Food During Exams

sternn

I know there is already a thread on this somewhere...but dont have time to dig it out.

Just wondering what people have planned to bring into the exam hall (food and drink wise).

My plan:

• Bottle of Lucazade Sport (non fizzy)
• Bar of dairy milk chocolate
• Maybe a banana
• And peanuts

The last thing i want to be in the exam is hungry and thirsty....not the kind of things you want on your mind when you are going through a Kavanagh essay

cson

Jesus why don't ya have the dinner sent in while your at it!

The gulag that is my school wouldn't let us bring in even a bottle of water during the mocks.

Mushy

Nuts would probably make you thirsty asswell.

Bottle of water and bottle of Lucozade(fizzy) for me. One for hydration, one for sugars. Not really food I dont think. I'm awkward at the best of times opening things, so I'll avoid it now. Plenty of time between exams to eat enough.

Corruptedmorals

No! Don't bring Lucozade! Cue sugar rush- then energy slump.

Just have water.

I'm going to stock up on animal bars, wrap them in clingfilm and break them into pieces. Foil AND paper..bit too noisy, not to mention the characteristic 'snap' of the animal bar.

So animal bars and water for me.

JC 2K3

Nothing.

I've never done an exam while eating food in my life before. Why start now?

Steve01

sternn wrote:

My plan:

• Bottle of Lucazade Sport (non fizzy)
• Bar of dairy milk chocolate
• Maybe a banana
• And peanuts

When did the Leaving Cert become the Leaving Feast?

sternn

Steve01 wrote:

When did the Leaving Cert become the Leaving Feast?

When it became an indurance test. Bananas are great to have before the exam, they are slowly broken down by your body = a slow release of constant energy.

adamcp

I just usually bring in a bottle of water into exams with me and most of the time I don't even touch it unless I'm finished early, thirst never really bothers me if I'm concentrating on getting something done although I might bring a bar of something in with me this time you know just incase

JC 2K3

Steve01 wrote:

When did the Leaving Cert become the Leaving Feast?

LMAO! Classic!

I'm so sigging that!

LC Board quote of the year.

sternn wrote:

When it became an indurance test. Bananas are great to have before the exam, they are slowly broken down by your body = a slow release of constant energy.

Lol, "endurance test".

The exams are only 2-3 hours, and time is rather generous in most.

I managed my mocks fine with no food during them....

I think many people approach taking food into the LC with a "You can bring food? Into an exam??? Oh goody!! Better stock up on chocolate!" attitude.
It's more the novelty than anything.

DancingRainDrop

you can bring in food which doesn't make noises like crisps or something like that
but as far as I've heard, food is allowed

Naikon

Why not just eat before the exam?

sternn

JC 2K3 wrote:

I think many people approach taking food into the LC with a "You can bring food? Into an exam??? Oh goody!! Better stock up on chocolate!".
It's more the novelty than anything.

You are probably right. It is a novalty. I always nibble on peanuts in an exam, i have never had chocolate so that plan probably wont materialise.

But i always have a bottle of water and this time probably a lucazade aswell

DancingRainDrop

Naikon wrote:

Why not just eat before the exam?

personally I will be way too nervous to eat much before the exam
and in the exam I will calm down a bit so it would be nice to have something to eat then

and besides most exams are like 3 hours long!

Jayeire

Bananas, for energy.... god... you'd swear you were doing something strenuous..... Its an exam... not a marathon

justbringit89

ok yeah but would all the chocolate not give you gas ??? that is one this you dont want ... GAS!!! stomach making noises etc

Jayeire

hah... yeah I can totally relate to the stomach noises post.... highly embarrassing.. and always happens to me :eek:

justbringit89

Jayeire wrote:

hah... yeah I can totally relate to the stomach noises post.... highly embarrassing.. and always happens to me :eek:

Yeah same ere !!! does lucazade make this worse

Jayeire

Well I guess it cant make it any better lol!! i usually bring in a bottle of water with one of those berocca vitamin tablet things dissolved in it.... tastes good. I think its the nerves that cause my noises more than anything..!

Haven't a Clue

Nutri-grains ftw. And a buideal uisce too. And maybe a bowl of porridge before I go in even though I hate it. Does keep you filled up until about 1 anyway.

justbringit89

Jayeire wrote:

i usually bring in a bottle of water with one of those berocca vitamin tablet things dissolved in it.... tastes good. I think its the nerves that cause my noises more than anything..!

yeah same ere nerves !!! does the tablet help reduce stomach noises

kurisu

start any caffiene drinks before the exam (although i hear caffiene is bad makes you fidget) the caffeine takes a while to start acting on your body.

anybody feel free to correct me on this just to be safe

Corruptedmorals

I'll be having a good breakfast before, and I'll still get hunger pains...that are deafening. Happened during the mocks- when food was strictly banned, why would I want it to happen again?

Jay112

Didnt have a clue you could eat during an exam! Bottle of water for me and a bar of some sort, i noticed during the mock exams i was getting dizzy and unable to concentrate so i wont be taking any risks this time round!

Fobia

A biggish breakfast beforehand (black pudding/rashers, toast etc. No beans for reasons mentioned earlier!), then just a bottle of water in general, maybe wine gums for english paper 1. Creativity gums, they are.

Rozabeez

Don't bring peanuts, too many people around with allergies these days, even the smell can set them off, you don't wanna be the guy that killed so-and-so while he was doing his LC, do ya?

I'll bring water and lots of it, probably a banana too.

JC 2K3

They should make "maths formula gums".

