Predictions - 2009

partyatmygaff

Anyone here who has a somewhat sure prediction(You heard it from someone who might actually know) post it here in the form of

Subject:
Level:
Prediction:
How sure are you about it?:

soccymonster

Subject:french

Level: Higher

Prediction: there will be a note this year..

How sure are you about it?: im preety confident as my grinds teacher told me that she is preety sure there will be a note as a note hasnt appeared in quite a while now..

partyatmygaff

soccymonster wrote: »

Subject:french

Level: Higher

Prediction: there will be a note this year..

How sure are you about it?: im preety confident as my grinds teacher told me that she is preety sure there will be a note as a note hasnt appeared in quite a while now..

Hmm, My french teacher told me the same, she spent two weeks revising all formal letters like notes and stuff.
Anyone else?

elaine93

Subject:Maths

Level:Honours

Prediction:Look a whole website full of predictions! http://www.examsupport.ie/articles/mathtips.php

How are you sure about it?I signed up for this at a JC revision course they had in trinity a while back. One of the best maths teachers in Ireland says its reliable. The only thing I like about maths though is that you know whats going to come up, which is everything.

partyatmygaff

elaine93 wrote: »

Subject:Maths

Level:Honours

Prediction:Look a whole website full of predictions! http://www.examsupport.ie/articles/mathtips.php

How are you sure about it?I signed up for this at a JC revision course they had in trinity a while back. One of the best maths teachers in Ireland says its reliable. The only thing I like about maths though is that you know whats going to come up, which is everything.

I was there too!

Never again will I look at superglue the same way....

jumpguy

Subject: Maths
Level: Higher
Prediction: That multiplying surds in brackets will show up
How sure are you about it?: Our teacher said there was a good chance. They've come up every year except last year. Chances are they'll come up this year again.

soccymonster

anyone know any theorems for maths? :P
do you think id have to learn off the theorems that came up in the last 2years??

jumpguy

soccymonster wrote: »

anyone know any theorems for maths? :P
do you think id have to learn off the theorems that came up in the last 2years??

Learn them all - most aren't too bad. There only 2 very long ones 1 moderately long one. The rest are easy enough.

partyatmygaff

jumpguy wrote: »

Learn them all - most aren't too bad. There only 2 very long ones 1 moderately long one. The rest are easy enough.

Tbh, your better off understanding them than learning them off.

If you understand why they are equal etc then you will be able to answer it from scratch

RHunce

last year the theoroms were quite easy so expect them to be hard this year

soccymonster

RHunce wrote: »

last year the theoroms were quite easy so expect them to be hard this year

oh thanks, i feel really confident now :pac::rolleyes:

LoonyLovegood

Subject: French

Level: Higher

Prediction: A formal letter. It usually appears every two years, and it didn't appear last year.

How sure are you about it: As sure as I can be, without having written the paper. Probably about 75%

Daisyxx

Subject:Irish
Level:Higher
Prediction:perhaps an essay about the recession and/or how life has changed
How sure are you about it?: 70%-i did the JC last year, our Irish teacher advised us to learn an essay on the olympics in Beijing and it came up-was delighted some relevant news always comes up.

advice: look at the back of your irish paper-thats where the letter question is-i forgot to do the letter and I lost 30 marks-still got my C!!!

f00tball

Quote:
Originally Posted by RHunce
last year the theoroms were quite easy so expect them to be hard this year

oh thanks, i feel really confident now

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That's usually what happens. Easy last year so it will be quite difficult this year.

soccymonster

Daisyxx wrote: »

Subject:Irish
Level:Higher
Prediction:perhaps an essay about the recession and/or how life has changed
How sure are you about it?: 70%-i did the JC last year, our Irish teacher advised us to learn an essay on the olympics in Beijing and it came up-was delighted some relevant news always comes up.

advice: look at the back of your irish paper-thats where the letter question is-i forgot to do the letter and I lost 30 marks-still got my C!!!

my irish teacher said that we wont get an essay on the recession.. its too hard for the junior certs.. its more leaving cert standard

cianserian

soccymonster wrote: »

Subject:french

Level: Higher

Prediction: there will be a note this year..

How sure are you about it?: im preety confident as my grinds teacher told me that she is preety sure there will be a note as a note hasnt appeared in quite a while now..

ehhh...note has come up the last two years in a row, it was a surprise even last year. Don't think it will come up three times in a row, that has never happened before.

partyatmygaff

Definitley gonna be a formal letter for french.
As for Irish, I am bricking it.

soccymonster

partyatmygaff wrote: »

Definitley gonna be a formal letter for french.

really?
will we get a choice of informal too???

partyatmygaff

soccymonster wrote: »

really?
will we get a choice of informal too???

Teacher says 90% sure of a formal coming up as it hasn't for years.

No idea if we get a choice, Usually you do but I think one year there was no choice.

soccymonster

partyatmygaff wrote: »

Teacher says 90% sure of a formal coming up as it hasn't for years.

No idea if we get a choice, Usually you do but I think one year there was no choice.

awww crap! havent studied those ATT ALL!!!!
:eek:

j'aime

we haven't even done formal letters in class ??
there better be a choice ! ...

Namlub

My business teacher said she's convinced there'll be an insurance question this year. That said, none of her predictions for the pres were right. Ok, that post wasn't helpful at all...

j'aime

we got an insurance question in our mock from the edu company ??
insurance hasn't come up in a while .. heres hoping !!
our teacher says that an economics question is bound to come up .. what with the 'recession' ...

fkt

soccymonster wrote: »

really?
will we get a choice of informal too???

