Aleatorio's study log

aleatorio · 04-09-2013 10:24pm #1

So... the time has come.. I've spent 5 years dreading 6th year, and it's finally upon me.. oh goody.. :pac:

Making this log to keep track of the study I'll be doing, but as it stands, my current plan is to not over-do myself this early in the year, so I dont plan on spending hours a night on study, just my homework and maybe 1 or 2 bits of revision

So my goals for next June are:

English - B1
Irish - B3
Maths - B1
Spanish - A2
Business - A2
Physics - A2
Biology - A1
(565)

And these are the grades I got in the summer exams:

English - A2
Irish - B2
Maths - A1
Spanish - A1
Business - A1
Physics - A1
Biology - A1
(615)

And the course Im aiming for is DN200 - General Science in UCD which is currently at 505 points

Im starting after school study every week on Tuesdays and Thursdays, so hopefully that will get me kicked into gear for my pre-mocks in November

'Shoot for the stars, and even if you miss you'll land among the stars'

aleatorio · 10-09-2013 7:35pm

Forgot Id made this

Off to a great start so I am... :pac:

As of this week Im doing an extra 1 hour class in Spanish on Monday and Irish on Wednesday, plus 2 hours of in-house study on Tuesday and Thursday, so hopefully that'll all get me working nice and hard

Today:

English |Began revision of W.B Yeats and made general notes on contrast and thematic aspects
Physics |Briefly revised Light and Waves and did questions for 2012
Irish |4 essays on Dís (Theme, relationships, characters and humour) and notes on An Gnathrud (Main characters and relationships)
Maths |Integration and Differentiation revision questions

aleatorio · 10-09-2013 7:53pm

This is my study timetable for the time being - Im not one for making timetables with times and whatnot - I just end up not sticking to them :L
I have english down twice because it was my worst point-counting subject in the summer exams, and business is in twice simply because of the sheer volume of information :P

Monday |Tuesday |Wednesday |Thursday |Friday/Weekend
Irish| Physics English |Maths Biology|Business Spanish|English Business

aleatorio · 12-09-2013 6:39pm

Just home from study now, and I did:

Maths |Complex Numbers
Physics |Waves & Light exam questions and semiconductor revision
Irish |Hurlamaboc summary
Business |Notes on People in Business, Business Start up and Management

Now I plan on:

Biology |DNA Structure exam questions
Spanish |Revise verb conjugations
Business |Notes on Consumer Conflict

aleatorio · 18-09-2013 4:15pm

Forgot to post what I did yesterday, so here's a quick update

aleatorio · 18-09-2013 4:20pm

Have this list made out for what I want to get done between today and tomorrow, as Im going to Higher Options tomorrow so wont be getting any homework

aleatorio · 23-09-2013 8:18pm

So today:

Spanish - Did work on the novel, and learned Roleplays 1 & 2
Irish - Started notes on Oisin in Tir na nOg, practised reading the poems
English - Made notes on Cultural Context for HMMTB on political background, family, religion, social class and setting
Maths - Homework on Complex numbers and revised differentiation
Physics - Did an exam question on light and waves

aleatorio · 24-09-2013 6:24pm

Just back from study, feelin all productive

English - Finished notes on HMMTB cultural context, Revised essay on Sympathy & Macbeth
Spanish - Made vocab flashcards for all 5 roleplays, practiced 1&2
Irish - Revised Caibidil 1 of A Thig na tit orm

And now I plan on:
Physics - Finish flashcards on all completed experiments
Biology - Write up DNA isolation exp.

will report back soon :')

aleatorio · 25-09-2013 5:02pm

Having a bit of a slump day.. Very unmotivated and distracted so Ive decided to call it a day:

After school (Half day) I had an hour of extra Irish class - Revised An tEarrach Thiar and did some oral work

Biology - Wrote up DNA isolation exp.
Physics - Wrote up Verification of Joules law exp.
Maths - Complex numbers revision

I have an English essay plan and Irish essay plan to do between today and tomorrow too..

aleatorio · 02-10-2013 4:13pm

Havent been here in a while

Heres what Im hoping to get done today:

Maths homework (Complex numbers)
English essay plan & intro
Business Break-even chart
Physics - Write up the 2 experiments we did in class and make notes

Maths - Revise probability
Biology - Begin notes on Ecology

aleatorio · 03-10-2013 4:20pm

Have my school awards night tonight at 7, so I wont be getting much done today :L I will however be picking up a student of the year award

:rolleyes:

Spanish - Translate passage
Business - 7 short questions
English - Begin GV&V essay

aleatorio · 08-10-2013 6:25pm

The only homework I got today was an English essay, so I got a tonne of study done considering Im feeling a bit unwell

English - Made notes on GV&V, T&I and revised CC. Revised Bishop and made flashcards.

