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LC Off Topic Thread (2015/16)

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    #1532
    AlanS181824
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,575 ✭✭✭AlanS181824


    coolerboy wrote: »
    Will anyone here be doing much study over Christmas....☺✏

    Absolutely not!

    Christmas holidays should be spent with family, education is massively important but family should be number 1!

    That and a spot of Netflix I suppose! ;)


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    #1533
    DublinArnie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,823 ✭✭✭DublinArnie


    A1 Physchem and Biology, delighted :)


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    #1534
    Kitty6277
    Registered Users Posts: 6,204 ✭✭✭Kitty6277


    coolerboy wrote: »
    Will anyone here be doing much study over Christmas....☺✏

    Not a hope! :D


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    #1535
    burtslimpslon
    Registered Users Posts: 73 ✭✭burtslimpslon


    Has anyone done their English exam? What did you have to do?
    all that's on mine is 1 King Lear and 1 Sylvia Plath question (both approx. 4 pages). Is this not really short for a Christmas exam? And we have 2 hours to do it, which seems like quite a bit considering geography is aiming for 1.5 pages in 12 minutes.


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    #1536
    fortyfleurs
    Registered Users Posts: 12 ✭fortyfleurs


    burtslimpslon wrote: »
    Has anyone done their English exam? What did you have to do?
    all that's on mine is 1 King Lear and 1 Sylvia Plath question (both approx. 4 pages). Is this not really short for a Christmas exam? And we have 2 hours to do it, which seems like quite a bit considering geography is aiming for 1.5 pages in 12 minutes.

    Mine was same layout (1 KL question and 1 poetry) but we only had an hour and a half! Was very pushed for time as I spent way too long on poetry but and hour and a half is closer to the time you'll get in the actual exam than 2 hours.


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    #1537
    spurious
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,138 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    burtslimpslon wrote: »
    Has anyone done their English exam? What did you have to do?
    all that's on mine is 1 King Lear and 1 Sylvia Plath question (both approx. 4 pages). Is this not really short for a Christmas exam? And we have 2 hours to do it, which seems like quite a bit considering geography is aiming for 1.5 pages in 12 minutes.

    If I was your teacher and had a big clatter of Christmas tests to correct before I had my holiday, I'd be making them short too.


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    #1538
    burtslimpslon
    Registered Users Posts: 73 ✭✭burtslimpslon


    spurious wrote: »
    If I was your teacher and had a big clatter of Christmas tests to correct before I had my holiday, I'd be making them short too.
    i suppose but the results don't have to be back until January 19th, some Irish teachers are even doing their classes oral after christmas which goes towards the Christmas exam mark


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    #1539
    DublinArnie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,823 ✭✭✭DublinArnie


    spurious wrote: »
    If I was your teacher and had a big clatter of Christmas tests to correct before I had my holiday, I'd be making them short too.

    Teachers get mid terms and summers off. I'm sure the stress and hustle of correcting long daunting and repetitive exams are compensated with that fact. Other jobs don't get this perk.


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    #1540
    Consonata
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    DublinArnie wrote: »
    Teachers get mid terms and summers off. I'm sure the stress and hustle of correcting long daunting and repetitive exams are compensated with that fact. Other jobs don't get this perk.

    Other jobs don't work as long of hours on average


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    #1541
    DublinArnie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,823 ✭✭✭DublinArnie


    Consonata wrote: »
    Other jobs don't work as long of hours on average

    Being a teacher is a hard job, heck probably one of the hardest out there because you're relied upon to provide education to vast amounts of students and somewhat give a positive influence.

    A lot of schools are around 8:30 - 4pm (depends on school...) and if we add two more hours due to class preparation for the next day and homework/test corrections... It's up to 6pm.

    Yeah, that is a long day but all of the full time health care workers I know are on 8 - 8 shifts, office jobs 8 - 5, some programmers are 9 - 8 (obviously depends on the projects etc). Also, a lot of programmers I know and bank workers have no work on weekends, same as teachers.

    Teachers have hours like everyone else, but I'll admit - it's no stress free walk in the park.

    It's a job like any other.


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    #1542
    Kitty6277
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    fortyfleurs wrote: »
    Mine was same layout (1 KL question and 1 poetry) but we only had an hour and a half! Was very pushed for time as I spent way too long on poetry but and hour and a half is closer to the time you'll get in the actual exam than 2 hours.

    What kind of King Lear question did ye get?


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    #1543
    DublinArnie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,823 ✭✭✭DublinArnie


    Got 580 points :)


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    #1544
    coolerboy
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    DublinArnie wrote: »
    Got 580 points :)

    Well done! How you do in maths☺


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    #1545
    DublinArnie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,823 ✭✭✭DublinArnie


    coolerboy wrote: »
    Well done! How you do in maths☺

    Got a C1. Teacher wasn't happy with the class but I know it's because I didn't properly understand the questions... I'm gonna be more past paper focused after Christmas.

    :D

    Got an A1 in Irish, still dropping to ordinary though. Not worth the cramming.


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    #1546
    Beca19
    Registered Users Posts: 337 ✭✭Beca19


    Got a B1 in irish cos she changed the marking scheme so the part I did really well in she didn't even count :( would've gotten at least an A2 if she didn't change it


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    #1547
    DublinArnie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,823 ✭✭✭DublinArnie


    Beca19 wrote: »
    Got a B1 in irish cos she changed the marking scheme so the part I did really well in she didn't even count :( would've gotten at least an A2 if she didn't change it

    What part did ye do well in?


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    #1548
    Beca19
    Registered Users Posts: 337 ✭✭Beca19


    DublinArnie wrote: »
    What part did ye do well in?

    You see I did the poetry before the comp because I had it just learned off perfectly and then I ended up not being able to finish the comp (losing Marks for the longest questions), but most people did it the other way round and ran out of time for the poetry so she didn't count the second poetry question, I was so angry :(


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    #1549
    DublinArnie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,823 ✭✭✭DublinArnie


    Beca19 wrote: »
    You see I did the poetry before the comp because I had it just learned off perfectly and then I ended up not being able to finish the comp (losing Marks for the longest questions), but most people did it the other way round and ran out of time for the poetry so she didn't count the second poetry question, I was so angry :(

    Ah, hate it when that happens. Similar thing happened in geography for me.

    I learnt a poetry answer word for word, it's 1 1/2 A4 page long.


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    #1550
    Beca19
    Registered Users Posts: 337 ✭✭Beca19


    DublinArnie wrote: »
    Ah, hate it when that happens. Similar thing happened in geography for me.

    I learnt a poetry answer word for word, it's 1 1/2 A4 page long.

    It's so sickening! Ughh same, why I hate Irish.


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    #1551
    DublinArnie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,823 ✭✭✭DublinArnie


    Beca19 wrote: »
    It's so sickening! Ughh same, why I hate Irish.

    The ordinary paper looks so easy, makes me happy :D.


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    #1552
    Bazinga_N
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    Dropping to Ordinary Level Irish was the single best decision I have ever made. While my old HL class were learning off 4 page essays for the Christmas tests, we were watching Frozen, cause revision was really unnecessary :p


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    #1553
    Kitty6277
    Registered Users Posts: 6,204 ✭✭✭Kitty6277


    DublinArnie wrote: »
    The ordinary paper looks so easy, makes me happy :D.

    Ordinary Irish is so easy! :D


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    #1554
    Conaaaa
    Registered Users Posts: 72 ✭✭Conaaaa


    How do ye find chemistry??


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    #1555
    Conaaaa
    Registered Users Posts: 72 ✭✭Conaaaa


    And ag science specifically for getting a high mark? Is the course short


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    #1556
    DublinArnie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,823 ✭✭✭DublinArnie


    Conaaaa wrote: »
    How do ye find chemistry??

    Chapters such as Moles and Thermochemistry are very easy in my opinion.


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    #1557
    AlanS181824
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,575 ✭✭✭AlanS181824


    When is everyone back? I'm back the 5th.


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    #1558
    pvakelly
    Registered Users Posts: 136 ✭✭pvakelly


    Conaaaa wrote: »
    And ag science specifically for getting a high mark? Is the course short

    Well in my opinion its really easy - if you work at it!!!!! The course isn't that short, but there is very little understanding to do (say compared to chemistry) just learning stuff off. I can definitely say there is some overlap with biology, and there's supposed to be some with geography (but I don't do geo so... :) ) The project is worth 25% which is handy, but your teacher corrects it so you can't really study it on your own and sit the exam, if that's your intention.
    Don't go in expecting to sail through it with no work though. About half my class have that mentality and they're failing....

    I do both ag and chemistry. Ag is easier but chemistry more interesting!


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    #1559
    pvakelly
    Registered Users Posts: 136 ✭✭pvakelly


    AlanS181824 wrote: »
    When is everyone back? I'm back the 5th.

    Back the 6th :D


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    #1560
    DublinArnie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,823 ✭✭✭DublinArnie


    AlanS181824 wrote: »
    When is everyone back? I'm back the 5th.

    Sames.


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    #1561
    Conaaaa
    Registered Users Posts: 72 ✭✭Conaaaa


    Is ag science as easy as biology


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