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Leaving Cert. '11/'12 Off-Topic

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  • #8012
    Coeurdepirate
    Registered Users Posts: 2,576 ✭✭✭Coeurdepirate


    AlmightyDublin wrote: »
    Haha right :pac: You should take Religion, that can't be too hard to pass :P
    I mean look, theres 3 questions! :rolleyes:
    http://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2005/LC223ALPO00EV.pdf

    Well I'm an atheist, so I don't think I would enjoy it :confused:


  • #8013
    shefellover93
    Registered Users Posts: 1,102 ✭✭✭shefellover93


    tbn.png

    That's what I want as a tattoo :) Left shoulder


  • #8014
    Coeurdepirate
    Registered Users Posts: 2,576 ✭✭✭Coeurdepirate


    Nice :)
    I'd like to get something like this below my collarbone:

    Always-tattoo-72070.jpeg

    to symbolise my unhealthy love for Snape! Think it might look a bit silly by itself though. Still, such a significant moment in the series, I thought!



    Edit: what on earth is that monstrosity that replaced my pic.


  • #8015
    finality
    Registered Users Posts: 1,763 ✭✭✭finality


    Coeurdepirate wrote: »
    Well I'm an atheist, so I don't think I would enjoy it :confused:

    I think a lot of it is more philosophy, I doubt it teaches you what to believe. I think it's also supposed to be quite difficult though.


  • #8016
    Namlub
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,298 ✭✭✭Namlub


    Coeurdepirate wrote: »

    Edit: what on earth is that monstrosity that replaced my pic.

    Ahaha, I was like o_O

    I might actually have done religion if I had known there was philosophy and stuff, looks pretty interesting. Too late now though :rolleyes:


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  • #8017
    JonnyMcNamee
    Registered Users Posts: 405 ✭✭JonnyMcNamee


    Seeing as the topic of tattoos was brought up I thought I'd just say that I'm getting one for my 18th birthday!
    Am most likely going to get a bass clef on my right wrist and a treble clef on my left. Music is central to everything I do so there's the reasoning
    This would be the dream tattoo though :p
    http://www.google.ie/imgres?q=where+words+fail+music+speaks+tattoo&hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-USofficial&biw=1024&bih=629&tbm=isch&tbnid=8LOtt5cbKmXheM:&imgrefurl=http://weheartit.com/Taiesha_Combo&docid=AomojmO-Wk2S9M&imgurl=http://data.whicdn.com/images/19390119/269819_163633363706370_148051341931239_392762_2535419_n_thumb.jpg&w=240&h=200&ei=7NhKT7rFEcOXhQfikKidDg&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=556&sig=102624976440294733052&page=4&tbnh=137&tbnw=169&start=57&ndsp=20&ved=1t:429,r:13,s:57&tx=50&ty=86
    It's far to big for a first tatt though and it would be pricey. Might be an idea for a second one :p
    Anyone else seen any other cool music tattoos? One using the notes on a musical staff to spell out something would be really cool I think too! :D


  • #8018
    PictureFrame
    Registered Users Posts: 3,989 ✭✭✭PictureFrame


    Fingers Crossed for some feckin' results today guys, I'll let ye know how I get on if I get any later! :/ Wish me luck!


  • #8019
    Luno
    Registered Users Posts: 6,840 ✭✭✭Luno


    Goodluck :)

    I don't want to go to school, first day of class in three weeks :(


  • #8020
    Chuchoter
    Registered Users Posts: 4,306 ✭✭✭Chuchoter


    I hate tattoos to be honest, the idea of being branded for life is scary :S Never seen one I'd like enough to want on me forever.

    Did my french mock today, was a bit of a weird one? All the answers were quite short/quoting.


  • #8021
    Siobhnk
    Registered Users Posts: 2,340 ✭✭✭Siobhnk


    Oh Couer, that tattoo is really fetching! ;)

    B2 in English, pretty happy as I was aiming for a C1... But the examiner said I used inappropriate language in my Hamet essay >:( Well that's the last time I'll try to be creative! :P

    So all my results are back and I get the grand total of 435, which I'm pretty happy with :) however.. poor me wouldn't get to college with it as I fell on the final hurdle with maths :/ haha better get studying! :P


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  • #8022
    PictureFrame
    Registered Users Posts: 3,989 ✭✭✭PictureFrame


    Siobhnk wrote: »
    Oh Couer, that tattoo is really fetching! ;)

    B2 in English, pretty happy as I was aiming for a C1... But the examiner said I used inappropriate language in my Hamet essay >:( Well that's the last time I'll try to be creative! :P

    So all my results are back and I get the grand total of 435, which I'm pretty happy with :) however.. poor me wouldn't get to college with it as I fell on the final hurdle with maths :/ haha better get studying! :P
    Well done.. :D

    FML no Mocks back yet at all.. FFS :/ It's kinda ridiculous!