Or love hearts, but with quotes from Macbeth


Honestly though, they way you guys are going on you'd think an LC exam was one of the most physically gruelling experiences possible.....

madgal

O im gonna bring in

fizzy coca bottles. (especially the pink and blue ones), YUM!

spurious

A good breakfast and a bottle of water should do it, though obviously chocolate has many non-nutritional benefits and should be included at all times.

No rustly papers though.

Don't have too heavy a lunch before an afternoon exam, the nosh and the probably stuffy room (following a day of 'Parfum du 6A') and possible high temperatures outside will make you drowsy.

Haven't a Clue

If there's this heat wave as expected though, the water'll be horrible and warm and ****. Might have to bring a mini-fridge too.

justbringit89

yeah with bulmers inside it

leo1526

HI

Why do have to repeat the exams next year? I am , what if im sick? What if i dont do as well as i should for some unforeseen circumstances??

Thers a petition going around for the Leaving cert to have an optional repeat exams..and not 12 months later.. spread the word
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/LC2007/

euwwy deuwwy

The ammount of cheat notes you could fit inside a chocolate bar rapper!! or even a breakfast role!

KarmaCreep

leo1526 wrote:

HI

Why do have to repeat the exams next year? I am , what if im sick? What if i dont do as well as i should for some unforeseen circumstances??

Thers a petition going around for the Leaving cert to have an optional repeat exams..and not 12 months later.. spread the word
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/LC2007/

Your going a bit too far with his now! It's all well and good to make your own thread about it but we're talking about food here, not repeating! GO AWAY!!!!:mad:

KarmaCreep

A bowl of muesli in the morning is good for energy because it digests slowly and is full of healthy crap. But if you get a good night sleep the night before you shouldn't need to be planning an exam diet just to keep you going.

cson

8 eurosaver hamburgers, a twisty fries and a smarties donut.

adamcp

cson wrote:

8 eurosaver hamburgers, a twisty fries and a smarties donut.

would you like an exam with that?

justbringit89

cson wrote:

8 eurosaver hamburgers, a twisty fries and a smarties donut.

would you like an exam with that?

adamcp

justbringit89 wrote:

adamcp wrote:

would you like an exam with that?

There fixed

cson

justbringit89 wrote:

would you like an exam with that?

Would you like a career with that? >CAO McD021

adamcp

cson wrote:

Would you like a career with that? >CAO McD021

I'm lovin it...................

Spank

Crisps, an apple, a bowl of crunchy nut cornflakes, or even rice krispies. Be sure to listen and exclaim after each SNAP, CRACKLE and POP. Be sure to sit beside a power socket also for those microwave meals! Mmmmm.

Sure forget about the exam, bring a 5 course meal, pay the supervisor to serve you, turn the exam hall into a restaurant. Do the exam like you might do the newspaper crossword over breakfast.

qwertplaywert

jc, i shall bring large water and maybe wine gums

funktastic

I'd never eat during exams. How would you have the time? I've just finished six years of college and in my last two exams used earplugs in exams. Only copped on to using them then:rolleyes: ****ing brilliant! Especially for large exam halls where it can be very distracting with all the noise.

Haven't a Clue

euwwy deuwwy wrote:

The ammount of cheat notes you could fit inside a chocolate bar rapper!! or even a breakfast role!

Could look a bit suspicious bringing out a wrapper with nothing in it halfway through the exam. Reading notes in the jacks is the way forward for cheating I tells ya.

originalcupcake

sternn wrote:

My plan:

• Bottle of Lucazade Sport (non fizzy)
• Bar of dairy milk chocolate
• Maybe a banana
• And peanuts

Steve01 wrote:

When did the Leaving Cert become the Leaving Feast?

how i laughed....:D

MathsManiac

One of the "reasonable accommodations" that may be granted to candidates with special needs is, according to SEC documentation:

"Allowing candidates to take medicine, food or drinks into the examination centre where this is required for medical reasons."

The health of the country is apparently in a bad state if there are that many of you out there that need to get special dispensation to bring grub into an exam for medical reasons.

maggie18x

sternn wrote:

I know there is already a thread on this somewhere...but dont have time to dig it out.

Just wondering what people have planned to bring into the exam hall (food and drink wise).

My plan:

• Bottle of Lucazade Sport (non fizzy)
• Bar of dairy milk chocolate
• Maybe a banana
• And peanuts

The last thing i want to be in the exam is hungry and thirsty....not the kind of things you want on your mind when you are going through a Kavanagh essay

EH are yo crazy there is no food allowed whatsoever in the exam roooms.you are only allowed to bring in water. trust me i d kno from lastyr.

justbringit89

maggie18x wrote:

EH are yo crazy there is no food allowed whatsoever in the exam roooms.you are only allowed to bring in water. trust me i d kno from lastyr.

wrong ur allowed 2 bring food:D

Enemy Of Fate

I'm just going to bring in a few packs of Juicy Fruit (the real kind, not that strappleberry ****) and I should be fine.I remember in the Junior Cert mocks, a girl called Kayla Mc Devitt brought vodka with her into the exam!!She put it in a lucozade bottle and just kept taking chugs from it every few minutes.The teacher eventually smelled it when she went past her, and Kayla got suspended.....but not before they forced her to open her locker, where they found a full bottle of whisky!!What a stupid ***** she was!!

Rozabeez

euwwy deuwwy wrote:

The ammount of cheat notes you could fit inside a chocolate bar rapper!! or even a breakfast role!

Or on the inside label of your water bottle.

This, I've never tried.

ninebeanrows

Rozabeez wrote:

Or on the inside label of your water bottle.

This, I've never tried.

I'd never bother attempt to cheat in the leaving, i'd lose more marks worrying about getting caught etc. than i actually might gain.