I have a feeling they'll surprise us some year and give formal only. Knowing my luck...

Seriously I'm f.ucked if that comes up on it's own

soccymonster

fkt wrote: »

I have a feeling they'll surprise us some year and give formal only. Knowing my luck...

Seriously I'm f.ucked if that comes up on it's own

yeah, they suprised everyone with the maths paper and that evil equation from the pool... they'll probably punish us by doing this as well!!!!:mad::(

cianserian

Subject: History
Level: Higher
Prediction: The Explorations will come up
How sure are you about it?: Teacher said that it was a 'guaranteed' question this year, as it hasn't come up for the last few years.

Namlub

j'aime wrote: »

we got an insurance question in our mock from the edu company ??
insurance hasn't come up in a while .. heres hoping !!
our teacher says that an economics question is bound to come up .. what with the 'recession' ...

I must have got a different one then. I'd love it if insurance came up, I had the principles shoved down my throat for months.

Namlub

cianserian wrote: »

Subject: History
Level: Higher
Prediction: The Explorations will come up
How sure are you about it?: Teacher said that it was a 'guaranteed' question this year, as it hasn't come up for the last few years.

As a question 5? I'd say so too, if you go through the papers every other 2nd year topic has been asked more recently than that. I think (well, I hope) there'll be a revolutionary leader essay question as well.

soccymonster

Namlub wrote: »

I think (well, I hope) there'll be a revolutionary leader essay question as well.

oh lets just pray to god! i have maximillien robespierre learnt off from the french revolution! hope that comes up in part (b) though because i need columbus to come up for part (a) ..
i have no study done for history, only preparing essays and hoping i'll get an honour on that alone!:cool::o

claudtreacy

soccymonster wrote: »

awww crap! havent studied those ATT ALL!!!!
:eek:

same but their will be a choice because they know not all schools does formal
all we've done is informal so...

lijh

Business Predictions :
Foreign Trade/Factors of Production/National Budget (100% sure, one form always comes up, either separate or together)
Insurance (almost positive)

History:
Essay - Revolutionary (almost positive)
Something on Explorations

Does anyone have any predictions for which history sections most likely to come up, on either Q4, Q5 or Q6? (except for International Relations and Social Change)

LoonyLovegood

History, Reformation's very unlikely to come up. It was section 5 two years ago, and section 4 last year.

I'd be thinking Plantations/Famine for section 5, hasn't been up in 4/5 years

lijh

Plantation came up in the mocks, would that make it more or less likely to come up?

LoonyLovegood

Doesn't make a difference, the papers are made before the mocks.

Namlub

lijh wrote: »

Plantation came up in the mocks, would that make it more or less likely to come up?

I'd be suprised if it came up as a question 5 again, because it did like 2 years ago as well as being on the pres. There are different pres though so there has to be some stuff that will come up again...

j'aime

what exactly to learn on explorations ?

Namlub

j'aime wrote: »

what exactly to learn on explorations ?

The reasons for it, all that stuff about incorrect maps and writers like Marco Polo describing places that didn't exist, the new way of building ships (they love that question for some reason), know one Portuguese explorer really well and look over the rest, know Christopher Columbus really well, conquistadors and the effects of the explorations. Phew...

j'aime

ewww !! ... to say that in a shorter way .. bul****

lijh

History - 2nd Year Course is going to dominate the 2nd part of the paper.

An Ancient civilisation isnt coming up (Rome & Celtic Ireland)
Historian/Archaeologist isnt coming up (Archaeologist came up in last 1/2 years)

I predict an essay on Industrial Revolution ( Mine/Factory Worker or Famine),
an essay on a Revolutionary (Washington, Robespierre, Tone)
an essay on Medieval Life (Knight, Craftman)
an essay on Renaissance Painter/Sculptor

Q5 will be on Plantations
Q6 will be Explorations/Social Change/International Relations/Ireland in 20th Century

j'aime

can anyone divide the business topics into paper1 and paper2 for me to study please ???
thanks ! :DX

LoonyLovegood

j'aime, check out skoool.ie, they've a section dedicated to business. I've got the revision planner up on my wall and everything.

j'aime

kk thanks !

Eoin MurMur

lijh wrote: »

History - 2nd Year Course is going to dominate the 2nd part of the paper.

An Ancient civilisation isnt coming up (Rome & Celtic Ireland)
Historian/Archaeologist isnt coming up (Archaeologist came up in last 1/2 years)

I predict an essay on Industrial Revolution ( Mine/Factory Worker or Famine),
an essay on a Revolutionary (Washington, Robespierre, Tone)
an essay on Medieval Life (Knight, Craftman)
an essay on Renaissance Painter/Sculptor

Q5 will be on Plantations
Q6 will be Explorations/Social Change/International Relations/Ireland in 20th Century

How sure are you of that?

lijh

I'm pretty sure about Q5 and Q6.....

The essays are purely speculation based on what came up last year, what hasn't came up in a while and what hasn't been mentioned on the paper (they're not gonna ask for an Explorer Essay if Explorations is Q6 etc.)

I wouldnt just learn those, as the rest of the course will probably be needed for Q1, 2, and 3. But i definitely am depending on those coming up for Q4, 5, 6