Junior Cert 2010: Geography

decisions

Friday 11th, 9:30-11:30

All discussion and questions

DylanS09

I want an A here too!

decisions

Same:D pitty I havent even looked at a book yet

Caught

Last years exam was SO easy. Like, you needed to know barely anything. If you look at it you'll actually notice they had three separate easy questions - like question 5 I think everyone always does, but it really was simple. Lets hope its the same this year! Looking back to only like a few years ago, it was rock hard. They didnt even have a full question on the maps and surveys!

Colm!

Pretty much confirmed A for a looooooot of people. No worries at all

spurious

A for about one in 12 who sit it, so let's not get carried away. Percentage-wise, more people get A in Honours Irish, Maths, History or English.

That said, all JC exams are designed for candidates to get the maximum marks they can.

Ally7

Supposedly geography is a hard subject to get an A in, no matter how easy the exam seems. I remember last year that loads of people were disappointed with their B in geography, they all thought they got higher!

Luno

Colm! wrote: »

Pretty much confirmed A for a looooooot of people. No worries at all

Not me, I've a rubbish teacher who stopped teaching at the start of third year and said we were done!

Blue_Seas

You'd think it's grand but I got a C in the mocks because the correcter was very nit-picky and you had to have exact detail.

suitcasepink

I've gotten an A in most my geography tests including my mocks, tbh Ill be disappointed with anything less

WanderingSoul

deise_girl wrote: »

I've gotten an A in most my geography tests including my mocks, tbh Ill be disappointed with anything less

Me too.

bluejay14

I see we're all aiming for A's then.

We can do it.:)

Luno

bluejaymraz wrote: »

I see we're all aiming for A's then.

We can do it.:)

Not me! I've never gotten an A, but I've never really been bothered with Geogrpahy my teacher is rubbish too!

JC Man

Could someone please tell me roughly what to study tonight??:o

Namabillion

Got 78% in pre. Hoping for an A 2moro

Frodomac

Well, all i'm expecting for tomorrow is stuff on Rockery to come up, Igneous, stuff like that :eek:, I wish I could kill whoever came up with the Idea of a Junior Certificate,
Leaving cert has meaning to it.

Zoticon

like 70% of my year got As in da mocks so i think the correcting is done real hard in the actual paper

any predictions for da exam?

fiestapower

yeah i got a b in the mocks but dont really think i deserve it.

yeah im with that guy, what to study..?

Tommyrawr

yeh rocks and stuff with proabably come up in the Geographical mix
Also i think erosion and deposition will come up (beaches and headlands)
with some OS maps , population perimids and economic growth?

kevin12345

Tommyrawr wrote: »

yeh rocks and stuff with proabably come up in the Geographical mix
Also i think erosion and deposition will come up (beaches and headlands)
with some OS maps , population perimids and economic growth?

Good stuff

mista_2k10

am not looking forward to this!, i havnt done a bit of study for it..

Closed ac

Short questions are worth 40% of this exam! I'm hoping for an A, I'll be disappointed if I got a B but think this could be a hard paper as last year's was so easy.

bevan619

I'm aiming for at least a C

lolzNato

If the paper is kind to me i'm aiming for an A ... but i think i'll get a B :cool:

Smiley Laura

Namabillion wrote: »

Got 78% in pre. Hoping for an A 2moro

Yea, I got 84% in pres/mocks. I just so desperately want an A!

knockane_ali09

my teacher thinks that settlement is going to come up as it hasnt come up in a while espically urban settlement and also rivers like feature of depostiton and erosion

bevan619

knockane_ali09 wrote: »

my teacher thinks that settlement is going to come up as it hasnt come up in a while espically urban settlement and also rivers like feature of depostiton and erosion

Thanks for the advice

Jackobyte

Got 83% in pre. Hope to get at least 2% more.

Glee_GG

someone said economic growth as something to revise?! what exactly is this in relation to geo?!

bevan619

Glee_GG wrote: »

someone said economic growth as something to revise?! what exactly is this in relation to geo?!

Eh... I think it's a factor in industrialization.

It helps companies decide where to go?

I know it helps a countries development.

Blue_Seas

I heard from someone they'll put in volcanoes somewhere because of the one in Iceland but surely this paper has been set out since before that?

bevan619

Blue_Seas wrote: »

I heard from someone they'll put in volcanoes somewhere because of the one in Iceland but surely this paper has been set out since before that?

Volcanoes aren't that hard to revise tbh.

fiestapower

aiming for a b but likely geta c

yeaa also heard somebody say that haiti might come up cause of the earthquake.

bevan619

fiestapower wrote: »

aiming for a b but likely geta c

yeaa also heard somebody say that haiti might come up cause of the earthquake.

Earthquakes and volcanoes aren't really hard. It's just plates and stuff.

JonnyM824

This should be a pure handy B.. Maybe even an A if the questions are good to me :pac: Didn't do one bita study for the mocks and got 69%? Looking forward to this one.. Any1 know if organised migration or irrigation systems are predicted to come up?

tracy wacy x

Is everyone prepared !! :p:p

bevan619

tracy wacy x wrote: »

Is everyone prepared !! :p:p

Um, sure :pac:

mista_2k10

tracy wacy x wrote: »

Is everyone prepared !! :p:p

everyone except me

bevan619

mista_2k10 wrote: »

everyone except me

Me too! In the words of my teacher "Nathan's expecting to get by on what he hears in class"

mista_2k10

bevan619 wrote: »

Me too! In the words of my teacher "Nathan's expecting to get by on what he hears in class"

I always fall asleep in geography , and anyway, if i get a bad result ill blame the "so called" teacher!

bluejay14

Jackobyte wrote: »

Got 83% in pre. Hope to get at least 2% more.

83%:eek: Me too! *highs fives*

Closed ac

bluejaymraz wrote: »

83%:eek: Me too! *highs fives*

83% too!

Bears and Vodka

mista_2k10 wrote: »

I always fall asleep in geography , and anyway, if i get a bad result ill blame the "so called" teacher!

Blame the ''so called'' your effort

bevan619

subz3r0 wrote: »

Blame the ''so called'' your effort

patakadarragh

I just read me papers for the first time since the mocks....jaysus they are simple really..i mean if you dont like a question tis easy get around it....short questions are stupidly easy too.....

DylanS09

patakadarragh wrote: »

I just read me papers for the first time since the mocks....jaysus they are simple really..i mean if you dont like a question tis easy get around it....short questions are stupidly easy too.....

I've just opened the book there a minute ago for the first time since or last Geography class!
But we do have a CLASS geography teacher in fairness!
We've been through the whole book like 4 times and we have really good notes as well!

bevan619

DylanS09 wrote: »

I've just opened the book there a minute ago for the first time since or last Geography class!
But we do have a CLASS geography teacher in fairness!
We've been through the whole book like 4 times and we have really good notes as well!

So it's safe to say we're all confident about Geography?

Daniel2oo9

Let's be honest Geography isnt exactly rocket science

DylanS09

bevan619 wrote: »

So it's safe to say we're all confident about Geography?

Yep!:D

bevan619

Daniel2oo9 wrote: »

Let's be honest Geography isnt exactly rocket science

Sure once you have the short questions done (assuming you've done well) it's not too hard to get a good grade.

Daniel2oo9

Cant wait for the short Q's . Only got 1 wrong in the pres/69 %