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Old 16-09-2004, 03:07 PM   #14 (permalink)
Neil Pickup
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Originally Posted by Richard
Maybe an explanation of why I only got a C in Geography (complete A-level).
Though I can't believe it would have helped me much in either of my crap papers.
Geography A-Level has nothing to do with labelling places (though I think I did once trace a map of Africa from the question paper to the answer booklet and name all the countries, as I was bored and had time at the end to burn).

It's about understanding patterns and processes and build up over time, not the isolation of single events.

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Originally Posted by Richard's A Levels
The collapse of that cliff was clearly caused not by the build up of pressure over time due to the constant bombardment of fast, short-pitched waves. It fell to a wave that was very similar to one that had hit 18 months beforehand which it had absolutely no trouble with. It was simply a needless loss of concentration - the waves were only hitting at 2.5-a-minute, which is a quite adequate rate. The sea should take no credit in its collapse.
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