I think where it's a question of jargon then it's fairer than otherwise to say that you weren't taught it and there was no reason per se that you should have known that Herzl was a Zionist. If it was a current affairs question then I think maybe they could reasonably expect you to pick up stuff from wider reading that wasn't necessarily right in front of your eyes and given to you as a spoon-fed thing.
* ie I think you are right to pick up on the specifics of not having heard that word used in the lessons, and it is not something that is self-explanatory.
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fair or unfair
Date: April 30th, 2009 03:53 pm (UTC)From:* ie I think you are right to pick up on the specifics of not having heard that word used in the lessons, and it is not something that is self-explanatory.