Is anyone else..

dr.barbie · 13-04-2006 5:42pm #1

really excited that its almost over (just took a look at the ticker sigs!)?? I cant bloody wait, I know the stress is growing steadily etc etc but I dont care at this stage, I just want to sit them and forget about them..until August at least!

smemon · 13-04-2006 6:15pm

im not excited, im not fed up or panicing, im cool.

everyone hypes it up and starts opening threads about tips in whatever, who gives a toss? i havnt done anything over easter and won't until next sunday - tie up any bits and pieces. it's my policy.

holidays are HOLIDAYS, not study periods. don't let the teachers erode you. im entitled to a break just like they are. leaving cert isn't a 9-5 job, 5 days a week, but it should be.

Garret · 13-04-2006 6:25pm

smemon wrote:

im cool.

im so tempted to make a cutting remark... but I'll be a good boy. I'm sure everyone can think of one themselves

GrumPy · 13-04-2006 6:26pm

That Garret, In 6th year joes garret?

Garret · 13-04-2006 7:02pm

Irish GrumPy wrote:

That Garret, In 6th year joes garret?

yup

smemon · 13-04-2006 7:02pm

Garret wrote:

im so tempted to make a cutting remark... but I'll be a good boy. I'm sure everyone can think of one themselves

ah go on, i dare ya

i am cool, cool as a cuecumber :cool:

GrumPy · 13-04-2006 7:29pm

Garret wrote:

yup

Garret who is in mr.savages geography class? hehe, this is Philip, incase the avatar of the red guy with glasses didnt throw you off.

Garret · 13-04-2006 7:32pm

Irish GrumPy wrote:

Garret who is in mr.savages geography class? hehe, this is Philip, incase the avatar of the red guy with glasses didnt throw you off.

hey howya doin man?

got that field study done?;)

GrumPy · 13-04-2006 7:33pm

nope

Well, yeah i do, but still have to tidy it up and stuff, I'll do it before next week anyway.

smemon · 13-04-2006 7:41pm

come on now lads, take that awkward chit chat onto bebo. this is a leaving cert forum, not a social club. :cool:

GrumPy · 13-04-2006 7:45pm

smemon wrote:

come on now lads, take that awkward chit chat onto bebo. this is a leaving cert forum, not a social club. :cool:

Your an idiot.

Garret · 13-04-2006 7:47pm

Irish GrumPy wrote:

Your an idiot.

its true

Psychedelik · 13-04-2006 10:13pm

come on now lads, take that awkward chit chat onto bebo. this is a leaving cert forum, not a social club.

I have to agree with you there smemon. I can barely use this LC forum anymore because people just seem to post in the "Leaving Cert. Random Merged blah blah blah :mad:" thread to blab on about their social lives.

"This is a Leaving Cert. forum, not a social club" - Couldn't have said it better myself.

smemon · 13-04-2006 10:23pm

Irish GrumPy wrote:

Your an idiot.

straight through the heart. if you stick to the questions asked in the leaving cert, like you did to this thread, you'll ace it no bother

Garret · 13-04-2006 10:36pm

Psychedelik wrote:

I have to agree with you there smemon. I can barely use this LC forum anymore because people just seem to post in the "Leaving Cert. Random Merged blah blah blah :mad:" thread to blab on about their social lives.

"This is a Leaving Cert. forum, not a social club" - Couldn't have said it better myself.

Do you idolise Smemon or something???

casanova_kid · 13-04-2006 10:37pm

Smemon loves the chat, he's just a controversy starter.

smemon · 13-04-2006 11:23pm

Garret wrote:

Smemon

oh please! no need to give me a capital 'S'. i know you respect me and idolize me and everything but u can just call me smemon, seen as your a close friend.

Garret · 13-04-2006 11:27pm

smemon wrote:

seen as your a close friend.

seeing

Wouldn't want to do that in the English exam would you?;)

GrumPy · 14-04-2006 1:13pm

Funny man

smemon wrote:

oh please! no need to give me a capital 'S'. i know you respect me and idolize me and everything but u can just call me smemon, seen as your a close friend.

Your even more of an idiot, you act like a mod, and are all like "stop going of topic" etc... and then you come out with this BS?

d4gurl · 14-04-2006 3:13pm

why dont u jus ignore him? hes not even that annoying god sake!anyway bak to topic people!cant bloody wait! i jus want to get it over and done with! and by the way mr phychedlic ur friend smemon likes to post in our random merged weekend thread!

exiot · 14-04-2006 8:12pm

22nd of June.. both myself and a friend, different schools, finish the same time.. then the madness will start. Everyone will be finished!

