Irish Tape At The End= Joke!!

laura*

Honestly,
having the irish tape at the end of the exam was terrible!!

i done pass Irish and was finished at 3pm,that includes going over everything!

I had to wait about till 4.30 for the tape,
I thought it was badly structured cause I could have went home and spent more time studying for exams i have tomorrow!

Blitz17

Yea we were all giving out and wondering why this was

But still made use of the time , everyone went out for a game of soccer for the hour/hour nd a half

rachelmcg1989

exactly, i felt the exact same. they should have it before the written exam, because at 4.30, i was knackered, i wasnt even listening half the time, just worried i was going to collapse with lack of food and energy!
plus, if i had the aural first, i know i would still be motivated to do paper1...horrible listening, bet i failed, or just barely passed

LizT

I did honours and I wasn't finished until 4. I understand your point but you can't expect the tape to be put forward just because some people finished early. In fact some of the honours people in my school said it was on too early as if you used the full amount of time for honours, you only got a 10 minute break.

EDoyle

you could have been studying when you went on boards to complain

GLaDOS

lizt wrote: »

I did honours and I wasn't finished until 4. I understand your point but you can't expect the tape to be put forward just because some people finished early. In fact some of the honours people in my school said it was on too early as if you used the full amount of time for honours, you only got a 10 minute break.

Thats why it should be on before the written

laura*

lizt wrote: »

I did honours and I wasn't finished until 4. I understand your point but you can't expect the tape to be put forward just because some people finished early. In fact some of the honours people in my school said it was on too early as if you used the full amount of time for honours, you only got a 10 minute break.

BUT
if tape was first it would get you motivated and could give you ideas!?!

rebel girl 15

I ended up in the school oratory for a hour and just talked with a friend. I came down and found my Irish teacher outside our exam centre, wondering why I looked like I had just woken up!!!

I always thought the listening should be at the start, much easier for people to go home after instead of hanging around

laura*

EDoyle wrote: »

you could have been studying when you went on boards to complain

as could you!!

anyway, i want to see how others felt
and there's obviously some that feels the same!

LizT

laura* wrote: »

BUT
if tape was first it would get you motivated and could give you ideas!?!

I don't really think it would. Even though I was really happy with the tape, others found it too difficult. If I had felt this way I would have been distracted from the written paper!

kmart6

Maybe you shoulda done HL if your complaining that you were finished too early!

laura*

lizt wrote: »

I don't really think it would. Even though I was really happy with the tape, others found it too difficult. If I had felt this way I would have been distracted from the written paper!

and vise-a-vera im sure

Cokehead Mother

I think we did tape first at JC? Makes a lot more sense.

LizT

Plus that last guys accent is still ringing through my head! It's bad enough sitting through an irish exam without some donegal eejit going on about mass on the aran islands flying through your head!

rebel girl 15

I did honours, and had my essay done in 30 mins. I was aiming to get out as early as I could so that I could have a longer break. 10 mins is not really a break, even our former school class breaks were longer!!!!!!!!!!1

laura*

kmart6 wrote: »

Maybe you shoulda done HL if your complaining that you were finished too early!

lack of good teachers!

anyway,
its not even all that!

I just think if it was at the start then people wouldn't feel they have to stay!

i suppose it REALLY goes for pass students
cause there was loads finished around that time too
and felt they done really well!

so,
it should be re-structured in some means!
either more questions for pass,
or tape first

rachelmcg1989

lizt wrote: »

Plus that last guys accent is still ringing through my head! It's bad enough sitting through an irish exam without some donegal eejit going on about mass on the aran islands flying through your head!

haha! i thought i was the only one who was so aggrevated by his voice, it was the breaking of his voice that got me so annoyed lol.

LizT

I was wondering when someone would play the crap teacher card...

laura*

lizt wrote: »

I was wondering when someone would play the crap teacher card...

don't get me started!

i basically didnt have an irish teacher up till jc!
*long story boring*

LizT

laura* wrote: »

don't get me started!

i basically didnt have an irish teacher up till jc!
*long story boring*

I know how you feel. My honours Irish teacher came in hungover every Monday and gave us a free class every second day...

brazilicious

it was the breaking of his voice that got me so annoyed lol.

that was the worst thing ever!!! the accent was so thick i couldnt understand it anyway but that made it excruciating to listen to...

what was it about anyway??

The Walsho

^ Yes! I mentioned this on my blog (see sig link, not-so-subtle plug), his voice was so irritating!

Slashman X

kmart6 wrote: »

Maybe you shoulda done HL if your complaining that you were finished too early!

I did HL and finished at half 2, obviously not a good sign

Went out for a bit of footie though so it's all good

Twee.

brazilicious wrote: »

that was the worst thing ever!!! the accent was so thick i couldnt understand it anyway but that made it excruciating to listen to...

I think I was giddy from being so tired and when that came on I began to laugh....a lot. It's possible the guy hit puberty during the recording. I did a good job stifling though :pac:

brazilicious

ah yeah, i was in the knots like, but i had to leave it blank! i got something about an eighty something year old who can say mass without his spéiclí?? not a clue about the rest..think it had something to do with a boat?:rolleyes:

Resi12

lizt wrote: »

I was wondering when someone would play the crap teacher card...

