The typical Boards.ie LC student.

TimeToShine

I got 800 points. Yes 800 points. Not 600, not 700 but 800 points.

I got 8 A1's. You know that subject you're really struggling with? I got an A1 in it with relative ease. The paper on the day was piss easy, I didn't even have to stretch my incredibly capable brain for that A1.

I got an A1 in English. Please ignore my hopelessly misguided grammar issues on this forum, they are irrelevant. Even though I use txtspit and can't distinguish between "your" and "you're" I got an A1 in English.

I got an A1 in French. I know I've cried all year about how difficult it was and how disastrous my oral was but I've gotten my A. I don't really care about those of you who wanted A's and got B's, because i got an A.

I got an A1 in Chemistry. I'm that same person who came on the day after the exam and made a thread entitled "OMFG DAT CHEMISTRY PAPER WOZ IMPOSSIBLE?!" Yes I got an A1 and I refuse to be in any way humble or modest about it.

I got an A1 in Physics, Maths, Applied Maths, Accounting and every other number related subject. I love to tell people how incredibly talented I am at maths on the internet. I have no respect for other people's feelings or problems with these subjects. As long as I get my A1's I'm happy. Now I'm looking forward to doing a Mathematics degree with Pure Mathematics and some Maths thrown in, I'm going to be rich while you struggle to pass Ordinary level Maths.

I got an A2 in Economics. Happy as I was to rattle off my previous A1's without any empathy for others who didn't come near to getting them, when I get an A2 I'm looking for someone to make me feel better by telling me they got a lower grade and did more work. I'm appealing this immediately because the SEC cannot give ME a B grade, how absurd.

Yes, I am the typical boards.ie LCer. Bow before me you worthless pieces of filth, for I am better than you all at everything in life.

NOTE: The point is for anyone doing the Leaving Cert next year there will be A LOT of this type of person, IGNORE IGNORE IGNORE IGNORE IGNORE, or you will feel awful.

Lawliet

Heh I guess this section does attract the exam obsessed nerds.
It's funny, I feel rather inadequate about my results because half the people on here were claiming points in the high 500s. Even though I know I got a damn good leaving cert, and it's above average, my perspective of what's good has been warped somewhat by this board.

Kinky Slinky

You forgot that everyone on the leaving cert forum is doing medicine, they need their 800 points

Glad i won't be looking at the leaving cert forum again, If i see one more "How hard is honors leaving cert maths, like i got a A1 in junior cert " threads :rolleyes:

TimeToShine

Just remember people, no matter how well you do, it's never good enough for the typical Boards.ie Leaving Cert student. Ever.

DB10

I bet most don't even know what they are getting into. Medicine is a tough life, I certainly wouldn't be interested in it one bit regardless of pay.

Agreed though the nerds really put a downer on things, and I really think about a 1/4 of them lie about their results.

Anyway you would want to be one sad ****er to lie about your results. Sure being ashamed is one thing but pretending to have 590 points, pathetic.

randylonghorn

Definition of a "good" Leaving Cert ... you did your best, and achieved your best.

For many people these days, it also means that you got the points for the course you wanted, but the first bit is far more important.

For some, 600 points is easy; for others, passing is a lot of hard work and a big achievement.

People get hyper, most don't really mean to be a pain in the neck, OP (yes, there are one or two, but most are just caught up in their own concerns, whether they're aiming for passing it or for 600 points).

theowen

Feels like a nerd...

DB10

randylonghorn wrote: »

For some, 600 points is easy;

I seriously doubt that!

Btw I really hate when people say they got an A,B,C or 450 points etc with "no work".

Come off it people! If most people done "no work" they would get around 0-150 points and that isn't a slight on people who got those points.

dambarude

I'm lost for words after that!

i like pie

DB10 wrote: »

Agreed though the nerds really put a downer on things, and I really think about a 1/4 of them lie about their results.

Anyway you would want to be one sad ****er to lie about your results. Sure being ashamed is one thing but pretending to have 590 points, pathetic.

why would people bother lying about their results?? just because people say they got in the 500's doesn't mean they are lying and it is unfair to assume they are just because they have worked really hard for high points!

TimeToShine

Randy, the definition of a "good" Leaving Cert as dictated by this forum is getting 600 points with absolutely no work and then posting about it to make sure EVERYONE knows. People who work like all hell and get 400-450 and should be delighted with themselves come onto this forum HOPING to see people in the same category as themselves who are just as happy as they are, yet we see arrogant cocky kids flaunting their many A1's which they did "no work" for.

randylonghorn

DB10 wrote: »

I seriously doubt that!

Oh, I don't mean easy as in "no work" ... I mean easy as in manageable without killing themselves.

My point is that if people work hard and achieve the best they can, they have every reason to hold their head high.

theowen

TimeToShine wrote: »

Randy, the definition of a "good" Leaving Cert as dictated by this forum is getting 600 points with absolutely no work and then posting about it to make sure EVERYONE knows. People who work like all hell and get 400-450 and should be delighted with themselves come onto this forum HOPING to see people in the same category as themselves who are just as happy as they are, yet we see arrogant cocky kids flaunting their many A1's which they did "no work" for.

