In 2nd Year ! Want to do well.

Willie Stroker

Hello ,

Im in second year, I wanna do well in my JC , my weak subjects are Science and Home Ec , My geography teacher wants me to do Honours but im not sure, I printed out the science and home ec 2009 papers im finish the Home Ec one , haven't started science one .

Would you advice me to start with doing exam papers or would you advice me to start next year !

clairek6

start revision this year and it will make 3rd year way easyier and you should be able to attempt most honours subjets.im in 3rd year now and am gettin fairly stressed as i did no study last year!

jenny2hat

If i could go back, I'd work my ass off in second year and it would make everything now so much easier. I know it's hard to think about the JC right now, but trust me if you put in the work now you'll be fine.

spurious

Try for as many Higher Level subjects as you can.

Listen in class, do your homework and ALWAYS ask your teacher if there is something you do not understand.

It will stand to you, not only in the JC, but also the LC which builds on the JC. Cutting corners at JC leaves you on a rocky foundation for the LC.

gant0

Wow thinking about the JC and your only in second year,whats wrong with you?....you're what 13-14 years old?Enjoy your innocence and stop worrying about the JC,you'll have plenty of time to worry in 6th year.

Brendog

Stick with Geography at higher level its easy to do. A trick my teacher taught me was that any diagram you put down on the exam page, as long as its relevant to the question, will get you points. As for science, just keep studying. Theres no trick to it just take notes and use bright colours that you can associate that certain point with. Good luck.

Superbus

Study with the Second Year exams in mind, rather than the Junior Cert, as if you build the JC up in your head from 2nd Year then it'll seem like the be all and end all of life when you get there. So, study sufficiently in Second Year, but don't overdo it, do a fair bit of study in Third Year, do TY, enjoy it, study hard for the Leaving, and your Second Level education should go well.

Chuchoter

Try to do really,really well in your summer tests. Especially maths and languages. Don't bother starting 3rd year work, just get a good base together. But start studying from the first day of third year! 2 hours a night including homework minimum. That was the mistake I made, not studying in 2nd year and starting late in third.

highlydebased

I'm doing the Leaving this year- I did an above average Junior cert- the best advice I can give is listen in class, do your homework and work on things you are not good at. You'll end up revising alot of things without realising it by the time the actual exams come around between one thing and another.

Gaeilge-go-deo

Pass geography = joke , seriously you shouldnt do any pass subjects at all if you are any way interested in school / doing well.

spurious

Gaeilge-go-deo wrote: »

Pass geography = joke , seriously you shouldnt do any pass subjects at all if you are any way interested in school / doing well.

Way to dismiss 11-12000 people a year in one go.

There's nothing jokey about pass Geography if that is the level someone is suited to. Many people do a pass Junior Cert. and go on to do a Leaving Cert. and go to college and 'do well', some even manage to do it without making remarks about people doing other levels.

If a person is able to do Higher level, they should do it.

Winnel

Your only in second year just pay attention and always do your homework and studyfor class tests that's all you have to do when your in 3rd year ou can start to study for now just relax

Gaeilge-go-deo

spurious wrote: »

Way to dismiss 11-12000 people a year in one go.

There's nothing jokey about pass Geography if that is the level someone is suited to. Many people do a pass Junior Cert. and go on to do a Leaving Cert. and go to college and 'do well', some even manage to do it without making remarks about people doing other levels.

If a person is able to do Higher level, they should do it.

Yea but if he's studyin this hard already I don't see any need to do a subject like geography at pass

Gaeilge-go-deo

Winnel wrote: »

Your only in second year just pay attention and always do your homework and studyfor class tests that's all you have to do when your in 3rd year ou can start to study for now just relax

Yea seriously enjoy the time you got now!! You can't enjoy it next year coz your conscience is tellin ya you need to study!

Evolute

Don't Dick around and you will fly through the junior cert they are a complete joke set of exams.
They are simply practice for the leaving cert.
If your already doing that much revision your sorted for the JC

Luno

Gaeilge-go-deo wrote: »

Yea seriously enjoy the time you got now!! You can't enjoy it next year coz your conscience is tellin ya you need to study!

I beg to differ, I find this year more eased off then second year, I'm enjoying it more and everything...
Could be just me though!

IveSeenFire

I guarantee youll hate yourself afterwards for studying hard for the Junior Cert.

mista_2k10

IveSeenFire wrote: »

I guarantee youll hate yourself afterwards for studying hard for the Junior Cert.

Why do you say that?

IveSeenFire

mista_2k10 wrote: »

Why do you say that?

Because its astoshiningly unimportant.

spurious

IveSeenFire wrote: »

Because its astoshiningly unimportant.

Try doing absolutely nothing for the JC, find yourself in 5th yr without a clue and imagine how much you'd hate yourself then.

It is important as a foundation for the LC and for the experience of doing a State examination. Describing it as 'unimportant' is being disingenuous at best.

Gaeilge-go-deo

IveSeenFire wrote: »

Because its astoshiningly unimportant.

Yea hardly any of my friends study, the only reason i do is because of the person i am.. haha

Gaeilge-go-deo

M&S* wrote: »

I beg to differ, I find this year more eased off then second year, I'm enjoying it more and everything...
Could be just me though!

Well the classes arent as hard as last year as we're not learning anything new, just revision .. but apart from that...?

IveSeenFire

spurious wrote: »

Try doing absolutely nothing for the JC, find yourself in 5th yr without a clue and imagine how much you'd hate yourself then.

It is important as a foundation for the LC and for the experience of doing a State examination. Describing it as 'unimportant' is being disingenuous at best.

My point is that anyone of average intelligence will have no problem. Studying 2-3 hours per night through 2nd and 3rd year is outrageous. I myself got 8 As by studying last 3 weeks, and what did that earn me? A good foundation for the LC? when i largely start afresh in 5th Year regardless of JC results, And experience of a State Exam? when it is identical to every other secondary exam one will do. The exam is massively over hyped when it matters so little.
I dont advocate doing nothing but with so little reward its hard to see why there is so much importance placed on it.

Moi!

Xx_emma_xX wrote: »

Hey I'm a second year too, and you're the only other one I've seen so far, so heeeey

Heyyyyy!
Im a second year tooo!

I find second year okkkky. I definetly foundthat we have done in terms of chapters, loooads more than last year, so its obviously harder with the extra work load.

Im not really looking at exam papers yet, just at English at the Personal Writing section so I can work on the sort of topics that come up.

I find English the hardest subject because I feel lyk you can study all the other subjects much easier.

Geography and Science are both proper study subjects, even though there is of course the understanding to it.

The short qs seem a cinch in geography but its the long qs that seem where the study come in.

Personally, if u are able for it, go for higher. I know my class is pretty average and at this point, the majority are planning doing higher for geog.

Even though, just less than half of my class is doing pass science which seems riduculous.