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== Economics ==
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Economics is a subject taught in the [[Sixth Form]], spearheaded by [[Mr R Jackson]], with help from [[Miss Freeth]]. It is primarily about one thing - money, and is split into Microeconomics (units 1 & 3) and Macroeconomics (units 2 & 4). Being one of Mr Jackson's two subjects, you can expect to have the mickey taken out of you almost every lesson, as well as doing a ridiculous amount of notes. Also, following exams, Mr Jackson WILL go through everyone's individual (down to the question) results in-front of the class, as motivation for actually trying to do well in the exam so he has very little to take the mick out of.
  
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This at first glance appears to be a boring subject and certainly its teacher does nothing to dispel this myth. [[Mr R Jackson|Mr Jackson]] is the sole teacher for this subject, which can be a disadvantage as there is no escape if you don't do his homework! He appears to hate his AS Economics sets and his [[Business Studies]] sets. Basically if you don't like Mr J then economics probably isn't worth pursuing.
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=Lessons=
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If you choose to study it in [[Lower Sixth]], you can expect approximately six Mr Jackson and three Miss Freeth lessons a fortnight, with one free. By [[Year 13]], this becomes seven Jackson and three Freeth lessons a fortnight.
  
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However it's the only subject where I have been allowed to freely eat and drink during lesson time and turning up 15mins late isn't a serious offence. Also many lessons finish with at least 10 minutes before the bell allowing students to refuel at the [[canteen]] without the queues or get a quick game of [[pool]] in between lessons. If [[coursework]] deadlines are looming in other subjects it's almost the only subject where you can freely skip a couple of lessons and still be marked as present!
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=Mr Jackson=
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Mr Jackson's lessons will be spent making ridiculous amounts of notes for the ten minutes of the lesson that he does not spend insulting you. His notes tend to be much more detailed than Miss Freeth's, with less of a business-orientated emphasis, barring Unit 3, which is the cross-over between [[Business Studies]] and Economics.
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Latest revision as of 13:02, 3 October 2010

Economics is a subject taught in the Sixth Form, spearheaded by Mr R Jackson, with help from Miss Freeth. It is primarily about one thing - money, and is split into Microeconomics (units 1 & 3) and Macroeconomics (units 2 & 4). Being one of Mr Jackson's two subjects, you can expect to have the mickey taken out of you almost every lesson, as well as doing a ridiculous amount of notes. Also, following exams, Mr Jackson WILL go through everyone's individual (down to the question) results in-front of the class, as motivation for actually trying to do well in the exam so he has very little to take the mick out of.

Lessons

If you choose to study it in Lower Sixth, you can expect approximately six Mr Jackson and three Miss Freeth lessons a fortnight, with one free. By Year 13, this becomes seven Jackson and three Freeth lessons a fortnight.

Mr Jackson

Mr Jackson's lessons will be spent making ridiculous amounts of notes for the ten minutes of the lesson that he does not spend insulting you. His notes tend to be much more detailed than Miss Freeth's, with less of a business-orientated emphasis, barring Unit 3, which is the cross-over between Business Studies and Economics.

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