Students of GP
What to do with this blog
- This blog points you to Internet articles that are relevant to GP and suggest ways in which you can respond to these articles
- For some specific suggestions to direct your reading, see this post
Why you should post comments
- So you practise formulating your opinion
- To expose yourself in a legal fashion
- To make the page more fun
How you can help
- Spread the word; tell your classmates and your teachers, put this blog on your blogroll (I promise to do the same too (conditions apply)), link to the posts here
- Visit often to keep up the bloggers’ morale; they are monitoring the hits
- Post comments so we know you’re actually reading and not looking for gossip and grammatical errors your tutors make, and also keep the page alive
- Send me emails with your posts or your ideas for them. Send them to thegeneralpaper[at]gmail[dot]com
Get a grip
(Updated 23 October 2008)
42 Responses to "Students of GP"
February 26, 2007 at 5:58 am
Hi Dushan Boodhena
I thought I posted a reply to your question but I don’t see it anymore. The short answer is to Google ‘essay question key words’. You should find some good sites for your question on the first page of search results.
July 17, 2007 at 4:04 pm
Hi,
It’s great to know that such general paper blog exist!How I wish I discover this great website earlier!Overall,the information is well-organized and the content is highly-relevant to current issues.Keep up the good work!
August 26, 2007 at 1:48 pm
this is really helpful. thanks for taking the effort to do it!
i am sure all of us will benefit 
August 29, 2007 at 6:20 am
hi,
i am good at body paragraphs but i find difficulty in writing the introduction.can u help me how to make my introduction more strong and intrestion.
August 30, 2007 at 7:57 am
Please see this post: http://generalpaper.wordpress.com/2006/03/28/purposeful-reading-for-gp/
September 22, 2007 at 6:40 am
This is indeed a great website for GP students. Keep up the excellent job!
October 3, 2007 at 12:58 pm
hi.during essay planning i have no difficulty coming out the points for the topic but i have trouble expressing my ideas out and usually i will penalise heavily on my expression.how should i improve on it?
October 4, 2007 at 2:03 am
Hey Weiling
It’s not easy, but you’ll just have to be more conscious when writing. One main objective in practice is to learn from your errors. Figure out what’s wrong with those expressions marked out, and commit to not making the same errors again. Go back to the essays that were marked and given back to you.
Also, when reading articles, look out for expressions which remind you of those ideas you have had trouble conveying, and commit these to memory as well.
Sorry. No short cuts.
October 17, 2007 at 9:33 pm
Hi there,
Well, I am a student from Mauritius and among my subjects, I study GP too. I am really a dummy in writing essay. Can someone tell me where can I get the notes/resources to put in my essays??
And yes, one more thing, I’ve been trying to figure out from where the teachers get their resources. I wish I could grab all GP notes because I am in great needs now( Today is the 17th Oct 2007 and next week I have GP paper 1-essay writing paper)
If someone could help me, it would be appreciated since I am passing through a bad phrase right now.
Hope to hear from all the guys who reads my essay.
October 7, 2009 at 6:39 am
plz go through google and get the related ideas from there.and one thing go through different fiction ,saying by gifferent experts,use phrases while writing essay.and lastly get contain with strong language
January 21, 2008 at 5:14 am
hi! writing you from mauritius..
i think your website will be of great help to students in gp… and thats really cool.
February 18, 2008 at 7:06 am
Hi,
Your website for G.P student is very cool. I have got an essay to do title ‘Should a woman receive higher education even if she is not to take employment afterwards’. please help me!!!
February 18, 2008 at 9:19 am
Hi Priska Appanah
Thanks for the compliment.
Your question is too vague though.
I suggest you look under the Gender category http://generalpaper.wordpress.com/category/gender/
for possible leads. Brainstorm and plan. Ask yourself what you need to know to answer the question, based on your knowledge of the general requirements of essays. I don’t know what level of development you are at and I’m not providing a essay outline on demand service here. 
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March 16, 2008 at 7:21 am
hi,
do you have any tips on how to tackle AQ that is asked in comprehension paper?
March 17, 2008 at 2:33 pm
This blog has a search function. Entering ‘application’ into the search box on the right sidebar will pull out some pages, including the ones relevant to your question. I’ll filter this out in a new blog post, but you should be aware of the search function, and try it before posting a question in the future.
[...] March 17, 2008 Resources for the AQ, already listed in this blog, in response to this question [...]