JackKelly · 14-04-2006 9:26pm

smemon wrote:

come on now lads, take that awkward chit chat onto bebo. this is a leaving cert forum, not a social club. :cool:

Quite true, lets get back on track

fatal · 15-04-2006 5:36pm

Irish GrumPy wrote:

Your an idiot.

i 3rd and 4rth that....cant wait to have him serving me my big mac and fries next october when im in uni;)

NADA · 15-04-2006 6:21pm

Hey. I'm in their glass too. Gaz and Phil it's cummins. WHo else in our school is on this? anyway. Yeah I cant wait till its over! and phil smemon is so cool you could skate on him.

GrumPy · 15-04-2006 6:23pm

NADA wrote:

Hey. I'm in their glass too. Gaz and Phil it's cummins. WHo else in our school is on this? anyway. Yeah I cant wait till its over! and phil smemon is so cool you could skate on him.

skate? wtf cummy? if this thread was off-topic, it's really screwed the fcuk now:D

dr.barbie · 16-04-2006 11:58pm

My poor thread....began with the purest intentions yet reduced to this. upsetting...

GrumPy · 17-04-2006 10:03am

dr.barbie wrote:

My poor thread....began with the purest intentions yet reduced to this. upsetting...

poor barbie:D

Rockerette · 17-04-2006 10:11am

Irish GrumPy wrote:

Your an idiot.

*You'rE

that was bugging me.

Jees lads relax will ye,

yes smemon is a turnip of the highest order, but i unfortunately agree with a lot of his opinions of things..
people take these exams waay too serious..

i just hate his method of expression, but hey, he keeps it lively..

but yes Dr., im cant wait.

we have 23 school days left i think?

bring it on.

smemon · 17-04-2006 6:35pm

Rockerette wrote:

yes smemon is a turnip of the highest order, but i unfortunately agree with a lot of his opinions of things..
people take these exams waay too serious..

i just hate his method of expression, but hey, he keeps it lively..

thanks for defending me rockerette, (wuz away for a few days der on a break wit d gf

) anyways i'll take over from here

atm, i have no intentions of working in any fast food restaurant but never say never

it's more likely people will be catering to my needs rather than the other way around

leaving cert is taken too seriously by most people here, in fact the vast majority on here. look at all the panic threads - 'how long for each question', 'only 65.876 days left to the leaving'....'im doing 17 easter revision courses over easter, even in subjects im not doing'...

it's ridiculous. tbh, for the sheer amount of time yee put in u's probably deserve 600 points or whatever yis are looking for but life doesnt hinge on these exams. you can't study for love or hapiness, buy love or hapiness nor learn it off. yet those 2 things amongst others are what all of you's crave, so why waste time on study when it could be invested in the social side of things?

Naikon · 18-04-2006 2:15am

I also have to agree with smemon simply because his beliefs make sense.
I mean you can study for hours on end and still **** up a subject in your LC
simply because of pressure build up. Why this goddamm country wont modernise the secondary education system is beyond me! Continuous assesment would be much fairer because i find education in small doses very managable.
I wouldent give a **** if a doctor didnt obtain 600 points because if he/she knows what they are doing in their field i wouldent give it a second thought. Apart from maths it is unfairly biased towards the people who prepare essays, learn load of useless pointless **** like essays, and quotes . technology/computing industries ARE the way forward for this country and this out of date ****ty excuse for education should be revamped to accomodate the student. I will never as long as i live call the LC a balenced fair all round education because you will forget
most of the **** you learn over the two years and it wont provide you with a very deep understanding or appreciation of EDUCATION simply because it is designed for ''bookswallowers" who always consult the ''marking scheme'' for fear of losing marks. Education should be about self thought as well as theory and practical aspects and ultimatly not just about ataining 600 points in da Leavin
Third level is much better at providing a "proper" EDUCATION.............which is far deeper than the memory hogging points race.:cool:

Garret · 18-04-2006 10:02am

I'm not learning off essays or working my ass off for 600 points. I'm simply doin the minimum work required to get into my course comfortably. So in that way, I agree with him somewhat

BUT, as much as I can a man I've never met, I dislike Smemon and his whole attitude.

Rockerette · 18-04-2006 10:55am

i disagree with Naikon... cos i think the L Cert is fair (dont attack me, its my opinion...).. i am not preparing my essays, nor do i consult the marking scheme to get maximum marks..

i learn the stuff on the course.. simple as... and im hoping to get between 480/510 points...

as for smemon, well.. i disliked him for weeks on end.. and i still maintain if i knew him i would hit him...
but hey, theres people on here who annoy me more

smemon · 18-04-2006 12:38pm

i agree with everything you said Naikon

whilst my attitude isnt 'right' in that it wont get me 600points, it is right in that i can see flaws in the LC and imo it's designed so that everyone can pass it without any effort. (if you do SOME kind of work and stay awake during classes)

eg - geog pre 2006: Q what provence's are belfast, cork, dublin, galway in? (something like that, not kidding!) 5% of overall marks.

now although that is technically geography, it's an insult to most people. but did you hear anyone apart from me complaining? i doubt it as greed kicked in and people seen it as easy points which would boost their overall score.

they failed to see that that question was idiot proof and doesnt test us, sure we probably knew that in infant school. that's whats wrong with the system - too easy to pass, not challenging enough. it doesnt hurt the people enough that don't work. and that's the government setting bad examples.

