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How realistic is it for countries to implement a national minimum wage for all their workers?
A national minimum wage is a Robin Hood approach to income redistribution in a country. Noble, but probably economically misguided. Continue reading
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Bigger is always better
Growth is a biological imperative. Where life is concerned, size matters. Continue reading
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It is not winning, but taking part, which matters. How acceptable is this as an approach to life?
There is no winning without participation. But if you participate without intending to win, what are you even participating for? Continue reading
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Consider the view that mathematics is of little interest to most people as it is too complex.
Maths is inherently interesting, but how it’s taught often puts its complexity ahead of the interest of its learners, hence the zzz… Continue reading
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Consumerism is more of a curse than a blessing. How true is this of your society?
Consumerism is great for kickstarting a stagnant economy, but it grows into an unsustainable monster if left to its own devices. Continue reading
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Since the extinction of species is a natural phenomenon, is there any point in trying to prevent it?
The only species we need to prevent from going extinct is our own. Continue reading
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Examine the claim that music without words lacks both meaning and appeal.
Popular music, most of which feature lyrics, has cornered the market on commercial music. But commercial success is a poor yardstick to measure the potency of music with or without lyrics. Continue reading
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The results of scientific research should be available to everyone. How far do you agree?
If everyone could get access to all the up-to-date scientific knowledge in real time, we could potentially turn Earth into a space-faring utopia in record time. More likely, though, we will hasten the Apocalypse. Continue reading
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Too many historical figures are famous for the wrong reasons. Discuss.
Whether they were heroes or villains of the past, today we are beginning to see historical figures more for the people they were, than for the caricatures we once created of them. Continue reading
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To what extent can individuals shape their own lives when the world is so unpredictable?
The cliche ‘fail to plan, plan to fail’ comes to mind. Yet individuals also need to remember that because they live in society, their lives aren’t entirely their own to shape. Continue reading
About Me
Welcome to the GP Rebel! Some might even call me a GP Heretic!
I love to write, but I haven’t done much writing since, you know, work!
So, I’m embarking on a little disciplined exercise of using GCE ‘A’ Level General Paper (GP) essay questions as a stimulus for starting to write all over again.
These are NOT GP essays that your tutors will approve of, but they will still (try to) follow the rules of word count (500-800 words), and a 90-minute time limit.
Nevertheless, if you are interested, or even curious, I’ll make my thought process transparent via a Google Doc link, so you can see my annotations. Maybe you’ll glean something about argumentative writing, even if it’s not up to code.
BTW, these essays are publicly uploaded, so please don’t take credit by passing them off as your own – you will be easily found out by your tutor if you do!
And I’m not in the business of giving tuition, so everything here is free to read.
I’ll start off with the ‘A’ Level GP essay questions of 2021, and then maybe work my way backwards. I’ll also take question requests, after all, non-Cambridge papers can also be fun to work with!
Anyway, do enjoy!
Recent Posts
- How realistic is it for countries to implement a national minimum wage for all their workers?
- Bigger is always better
- It is not winning, but taking part, which matters. How acceptable is this as an approach to life?
- Consider the view that mathematics is of little interest to most people as it is too complex.
- Consumerism is more of a curse than a blessing. How true is this of your society?
The GP Rebel 