Favourite Subject?

adam_ccfc

What is your favourite subject?

Biology all the way for me.

qz

Classics boi.

qz

And my girlfriend says art.

md99

that's a tough one, apart from honours maths the ****ing bane of my life I like all my subjects...

I suppose my favourite would be what's easiest to get an A/B in, for this Accounting would be top of my list (around 18% of students get an A), Economics is another reliable one if you've got a good teacher to narrow it down, English is the most interesting but also one of the most demanding...

When it comes down to it French is my favourite! J'adore la langue.

Halo

Economics

JC 2K3

Applied Maths, but I picked Maths on the poll - it's be a close second anyway.

I love the problem solving in App Maths. It's such a brilliant subject - like Physics without all the rote-learning bollocks. As for maths, there are some fascinating concepts in it. Now I know I sound like a complete nerd, although I guess I am, but when the teacher explained differentiation to us last year I was awestruck by the brilliance of the concept. Same goes for the MacLaurin series. There are some boring concepts though like Statistics and Proof by Induction, however, which is why I like App Maths over it. App Maths is also a lot easier to do well in.

md99

Halo wrote:

Economics

What a subject! Hard to believe only around 4,000 students take it!

Also one of the rare subjects in which more males than females get the higher grades.. Along with maths.

1huge1

English or Business

md99

JC 2K3 wrote:

App Maths is also a lot easier to do well in.

Surprising to hear bout I've heard this too!!...

Won't get me to touch either of them though!

lauraxo

anyone have dare art history mock done?????????????????? have it 2muro n im dead!!!!!!!!!! ne hints??????????

love ya all help me!!!

Rozabeez

lauraxo wrote:

anyone have dare art history mock done?????????????????? have it 2muro n im dead!!!!!!!!!! ne hints??????????

love ya all help me!!!

You hurt my brain. You actually hurt my brain.

PurpleFistMixer

Maths. Or Art.

Maths is great because it's... well, I find it easy... I don't get the horrors of honours maths unless it's some surprise waiting in 6th year, but hopefully not. It's just nice, very little learning off, no essays to write. : )

Applied Maths is also nice 'cause it's easy and is a lot more relevant to the real world than normal maths. Still prefer maths though. Applied Maths seems too flawed. It appears to have real world applications, yet in almost all cases you couldn't actually use it for any purpose. Too many things are neglected. I realise that this would probably begin to be solved at college level with physics or whatnot, but it still strikes me as immensely messy when compared to maths.

Art I like because it's relaxing and .. you spend most classes just having a chat and drawing stuff. Can't fail that. The reason maths, for LC, would come over art is because the art history exam makes art a lot more stressful and also the fact that art is a terribly subjective thing to be examined in.

ninebeanrows

lauraxo wrote:

anyone have dare art history mock done?????????????????? have it 2muro n im dead!!!!!!!!!! ne hints??????????

love ya all help me!!!

wel jeasus i tuk me art his egxam las wk n it wuz fekin ezeeeeeeee

jus lik luk ova d buk n yer grand

Marshy

Music. Need I explain why.

I used to find biology interesting but it started to get kinda tiresome after a while. I mean come on do we really want to know how yeast reproduces.

Economics is good as a subject but our teacher makes it really monotonous in class. Every class its just a case of going over notes on the overhead.

The_Minister

lauraxo wrote:

anyone have dare art history mock done?????????????????? have it 2muro n im dead!!!!!!!!!! ne hints??????????

love ya all help me!!!

I think it's English that you should be worried about.

ZorbaTehZ

Like JC2K3, Applied Math, Pure Math and Physics.

anyone have dare art history mock done?????????????????? have it 2muro n im dead!!!!!!!!!! ne hints??????????

love ya all help me!!!

Jesus H Christ - you're worse than the fúcking plague.

Steve01

Definitely biology. Its a big course but its student friendly and only a general understanding of the theory is involved, as opposed to the in-depth nitty gritty of some other subjects. Always a decent subject to get me in the mood for study

Corruptedmorals

I completely hate biology, but then, was left with no choice really but to take it..

Geography. Lovely course, a bit broad, but a good bit of it is common sense, that, or stuff done for the Junior Cert. Oh and 20% for the field study...easy!

ninty9er

Music....has to be one of the easiest classes to sidetrack a teacher in....by the time we'd the course done we knew our sub teacher's life history and I suppose most Music teachers that I know tend to be hot too!!!!!

Accounting was a nice subject too.....damn theory though...robbed me of my A1:mad: :mad:

muse0232

hmm applied maths art and bio.I love biology physics can sometimes be very very intersting but usually its kinda boring too small scale.anyone go to that super string theory lecture thingy in ul a few weeks ago?
hi by the way im new here.

JC 2K3

I love the irony of maths winning the poll despite the stigma associated with it

Léan

Muisc, I love it, after that maybe Classics or English.

adamcp

I like french but when it comes down to it Cheistry probably, it's the most interesting

cocoa

JC 2K3 wrote:

I love the irony of maths winning the poll despite the stigma associated with it

logically, that can probably be explained by the stigma of boardsies being nerds...

ZorbaTehZ

cocoa wrote:

logically, that can probably be explained by the stigma of boardsies being nerds...

So very true.

yurmothrintites

I love Biolgy and Music.Bohiemian Rapsody rocks!!

