The Leaving Certificate. The worlds biggest anti-climax

ps3man

Ok i am finished tomorrow with economics. The 23rd has been a date that I have been looking forward to for months. Now that its nearly here there is nowhere near the sheer amount of joy I thought I would feel. my friends who are finished all seem to be doing the same as they were before the lc ended. Does anybody else feel that the leaving cert is one of the greatest anti-climaxes ever. I was more excited to finish the junior certificate to be honest.

EuropeanSon

I'd have said Spain losing to Switzerland was the worlds biggest anticlimax. They went in unbeatable looking, and lost to Switzerland ffs.

ajjmk

EuropeanSon wrote: »

I'd have said Spain losing to Switzerland was the worlds biggest anticlimax. They went in unbeatable looking, and lost to Switzerland ffs.

A biteen off-topic? :P

But yeah, I kinda agree with OP. I still cant wait til the 24th when it's all over, but I know it's gonna be a major anti-climax. All year I've been looking forward to this amazing summer that I was gonna have, but I know full well that Im just gonna be pure bored! Fecking LC...hate it!

mark182

defo and try sitting your last exam alone

DancingQueen:)

I don't know, I finished Thursday and have had a great few days Looking forward to Friday when the big celebrations begin though.

Captain-America

Yeah, finished there at five. A bit anticlimatic. 4 nights out between now and Sunday though so it ain't all bad.

In fairness, it'll take a while for the stress of it all to subside.

3_BOoYA_X

Couldn't agree more. i thought i couldn't wait for this week a few months ago, and now it just seems like any other week.

EuropeanSon

A biteen off-topic?

But yeah, I kinda agree with OP. I still cant wait til the 24th when it's all over, but I know it's gonna be a major anti-climax. All year I've been looking forward to this amazing summer that I was gonna have, but I know full well that Im just gonna be pure bored! Fecking LC...hate it!

Well, the topic is the worlds biggest anticlimax...

Ashashi

EuropeanSon wrote: »

I'd have said Spain losing to Switzerland was the worlds biggest anticlimax. They went in unbeatable looking, and lost to Switzerland ffs.

New Zealand drawing with Italy sits above that with me. Their best player plays for Blackburn, BLACKBURN!

ChiefBrody

Yeah, they Leaving Cert has a unique way of draining all happiness out of your life until it's irretrievable. That's where alcohol steps in.

Orlaladuck

It really is so anticlimax =(. I was expecting a HUGE weight to be lifted from my shoulders and nothing..Maybe it'll only come on the 18th of August? God I hope not =(

KealanOCarroll

naaah feck ye all im goin back motocrossin a few hours after app maths....gonna be mental!

Even if you dont get the mad rush of excitement we're all expectin, its a relief to have the shíttiest exam of your life over and done with....never again will I haveto write an essay on lear or how bolands poetry has such an impact on me....finished englidh is enough of a relief for me:D

ajjmk

EuropeanSon wrote: »

Well, the topic is the worlds biggest anticlimax...

True I guess, my bad:D

lc2010

Junior cert is the worlds biggest anti climax!!!! At least this actually means something, by the end of the junior you realize it's worth nothing!!!!

KealanOCarroll

lc2010 wrote: »

Junior cert is the worlds biggest anti climax!!!! At least this actually means something, by the end of the junior you realize it's worth nothing!!!!

arrived back in class the first day of 5th year only to be told "right lads that meant nothin, this is the important one" ....was sickening!

Holysock

ps3man wrote: »

Does anybody else feel that the leaving cert is one of the greatest anti-climaxes ever. I was more excited to finish the junior certificate to be honest.

I agree completely, I finished today and thought I'd be going mad but I'm really not!After all that study I think i need to get used to the real world again:p

randylonghorn

Expect an anti-climax tbh.

You have just gone through 2 weeks of pressure, probably living significant chunks of it on an adrenalin high, and now that adrenalin has leached away and you're left feeling unexpectedly low, though you know you should be feeling great ... quite a common reaction.

Melissa X

Try this for an anticlimax
finishing your last exam in an isolated room,cant see your friends
cant go out
everything youve built up to on hold
MUMPS

MonTheBiffy

Melissa X wrote: »

Try this for an anticlimax
finishing your last exam in an isolated room,cant see your friends
cant go out
everything youve built up to on hold
MUMPS

Sickener

NufcNavan

Melissa X wrote: »

Try this for an anticlimax
finishing your last exam in an isolated room,cant see your friends
cant go out
everything youve built up to on hold
MUMPS

Should have used a condom. :rolleyes:

JellyBeans92

KealanOCarroll wrote: »

....never again will I haveto write an essay on lear or how bolands poetry has such an impact on me....finished englidh is enough of a relief for me:D

You did read the paper right.. Boland wasn't there.. I hope to GOD you didn't write a Boland essay.
=P

chaoticmess

KealanOCarroll wrote: »

never again will I haveto write an essay on lear or how bolands poetry has such an impact on me....finished englidh is enough of a relief for me:D

oops!!!

:rolleyes:

casadenikki

mark182 wrote: »

defo and try sitting your last exam alone

doing my last exam alone too the only one in the school

muffinz

yup today was as boring as heck, i went out with friends but we were all just too exhausted! saturday though, Swiftttts woot!

randylonghorn

Melissa X wrote: »

Try this for an anticlimax
finishing your last exam in an isolated room,cant see your friends
cant go out
everything youve built up to on hold
MUMPS

MonTheBiffy wrote: »

Sickener

Indeed!! >.<

NufcNavan wrote: »

Should have used a condom. :rolleyes:

~_~

EuropeanSon

randylonghorn wrote: »

Expect an anti-climax tbh.

You have just gone through 2 weeks of pressure, probably living significant chunks of it on an adrenalin high, and now that adrenalin has leached away and you're left feeling unexpectedly low, though you know you should be feeling great ... quite a common reaction.

I've had so much energy drink I know I'm gonna get withdrawal symptoms.

JayEnnis

I finished with chemistry today, went home threw the bike in the back of me car and rode Dh until 10pm. Going out now for the next few nights.

**Timbuk2**

I didn't drink any energy drink at all during the LC. I find the adrenaline of the 'big exams' great - much better than any Boost!

I can't wait until Friday at 12pm. It's going to be great! I'm going to go on a massive drive - I miss driving. I have a car, insurance and a licence but my parents told me not to drive before the Leaving Cert in case I got in an accident or something (bit of an over-reaction really but I suppose they have my best interests at heart)!

randylonghorn

EuropeanSon wrote: »

I've had so much energy drink I know I'm gonna get withdrawal symptoms.

Oh Lord!! >.<

You are, you know!

Go for a long walk / cycle tomorrow ... as in 3 -4 hours. Bring / drink plenty of water.

I always found it helps with the adrenalin flush; you will get a restful sleep tomorrow night afterwards; and ... I suspect it might help with the withdrawal symptoms as well!

uncle-mofo

JayEnnis wrote: »

I finished with chemistry today, went home threw the bike in the back of me car and rode Dh until 10pm. Going out now for the next few nights.

Fellow DH MTBer? :eek:

**Timbuk2**

Ahh now I want to cycling! I don't MTB but I road cycle - sometimes as much as 100-200km. The LC has caused me to lose some of my fitness - but there is plenty of time in the summer to regain that!

randylonghorn

randylonghorn wrote: »

Go for a long walk / cycle tomorrow ... as in 3 -4 hours. Bring / drink plenty of water.

I always found it helps with the adrenalin flush; you will get a restful sleep tomorrow night afterwards; and ... I suspect it might help with the withdrawal symptoms as well!

Actually, I should have said, the day after you finish ... as you haven't yet, if I remember correctly?

**Timbuk2**

randylonghorn wrote: »

Actually, I should have said, the day after you finish ... as you haven't yet, if I remember correctly?

He's in until Friday Applied Maths until 12pm as far as I remember - just like me!