Nope i have the worst. Ok so hes over 65 at LEAST! Hes also a german teacher, always and i mean ALWAYS gets the two mixed up. Never once did we use an aural book he just wrote words and we translated and oh yeah he think he pole vaulted the Berlin Wall and then one day he decided to show us a Nazi death camp video.. for Irsh so ya i can REALLY play that card

H-esperanza

I understand that its hard to wait around, but as a the only higher student in my centre i basacally finished at 4.20, walked from the gym to where the sural was to find all my centre waiting for me and we had to start. My brain was fried. I think the aurals should be done around the time of the orals. Then it would at least be out of the way.

kirving

The last guy was a joke! Did anyone (OL) get the answer to how long the guy was a priest?

"Tri scor bhliain"

I wrote down 60 because "a score" in english can mean 20, so 3x20=60.

Off to study boring paper 2!

Nanaki

I think the orals and aurals should be done before Christmas.
Today I was finished a full hour before the exam time was up (3.20, HL) with everything done that I could. It didn't bother me waiting, but I see the point in not wanting to.

rebel girl 15

Its ridiculous - I reckon they put the listening at the end to try and encourage people to stay longer inside in the exam! Doesn;t work at all - not when people can do their essay very quickly, since they have it learned off so well

Jayeire

I can totally understand how it can be annoyin for pass students having to wait, but the department has to cater for honours students aswell.

As for the tape this year... It was a pure and utter joke It was totally dumbed down.. speaking really slow.. seems like the aural is getting easier as the years go by..

I'm fluent in Irish and as digusted to hear irish spoken like that, nobody speaks like that... surely that wasn't neccessary :mad:

nerd3000

Just look at both sides:

Higher Irish is leaps and bounds ahead of Ordinary, the standard is actually huge. The very fact that ppl in my school had the exam done in under 1hr and passed with flying colours exemplifies Ordinary's easiness.

Honours only get a 10 min break after a 3hr 20 mins exam, if you are aiming for an A1 you need 3 hrs at least! And to be fair to the SEC, they have the assumption that everyone is going for an A..or at least as high as they can achieve. Personally, I found it very hard, after all I was writing and focused intensely for 3hrs non- stop!

I don't agree with Ordinary listening to our tape, for Honours students it's a doddle but Ordinary suffer, severely. Very, very unfair

To have the listening before the exam is not attractive as it sounds. You wouldn't have Irish "floating around in your head" if ya know what I mean. I can assure ye, If the aural was before the written ye'd be saying it should be after!


In all honesty, the aural for higher this year was simple, absolutely simple!

dshalloo

Ya totally agree!! Its a bit of a joke, but i forgot all about it when the tape said bye at the end the room collappsed into laughter lol

Nanaki

nerd3000 wrote: »

I don't agree with Ordinary listening to our tape, for Honours students it's a doddle but Ordinary suffer, severely. Very, very unfair

that's a good point, not everyone has the same ability to understand what they hear.

nerd3000 wrote: »

In all honesty, the aural for higher this year was simple, absolutely simple!

thought I was the only one lol

bUILDERtHEbOB

nerd3000 wrote: »

Honours only get a 10 min break after a 3hr 20 mins exam, if you are aiming for an A1 you need 3 hrs at least! And to be fair to the SEC, they have the assumption that everyone is going for an A..or at least as high as they can achieve.

I disagree, I was going for an A but I left both papers after and hour and a half.:cool:

Drodan

Last year we all went down to Qurkies and played about an hour and a half of pool, the fact I'm repeating is merely a coincedense!

A-Bit-Dodge

Got a severe fit of the giggles when I heard yer man's voice... That Iarthar na tíre squeak just sent me into overload... Were his balls dropping or something???

brazilicious

A-Bit-Dodge wrote: »

Got a severe fit of the giggles when I heard yer man's voice... That Iarthar na tíre squeak just sent me into overload... Were his balls dropping or something???

was the most ridiculous thing ive ever heard...first time i had laughed in about a week! was only able to answer the last q properly cos it was so weird, but itd make ya wonder where in the name they get these people!

A-Bit-Dodge

hahahaha!!!

It was also wierd cos the first part of cuid A was about the grant me and my friend are going for and we knew everything about it!!! sweeeet

****, I really amnt going to get that after my shocking shocking Maths paper 2...ah well....

PrivateEye

..and here was me thinking the title of this thread was in relation to the Northern b*llocks they stuck on the end of it :pac:

A-Bit-Dodge

Oh it is!!! It very much is...

Reganio 2

Finally being partially deaf came through for me , I finished my Aural for Irish and French about 4 weeks before the LC :cool:

superLeetive

nerd3000 wrote: »

Just look at both sides:

I don't agree with Ordinary listening to our tape, for Honours students it's a doddle but Ordinary suffer, severely. Very, very unfair

To have the listening before the exam is not attractive as it sounds. You wouldn't have Irish "floating around in your head" if ya know what I mean. I can assure ye, If the aural was before the written ye'd be saying it should be after!

Students sitting OL have different Qs though which are much easier as a lot of them are multiple choice and only require a basic understanding of the tape.

Yeah I agree...I think I'd be distracted during the written paper if the aural was first.