Websites for things like CPE, TOEFL and IELTS usually have past papers. If you're really unsure, take a couple of those - sticking to the time limit as best you can - and see how it goes. You might do better than you think you will. TOEFL and IELTS are the standardised ones for international study; CPE isn't, but it does have the Cambridge University stamp of approval, which makes it very desirable. Whichever one you go for, it'll be a great thing for your resume (and, no doubt, for your self confidence).
It's a great fic. You're right that it peters off towards the end before its abandonment, but it was very promising. That it wasn't another rewrite of the quest made it a lot more interesting. I get that people focus on that because it's what they know of LotR, but more variety (like there was in this) should be a possibility. Tolkien's universe is ridiculously well developed and underused.
The Trio do work best together, though I love reading alternate Trio fics (ones with Neville, Malfoy, whoever) because of the way that they alter characters (if not timelines, because hardly anyone seems willing to move away from the overarching plot of the books).
Still, all I can imagine with Hermione, is being handed an essay three times longer than I asked for every single week. Maybe it's just the teacher in me, but people like that are annoying - not only for the increased workload (and in the end, I'd do what my teachers did and penalise everyone who went more than 10% over the requested wordcount) - but because if only one person answers the questions, you can't tell how well the other students are learning in the classroom. Do they understand? Do they need to ask a question (without being patronised ala Ron in Philosopher's Stone)? Do they have a point to make that they won't because this one student demands all of the teacher's time or because they've come to see that they matter less? We don't see Hermione in class a lot, but given what we know about her - as well as her friends' attitudes to their own work, where they don't bother and she ends up correcting them or taking over - I can imagine her being awful in the classroom.
Also, yes. Her decision to erase her parents' memories was absolutely horrific. Not just for the massive disregard of trust and ethics, but because it's basically her saying "I know best; your opinions in this are irrelevant".
I imagine a fic that explored him learning how to die could be pretty interesting. It's easy to be killed, but if you can overcome that, how do you learn to let go?
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It's a great fic. You're right that it peters off towards the end before its abandonment, but it was very promising. That it wasn't another rewrite of the quest made it a lot more interesting. I get that people focus on that because it's what they know of LotR, but more variety (like there was in this) should be a possibility. Tolkien's universe is ridiculously well developed and underused.
The Trio do work best together, though I love reading alternate Trio fics (ones with Neville, Malfoy, whoever) because of the way that they alter characters (if not timelines, because hardly anyone seems willing to move away from the overarching plot of the books).
Still, all I can imagine with Hermione, is being handed an essay three times longer than I asked for every single week. Maybe it's just the teacher in me, but people like that are annoying - not only for the increased workload (and in the end, I'd do what my teachers did and penalise everyone who went more than 10% over the requested wordcount) - but because if only one person answers the questions, you can't tell how well the other students are learning in the classroom. Do they understand? Do they need to ask a question (without being patronised ala Ron in Philosopher's Stone)? Do they have a point to make that they won't because this one student demands all of the teacher's time or because they've come to see that they matter less? We don't see Hermione in class a lot, but given what we know about her - as well as her friends' attitudes to their own work, where they don't bother and she ends up correcting them or taking over - I can imagine her being awful in the classroom.
Also, yes. Her decision to erase her parents' memories was absolutely horrific. Not just for the massive disregard of trust and ethics, but because it's basically her saying "I know best; your opinions in this are irrelevant".
I imagine a fic that explored him learning how to die could be pretty interesting. It's easy to be killed, but if you can overcome that, how do you learn to let go?