March 25, 2008 at 10:20 am
Hello! I am a JC student taking GP and I think this blog is wonderful. Thanks for putting in so much effort to categorise everything and adding in quotes and facts which will come in useful when we write our essays. It’s really rare to find a one-stop source for all things GP-related. I’ll be checking back often! (:
May 22, 2008 at 12:01 pm
i’m a JC student too and i really love this website.
i was just doing some last minute reading for tomorrow’s GP paper and chanced upon this blogsite.
there is a mountain of readings that i can read up on. am really thankful 
anyway, i also chanced upon an old GP essay done by this RJ student who argued the redundancy of writing GP essays. she came out topping her level for her promos. wondering whether you’re interested in reading it
June 4, 2008 at 12:43 pm
Hi, it’s great. I’ve just dicovered this site. In fact am not a student but my son has taken GP and am looking for some tips how to help him. I wish to know if there are some sites where it can help him to work on this subject. I thank you all beforhand for your great and precious help. Am from Mauritius , If I can help plse feel free and I will do my best for you
Take care all
June 4, 2008 at 12:53 pm
In fact my son is not that good in General Paper but he is bound to applies himself if he wants to succeed. Thanks again for this wonderful treasure and tools.
August 30, 2008 at 4:56 am
yo nice site. just reading it coz im a borderline gp failure lol
September 16, 2008 at 10:01 am
wad is a gp? is it like somekind of SAT or TOEFL? pls help..
October 15, 2008 at 9:40 am
Hi there, can someone post something on summary skills please. I’m rather weak in summary, a few pointers in improving my summary skills would greatly be appreciated. Thanks a million.
October 23, 2008 at 11:54 am
yes, i am in total agreement with what aaron just said. Summaries can be a real pain in the nut especially when 2 – 3 tasks are required of you. So, any general tips on perhaps how to structure and prioritise ze points? Many thanks! This site is insanely helpful!!
October 23, 2008 at 12:15 pm
Aww gee, you people are too kind. It’s really nice to know that people are using the blog. All right then. I’ll see what I can scare up. You probably don’t use ‘ze’ in your GP writing, I hope.
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October 26, 2008 at 3:42 pm
hi there, thanks a lot for the informations on the summary. Do any one of you have any more information on the General Paper Comprehension Part whereby how or is there a proper way to tackle the questions and hit it spot on instead of drifting all around the question and not getting the answer in the end. It is quite frustrating to be unable to get the points because you cannot answer it in the way the question desire. PLEASE HELP.
November 2, 2008 at 11:29 am
To all the S’porean students who will be sitting for the GP Paper at 0800 hours in the morning tomorrow!
If you’re reading this, all the best for your paper~!(which is probably over)..hahah
btw, gimster where do you lecture man?…hmm food for thought indeed.
November 2, 2008 at 1:49 pm
hey ssdd…yea i’m sittin for gp 2morrow…chanced upon this website…nw linkin everywhere desperate for something for 2morrow’s paper…all e best to all sporeans!
November 2, 2008 at 6:23 pm
Im sitting for the GP paper too…TODAY.
Yup, look at the timestamp. It’s 2.22 in the morning. Can’t sleep. Im doomed. Help! 
December 30, 2008 at 4:04 am
hey what’s up gimster? keep up the good work. happy new year.
June 11, 2009 at 9:00 am
Hi, your Gp programme really inspires. It is also wonderful and entertaining and can educate all who will be part. please continue and never get tired. Best regards.
June 23, 2009 at 8:58 am
hi gimster,,
the exams are in 3 months and am very worried about the gp papers. particularly in writing good and elaborated english, i mean using high vocabulary words, structures, etc..
could you help. what should i do?
thanking you in advance.
June 23, 2009 at 10:50 am
Hi fbt
One thing I think my students don’t do enough is looking at their marked work. You seem to have internalised some of the concepts needed to do well in GP. Now, go to the work that your GP tutor has marked for you and look at the comments to see what you have done right and where you are lacking. Try to develop an overall idea of what you should keep doing and what you should stop doing. For the latter, look out for recurrent errors, especially. Finally, talk to your GP tutor after you’ve done your part, and see what he or she says. Let your tutor know what you’ve been doing to improve your GP and see what your tutor says.
September 19, 2009 at 3:51 pm
hi i am gp student from nepal.
i have a query that whether the cie examination has lower threshhold than that we usually excercise in our school’s internal assisments???? we have generally threshold (70+) for a 65+ for b and 50+ for c .
October 18, 2009 at 1:23 pm
this is a very useful website! if only i found this website earlier and not just three months before As =(
thanks for the tips!
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December 10, 2006 at 2:28 pm
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am desperately looking for a glossary of terms used in general paper questions. Terms like “discuss critically…”, ” compare and contrast…”, “justify..”. I want to know what exactly examiners expect from a student when s/he uses such terms in questions.
Thanks in advance,
Dushan!