Physics - Made notes and flashcards on Waves, Refraction, Reflection and the Wave nature of light.

aleatorio · 15-10-2013 7:09pm

Physics - Made notes on Linear Motion & Force and Momentum and did exam questions
Irish - Reading comprehension
Maths - Statistics revision
Business - Business Expansion

aleatorio · 16-10-2013 9:08pm

Biology - Photosynthesis and Respiration revision and exam questions, Began making notes on the Nervous System (Not covering human biology in class..-_-)
Maths - Quick revision of Probability
Business - Full exam question on Marketing and Business Expansion
Irish - Leamhthuiscint
Physics - Wrote up all 3 heat experiments

Peregrine · 16-10-2013 9:11pm

aleatorio wrote: »

(Not covering human biology in class..-_-)

What do you mean not covering human biology? :eek:

aleatorio · 16-10-2013 9:17pm

Nimrod 7 wrote: »

What do you mean not covering human biology? :eek:

Yeah...my teacher is..how do I put this gently...frustrating...

Shes not covering any of the 11(!!) chapters, because she feels it 'isnt necessary' to have them covered unless youre aiming for an A (um, some of us are Ms...), so instead shes going to do revision once we've everything else finished, and let people looking for an A work on it themselves in class -_-
Whats even more frustrating is that shes giving us a full paper, with Human Biology and all, for our premocks, so we 'know what its like to not have a choice in the paper'

Annoys me greatly considering I dont have much spare time to cover all this, and I plan on doing Biology in college so...

Peregrine · 16-10-2013 9:20pm

I'd be complaining to the principal if I were you..

11 chapters out of what? Like 40 wasn't it?

I haven't got my book right now but it's something like 25% of the book :eek:

aleatorio · 16-10-2013 9:23pm

Nimrod 7 wrote: »

I'd be complaining to the principal if I were you..

11 chapters out of what? Like 40 wasn't it?

I haven't got my book right now but it's something like 25% of the book :eek:

She does it every year, people have complained before

Yeah, 45 or something :L
I think shes going to do a quick run through the 'important bits' but like ffs.. :L

She's prioritizing the weaker students (a majority of whom are just the messers who wont make an effort) and trying to revise to get them up to passes, rather than letting them suffer the consequences themselves for not working, and in turn sacrificing everyone elses grades :mad:

aleatorio · 17-10-2013 10:06pm

Had a really productive day today

Business - Made notes on Management skills (Leadership & Motivation)
Physics - Did all heat experiment questions (Latent heat/heat of vaporization/fusion)
Spanish - Learned role play 3 for mock oral next week
Biology - Did all exam questions on Genetic engineering and finished the Nervous System
Maths - Statistics homework

aleatorio · 18-10-2013 6:48pm

Spanish - Translations and Role Play 3
Business - Exam question on Business Expansion
Physics - Studied all 5 electricity experiments
Irish - Learned vocab
Maths - Statistics questions

aleatorio · 23-10-2013 7:05pm

Yesterday:

English - Made notes on Sive for all 3 modes of the comparative
Biology - Exam questions on the Nervous System
Maths - Statistics
Business - Questions on Business Expansion

Today:

Biology - Finished Nervous System exam questions, Covered Blood and did all exam questions
Business - Exam questions on Industry
Physics - Did 3 Electricity exam questions
Irish - Had hour extra class on An Gnathrud and the oral

Had my Spanish oral yesterday and got 100% for my roleplay and 95% for my conversation

