary Mebane talks about a bus ride from North Carolina to South Carolina when the segregation laws were still in place. Mebane wrote this piece because she “wanted to show what it was like to live under legal segregation before the civil rights act of 1964” (Mebane‚ 167). On the other hand‚ the essay “Like Mexicans” written by Gary Soto‚ the author expresses how is to growing up
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Shakespeare’s play ‘Othello’ and the contemporary appropriation of a film ‘O’ by Tim Blake Nelson are based on the societal values and morals of their time. Issues such as racism‚ the use of language and deception are timeless making them evident throughout both contexts‚ hence the engagements in both textual forms. Differing contexts convey concerns in different ways through the use of diverse techniques. For example ‘Othello’ is a play which uses props‚ stage positioning and lighting compared
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likes. Winter‚ spring‚ summer and fall‚ each‚ in their own way‚ affect various aspects of our lives. Specifically‚ Summer and Winter have extremes which determine change our life during those few months. Sometimes‚ people’s daily activities‚ habits and style of life change as the seasons vary. I personally‚ believe that winter offers a lot more comfort than summer and is overall a better season for food‚ activities and clothes. The type of food people consume varies during summer and winter. In
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The Advanced Practice Nurse will play a crucial role in advancement of the healthcare system in the United States. There are several factors affecting today’s healthcare system which will influenced the future development of the Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) role. Some of the major factors include the evolving federal and states laws‚ rapidly growing and aging population‚ increasing rates of chronic diseases in children and adults‚ and the cost of healthcare. These challenges require
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2018 Winter Olympics Luge is an event in the Winter Olympics‚ there is different types of categories which include relay (mixed)‚ men’s‚ women’s‚ and doubles. Luge was first introduced into the olympics in the 1964 winter olympic games in Austria. The germans have found a way to master the event and they hold the most gold medals in luge. This event can be terrifying because you are on a sled‚ by yourself‚ faced upward‚ and your feet are first. From the information I am going to tell you
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Practice Test #1 Data Sufficiency (218 Questions) 1. 86-!-item-!-187;#058&000002 A garden store purchased a number of shovels and a number of rakes. If the cost of each shovel was $14 and the cost of each rake was $9‚ what was the total cost of the shovels and rakes purchased by the store? (1) The ratio of the number of shovels to the number of rakes purchased by the store was 2 to 3. (2) The total number of shovels and rakes purchased by the store was 50. 2. 142-!-item-!-187;#058&000140
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“Those Winter Sundays” Explication In the poem “Those Winter Sundays”‚ a man concludes that he was once blind to the love his father portrayed; as a young boy he incapable of understanding love is not always exposed as affection. This poem dramatizes the conflict of ability‚ between father and son‚ to effectively show and recognize love when specific gender roles are given. Gender roles are something that we are all familiar with‚ whether we fall into it or not. In this poem‚ the time setting
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