Study, Study and More Study

K-Bowie

So guys and girls, looking too see how you guys are doing so far, what kind of study time are we putting in?? Hows it going feel stressed ??? Anyone not started studying yet??? If not what you planning on doing

Me myself I've done sweet F All !!! Planning on starting soon haa with bad mock results I really should!

happydayz182

Crammed for the mocks the night before and have been on vacation since..better cop on

Swizz

Same here, I just cant stop! Damn the interweb

I don't study... God Damn Football Manager.

CarefulNow

Deleted User wrote: »

I don't study... God Damn Football Manager.

I had to uninstall that before Christmas. I was very addicted. It made no difference really. I still don't do any study.

Fad

Need to do alot more!

French Oral on Tuesday >_<

TheCardHolder

Give me motivation.

KTHXBAI

xOxSinéadxOx

I don't study either. I'm planning on starting after my orals and practicals ( I remember when I was thinking I might start after xmas :pac:)

anybody have any tips on how to study, how do you lot study and motivate yourself and all?

TheCardHolder

xOxSinéadxOx wrote: »

I don't study either. I'm planning on starting after my orals and practicals ( I remember when I was thinking I might start after xmas :pac:)

anybody have any tips on how to study, how do you lot study and motivate yourself and all?

Disconnect the internet:pac:
Its something I've been unable to do

Fad

TheCardHolder wrote: »

Disconnect the internet:pac:
Its something I've been unable to do

If I keep going the way I'm going, I'm gonna ask my parents to take my laptop off me!

And I dunno, lock guitars and whatnot in the shed.

Then I MIGHT get some work done.

TheCardHolder

Fad wrote: »

If I keep going the way I'm going, I'm gonna ask my parents to take my laptop off me!

And I dunno, lock guitars and whatnot in the shed.

Then I MIGHT get some work done.

Agreed, If I see A word I don't recognise in my french book I'll look it up online which leads to surfing boards/5 other sites for an hour.:pac:

Fad

TheCardHolder wrote: »

Agreed, If I see A word I don't recognise in my french book I'll look it up online which leads to surfing boards/5 other sites for an hour.:pac:

I came down here to get a dictionary!
FFS

Didnt even mean go near this!

Swizz

Fad wrote: »

I came down here to get a dictionary!
FFS

Didnt even mean go near this!

Be wary of the computers attractive field, dont look at it or you will be tempted to turn it on, like me.

Jello

Haven't done any serious study in ages - thanks to rugby matches/birthday/Paddy's Day/gigs/good weather. Gonna try and get into the swing of things from now on though.

Fad

Swizz wrote: »

Be wary of the computers attractive field, dont look at it or you will be tempted to turn it on, like me.

Dont even need to turn it on, just open it up and the internet is there.

Screw this, I'm going back to the attic, gonna try and do half an hour more.

Richyj_0

I'm going to start properly after the orals and after I get my projects completely sorted.

Finical

Richyj_0 wrote: »

I'm going to start properly after the orals and after I get my projects completely sorted.

That's my plan aswell, going to whore the study for Easter.

I haven't done anything for orals yet, is it always alphabetically?

xOxSinéadxOx

what do you mean is it always alphbetically?

seven-iron

The best thing to do is have a go at the exam papers. Even if you haven't got a clue just try them. Then look at the model answers/solutions and pick two or three things/mistakes that you left out of your answer, whether it be an essay type question or a computational. Then do the question again and you should remember the few places where you went wrong.

Keep doing it that way and if theres always one or two mistakes you make I guarantee you that it will be the first thing that you jot down in the real exam. I call it backwards study because you don't start by opening the book and reading but you start by completing the full exam standard questions. Have a default subject that you can rely on to study when your hungover or tired. Mine is Maths.

Make it a results oriented game by competing with yourself and seeing how right you can get your answers. Never say to yourself your going to avoid a question or topic just because your not familiar with it, the only way to get familiar with it is to get stuck in, and yes its nitty gritty but fight it out. No one likes study remember that, it is a fight in many ways. You have to train hard and put the hard hours in. Some days you feel you may have only progressed a little and others a lot but keep at it and keep moving forward. You wont get the results over night but keep at it because you can do it! If you your goal is to get 300 points, ignore the guys going after the 500 mark or whatever. F!ck them! You worry about yourself.

Motivation isn't enough, you really have to force yourself. During the exam, if it isn't going well, keep saying to yourself "I'm going to get an A". Keep saying it. When you wake up every morning from here on in, shout in the mirror, "you can do this sh!te", "I'm Great". Try it.

Lastly, you need a huge goal, doesn't need to be sensible. I knew if I got the points I'd get my college course and if I did well there Id get my job and if I worked hard there, I might some day get my Ferrari. If on some evening if I found myself watching Hollyoaks or some other rubbish I would make myself study by thinking of myself some time in the future driving my new Ferrari out of the dealership. Thinking, "Damn, Am I glad I studied that day!".
By the way I got 125 in the mocks and managed 350 in the end. Best of Luck, now go and f*cking do it because you know you can

Finical

xOxSinéadxOx wrote: »

what do you mean is it always alphbetically?

