LC Off Topic Thread (2015/16)

Bazinga_N · 16-08-2014 4:24pm

kb98 wrote: »

I might end up not doing applied maths im just considering it now, we only have to decide in September

If it's any use to you I don't really like Applied Maths

I only keep it on because I've gotten straight As so far. It's not very difficult but it's basically just another Maths subject. There's not as much Physics and stuff involved as I thought. You might like it more than I do though! :O

kb98 · 16-08-2014 4:25pm

Bazinga_N wrote: »

If it's any use to you I don't really like Applied Maths I only keep it on because I've gotten straight As so far. It's not very difficult but it's basically just another Maths subject. There's not as much Physics and stuff involved as I thought. You might like it more than I do though! :O

Is it harder/easier than normal maths?

kb98 · 16-08-2014 4:26pm

FifaPlaya wrote: »

I can change subjects in september if i dont like them or have second thoughts

Lucky

FifaPlaya · 16-08-2014 4:28pm

kb98 wrote: »

Lucky

Thats what i notice as the difference between public and private school is the flexibiliy

Bazinga_N · 16-08-2014 4:30pm

kb98 wrote: »

Is it harder/easier than normal maths?

I don't even really know tbh

It's hard to compare! It's a completely different subject but it's very very mathsy (I really should have known that since it is called Applied Maths). It's almost completely sum-based whereas I thought there'd be more theory or whatever! A lot of people just made it seem ridiculously easy to me before I did it :P

FifaPlaya wrote: »

Thats what i notice as the difference between public and private school is the flexibiliy

My school is public and it's probably one of the best schools in Cork. The teachers are great but so are the students. I think the dynamic between the teachers and students is the key to how successful it is. Not how much money you spend there.

FifaPlaya · 16-08-2014 4:35pm

Bazinga_N wrote: »

My school is public and it's probably one of the best schools in Cork. The teachers are great but so are the students. I think the dynamic between the teachers and students is the key to how successful it is. Not how much money you spend there.

Youre very lucky and its a different situation in the part of dublin im from (despire this school claiming to be one of the best in ireland) and this is just based on my own experiences. And your right the standard is not based on the fees

FifaPlaya · 16-08-2014 5:01pm

How is everyone on this spending their last days before starting the lc cycle?

Bazinga_N · 16-08-2014 5:02pm

FifaPlaya wrote: »

How is everyone on this spending their last days before starting the lc cycle?

Going out tonight

Just gonna relax and watch as much Netflix as possible between now and the 26th! :pac:

How about you?

FifaPlaya · 16-08-2014 5:08pm

Bazinga_N wrote: »

Going out tonight Just gonna relax and watch as much Netflix as possible between now and the 26th! :pac:

How about you?

Repainting and redecorating my room ,going football training and maybe watching matches and new movies on the internet and maybe go on netflix

FifaPlaya · 16-08-2014 5:31pm

The holidays feel long and boring

kb98 · 16-08-2014 5:41pm

FifaPlaya wrote: »

The holidays feel long and boring

So true

daviecronin · 16-08-2014 5:47pm

Do you know what we need 2 months summer and 4 day weeks now that would be nice

))))

Consonata · 16-08-2014 6:05pm

I'm actually looking forward to school. I dunno about anybody else :P. I've been doing stuff on Duolingo to get a head start in french and Ive covered a few questions in Applied maths. Anybody else do anything academic during the summer?

kb98 · 16-08-2014 6:11pm

Consonata wrote: »

I'm actually looking forward to school. I dunno about anybody else :P. I've been doing stuff on Duolingo to get a head start in french and Ive covered a few questions in Applied maths. Anybody else do anything academic during the summer?

I did a small bit of revision today

FifaPlaya · 16-08-2014 6:29pm

kb98 wrote: »

I did a small bit of revision today

I read some lc books

kb98 · 16-08-2014 6:34pm

FifaPlaya wrote: »

I read some lc books

We start after-school study like a day after we get back so i will wait til then to really start the hard work

FifaPlaya · 16-08-2014 6:41pm

kb98 wrote: »

We start after-school study like a day after we get back so i will wait til then to really start the hard work

Same. My school starts this on the 1st of september

kb98 · 16-08-2014 6:43pm

FifaPlaya wrote: »

Same. My school starts this on the 1st of september

Same

FifaPlaya · 16-08-2014 6:44pm

kb98 wrote: »

Same

Its on from 3.30-5.00 and from 3.30-8.00 for 6th years

kb98 · 16-08-2014 6:48pm

FifaPlaya wrote: »

Its on from 3.30-5.00 and from 3.30-8.00 for 6th years

Ours is 16.30 to 18.30

FifaPlaya · 16-08-2014 6:49pm

kb98 wrote: »

Ours is 16.30 to 18.30

Does ur school end at 4.30?

Consonata · 16-08-2014 6:50pm

Do you not think you will drain really fast if you but the nose to the grind stone from the verry beginning? Personally every night I'm just going to do the homework I was assigned that day plus set aside an hour or two for revision or reading up what we are doing next class.