Have an Irish aural tomorrow and an Irish oral after the midterm

aleatorio · 24-10-2013 6:28pm

Physics - Did all the Electricity experiment questions (2013 - 2002)
Business - Began notes on Business expansion

aleatorio · 27-10-2013 1:31pm

Ok midterm work list-making time.. #dyingnoise :L

English - 3 comparative essays (Sive & HMMTB), Revise Macbeth
Irish - 2013 papers 1 and 2
Maths - Do 3 exam questions
Spanish - 2013 paper
Business - Revise unit 2
Biology - Cover the endocrine system & human breathing, Revise Cells & Enzymes
Physics - Revise Mechanics and Electricity

Today I plan to do:
the Spanish paper, The cultural context comparative essay, and finish the Endocrine system and do the OL and HL exam questions.

aleatorio · 29-10-2013 5:38pm

English - 3 comparative essays (Sive & HMMTB)
Irish - 2013 paper 1, paper 2
Spanish - 2013 paper
Business - Revise unit 3
Biology - The endocrine system, Heart & Blood vessels, Cells, Enzymes, Osmosis
Physics - Do a tonne of exam questions on Mechanics

So far today Ive done:

Physics: 6 full exam questions
Spanish: 2013 essay
Irish: 2013 paper 2
Biology: Blood vessels, Cell structure, Osmosis

aleatorio · 30-10-2013 11:58am

English - 3 comparative essays (Sive & HMMTB)
Irish - 2013 paper 1, paper 2
Spanish - 2013 paper
Business - Revise unit 3
Biology - The endocrine system, Heart & Blood vessels, Cells, Enzymes, Osmosis
Physics - Do a tonne of exam questions on Mechanics

Today I have to work from 12-5, but I got up nice and early to get some work done before I go

Todays little list:

Biology: Finish the Heart notes, Do exam questions on the heart&blood vessels
English: Do General Vision & Viewpoint essay

Ive been procrastinating these 3 english essays so much

aleatorio · 30-10-2013 7:50pm

I hate the comparative.

Im currently about half way though my GV&V essay, and then after that I want to do all the Blood & Heart exam questions..
And then if its before 9, Ill make some GV&V notes..

Tis been a long day..

aleatorio · 30-10-2013 9:05pm

English - Essays: GV&V, CC, T&I
Irish - 2013 paper 1, paper 2
Spanish - 2013 paper
Business - Revise unit 3
Biology - The endocrine system, Heart & Blood vessels, Cells, Enzymes, Osmosis
Physics - Do a tonne of exam questions on Mechanics

Productive day

Planning on getting up early tomorrow before work and doing:

Biology: Finish HL Q's on Heart
Business: Make notes for a chapter from Unit 3

Peregrine · 30-10-2013 9:14pm

How do you do it..

I finally sat down to get some work done today, gave up and watched a movie..

And that's homework..but here you are revising :eek:

aleatorio · 30-10-2013 9:16pm

Nimrod 7 wrote: »

How do you do it..

I finally sat down to get some work done today, gave up and watched a movie..

And that's homework..but here you are revising :eek:

Well not exactly, a lot of this is homework :P
All my english, spanish and irish work is homework

The only thing motivating me is that a few of my friend's schools are doing midterm study, and they're in there 9-4 every day studying, hence making me feel **** and under productive xD

Peregrine · 30-10-2013 9:37pm

You got a lot of homework then..

Did you only do 2 items for comparative so far?

aleatorio · 30-10-2013 10:00pm

Nimrod 7 wrote: »

You got a lot of homework then..

Did you only do 2 items for comparative so far?

Ah sure only 3 subjects :P

Yeah, Sive and HMMTB :P

aleatorio · 31-10-2013 11:48am

English - Essays: GV&V, CC, T&I
Irish - 2013 paper 1, paper 2
Spanish - 2013 paper
Business - Make notes for Business expansion, Management activities
Biology - The endocrine system, Heart & Blood vessels, Cells, Enzymes, Osmosis
Physics - Do a tonne of exam questions on Mechanics

So I got up at 9 this morning to get some study done

So far Ive done the HL Q's on the Heart & Blood vessels, and made flashcards for Business Expansion.