Rockerette · 18-04-2006 12:45pm

i laughed when i saw that geog question.

sad part?
some people in my class got it wrong.

Naikon · 18-04-2006 4:27pm

LOL that is true because when my bro done his JC he freaked out over Geography and took ordinary. He told me there was a question which asked
the candidate to mark the location of dublin on the map.
Also considering the statistics they post up on the examinations website-97% or something along those lines pass english and it is slighty lower for Honours.
Also people who fail maths usually fail ''miserably'' where candidates sometimes just give up during the exam or dont attemp all questions ect.
In conclusion the LC does seem relitivly idiot proof to pass but if you want like 560 or more points it becomes a problem.

smemon · 18-04-2006 6:29pm

Naikon wrote:

In conclusion the LC does seem relitivly idiot proof to pass but if you want like 560 or more points it becomes a problem.

true. youve got 2hrs 30mins or so in most exams. the idiot who did nothing for 6years also has that time.

it's very little time to show how much better you are than them and doesnt do you justice imo.

i mean you could study for 3hrs a night for 6 years and this guy could do nothing and still pass. theres something very wrong with that imo.

NADA · 19-04-2006 6:48pm

smemon wrote:

true. youve got 2hrs 30mins or so in most exams. the idiot who did nothing for 6years also has that time.

it's very little time to show how much better you are than them and doesnt do you justice imo.

i mean you could study for 3hrs a night for 6 years and this guy could do nothing and still pass. theres something very wrong with that imo.

I agree. I got 72% in HL Irish in the pre and I was chuffed. There were fellas who got 82% which is two grades higher. That is 10 points more than I got. I did the bare minimum for Irish and the guys who came out with 82% were dreimire freaks and studying Irish about for 3 hours seven days a week and learning essays off and all that lark. Bit unfair that they only get 10 more points for it than me. Thus the LEaving Cert is not a fair exam.

walrusgumble · 19-04-2006 8:08pm

word of advice, do whatever ye do that works but dont get cocky with it u know what murphys law says something long the line of when you think everything is ok it means you ovelooked something. the leaving is way diferent to the mocks. as for the people who correct, ya an get p^&()s.

less of slang people and predicting they will do crap. ye dont want to be heading down to the school in august or in da pub asking how ye got on when ur annoyed that you were 5 points off what ye wanted and the person u predicted would do crap but did well cause she/he will (and sometimes rightly so) will gloat and let u know bout it

i remember one p789k thought that of me well i had some time giving it to him when i found he didnt get to vet school when i got what i needed, now i in last year of law whilst he doing a course he not mad bout.

just remember yes lc is fair, fair if ya did the work. its a ticket to uni/it/fas etc once there ya can stick that lc up the chiney means nothing. and 4 years in college is a long time

so good luck,stay cool and keep working

Faith · 19-04-2006 9:17pm

Rockerette wrote:

i am not preparing my essays, nor do i consult the marking scheme to get maximum marks..

Preparing essays is a good idea, for Irish in particular. Don't go and learn off 10 3 page essays by heart though because that's just a waste of time and effort.

As for consulting the marking schemes, that's just sensible. Very often, they're looking for specific wording, expecially in the science subjects, and you get a much greater feel for this once you've looked at the marking schemes.

I would ESPECIALLY recommend those of you taking HL Chemistry to look at the marking schemes as they're invaluable.

smemon · 20-04-2006 2:56pm

the marking schemes will get you an 'A'.

but imo they're flawed and are designed to make life easy for the examiner. a few headings in red, few lines explaining the headings and an example will get you full marks in most subjects.

but imo, that doesnt test your understanding of a subject, essay type essays are better at doing that as you can't bluff them as easy.

i'd say studying the marking scheme alone and a good general knowledge would get you 40%.

GrumPy · 20-04-2006 3:52pm

I cant wait till the bloody thing is over seriously!! dying for it. Gonna get my history/geog project thingy's done before saturday, then I have the weekend for my 18th

I only need 260 points for my course anyway, but I'm hoping to get 350+ if possible. Need to really get the head done next few weeks, but it's near impossible for me to work at home, to many distractions

Is anyone else..

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