  • #8023
    Siobhnk
    Registered Users Posts: 2,340 ✭✭✭Siobhnk


    PictureFrame wrote: »
    Well done.. :D

    FML no Mocks back yet at all.. FFS :/ It's kinda ridiculous!

    You're not serious??

    Oh my 500th post! Dedicated to the screwed LCers on this thread! :P


  • #8024
    PictureFrame
    Registered Users Posts: 3,989 ✭✭✭PictureFrame


    Siobhnk wrote: »
    You're not serious??

    Oh my 500th post! Dedicated to the screwed LCers on this thread! :P
    None at all! Had Music, Maths, Business, Irish, English and Geography today and haven't got any back.. No sign of the others either! It's kinda dragging on too much now to be honest. We're gone to the stage of not studying much as we really want to know what we need to work on and we can't do that without any results back yet! Expected English Paper I to be back today really, we did it 26 days ago like :/


  • #8025
    Togepi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,813 ✭✭✭Togepi


    Chuchoter wrote: »
    I hate tattoos to be honest, the idea of being branded for life is scary :S Never seen one I'd like enough to want on me forever.

    Did my french mock today, was a bit of a weird one? All the answers were quite short/quoting.

    I love the idea of tatoos (as long as they're meaningful and not too large) but I agree, I'll probably never get one just 'cause I'll be scared I won't like it when I'm an old lady! So many people get ones that mean nothing or they decide on them really quickly! :eek: It'd take me years to think of one I really want. :o

    Was that the one with one comprehension on Masterchef and one on dogs or the other one?
    Siobhnk wrote: »
    So all my results are back and I get the grand total of 435, which I'm pretty happy with :) however.. poor me wouldn't get to college with it as I fell on the final hurdle with maths :/ haha better get studying! :P

    Well done that's class! :)


  • #8026
    Eathrin
    Registered Users Posts: 8,076 ✭✭✭Eathrin


    English back today, most ridiculous marking you'll ever see. Nearly everybody got between around 65-80%. I got 80%, while being 3rd best wasn't far above the rest, top mark was 86% and I think a few people got C3s. Really ridiculous!:confused:


  • #8027
    Togepi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,813 ✭✭✭Togepi


    Eathrin wrote: »
    English back today, most ridiculous marking you'll ever see. Nearly everybody got between around 65-80%. I got 80%, while being 3rd best wasn't far above the rest, top mark was 86% and I think a few people got C3s. Really ridiculous!:confused:

    My English mock was rechecked last year. They gave me around 15% more than I should've gotten, ie. a whole grade. One or two of my other subjects had definitely been marked too easily too. I wouldn't take mock corrections too seriously, they can be way off. :cool:


  • #8028
    Flabangav
    Registered Users Posts: 603 ✭✭✭Flabangav


    Eathrin wrote: »
    English back today, most ridiculous marking you'll ever see. Nearly everybody got between around 65-80%. I got 80%, while being 3rd best wasn't far above the rest, top mark was 86% and I think a few people got C3s. Really ridiculous!:confused:

    We got ours back today too, apparently they gave us all around a grade above what we should have got :confused:

    I got 80% :D expected a D :p


  • #8029
    Eathrin
    Registered Users Posts: 8,076 ✭✭✭Eathrin


    Togepi wrote: »
    My English mock was rechecked last year. They gave me around 15% more than I should've gotten, ie. a whole grade. One or two of my other subjects had definitely been marked too easily too. I wouldn't take mock corrections too seriously, they can be way off. :cool:

    It seemed really lazily done too. Like everything was 19 19 19 or 13 13 13, not much distinction in the marking. What annoys me is I really don't know what I've done wrong or how I can improve it, I don't think I'm cut out for A1 English but I'd like to know why I've marks taken off me for a perfectly good answer.

    I suppose English is the one you'd want recorrected, opinions can vary, but 15% is massive! It's a pity you still couldn't get your course:( What are you looking to do anyway?


  • #8030
    leavingcert.
    Registered Users Posts: 244 ✭✭leavingcert.