Now I want to start my essay for 2013 Irish paper 1, and hopefully finish that later when I get home from work before I go out for the night

aleatorio · 03-11-2013 9:50pm

So, at the end of the midterm, lets see if I got everything done :pac:

English - Essays: GV&V, CC, T&I
Irish - 2013 paper 1, paper 2
Spanish - 2013 paper
Business - Make notes for Business expansion, Management activities
Biology - The endocrine system, Heart & Blood vessels, Cells, Enzymes, Osmosis
Physics - Do a tonne of exam questions on Mechanics

So in the end I never did the essay for Irish P2, nor the Management activities notes for Business.. but they shall be done tomorrow hopefully

aleatorio · 04-11-2013 5:34pm

OK so the countdown to my pre-mocks begins today

4 days till my first exam

I have Spanish on Friday,
Maths and Physics on Monday,
English and Biology on Tuesday,
Irish and Business on Wednesday

I get off at 1:05 every day except Tuesday, when instead I have a study from 9-11 (Right before English

)
I actually love my timetable

We only get 1hr55 for each exam

I still have full papers for Spanish and Biology..

For Physics we have 2 exp Qs and 3 theory Qs.
For English we have a poetry and Macbeth Q, plus we're getting some marks from a comparative essay we handed in today.
For Business we're getting 5 Qs (answer 4) from everything Units 1-5.
For Irish we're getting an essay, a pros Q and a filiocht Q.
And Maths is a mystery xD

Today I didnt get any homework except some maths, so I want to get all this done, hopefully

:

*Priority* Irish: Try and get as much prós notes done as I can, hopefully that will be my Oisin notes and Hurlamaboc or Dis, and then Ill just have Caca Milis and one other left to do, and then Ill have notes made on all the literature/poetry

Biology: Cover another chapter of Human Biology (Muscles & Skeleton)
Spanish: Do an opinion essay (2012)

aleatorio · 04-11-2013 8:43pm

So I ended up only making notes on Oisin i dTir na nOg, which ended up taking 5 pages :eek:
And I read through the Skeleton and Muscles chapter for Biology

aleatorio · 05-11-2013 7:29pm

Feeling a bit unwell and down today, so Im not making any goals for myself as I know Ill just end up disappointed

So far since Ive gotten home Ive:

Irish: Wrote notes on Paul from Caca Milis
Physics: Did Q6 (Mechanics) from 2008 to 2004, currently typing up Q5 answers

aleatorio · 06-11-2013 2:54pm

Spanish: Write out favourite essay phrases and idiomatic phrases and learn.
Maths: Do 3 exam questions
Biology: Revise exam questions for Ecology and Genetics (for pre-mock)

aleatorio · 07-11-2013 9:51pm

Premocks begin tomorrow - I have Spanish, feeling confident

All I did today study wise was revise essay phrases and the subjunctive, cramming just gets me worked up :L

aleatorio · 08-11-2013 6:26pm

Spanish went..ok :L
Probably a B1 :pac:

Heres what Im predicting/hoping for for the rest:

English - B2
Irish - B2
Maths - B2
Physics - A1
Biology - A1
Business - B2

Yeah.. not being toooo optimistic :L

aleatorio · 11-11-2013 3:12pm

Physics went well, hoping for an A2/1

Maths was..odd.. :L The section A questions were lovely, but my twat of a teacher gave us that dodgy trig question that caused a big mess on last years paper.. I hope he realizes that its yknow..unsolvable :L

English and Biology tomorrow.. hmmm English is my least favorite subject

aleatorio · 13-11-2013 3:03pm

So.. the pre-mocks are over.. and to be honest I feel a bit disappointed in myself

These are my predictions:

Subject | Pessimistic | Optimistic
English | B3 | B1
Irish | B3 | B2
Maths | B2 | A2
Business | B3 | B1
Spanish | B1 | A2
Physics | A2 | A1
Biology | B1 | A2

This gives me either 515 or 565 points, so an average of 535, which I guess Id be happy with, but if I get 515 or lower Im in the danger zone of not getting my course, so

Fingers crossed

aleatorio · 18-11-2013 7:36pm

Subject | Pessimistic | Optimistic | Result | Points
English | B3 | B1 | |
Irish | B3 | B2 | |
Maths | B2 | A2 | 86% A2 | 115
Business | B3 | B1 |86% A2 | 90
Spanish | B1 | A2 | 92% A1 | 100
Physics | A2 | A1 | |
Biology | B1 | A2 | 92% A1 | 100
Points | | | | 405

Got 3 results back today, all As so far, surprisingly xD
Fingers crossed the rest go as well :')

