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LivingDeadGirl

What's your favourite part of the different subject courses? Is there one particular section that you love doing/are good at/find really interesting?

This all probably sounds dead nerdy, but I just thought this place could do with a positive thread.

I'll get the ball rolling, I really like Vectors! I think they're so much easier than other chapters of the HL Maths course, I had to practice the diagrams to get used to working out angles but once Igot it I found them all almost identical!

ironictoaster

Statistics ftw.

Aisling(",)

the oral in irish.the easiest bit by far

oh and the heart and blood in biology.all the humanish chapters are easiest

phasers

I LOVE trigonometry

Piste

I really like the whole DNA and Genetics part of biology.

Also Acids and Bases in Chemistry!

GERMAN ROCKS

oral in irish and german for me. we have fierce crack doing them.

Fad

Biology-Respiration, DNA etc.

Chemistry-Organic Chem.

Irish-Oral.

Religion-Philosophy.

Theyre my favourites, dont really like my other subjects all that much.

damienricefan

German oral
Chemistry Organic Compounds

manicmonoliths

Loved Calculus and Algebra on the HL Maths.

I was a big fan of genetics on the Biology course too.

ElectroSpex

I enjoyed genetics and DNA in Biology. Also, Mozart in music, some of the irish essays (mainly because i have the most amazingly gifted teacher on the planet and she has turned us into machines).

PurpleFistMixer

Hmm... well I'm a giant nerd, but from what I can remember...

Irish - tape, and reading comprehensions. I found the two pretty easy so they were fun enough.

Maths - everything and anything (except probabilty). Or rather, geometry in general (you know that question in the exam where you've to find the angle in the weird diagram, sometimes in 3d. that was good craic). Vectors were also fun. Since going to college, vectors have become something more of a bother, but they're still pretty handy. I also loved the Groups option, which sadly nobody does. It's so cool. As close to "pure" maths as the LC course gets, really.

Music - composing a bassline, harmony wise. Fun puzzle time.

Applied Maths - projectiles... or collisions... or differential equations. In fact, everything except for relative velocity, really. And statics. Statics blegh.

Physics - question 5 on the exam paper. You know, the short questions. A very easy question and not really a specific part of the course, but I always found it was a nice all-rounder question, and I usually looked forward to seeing what assortment of problems came up. Topics wise... it's hard to say (or remember), but weirdly enough I quite like electromagnetism. Mechanics was always a clear runner too, due to doing applied maths and all...

xOxSinéadxOx

maths - algebra and vectors just cos they're doable!
composing the bassline in music
everything macro in economics
I really like Macbeth for english
and the practical part of art!

ReacherCreature

Loved History in the Leaving Cert - Modern European History is terrific. Irish History was alright, not much happening and some people say it's really boring but it's interesting. You like it even more in College for some reason that's far beyond me!

Certain aspects of Biology, Geography were okay too.

And pretty much most parts of English.

KnifeWRENCH

Geography - I loved Physical: plate tectonics, volcanoes, Karst landscapes etc. Economic and Geoecology were pretty nice too. Regional was the only section I hated.

Maths - I LOVED probability & statistics - loads of people hate probability but I was actually good at it! I also quite liked sequences & series (although I flunked that question in my exam )

Physics - My favourite was Modern Physics - atoms, electrons, particle physics. I always preferred that stuff to Mechanics, which I just found boring.

English - Loved poetry, liked Macbeth, hated everything else.

Biology - Genetics was my favourite, it was definitely the most interesting section. Hated ecology with a passion. :mad:

Irish/French - N/A. There was NOTHING enjoyable in those courses (apart from the hot French teaching assistant we had in 6th year! :pac:)

PurpleFistMixer

PurpleFistMixer wrote: »

I also loved the Groups option, which sadly nobody does. It's so cool. As close to "pure" maths as the LC course gets, really.

Know of any online resources that cover, or just basically show/explain, the other 3 options? I'm interested in looking at them - and perhaps doing one; but I don't really want to go and buy the extra books. Thanks.

ConmanTheKiller

1,2-dimethylpentane draw that

LivingDeadGirl

I think I'm starting the like the Design question in Art(practical that is), 2 and a half hours as opposed to 5, but far less less work(and pressure!!) involved.

SarcasticFairy

square_igloo wrote: »

Biology - Genetics was my favourite, it was definitely the most interesting section. Hated ecology with a passion. :mad:

Irish/French - N/A. There was NOTHING enjoyable in those courses (apart from the hot French teaching assistant we had in 6th year! :pac:)

+1

Except the hot french teaching assistant

xOxSinéadxOx

LivingDeadGirl wrote: »

I think I'm starting the like the Design question in Art(practical that is), 2 and a half hours as opposed to 5, but far less less work(and pressure!!) involved.

unless you do the poster and you get 5hrs to do it! cos it's a mistake

PurpleFistMixer

I found the 5 hour exam pretty grand actually, though I did calligraphy which was reasonably uninvolved, but you'd be surprised at how long 5 hours is. (Well, depends on how fast you work.)

