Never have to do _ again!

Spank

Which exam is making you anticipate the moment you can shout it out loud! (Well at least until August comes around....) But lets not think negatively.

For me it's Irish, I should be feeling pretty happy now, but I'm still feeling bad over my answers

ashyle

Never have to do IRISH & BIOLOGY again... woopdedoo

Haven't a Clue

History. Which is a shame cause I found a lot of it interesting, I'm just ****tin meself over the exam..

Mé Féin

Well for me it was english...i could have shouted it from the roof tops....great feeling kowing that i'll never again have to pretend to care what a poet is trying to say!!:D

Spank

Lol it's such a great feeling, to just forget everything you've learned. At least in college we'll be learning stuff we have an interest in, hopefully.

I never have to do the Leaving Cert again!

(couldn't resist )

ashyle

Haven't a Clue wrote:

History. Which is a shame cause I found a lot of it interesting, I'm just ****tin meself over the exam..

omg I'm the same, I only took History cos I find it so interesting & I love it and then I go and fail my mocks...
Wednesday is going to be my worst day-business and history together

JC 2K3

Well, French, but I never study that anyway....

I actually like the subjects I do, hopefully I can continue them in some shape or form after school.

ie.
English - I'll still read.
Irish - want to get Deoraíocht by Pádraig Ó Conaire
Maths - there'll be a small amount in Computer Science I guess, and I wouldn't rule out doing something involving Maths in the future.
Physics/Chemstry/App Maths - wouldn't rule out doing something involving any of them in the future. I was considering Pharmacy or Engineering before I finally decided on CS.
History - well i'll keep a general interest I guess.

Enemy Of Fate

Ok well lets see....

English:We'll I'll still use it every day I guess.
German:Well definitely try to keep up with it.Have gotten much better in the last year....although thats not exactly a big achievements because at the start of leaving cert my german was as good as it was on the end of 1st year, due to my complete lack of work.
Economics:Will still be doing this in my college course.
Business:See economics.
Maths:I'll still have to add I guess......
History:Well I really like it, so I'll still keep an interest.But only in european history and irish history from 1916 to around 1922.I honestly could not care less about Parnell and his crazy ole land league (that was Parnell wasn't it?The only thing I studied from that book was the case studies).

Oh and if it had to be ''I never have to do ______ again!!'' it would be English, purely because of Poetry.I rather liked Macbeth.......

''FLY FALSE THANES FLY!!!!''

JC 2K3

Macbeth could be viewed as very poetic. Each sollilliquay is essentially a poem

Naikon

JC 2K3 wrote:

Macbeth could be viewed as very poetic. Each sollilliquay is essentially a poem

No wonder I always hated Macbeth;)

Enemy Of Fate

JC 2K3 wrote:

Macbeth could be viewed as very poetic. Each sollilliquay is essentially a poem

Ah but theres a HUGE difference between something being poetic and something being a poem.See unlike the majority of poems, Macbeth actually tells an INTERESTING story.I mean who the hell wants to read short stories about the depressions of rural Ireland?Crazy people, thats who.

kisaragi

English: Will use it for college essay writing and general interpretation I guess...
Irish: Nice to know, don't want to lose
Spanish: VERY useful, want to keep
Maths: Generally useful I guess...
Applied Maths: I hate this subject.. but I guess it adds to my problem solving ability... glad no more early classes though
Chemistry: SO BORING... never touching it again
Music: Integral part of my life, love music
Art: Same as Music

I'm glad I won't have the exams but some of the things I learned will serve me well I guess

blondie07

Irish never ever again!!!! well, the whole poetry and crap thing. i really like speaking irish, might go to the gaeltacht for a while next year, just hate learning boring pros and stair.

Doing history and french next year so gonna keep all my notes for those!
Love english so il of course keep reading, it'll be helpful for law (fingers crossed i get the points!)

JC 2K3

Enemy Of Fate wrote:

I mean who the hell wants to read short stories about the depressions of rural Ireland?Crazy people, thats who.

Who wants to read plays about the depressions of feudal Scotland?

kisaragi wrote:

Applied Maths: I hate this subject.. but I guess it adds to my problem solving ability... glad no more early classes though

As a matter of interest, why do you do it if you don't like it?

Surely only one really into maths and mechanical physics would do it.

Fuzzy_Dunlop

Your ma!:p

Can't believe it took this long, for shame

Enemy Of Fate

JC 2K3 wrote:

Who wants to read plays about the depressions of feudal Scotland?

No-one.....so its a good job Macbeth is much more than that.

JC 2K3

As is any poem on rural Ireland on the LC course.....

Steve01

I can't wait until French is over with. Its the one subject I don't enjoy as a subject or as a Leaving cert course. Though at least its not as angry as German...
I've developed an interested in most of my other subjects in the past year though, particularly Irish. I guess the Leaving cert is useful for more than just points then.

cson

Enemy Of Fate wrote:

Oh and if it had to be ''I never have to do ______ again!!'' it would be English, purely because of Poetry.I rather liked Macbeth.......

''FLY FALSE THANES FLY!!!!''

Macbeth is a drama that was for the stage, I doubt Shakespeare ever mean't for it to be read. Its an interesting work though.

Enemy Of Fate

JC 2K3 wrote:

As is any poem on rural Ireland on the LC course.....

Not really.Any poem about rural Ireland (on the LC course) is about one of 3 things: how **** it is (Kavanagh), how great it is (Yeats) or how lonely and sexually repressive it is (Montague....and sometimes Kavanagh bitches about being lonely too).

sternn

Irish and english for me.