Personally I think if you do anything more you will run out of steam by easter and crash and burn in your summer exams.

FifaPlaya · 16-08-2014 6:52pm

Consonata wrote: »

Do you not think you will drain really fast if you but the nose to the grind stone from the verry beginning? Personally every night I'm just going to do the homework I was assigned that day plus set aside an hour or two for revision or reading up what we are doing next class.

Personally I think if you do anything more you will run out of steam by easter and crash and burn in your summer exams.

Thats why ur suposed to have a balanced lifestyle making time and space extra stuff after studying

kb98 · 16-08-2014 6:57pm

FifaPlaya wrote: »

Does ur school end at 4.30?

4

kb98 · 16-08-2014 6:58pm

Consonata wrote: »

Do you not think you will drain really fast if you but the nose to the grind stone from the verry beginning? Personally every night I'm just going to do the homework I was assigned that day plus set aside an hour or two for revision or reading up what we are doing next class.

Personally I think if you do anything more you will run out of steam by easter and crash and burn in your summer exams.

I will just write notes from that days classes and do my homework, just make a solid base for 6th year

FifaPlaya · 16-08-2014 6:58pm

kb98 wrote: »

4

Ok

Consonata · 16-08-2014 7:00pm

I really reccomend Duolingo to people who want to get a head start on the languages. It has alot of languages. Even Irish is going to be there. Its going to be released in a few days. Im using it with french and its great for revision and starting new tenses that we havent done in class yet.

Also Khan Academy is great if you want to get a head start on Maths and Science. It has excercises you can do and videos to teach you how to do problems and the like

Sorry I completely dorked out there :L

kb98 · 16-08-2014 7:03pm

Consonata wrote: »

I really reccomend Duolingo to people who want to get a head start on the languages. It has alot of languages. Even Irish is going to be there. Its going to be released in a few days. Im using it with french and its great for revision and starting new tenses that we havent done in class yet.

Also Khan Academy is great if you want to get a head start on Maths and Science. It has excercises you can do and videos to teach you how to do problems and the like

Sorry I completely dorked out there :L

Im only doing OL French outside school, in pretty confident i could pass it right now so im just working my way up to an A/B. I really hate irish, not using it for points so just going to go for a pass tbh

What do you want to do in uni?

FifaPlaya · 16-08-2014 7:03pm

Consonata wrote: »

I really reccomend Duolingo to people who want to get a head start on the languages. It has alot of languages. Even Irish is going to be there. Its going to be released in a few days. Im using it with french and its great for revision and starting new tenses that we havent done in class yet.

Also Khan Academy is great if you want to get a head start on Maths and Science. It has excercises you can do and videos to teach you how to do problems and the like

Sorry I completely dorked out there :L

Alison.com has great maths videos

kb98 wrote: »

Im only doing OL French outside school, in pretty confident i could pass it right now so im just working my way up to an A/B. I really hate irish, not using it for points so just going to go for a pass tbh

What do you want to do in uni?

Thank God my new school gave me a chance to ditch Irish and I accepted

Consonata · 16-08-2014 7:06pm

kb98 wrote: »

Im only doing OL French outside school, in pretty confident i could pass it right now so im just working my way up to an A/B. I really hate irish, not using it for points so just going to go for a pass tbh

What do you want to do in uni?

Shooting for Medicine, I don't really want to do anything else, but I kinda need to sort out my studying method. Im going to try and take it slow and work my way up to it. I've done alot over the summer, went to one of those ELC courses you know for french. It was really good.

kb98 · 16-08-2014 7:07pm

FifaPlaya wrote: »

Thank God my new school gave me a chance to ditch Irish and I accepted

So lucky, its basically just going to waste my study time as i try to get a pass even though i won't count it for points, rather spend the time on a points subject i need a good grade in

kb98 · 16-08-2014 7:09pm

Consonata wrote: »

Shooting for Medicine, I don't really want to do anything else, but I kinda need to sort out my studying method. Im going to try and take it slow and work my way up to it. I've done alot over the summer, went to one of those ELC courses you know for french. It was really good.

Same

im going to try hard for 5th year and then just continue it on into 6th and just hope i can get the points

FifaPlaya · 16-08-2014 7:11pm

kb98 wrote: »

So lucky, its basically just going to waste my study time as i try to get a pass even though i won't count it for points, rather spend the time on a points subject i need a good grade in

If I stayed in my old school I would have been in a similar position but thank god that during my interview the teacher said i could drop irish as long as im not goin into primary teaching

kb98 · 16-08-2014 7:12pm

FifaPlaya wrote: »

If I stayed in my old school I would have been in a similar position but thank god that during my interview the teacher said i could drop irish as long as im not goin into primary teaching

Jealous

FifaPlaya · 16-08-2014 7:14pm

kb98 wrote: »

Jealous

Irish is just a load of bollocks. Finally succeded in leaving it and im goin to get a nui exemption aswell so that clears away the irish requirement

kb98 · 16-08-2014 7:17pm

FifaPlaya wrote: »

Irish is just a load of bollocks. Finally succeded in leaving it and im goin to get a nui exemption aswell so that clears away the irish requirement

I hate it

pvakelly · 16-08-2014 7:19pm

Everyone here is so negative about Irish,I love it!

kb98 · 16-08-2014 7:20pm

pvakelly wrote: »

Everyone here is so negative about Irish,I love it!

