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A's in Higher Level English

  • 14-09-2009 8:03pm
    #1
    Nettie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 119 ✭✭


    I know this seems crazy, but in my JC English class 14 of the 24 in the class got an A! I was not expecting anything like that! I expected a B at the most. But hey, I'm happy with the A!

    Hust wondering what the results were like around the country?


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  • #2
    suitcasepink
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 7,849 Mod ✭✭✭✭suitcasepink


    Wow!! :)
    Any tips?? :pac:
    Got an E in my friggen english summer test. I think it was constructed like a J.C paper eg Comprehension, unseen and seen poetry, question on studied novel and on studied play. :cool:


  • #3
    jumpguy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,962 ✭✭✭jumpguy


    Do you go to a private school? Was this result expected? If so I wouldn't be too surprised.


  • #4
    donvito99
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,818 ✭✭✭donvito99


    Me gots an A in English...that'll learn 'em...


  • #5
    spurious
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,316 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    10.6% of those who sat Higher Level Junior Cert. English got an A, so over half your class getting one is well above average. Well done.

    For those who are interested, other stats are available here under National Statistics.


  • #6
    Fad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,231 ✭✭✭Fad


    jumpguy wrote: »
    Do you go to a private school? Was this result expected? If so I wouldn't be too surprised.

    Do you know the difference between a private and public school?

    I kinda ever so slightly doubt it tbh......


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  • #7
    soccymonster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,553 ✭✭✭soccymonster


    I got a B. :cool:
    Wont let me into the statistics thing for some reason but can anyone tell me what % of students got As in home ec. Because 14 out of 21 students got As in my class.


  • #8
    jumpguy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,962 ✭✭✭jumpguy


    Fad wrote: »
    Do you know the difference between a private and public school?

    I kinda ever so slightly doubt it tbh......
    That's kinda like if I know the difference between private and public. To be more specific, do you attend a prestigious school in which a large amount of money must be obtained to gain entry, and therefore mostly caters to the upper classes? There we go, kinda catchy.


  • #9
    Fad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,231 ✭✭✭Fad


    jumpguy wrote: »
    That's kinda like if I know the difference between private and public. To be more specific, do you attend a prestigious school in which a large amount of money must be obtained to gain entry, and therefore mostly caters to the upper classes? There we go, kinda catchy.

    So you're saying people wealthy people are by default smarter?

    Money ≠ Intelligence oddly.

    I went to a private school (Wasnt really my or my parents choice, but my thoughts on the system are another matter), and I assure you the vast vast majority of private schools take teachers from the same pool of teachers that public schools do. Also the most of the people I went to school came from middle class back rounds, this association of private education and the obscenely rich really isnt the case.


    The teachers in private schools are paid for by the government, thus the schools dont actually pay them, meaning there's no push for high grades (In a grind school maybe), a private school is almost exactly the same as a public schools except the student body come from a typically middle class back round and the facilities are often better (In some cases they are worse than some public schools, Muckross for example has a really Modern and well equipped school).

    There are grade driven schools, but at Junior Cert level, they do not exist, have you ever seen a school quoting Junior Cert results in a brochure?

    The OP's class was probably streamed, many schools stream classes, and I would assume that the OP was in a top stream class (If they were streamed).


  • #10
    Nettie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 119 ✭✭Nettie


    OP here, and no I'm not in a Private school. It's just an ol' Mercy Sisters' school. Well, the nuns don't teach here anymore but they used to. It's in no way considered for the wealthy or any of that.

    And Private schools don't necessarly get better results. In the Private School in the same town as my school only 4 people in the full year got A's. And 14 in my class alone got A's!! It's crazy!

    Oh, and about the streaming of classes...My class has been the same people as in 1st year. So it was based on the entrance exam results...Which could hardly be relevant at third year level!


  • #11
    spurious
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,316 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    soccymonster wrote: »
    Wont let me into the statistics thing for some reason but can anyone tell me what % of students got As in home ec. Because 14 out of 21 students got As in my class.

    Sorry you can't see the spreadsheet. You may not have Office or OpenOffice on your computer.

    As in Home Ec. were 12.7% in Higher Level and 2% in Ordinary Level.
    Home Ec. teachers must be quite good at putting people in for the right level.
    Nothing worse to see than an A in Ordinary Level - it just means the candidate should have been attempting Higher.
    Congrats on your B.


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  • #12
    spurious
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    Nettie wrote: »
    OP here, and no I'm not in a Private school. It's just an ol' Mercy Sisters' school.

    Just as a point of information, technically a voluntary secondary school (brothers, priests, nuns, even if non fee-paying) is a private school.
    Public schools in Ireland are mainly under the control of VECs.

    Not that it matters, as a previous poster said, 'private' or even 'grind' schools do not have exclusive rights to good grades.

    Well done all those who got good results.


  • #13
    Nettie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 119 ✭✭Nettie


    spurious wrote: »
    Just as a point of information, technically a voluntary secondary school (brothers, priests, nuns, even if non fee-paying) is a private school.
    Public schools in Ireland are mainly under the control of VECs.

    Not that it matters, as a previous poster said, 'private' or even 'grind' schools do not have exclusive rights to good grades.

    Well done all those who got good results.

    Well we don't have to pay to go to my school, all contributions are voluntary...So I wouldn't consider it a Private school.


  • #14
    spurious
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    Nettie wrote: »
    Well we don't have to pay to go to my school, all contributions are voluntary...So I wouldn't consider it a Private school.

    It's privately owned though, but anyway, just as likely to have students who perform at the highest level, which your excellent crop of As show.


  • #15
    jumpguy
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    Fad wrote: »

    Money ≠ Intelligence oddly.
    While the rest of your post is sound, money isn't equal intelligence, no, your right. However, it does equal the level of education you get. I see people getting tonnes and tonnes of expensive and lenghty grinds, get tutors, tonnes of those revision books, etc.
    Note that I'm not being bitter here. I was merely curious in the first place how the class got such a high proportion of A's and seeked an explanation. I myself am not poor in no way, and have bought revision books and stuff! But the level of education one gets does vary slightly with money...however, all the books and grinds in the world don't count if someone doesn't work, that's true.


  • #16
    Nettie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 119 ✭✭Nettie


    spurious wrote: »
    It's privately owned though, but anyway, just as likely to have students who perform at the highest level, which your excellent crop of As show.

    Ah yes, I get you :) I think it's the teacher that's to thank for the A's. I never in a million years expected an A!! :L A B at the highest...But an A's great!


  • #17
    spurious
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    Nettie wrote: »
    Ah yes, I get you :) I think it's the teacher that's to thank for the A's. I never in a million years expected an A!! :L A B at the highest...But an A's great!


    No, the rule is...
    Good results - oh I worked so hard, go me.
    Bad results - we had a crap teacher. :D


  • #18
    david1k
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10 ✭david1k


    donvito99 wrote: »
    Me gots an A in English...that'll learn 'em...
    hahahah. that made me laugh :L i got a B


  • #19
    overmantle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 870 ✭✭✭overmantle


    Doesn't seem to be much uniformity. Some schools seem to have done very well , others didn't. Some students appear to have done much better than they expected while others were devastated.


  • #20
    james5001
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29 ✭james5001


    My leaving cert english class got 12 A'S out of a class of 28! And in case your wondering I dont go to a private school, its a school in leitrim.


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