Mocks in 3 weeks.

Megatron_X

My mocks are in 3 weeks,and It's not that I don't know things,It's that I don't know enough!I'm doing honours everything and have quite a reputation to live up to with results (e.g my brother got all As last year) and I don't know how i can live up to them!

I do 2 hours study in school and most of that is taken up by homework,can anyone give me tips/guide me through what I should do in the next 3 weeks to learn everything?:eek: and and

Conor108

Woah! Calm Down its the JC mocks! Not the LC:)

Megatron_X

Conor108 wrote: »

Woah! Calm Down its the JC mocks! Not the LC:)

=] Thanks for that,I know I won't think it's worth a damn after the mocks,but I want to try my best,I just don't know how long,and how to get all that stupid information into my little brain!:eek:

Lostinspace

Seriously i know you're nervous enough about the mocks but don't be. You might do 10 sets of exams by the time you do you J.C., L.C. and college exams (if you do go to college) and believe you me, the j.c. mocks are the least important. I know you want to do well especially because your brother did well last year but when you go into the workplace in 7/8 years time then your j.c. results won't even be on your CV. They're totally irrelevant. The leaving cert is the most important exam you'll ever do as it's what directs your career path. Don't be worrying about what your brother go last year. I'm the youngest of 7 and i've learned to be yourself and not copy what my brothers and sisters have achieved. I think i've done alright so far. So anyway, if you fail all your j.c. mock exams then don't worry as the work must be put in once the l.c. curriculum begins!

highlydebased

They are totally irrelevant in my opinion. Got mostly D's in the Pre's (alot of which i got upset over)........all my results were much different in the JC.

Once your doing work in school and your homework, there is no need to go doing three hour per night. Its rubbish....etc.

Megatron_X

I know that they wont be worth anything in future,but I don't know how much to study,or how to prepare :S

PurpleFistMixer

I've got my LC mocks in about two weeks and I'm here on the internet, so maybe I'm not the best person to be giving advice.
I'll give it anyway, though. It's more helpful than people telling you the mocks are pointless...

Prepare by knowing the exam papers well. Even if you're not stuck for time in an exam, you don't want to waste it by trying to figure out what's going on in the paper. This is particularly true for things like Irish, or Science, where you may not have to do every question and/or it's in another language.

How much to study depends on yourself. The purpose of studying is making sure you know enough to get through the exam with the grade that you want. If you want an A and barely have any idea what happens, for example, in the play you're studying, you have to do a lot of study. If you've got a good grasp of the subject and tend to have little difficulty with your homework/class tests, then you need to spend less time.

Don't start with the mindset of "I have to learn everything", that's daunting and offputting. Break up the work into manageable and delicious chunks, and do it bit by bit. If you don't get everything revised before the mocks, it aint the end of the world, you've done what you can.
I remember for my JC freaking out a little bit over History because I felt there was so much to learn. I just broke it up into bits, and when I was say, studying the French Revolution (oh how I loathed it) I'd concentrate solely on that, disregarding how much or how little I knew of any of the rest of the course. Don't be sitting there going, "Okay I may know this, but there's so much I don't know..." It's counter productive and can only make you worry.

As far as the process of studying goes, it's generally accepted that active study is more effective. Sitting there staring at a book is a nice way to get some quality daydreaming in, but it doesn't help you remember things. Try writing down notes, condensing information in books to manageable lists or diagrams, depending on how you prefer to learn. Say things out loud if it helps (though I do not recommend this if you do supervised study after school), draw pictures if necessary.

And this essay has gone on long enough. *gets back to the exciting world of Derek Mahon's poetry*

highlydebased

PurpleFistMixer wrote: »

Sitting there staring at a book is a nice way to get some quality daydreaming in,

lol too true

-Els-

don't worry about it. You're probably sick fo people telling you "ah sure its only the mocks" because it feels so important to you but it is true.
I did my jc last year and I was freaking out about the mocks this time alst year but afterwards I reaslised I was getting too stressed over nothing. Just look on them as a practice- and thats all, all you can do is you're best.
Really when you do your mocks you incredibly unprepared and haven't even finished the course yet. Most poeple finsish their course about April- or earlier- and then theirs just 2 months of solid revision and practice. You are much more prepared for the JC than the mocks.
As regards the pressure you feel as your brother did so well- you are your own persona and you should not compare yourself to him, all you can do is your best.

SantryRed

Meh, it's just the mocks mate. No matter what you get you won't be getting all A's in the mocks.

Just make sure your ready for the real one in June.

PurpleFistMixer

SantryRed wrote: »

No matter what you get you won't be getting all A's in the mocks.

Unless you get all As. ;p

I can't remember much in my mocks 'cept that they were corrected terribly for the most part. They're handiest mostly for motivating you to study and giving you an idea of how the exams go.

stuba9

At the end of the day just remember the Junior Cert is what you are aiming for!!Obviously you want to do well in the mocks but for example i failed Honours maths in the Mocks and got an A in the Jc!!

jb91

Megatron_X wrote: »

I know that they wont be worth anything in future,but I don't know how much to study,or how to prepare :S

The results don't count at all. The important thing is the chance to sit a paper in the exact way you'll do your actual exams so you know what to expect. Don't worry about it. JC results are always way better than the mocks.

sistamary2k8

mocks are always harder and marked alot stricter to prepare u for the real thing ull be ok