Steve01

yurmothrintites wrote:

I love Biolgy and Music.Bohiemian Rapsody rocks!!

Word.

JC 2K3

I've heard LC music destroys Bohemien Rhapsody for people.

ethernet

JC 2K3 wrote:

I've heard LC music destroys Bohemien Rhapsody for people.

Well the benefit of the [over] analysis allows people to really value the song and how long it took to record.

Steve01

JC 2K3 wrote:

I've heard LC music destroys Bohemien Rhapsody for people.

Not necessarily. Music is definitely one of the most student-friendly subjects there is, and Bohemian Rhapsody is the most likeable of the 4 set works. Its a song that I've certainly enjoyed studying and analysing. Hope it comes up as a 25 mark question, its well overdue

philologos

Leaving Cert Religion is my favourite for now anyway, it's actually really interesting.

JC 2K3

My friend who's doing music let me listen to the Gerald Barry piece and I thought it kicked ass.

I think I would be bored to tears overanalysing Boh Rhap personally, although I saw a paper where it came up and it was shockingly easy.

In retrospect I shoulda done music, although I don't like things like being judged on my composition etc. it's far too subjective.

PurpleFistMixer

Well a lot of the composition is just obeying the rules really. (Thank god) it doesn't take much ability for real composition.

Gerald Barry is... not pleasant. I'm only hoping the modern piece for my course is better. We're doing three songs by The Beatles and it's easy enough. I'm glad we're not doing bohemian rhapsody. I wouldn't mind ending up hating the Beatles songs.. well, except for She's Leaving Home, that's a lovely song.

ninty9er

Is it Barry, Bach and Co this year or the Beatles et al..........Barry is ok once you can get around all the different sections. 14 if I'm remembering correctly....gave my notes to a student teacher so no reference.

It's a pain there not being a book though, but a blessing in disguise as you've kinda written your own book in class which helps the memory for learning the stuff.

Barry is....a-l-t-e-r-n-a-t-i-v-e...would be a good word. listened to it there last week and it's amazing how you forget how ok it is when you get the head around it

JC 2K3

Considering I'm into a lot of syncopated, alternative, noisy and experimental stuff I thought Barry kicked ass because it was really alternative yet with musical academy backing, which I thought was very cool. I also love the way it pisses off strictly theory-obsessed, rule adhering LC music students and their "Oh My God! I can't believe we have to study Barry, it's soooo crap" attitude.

fonpokno

music definitely! i used to absolutely hate the gerald barry but its actually grown on me! mad. altho hand clusters still scare the crap outta me... what piano deserves that sorta treatment??

ninty9er

fonpokno wrote:

music definitely! i used to absolutely hate the gerald barry but its actually grown on me! mad. altho hand clusters still scare the crap outta me... what piano deserves that sorta treatment??

Our teacher used to get a piece of wood in each hand and slam down on the piano when discussing the hand clusters....ah those were the days....when I lived in a bubble!!!! how I miss it and how I don't!!!

boger

MATHS IS THE SUBJECT, LIKE HOW CAN YOU NOT LIKE THE SUBJECT ITS JUST BLOODY AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PurpleFistMixer

The number of exclamation marks in your post is making me like maths less. And that ain't a good thing.

Jayeire

German!

colm-ccfc84

I am the sole vote for business! After that it would be accounting.

Seinas

Ag.Science

minidazzler

Irish is my Favourite subject because it is my language. (I am at risk of failing but I refuse to do ordinary level on those grounds.)

Maths is my best and therefore also favourite subject because I find it inteeresting and easy.

RandolphEsq

History, its so interesting learning about all the leaders of the past and how their people went along with them, especially Hitler and the Germans

Naikon

apart from Maths and physics, they all suck by a relative measure.
Some more than others like History:)

Naikon

BrightEyes wrote:

History, its so interesting learning about all the leaders of the past and how their people went along with them, especially Hitler and the Germans

History is the most overrated, boring and downright "rubbish" subject in the whole LC.
History confuses proper learning with Memorisation.

Its nothing more than a subject which tests memory for the most part.
But hey, thats just my opinion:)

I dont like how Physics is a bit "learn this off by heart" either, but its a far cry from History, or even English.

adam_ccfc

minidazzler wrote:

Irish is my Favourite subject because it is my language. (I am at risk of failing but I refuse to do ordinary level on those grounds.)

Interesting the diversity that's out there, I suppose.

Personally, I detest its very existence. It's my only Ordinary Level subject.

BlackMamba

I like either English or Geography.
Geography is grand because you get 20% from the field work....EASY
And for some very strange reason, I actually liked doing Death Of A Salesman in English.:eek: It was so much better than Silas marner!!

DEATH TO SILAS MARNER!!!!:mad: :mad:

bright

economics hands down. having said that geography is a close second. which is why one of my cao choices is economics and geography in TCD.

RandolphEsq

Naikon wrote:

History is the most overrated, boring and downright "rubbish" subject in the whole LC.
History confuses proper learning with Memorisation.

Its nothing more than a subject which tests memory for the most part.
But hey, thats just my opinion:)

I dont like how Physics is a bit "learn this off by heart" either, but its a far cry from History, or even English.

The exam is just pure write out what you know type thing. But there is such a thing as reading history outside of school so to actually understand what you are learning in school

Donald-Duck

Maths was my favourite