Like surnames, whos up first. Mines near end of alphabet I better not be up tomorrow.

happydayz182

wow that was inspirational! thank you! this probally my last post for a while..im gettin this pc ouutta my room

celtic723

the examiner doesn't go by alphabetical order. they have the sheet and tick random names off.



ye i've too many distractions as well. Xbox, Internet, Tv not very good concoction when the leaving cert is in 2 months time.

xOxSinéadxOx

I'm W and I'm on the first day!

celtic723

xOxSinéadxOx wrote: »

I'm W and I'm on the first day!

you mighn't be. the examiner will have a list of every Irish student and they haven't a clue who does what level. they will pick a person at random (so im told) and they will tick them off as they go along. i've all my study done so i'm not taking any chances. It's the f****** leaving cert you dafties.

Fad

If the school gives them a list, the examiner probably will stick to the order on there. But he/she can chose whatever they want and the school has to let them afaik.

My school has a timetable done out for french, which goes in alphabetical order, in order of base classes.

No real word on Irish, I'd say I'll be around 12 on Wednesday though.

QueenOfLeon

celtic723 wrote: »

you mighn't be. the examiner will have a list of every Irish student and they haven't a clue who does what level. they will pick a person at random (so im told) and they will tick them off as they go along. i've all my study done so i'm not taking any chances. It's the f****** leaving cert you dafties.

Theres a list of us in order of exam number and thats the order we go in. The exam numbers go alphabetically by each class....im in 6A and my surname starts with S so im 6th in french and 15th in irish. Cant believe some people dont know when their oral is yet! :eek:

Saffy

My surname begins with C and I'm on the last day (of 4) for Irish.

In my school they go by exam numbers. first all the pass students then all the honors.

Rizzla King

I've been up to my neck in three projects to do which I layed off right until 3 or 4 weeks ago. I've had no time for study. I've my orals this week and I don't know what day I'm doing them because I was out sick today. I'd study incase it's on tomorrow but I have to get my History Project done or else I get detention:mad:. Theres also the distraction of this too.

zonEEE

been doing 3 hours a night for the last while, did 4 tonight when i say study i mean home work and a bit of study, homework at this stage is all exam questions and the like anyways as we have finished the course in every subject.

timmywex

Had the irish oral today

Allour exam numbers are alphabetical and we had two examiners, one starting at a and the other at h. The school but up the order 2 weeks ago so its easy enoug to work out roughly when itll be. Same with french and german

zonEEE

timmywex wrote: »

Had the irish oral today

Allour exam numbers are alphabetical and we had two examiners, one starting at a and the other at h. The school but up the order 2 weeks ago so its easy enoug to work out roughly when itll be. Same with french and german

eh? how did you have your irish oral today? they dont start till next week.

Gloom

The irish orals in our school started today. They were going in alphabetical order too.

People also had their musical practicals today.

zonEEE

ah right, i thought they all started/ended on the same date.

Extrasupervery

If I want to study then I'll study, but I find so many better things to do. If someone were to steal my guitars, all of my books and CD's, my ipod, my bed, my tv, my phone, my computer and my family, then I'd probably study.

I'd always have my rubix cube though.

coislifebliain6

ye there are so many distractions. the way i see it is that its only 3 months of work and if we do it well we will have the rewards by having good jobs for the next 40 years! It's scary how quick the time is flying

Paulfarnsworth

im trying to study for orals tomorrow.
been up since 10. spent the last...4 hours drawing stickment animation on the corners of any book i could find.
its not a very productive method.

Gavin "shels"

Stress levels have gone up for me since 2.30pm today, have to write out 600 words of our Geography Investigation for tomorrow, French oral on Thursday and Irish oral next Wednesday. Along with trying to do enough study to bring me up 15%-20% in Physics.

Aw well going to Podge and Rodge tonight, :cool: best mates dad is going to be on it (Stuart Dunne aka Billy Meehan from Fair City).;) RTÉ are even sending a car to my mates gaff and all for the 5 of us, luxury or what.

K-Bowie

Gavin shels wrote: »

Stress levels have gone up for me since 2.30pm today, have to write out 600 words of our Geography Investigation for tomorrow, French oral on Thursday and Irish oral next Wednesday. Along with trying to do enough study to bring me up 15%-20% in Physics.

Aw well going to Podge and Rodge tonight, :cool: best mates dad is going to be on it (Stuart Dunne aka Billy Meehan from Fair City).;) RTÉ are even sending a car to my mates gaff and all for the 5 of us, luxury or what.

Waste of Tax Payers money, you should be helping the people instead of taking from it ;);)

On a side note only like what 5 weeks left?

Fad

Hmmmmmm better start studying for Irish, oral is next week.

Gavin "shels"

K-Bowie wrote: »

Waste of Tax Payers money, you should be helping the people instead of taking from it ;);)

Me and my mates milked them, free taxi up and back, few drink aswell. Also standing next to Caroline Morahan backstage and her saying "seeya later lads" in the Green Room, quality.:pac: