HalcyonCoded Posted November 30, 2014 Report Share Posted November 30, 2014 Good Evening from Massachusetts! Today, I just got started with my research for my Extended Essay, and mine is primarily about Toyotomi Hideyoshi: The Daimyo who unified Japan as one. As I started to read about Hideyoshi (Japanese history rather than U.S. and European history for once), I became excited and eager to read more and begin to type my EE. The research is a bit hard, since I can't find books on Hideyoshi, but whenever I do, it's always a joy to read. Do any of my fellow Ib-ers feel this way? What's your topic about? I'd love to hear that the EE isn't as bad as most people believe. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sofia. Posted November 30, 2014 Report Share Posted November 30, 2014 I also did mine in history, about the environmental causes of war. Very interesting! Although the work itself was a bit tedious Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMo Posted November 30, 2014 Report Share Posted November 30, 2014 I wouldn't go so far as to say the EE was fun, but it wasn't nearly as bad as people made it out to be. I did mine in history; the use of signals intelligence by the Allies in the Battle of the Atlantic, WWII. I found the topic interesting, but after reading countless books and articles on it and working on the essay for two months, it got a bit stale. If you're generally interested in the topic you're doing, though, it makes the tedious essay-writing process a lot easier than doing a topic you hate. 2 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mechnight Posted November 30, 2014 Report Share Posted November 30, 2014 I'm doing mine on English literature, comparing Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms and Bronte's Wuthering Heights. Love it, pretty much every second I spent on it once I was done with procrastination phase. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest moonkyu97 Posted December 1, 2014 Report Share Posted December 1, 2014 EE was quite fun writing, but I was not reluctant in getting my hands off it. I got the biggest pleasure from my EE by handing it in to the DP coordinator. It might be because I wrote a Math EE, but that's that. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sushichan*-* Posted December 1, 2014 Report Share Posted December 1, 2014 EE was not fun for me at all. I wrote mine on Physics. On a topic I had no interest in actually. But I supposed that History is usually much more interesting to write on. Since you seem really interested with your EE topic I was wondering if you have been watching the drama called Nobunaga Concerto. I'm watching it right now and I looove it. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Jeeves Posted December 2, 2014 Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 I'd have enjoyed my EE a lot more if I hadn't had to do it in about two and a half weeks because my TOK teacher thought we had literally no other demands on our time. Sigh. I do still love the book I chose to do it on, which as I understand it is a lot more than many can say. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David14 Posted December 2, 2014 Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 (edited) Depressing. Not necessarily the writing process, but because the specific topic of the history EE was a depressing one. Edited December 2, 2014 by David14 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mann Yerolkar Posted December 2, 2014 Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 I am doing mine in Physics bleh. I really enjoy doing it. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 2, 2014 Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 I must say that EE is one of the biggest challenge in IB. I have started mine too. I am doing it in economics. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolthan Posted December 2, 2014 Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 EE was surprisingly fun for me. Did mine on category 1 of English EEs, investigating literary influences on one of my Favourite series.. a Game of Thrones. Got a B as predicted grades too which is nice. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emir Belgil Posted December 2, 2014 Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 I'm doing mine in English B, and questions how hooliganism arose in England to become a manifestation of social discontent through the usage of resources such as the movie Green Street Hooligans. Worried at first, but quite interesting I must admit! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
YBrion Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 Oh, I had a lot of fun writing it. (The editing not so much.) But I chose A Game of Thrones, a book I absolutely adore and know like the back of my hand. Writing my essay took a grand total of 2 hours to read the book and sticky all of the quotes I wanted and 2 hours to write the actual essay. In many cases I put sticky notes on the quotes just to get page numbers, because I knew all the quotes by heart (oops?). So yes, my English EE was a lot of fun. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karan Maitra Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 I am writing mine now. Other than the occasional hiccup it is generally interesting because I am doing mine in film. It is my work to watch and write about films....really, it doesn't get better than that. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naz Posted July 5, 2015 Report Share Posted July 5, 2015 I'm doing mine in English B, and questions how hooliganism arose in England to become a manifestation of social discontent through the usage of resources such as the movie Green Street Hooligans. Worried at first, but quite interesting I must admit!Kanka supermis Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShootingStar16 Posted July 5, 2015 Report Share Posted July 5, 2015 I'm working on it this summer and it's actually quite enjoyable hehe Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sceptyczka Posted July 5, 2015 Report Share Posted July 5, 2015 Writing EE was fun for me as I wrote about a topic that interested me. Moreover, I simply enjoy writing. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelina Posted July 5, 2015 Report Share Posted July 5, 2015 Yeah I really enjoyed writing mine Probably because I had a really good supervisor. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naz Posted July 5, 2015 Report Share Posted July 5, 2015 Mine was an analysis on The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini for English B HL. It was dreadful because i focused on so much more history than language due to my supervisor not guiding me well enough, i hated writing it and i was really nervous when i turned it in- in fact i was told i had written my abstract completely wrong on the deadline week due to improper instructions, i had to literally rewrite that thing last second in our coordinators office after school...ugh.... Either way, we got our results early today and turns out i got an A, which i was definitely not expecting. Guess my last minute ee wasnt so bad after all Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkbloom Posted July 6, 2015 Report Share Posted July 6, 2015 Yes! I'm doing mine in English A L&L. I'm doing character analysis of Blanche DuBois (from Tennessee William's play A Streetcar Named Desire). I happen to love this play, so doing my EE on it is very enjoyable. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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