Edit: Just got business back, another A2, so happy

aleatorio · 20-11-2013 2:57pm

Subject | Pessimistic | Optimistic | Result | Points
English | B3 | B1 | |
Irish | B3 | B2 | |
Maths | B2 | A2 | 86% A2 | 115
Business | B3 | B1 |86% A2 | 90
Spanish | B1 | A2 | 92% A1 | 100
Physics | A2 | A1 | 96% A1 | 100
Biology | B1 | A2 | 92% A1 | 100
Points | | | | 505

So so far Ive gotten everything except English and Irish back, and I'm fairly happy so far

Especially with Physics and Business

Hoping for at least a B3 in both English and Irish, bringing me up to at least 580 points

CBX · 20-11-2013 3:25pm

Fair play! All the study is paying off. Proof that hard work gets results.

aleatorio · 21-11-2013 7:16pm

Subject | Pessimistic | Optimistic | Result | Points
English | B3 | B1 |100% A1 | 100
Irish | B3 | B2 | |
Maths | B2 | A2 | 86% A2 | 115
Business | B3 | B1 |86% A2 | 90
Spanish | B1 | A2 | 92% A1 | 100
Physics | A2 | A1 | 96% A1 | 100
Biology | B1 | A2 | 92% A1 | 100
Points | | | | 605

Soo... I got english back today... and I got 100% :O :O Totally unexpected considering I thought it went pretty badly at the time

Im taking that with a pinch of salf though considering the subjectiveness of the subject, but I'll take the A1

So that brings my total points for the Pre-Mocks up to 605 (unless by some miracle I got an A1 in Irish (:P :P :P))

Ridiculously happy

aleatorio · 22-11-2013 5:03pm

Subject | Pessimistic | Optimistic | Result | Points
English | B3 | B1 |100% A1 | 100
Irish | B3 | B2 | 83% B1 | 85
Maths | B2 | A2 | 86% A2 | 115
Business | B3 | B1 |86% A2 | 90
Spanish | B1 | A2 | 92% A1 | 100
Physics | A2 | A1 | 96% A1 | 100
Biology | B1 | A2 | 92% A1 | 100
Points | | | | 605

I got a B1 in Irish :O :O :O In total shock considering I thought the exam went dreadful :L

aleatorio · 25-11-2013 9:31pm

So, it ends up, I actually got 89% in Irish :O :O My teacher forgot to include the marks for our cluastuiscint -_-
My first ever A in irish

aleatorio · 27-11-2013 3:39pm

So, Ive been kind of taking it easy the last week or so, just doing my homework and the odd bit of study - Planning on getting back into it today

Goals for today:

Maths homework (30 mins)
Business homework (15 mins)
Physics homework (15 mins)
Irish homework (30 mins)

Business: Study for test on Business Organisation [Make flashcards + answer plans] (40 mins)
Biology: Make notes on the Lymphatic System, and revision cards for Food and Sci. Method (1 hour)

aleatorio · 16-12-2013 6:27pm

So.. long time no see.. Ive been suffering from a bad case of 'Idontgiveafúck-itis' and well.. yeah I havent studied much :P

Hope to get some done today though

Business - All short Q's - 2013, 2012, 2011
English - Make notes on Larkin poems - An Arundle Tomb, At Grass and Ambulances
Irish - 'Is aoibhinn beatha an deagoir'

aleatorio · 08-01-2014 9:21pm

Got about 5 hours study done today, starting to kick things into gear for my mocks

English - Made a chart on the GV&V of HMMTB
Maths - Did Educate.ie Sample 2 Paper 1, and 2 questions from Paper 2
Business - Did question on Social Responsibility

aleatorio · 25-01-2014 7:25pm

Had a great productive day today and yesterday

Yesterday:
Revised various topics in maths by watching online videos
Did exam questions on Induction
Revised all Q5s on Modern and Particle Physics
Finished off all past exam questions on Modern and Particle Physics

Today:
Wrote a paragraph on Adv & Disadv of Mixed schools (Spanish oral)
Did a few Q6's and made sure I had all questions answered in Sample exams 1 -3 for maths
Wrote an Irish essay (Bochtanas) and printed sample essays

Now Im going to cover Excretion and write notes

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