    Flabangav wrote: »
    We got ours back today too, apparently they gave us all around a grade above what we should have got :confused:

    I got 80% :D expected a D :p

    what companies were yer mocks from and how long did they take to come back? :/


  • #8031
    Fergus_
    Registered Users Posts: 2,888 ✭✭✭Fergus_


    Had English Paper 1 today

    Had to end my story suddenly since I had 5 minutes left >.>

    I think I did ok anyway


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  • #8032
    ConTheCat
    Registered Users Posts: 842 ✭✭✭ConTheCat


    Got 44% in pass maths, and the teacher retired today :/


  • #8033
    Togepi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,813 ✭✭✭Togepi


    Eathrin wrote: »
    It seemed really lazily done too. Like everything was 19 19 19 or 13 13 13, not much distinction in the marking. What annoys me is I really don't know what I've done wrong or how I can improve it, I don't think I'm cut out for A1 English but I'd like to know why I've marks taken off me for a perfectly good answer.

    I suppose English is the one you'd want recorrected, opinions can vary, but 15% is massive! It's a pity you still couldn't get your course:( What are you looking to do anyway?

    Yeah most of our English mocks were corrected terribly! You could always ask if your teacher or another teacher in the school would check it for you?

    I actually mainly decided to repeat 'cause I had no idea what I wanted to do, that and I didn't do my best last year. (To be honest I was too young (17) to decide what to do with my life, the extra year genuinely seems to have made a big difference.) I got 435 and scraped my first choice, but I would've dropped out if I did the course, it's completely different to what I'm going for now! (Product Design.) :D And of course my first choice now is like 380 points or something. :rolleyes: Seems a bit silly repeating but I'm glad I am, at least if I change my mind and go for something with higher points, I'll now hopefully have that option. :)


  • #8034
    Luno
    Registered Users Posts: 6,840 ✭✭✭Luno


    Got maths pre back today. Had loads of time to spare in paper two so I coloured in a page of boxes in the spare paper at the back thinking my teacher wouldn't see it. He did and wrote "bored?" :pac:


  • #8035
    Canard
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 8,572 Mod ✭✭✭✭Canard


    M&S* wrote: »
    Got maths pre back today. Had loads of time to spare in paper two so I coloured in a page of boxes in the spare paper at the back thinking my teacher wouldn't see it. He did and wrote "bored?" :pac:
    Hahaha I love when they do that, on my xmas test I'd written "its a line for me!" when it told me to use the "triangle" and he wrote "you clever thing!", then I made some small blunder that messed it all up and he wrote "Nooo :(" :P


  • #8036
    Luno
    Registered Users Posts: 6,840 ✭✭✭Luno


    Patchy~ wrote: »
    Hahaha I love when they do that, on my xmas test I'd written "its a line for me!" when it told me to use the "triangle" and he wrote "you clever thing!", then I made some small blunder that messed it all up and he wrote "Nooo :(" :P

    Yeah he only took the piss and said you're the only honours person I've ever seen do that. Not giving out but just laughing about it. Haha that's brilliant! :pac:


  • #8037
    PictureFrame
    Registered Users Posts: 3,989 ✭✭✭PictureFrame


    Eathrin wrote: »
    English back today, most ridiculous marking you'll ever see. Nearly everybody got between around 65-80%. I got 80%, while being 3rd best wasn't far above the rest, top mark was 86% and I think a few people got C3s. Really ridiculous!:confused:
    B1 still though!! Not to be laughed at :O..

    Were yours Corrected by DEB Examiners?

    Really getting annoyed waiting at this stage! :(


  • #8038
    Namlub
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,298 ✭✭✭Namlub


    Sitting in English waiting to get my paper back and I was absolutely dreading it because the marking seemed to be really harsh, people were full-on crying because theur grades were so much lower than they were expecting...and I got an A2! Actually could not believe it because people who've been getting better grades than me since 5th year ended up with 50s and 60s. Either the marking scheme was weird or my teacher hates me and my genius is finally being recohnised >_>


  • #8039
    randylonghorn
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 29,509 Mod ✭✭✭✭randylonghorn


    Togepi wrote: »
    I wouldn't take mock corrections too seriously, they can be way off. :cool:
    QFT.

    The vast majority of LC correctors are current teachers or at least experienced LC examiners, most of whom aren't available at this time of year (or CBA correcting mocks); there's marking conferences and detailed marking schemes (which may be adjusted slightly during the process if necessary); there's a hierarchy of supervising examiners who do quality control and cross-moderation and give feedback re: any adjustments they think are necessary; basically, there's a whole quality assurance system which just isn't there for the mocks at anything like the same level.


  • #8040
    LoonyLovegood
    Moderators, Music Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 6,068 Mod ✭✭✭✭LoonyLovegood


    I've started getting mocks back. History was a C3. No me gusta, but I spent most of it daydreaming because of a hospital appointment that afternoon. Not informing the parents.


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  • #8041
    Mayo_Boy
    Registered Users Posts: 661 ✭✭✭Mayo_Boy


    Could anyone tell me how I could pass a HL Biology mock with only tonight to study? :(


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