I hate all languages, except english, english is easy

FifaPlaya · 16-08-2014 7:21pm

kb98 wrote: »

I hate it

I tried to get an exemption for the jc cuz of my learning difficulties but i wasnt able but now im grateful. Dont know many ppl who like irish other than ppl who go to gaelscoils so i understand how the rest of yous feel

pvakelly · 16-08-2014 7:23pm

kb98 wrote: »

I hate all languages, except english, english is easy

Nah, languages are definitely my strong point, plus we had a fantastic teacher so that helped.

Consonata · 16-08-2014 7:23pm

I think if Irish was taught differently, people wouldnt be so negative about it. Like imagine we started Irish in Secondary school like french and only had to do a letter in the LC. Or all primary schools were done as gaeilge.

I guess who am I to talk, doing OL Irish and just ignoring it. But I have to do that because 60 points doesnt cut it if I get an A1 in it and I'd rather put my efforts in a points subject

I do love French though, and If I could learn Irish like I could learn french, I'd be delighted.

kb98 · 16-08-2014 7:26pm

Consonata wrote: »

I think if Irish was taught differently, people wouldnt be so negative about it. Like imagine we started Irish in Secondary school like french and only had to do a letter in the LC. Or all primary schools were done as gaeilge.

I guess who am I to talk, doing OL Irish and just ignoring it. But I have to do that because 60 points doesnt cut it if I get an A1 in it and I'd rather put my efforts in a points subject

I do love French though, and If I could learn Irish like I could learn french, I'd be delighted.

Im just focusing on studying my 6 point subjects and then irish and French will be studied enough to pass them. I just don't see the point trying really hard for them when they get you no points, just trying extra hard in the other 6 to try get the As i need

FifaPlaya · 16-08-2014 7:27pm

Consonata wrote: »

I think if Irish was taught differently, people wouldnt be so negative about it. Like imagine we started Irish in Secondary school like french and only had to do a letter in the LC. Or all primary schools were done as gaeilge.

I guess who am I to talk, doing OL Irish and just ignoring it. But I have to do that because 60 points doesnt cut it if I get an A1 in it and I'd rather put my efforts in a points subject

I do love French though, and If I could learn Irish like I could learn french, I'd be delighted.

Lets blame the education and gaeltacht mininsters cuz the current teaching system for irish is rubbish

kb98 · 16-08-2014 7:27pm

pvakelly wrote: »

Nah, languages are definitely my strong point, plus we had a fantastic teacher so that helped.

I got like As in like all the jc subjects besides irish and French, got an A in English tho, so languages are a weak point for me

FifaPlaya · 16-08-2014 7:28pm

Consonata wrote: »

I think if Irish was taught differently, people wouldnt be so negative about it. Like imagine we started Irish in Secondary school like french and only had to do a letter in the LC. Or all primary schools were done as gaeilge.

I guess who am I to talk, doing OL Irish and just ignoring it. But I have to do that because 60 points doesnt cut it if I get an A1 in it and I'd rather put my efforts in a points subject

I do love French though, and If I could learn Irish like I could learn french, I'd be delighted.

Too bad the gaeltacht minister doesnt know irish

pvakelly wrote: »

Everyone here is so negative about Irish,I love it!

We've got more supporters

pvakelly wrote: »

Nah, languages are definitely my strong point, plus we had a fantastic teacher so that helped.

i have both strong and weak points with languages cuz of learning problem but im alright at german

Consonata · 16-08-2014 8:34pm

What all does everybody want to do for college?

pvakelly · 16-08-2014 8:40pm

Consonata wrote: »

What all does everybody want to do for college?

Right now, something medical, but not a doctor! Probably something along the lines of genetics, immunology, virology, pharmacy, that sort of thing.

Consonata · 16-08-2014 8:41pm

I feel like Pharm is sometimes underrated by people. Its such a good course and plenty of job oppertunities

kb98 · 16-08-2014 8:41pm

pvakelly wrote: »

Right now, something medical, but not a doctor! Probably something along the lines of genetics, immunology, virology, pharmacy, that sort of thing.

That's my back up if I don't get Medicine

pvakelly · 16-08-2014 8:48pm

Consonata wrote: »

I feel like Pharm is sometimes underrated by people. Its such a good course and plenty of job oppertunities

When I say pharmacy, I don't really mean the pharmacy course. I've talked to a couple of pharmacists who've said that the pharmacy degrees are more geared towards those who want to do community pharmacy, as opposed to industrial, which is what I'd like. If I do end up in a pharma company I'll prob get to it with a chemistry degree or something. But yeah it all just seems really interesting!

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