At least when we are off everybody else will be, so I won't be like some of my friends who didn't have anybody to go out with at first.

It's a very small consolation though, because as of tomorrow all of my close friends will be finished with their second level education for life! (except for me)

stainluss

I am going to love being bored (and slightly hungover) come the 26th..

I havent been bored in 12 months:p

randylonghorn

stainluss wrote: »

I am going to love being bored (and slightly hungover) come the 26th..

I havent been bored in 12 months:p

And a week later you'll be complaining ... :P

challengemaster

I always thought the biggest anti-climax of the world was randylonghorn.... oh well :pac:

but yeah, remember walking out of the exams last year, going "ah well, over and done with. So.....whats for dinner"

randylonghorn

I have given many an auntie a climax, 'tis true!

EuropeanSon

randylonghorn wrote: »

Oh Lord!! >.<

You are, you know!

Go for a long walk / cycle tomorrow ... as in 3 -4 hours. Bring / drink plenty of water.

I always found it helps with the adrenalin flush; you will get a restful sleep tomorrow night afterwards; and ... I suspect it might help with the withdrawal symptoms as well!

That'll have to wait until Saturday. Plenty more will be consumed by then too.

Edit: You noticed already. I might give it a go though.

Finical

4 hours and 15 minutes until freedom. I can't wait, but I know I won't be happy when I'm finished. I will just walk home like it was any other day, although the thought of being able to watch the World Cup games without feeling guilty has cheered me up.

aine92

Ah well I know the feeling, I finished up yesterday and all day I felt nothing until I got home, sat down on the couch and it just hit me.

Trust me, the feeling of freedom is unbeatable, you just gotta be patient and wait

gant0

Nah man no anti-climax here!!!finished on monday and had an unreal night in twon with the lads.Then for the first time in a year I recouperated in front of the playstation woithout any guilt of having to study.Out again on thursday and friday!!!!this is gonna be a great summer!!!!

klose

my room had 6 people doing chemistry in it, was just myself left near the end left 20 mins early felt no different, went home put the last of me books away and me uniform away, no different again, had shower and ate talked to family felt the exact same again was worried i was never gonna feel any way happy.....

met up with the lads 12 cans of bud for 12 quid a football, a garden and some decking chairs and i felt it then oh and a kebab as the night went on... i think ya can only realise how great it is when your with others who've finished also..

NOTE: I didnt drink all 12 cans, but whou could turn down an offer like that:rolleyes:

LouiseZ

That exactly what I said the other day, I thought I'd be over the moon but I just don't give a crap!

RocketFalls

Not entirely sure this feeling will pass until August 18th. Still, you people seem fairly confident about getting your courses. Some of us have to live with the knowledge that even Fetac might be pushing it =/

EuropeanSon

I could get 585 and not get my course if I fail to get an A in App Maths. It all comes down to the last day!!!

**Timbuk2**

EuropeanSon wrote: »

I could get 585 and not get my course if I fail to get an A in App Maths. It all comes down to the last day!!!

Jaysus that's pressure! Best of luck!

clairebearxx

EuropeanSon wrote: »

I could get 585 and not get my course if I fail to get an A in App Maths. It all comes down to the last day!!!

what course requires an A in applied maths?! best of luck!!:)

EuropeanSon

clairebearxx wrote: »

what course requires an A in applied maths?! best of luck!!:)

It's a 4 year MMath in St. Andrews in Scotland. I need 4As and 1B, including As in Maths and Applied Maths.

ManUtdFan10

Finished....... I have wished for this day for so long. I had great celebrations in mind but now I don't feel like doing anything, not drinking, parties nothing. I am actually slightly sad, wasn't expecting this. Walking out of school for the last time was depressing. I was finished my exam then I just sat there for 20 mins cause I didn't want to leave, then I did.

...... hopefully I cheer up soon.

ayumi

i heard and read that their is a student is doing 30 subjects!
is this true?

Finical

ayumi wrote: »

i heard and read that their is a student is doing 30 subjects!
is this true?

This fella: http://www.youtube.com/user/LeavingCertificate