The fact that I dispise poetry, and irish is pointless (no idea why it is still compulsary)

Nehpets

Enemy Of Fate wrote:

Not really.Any poem about rural Ireland (on the LC course) is about one of 3 things: how **** it is (Kavanagh), how great it is (Yeats) or how lonely and sexually repressive it is (Montague....and sometimes Kavanagh bitches about being lonely too).

I didn't LOVE Kavanagh (but some were good, didn't like the second canal poem) and I did Yeats (intersting enough but didn't study him for the exam) and didn't do aul monty but I thought the poetry was brilliant!

As for Macbeth..

False face must hide what false heart doth show!

That quote could be possibly wrong....maybe

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5

Irish definitely! though it's kind of annoying at the same time, coz I learned it for 14 years...why? So I can give out about americans when they're in the room?

JC 2K3

Enemy Of Fate wrote:

how **** it is (Kavanagh)

Kavanagh never, in any of his poems(on the LC course anyway), complains about rural Ireland being ****.

tolosenc

ENGLISH! What a stupid ****ing waste of time. THE most pointless course on the LC.

analyse this

JC 2K3 wrote:

Kavanagh never, in any of his poems(on the LC course anyway), complains about rural Ireland being ****.

Really?...Ever heard of 'The Great Hunger'? I wouldn't exactly call it a celebration of rural life;)

JC 2K3

I didn't do that one

-blondie-

Haven't a Clue wrote:

History. Which is a shame cause I found a lot of it interesting, I'm just ****tin meself over the exam..

Ditto!

Plus French though-unlessI go to france......Meh!

Haven't a Clue

obl wrote:

ENGLISH! What a stupid ****ing waste of time. THE most pointless course on the LC.

That's nonsense. Maths is by far the most pointless course on the leaving.

Enemy Of Fate

JC 2K3 wrote:

Kavanagh never, in any of his poems(on the LC course anyway), complains about rural Ireland being ****.

O.O

..............Have you even read Kavanagh?!

mateo

Come Monday I will never have to do any more of that pathetic, useless, disgusting, suicidAL-thoughts-inducing, pointless, stressful, impossible Mathematics that's taught for the LC!

mateo

Haven't a Clue wrote:

That's nonsense. Maths is by far the most pointless course on the leaving.

I agree!

And f*ck the whole "Maths forms the mind" crap.

Haven't a Clue

Enemy Of Fate wrote:

O.O

..............Have you even read Kavanagh?!

Name another poem where Kavanagh bitches about country life?

JC 2K3

Enemy Of Fate wrote:

O.O

..............Have you even read Kavanagh?!

6 Kavanagh poems I've studied:

Inishkeen Road: July Evening:
About Kavanagh's lonliness and differing perception to others, his dislike of the masses conforming to certain activities etc.

Christmas Childhood:
Brain dump of memories from Christmas as a child. Not a great poem IMO, but nothing negative about rural Ireland

On Raglan Road:
Kavanagh's lament for love. He comes across as a bit mysoginistic, cynical and thinks he is above ordinary people, but no mention of rural Ireland being ****... In fact, it's set in Dublin.

Shancoduff:
An expression of love for the beauty which he sees around him and anger towards ignorant people who dismiss poets as poor and don't see beauty in the ordinary like him.

Epic:
Explores the idea that big world shaping events like the Munich Conference in 1938 aren't any more important than local issues.

The Hospital:
A poem detailing how beauty can be found in anything and how people's perception is narrow minded.

I fail to see him proclaiming rural Ireland to be shít...

JC 2K3

mateo wrote:

I agree!

And f*ck the whole "Maths forms the mind" crap.

ur just stooooooopid

tolosenc

mateo wrote:

suicidAL

If that was intentional, I believe we know each other!

And now, as annoying as maths may be, it has, at a basic level, some uses in later life. Being able to write a "Personal Response" to Plath or trace theme's through Macbeth(with ample quotation), has no merits as far as I can see.

Enemy Of Fate

JC 2K3 wrote:

I fail to see him proclaiming rural Ireland to be shít...

Read Advent and The Great Hunger, and re-read Innisken Road.Then you shall see.

mateo

JC 2K3 wrote:

ur just stooooooopid

Yeh well we're not all as clever as you! :rolleyes: Some people are just not good at Maths. For God's sake

Haven't a Clue

Enemy Of Fate wrote:

Read Advent and The Great Hunger, and re-read Innisken Road.Then you shall see.

He doesn't bitch about country life in Inniskeen Road. He bitches about his solitude and how he has "what every poet hates despite their solemn talk of contemplation".

Nehpets

Enemy Of Fate wrote:

Read Advent and The Great Hunger, and re-read Innisken Road.Then you shall see.

All depends on how you read them but wasn't Advent about his wish to wallow in the habitual? And explain what you mean about Inniskeen road..

Enemy Of Fate

Haven't a Clue wrote:

He doesn't bitch about country life in Inniskeen Road. He bitches about his solitude and how he has "what every poet hates despite their solemn talk of contemplation".

Yeah but he bitches about the solitude that is caused BY rural Ireland.Cause of the lack and people and stuff.

Nehpets

"Bicycles go by in twos and threes-"
"half-talk code of mysteries"

sounds like there is people there to me!

Splinkk

Why Kavanagh is being discussed is beyond me, None of us have to study him anymore!

Im so glad that I dont have to do Irish anymore. I love the language, but hate the course.

I wont have to use any of my subjects ever again, apart from art.

NCAD here I come!

Haven't a Clue

Nehpets wrote:

"Bicycles go by in twos and threes-"
"half-talk code of mysteries"

sounds like there is people there to me!

Yeah, but he isn't part of any of that craic. He's a loner, hence his solitude.

Nehpets

I don't think he's blaming it on his rural surroundings though, but it's open to interprutation I guess

Dean-16

Naikon wrote:

No wonder I always hated Macbeth;)

i agree