Farbia if you go through the books thoroughly you will be able to attempt tricky questions on your own. Just break down the question into parts and then attempt it. The thing is everyone needs guidance but for how long? You get guidance for one or two days and then you study on your own. Do you want to keep getting guidance for 3 or 4 months? I don't think so. Phir aap parho gai kub? But if you think getting classes is a must, then join Subject Specialist teachers for example there is a famous teacher, Mr. Razi Abidi for Essay. Academies are a distraction, they take away a chunk of your time that would have been better spent with your books.

yeah i do understand. but since ill be appearing in 2015 inshallah, ive loads of time. nae? And I live in Karachi. i completely agree with your statement about guidance but the point is there must be some mentor whom you should be seeking help whenever you get stuck on anything and I don't know anyone around me who could guide me in this.
Anyways, one of my optional is persian and I thought of moving to Lahore for two months, plus it'd be a bonus for me to join any mentor for 2 months who could help me out in essay and ca,pa. i just wanna know how to attempt questions critically. i dunno if its just kinda critical-writing-phobia or what but it scare me out just to think about it.

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Well, if you have nobody around to guide you and you think it is the best way, then go ahead. Don't get so obsessed about answering in a critical way. You have good English, so I don't think you require much work in this department and as far as critical analysis is concerned, take it easy, we already think very critically, it is just about jotting it down. I wrote a post long ago, I don't know if I am allowed to quote it here but I'm quoting it anyway :

Analysis is about breaking a topic into its parts. What does the problem comprise of? You have to narrow it down. You have to enumerate its causes. You have to write down its effects.
Let's suppose the topic is Inflation. You have to define exactly what inflation is? Definition also restricts the topic. Inflation isn't price hike, but price hike is related to it. Price hike might be a cause of inflation or an effect of it. Then you go on enumerating the causes. One cause might be the Global Financial Meltdown, another cause might be rising oil prices. What are the effects? An effect might be rising commodity prices; frustration in the fixed-income bracket class. What might be the future effects? Now you're going to predict. There could be agitation against the price hike, it could even lead to political collapse, regime change!
Then you can suggest remedies. What should be done? Make a monetary policy and implement it. Widen tax net and subsidize the commodity items. Fix the currency exchange rate, promote local industries, invite foreign capital etc.
Now you sum up the arguments. Analysis done!

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i read it.
I got it what you're trying to say.
It's just that I never wrote or thought about our problems in that way. i was a member of one of our uni society and blogging which we used to do was subhan'ALLAH. Full of crap, full of slang. That's the main reason of getting all sweaty palms now. i ll surely work on it after graduation. plus one of the strategy which i'm applying these days is, i read headings in newspaper(mainly the one which i have already analyzed on my own via social media) khair then i try to come up with the points which might be covered in it, but unfortunately when i match only 48% of what i think it should be, is correct, and rest of it is so high level that i hate reading it at first. lol it happens everytime, everytime. and then i think bad idea. how do they write so well? i mean when we will be sitting in exam hall we cant use thesaurus there. we ll write whatever ll be coming across our pea size mind.

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If you are living in Karachi, you should visit DCL. Mostly CSS aspirants go there. You may find people who would be of some help to you in person. Besides, you can seek all sorts of guidance from this forum. Ask specific questions in relevant threads. Explore this section, it will help you to the extent you won't feel any phobia.


Regards,

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thanks mod. what about kips(we've three branches here)?

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Haha. I can relate. I also used to write a lot of slang words. You gotta tone that down. When I got my essays checked by a Professor, the first warning I got was: don't use American spelling like program for programme, and color for colour.

You really got to read a lot of news before trying that matching thing. One technique that I applied was I used to write Dawn editorials after reading them. Did a lot of practice. And how do they write so well? It's their job, so they are good at it. They do it all the year round.

Forget about thesaurus. Simple words are the best. Don't try to impress the examiner with lofty words. It would go against you

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I can't help you in this domain. You can take demo classes of any of these branches. If you like, you may well join at your own will or else, be your own mentor.

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yeah i will try to do that. thankyou btw. i hope everything goes well and according to my plan.
may allah bless yu

okay thanks. and mentor line made me chuckle

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@ farbia

Avoid use of "Netspeak" or other "cute" grammar or spelling (For example: writing "R U a woman?" instead of "Are You a woman?"). Forum Rules and Policies.

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