-JammyDodger-: A poster here, MathsManiac possibly it was, very generously did up a website explaining the further Geometry section... I have it bookmarked, but not on this pc, so I'll have to get back to you about the link. The book I had for groups I got off my maths teacher, it was a Text & Tests type one, self-contained for the option, quite short. Maybe ask your teacher if they happen to have anything like that.

LivingDeadGirl

xOxSinéadxOx wrote: »

unless you do the poster and you get 5hrs to do it! cos it's a mistake

What's a mistake?

~Candy~

oh gosh ..vectors..

could you tell me how could you figure out which way does da arrow go in a triangle..i just don't get it? lol:P


i personally like integration

i like unit 1, 2, 3 in business, marketing, expansion, ratio tests, insurance..them chapters

i like deprecation and flex budget in accounting

protein, fat, carbohydrates in home ec ..

PurpleFistMixer

~Candy~ wrote: »

oh gosh ..vectors..

could you tell me how could you figure out which way does da arrow go in a triangle..i just don't get it? lol:P

If you have vectors a and b, then the vector a + b is obtained by just putting the tip of a to the tail of b, and then drawing a line from the tail of a to the tip of b, if that makes sense. The new line is the vector (a + b), and is pointing in the direction you just drew it in (tail of a to tip of b etc.)
That's the triangle rule for adding vectors.
You can also use the paralellogram rule which is a bit different but gives you the same answer in the end.

andyman

Irish - Oral
English - Comparative Study
Maths - Integration
German - Oral
Geography - Regional Geography
Chemistry - Organic Chemistry
Accounting - Final Accounts of a Limited Company.

Jello

Geography - I pretty much like whole of the first book (physicsal and regional) - it's easy and can be quite interesting.

Maths - Statistics

English - Enjoyed the film we studied (Inside I'm Dancing), watching The Crucible on DVD was a right laugh too.

Irish - the novel we read was funny at times, the class still gets a good laugh out of it. Oral isn't bad too.

Physics - Nothing in particular really.

Biology - Some of the human stuff is grand.

DCG (Tech Graph) - The whole course bar a few sections is pretty fun.

Fad

Jello wrote: »

Irish - the novel we read was funny at times, the class still gets a good laugh out of it.

What novel?

Davidius

Complex numbers have always been a bit of 'de craic'.

English - Composition.
Maths - Calculus.
Physics - Mechanics and atomic.
Chemistry - Atomic theory stuff, and organic chemistry.
App. Maths - Every single bit of it, especially differential equations.
Geography - Hate it with a passion.
DCG - All of it, especially interpenetration.
Irish - None of it.

Thats about it!

Jello

Fad wrote: »

What novel?

A Thig Ná Tit Orm :pac:

Piste

My favourite part of Irish has to be An Triail. So scandalous!

ironictoaster

Piste wrote: »

My favourite part of Irish has to be An Triail. So scandalous!

A few lads doing higher in my class are reading that at the moment, very scandalous. They should have an English version of it for English comparative!

Fad

Piste wrote: »

My favourite part of Irish has to be An Triail. So scandalous!

I was talking to my Irish teacher who does it with the HL class during TY and she says guys end up scarred for life by the end, wish I was doing it.

Instead I have a censored version of An Toraiocht.

Aisling(",)

Piste wrote: »

My favourite part of Irish has to be An Triail. So scandalous!

aye tis the most interesting part of the course but my god marie does my head in!!!

mick kk

mick kk wrote: »

Irish - the novel we read was funny at times, the class still gets a good laugh out of it. Oral isn't bad too.

what novel did ye read jello?

andyman

mick kk wrote: »

what novel did ye read jello?

A Thig Ná Tit Orm, I think it's called

Jello

andyman wrote: »

A Thig Ná Tit Orm, I think it's called

That's it.

KnifeWRENCH

An Trial is good enough, in fairness.

The ending is pretty badass - y'know where

Maire puts her baby in the oven!

Studying it wasn't much fun though - all the character sketches etc.

-ME-

Art- European art history, still life
French- All
German- Oral
History- Communism in Russia/ Montgomery Bus Boycott/ Strike and Lockout/ Growth of GAA/ 1885/1886 elections
Music- Harmony, some of my practical pieces
English- Comparative, some poets
Maths- NONE

ReacherCreature

Find it strange that so many people like the Oral section of the courses. Nearly everyone I talked to in 6th year and outside my school was s***ing the thing.