Who has every said I got an A1 by doing no work?

i like pie

TimeToShine wrote: »

Randy, the definition of a "good" Leaving Cert as dictated by this forum is getting 600 points with absolutely no work and then posting about it to make sure EVERYONE knows. People who work like all hell and get 400-450 and should be delighted with themselves come onto this forum HOPING to see people in the same category as themselves who are just as happy as they are, yet we see arrogant cocky kids flaunting their many A1's which they did "no work" for.

can you link to posts by these 'kids'?? obviously people who say this are lying but i doubt there's many people on boards who would say they got 600 points by not doing any work!

QueenOfLeon

TimeToShine wrote: »

Randy, the definition of a "good" Leaving Cert as dictated by this forum is getting 600 points with absolutely no work and then posting about it to make sure EVERYONE knows. People who work like all hell and get 400-450 and should be delighted with themselves come onto this forum HOPING to see people in the same category as themselves who are just as happy as they are, yet we see arrogant cocky kids flaunting their many A1's which they did "no work" for.

If people rave about A1s they did nothing for, well then they're lying.

And if you look at some of the threads throughout the year, you'll see people coming on saying they got B's, C's, 300/400 points, which they're completely happy with, and people will congratulate them all the same

TimeToShine

It's a general overview, and as I haven't been on these forums in a few months and only made an account yesterday I don't think I'm going to sift through a years worth of posts to satisfy your demands

randylonghorn

TimeToShine wrote: »

Randy, the definition of a "good" Leaving Cert as dictated by this forum is getting 600 points with absolutely no work and then posting about it to make sure EVERYONE knows.

No, it's not.

I actually can't remember one person here posting that they scored 600, though there were certainly some high scores.

TimeToShine wrote: »

People who work like all hell and get 400-450 and should be delighted with themselves come onto this forum HOPING to see people in the same category as themselves who are just as happy as they are, yet we see arrogant cocky kids flaunting their many A1's which they did "no work" for.

I really think you need to take off the blinkers and read more threads tbh.

Yes, I would agree that the forum tends to attract a lot of the more points-oriented students, but that's the nature of the internet and forums like this. Your view is well OTT though.

i like pie

TimeToShine wrote: »

It's a general overview, and as I haven't been on these forums in a few months and only made an account yesterday I don't think I'm going to sift through a years worth of posts to satisfy your demands

well that was smart! good luck surviving on boards by talking about things you have no clue about and by making general assumptions:rolleyes:

TimeToShine

Forums like this, yes. The Internet? No

dambarude

I think for some people it may 'feel' like they have done no work, when in reality they actually have, and have probably done over and above what some others do. IMO this is what leads to some people saying 'I got an A1 and did **** all all year'.

I know when I did my LC I genuinely felt that I hadn't really done that much work. But looking back now I see that I probably did, and luckily for me it paid off in the end.

theowen

TimeToShine wrote: »

It's a general overview, and as I haven't been on these forums in a few months and only made an account yesterday I don't think I'm going to sift through a years worth of posts to satisfy your demands

You're clearly taking out your own insecurities on those people your unfairly criticising...

TimeToShine

i like pie wrote: »

well that was smart! good luck surviving on boards by talking about things you have no clue about and by making general assumptions:rolleyes:

Yes surviving is going to be very difficult for me, Wading through ill-disguised insults and snide remarks for the next 50 years of my life really will be ball shattering stuff.

TimeToShine

Insecurities? I don't want people who do their best to come on and feel useless when they see how other people are outstripping them points wise and results wise by doing what seems to be nothing for it.

i like pie

TimeToShine wrote: »

Yes surviving is going to be very difficult for me, Wading through ill-disguised insults and snide remarks for the next 50 years of my life really will be ball shattering stuff.

well leave if you want!! nobody is making you stay here:rolleyes:

QueenOfLeon

Woah. I think the whole point of the thread was just to tell people not to worry about those who do better than them and boast about it on the internet. I don't think TimeToShine is trying to cause trouble tbh...

Obviously there are those who want to seem like the best in the world, even over the internet, but in fairness most people on boards are decent and wouldn't deliberately try to make others feel bad for their results.

theowen

QueenOfLeon wrote: »

Woah. I think the whole point of the thread was just to tell people not to worry about those who do better than them and boast about it on the internet. I don't think TimeToShine is trying to cause trouble tbh...

Obviously there are those who want to seem like the best in the world, even over the internet, but in fairness most people on boards are decent and wouldn't deliberately try to make others feel bad for their results.

I think people got annoyed at his ignorance and whatnot.:rolleyes: I've literally never come accross one person on this who he described so...

randylonghorn

TimeToShine wrote: »

It's a general overview, and as I haven't been on these forums in a few months and only made an account yesterday I don't think I'm going to sift through a years worth of posts to satisfy your demands

So ... you're going to make large and rather insulting claims, on the basis of "a general overview" researched over one day, and refuse to present any back-up?

Take a deep breath, tbh.

I have some sympathy with your basic point, but you are losing the chance to make that point and be heard by ranting about "arrogant cocky kids" etc. Lose the chip, and people might listen and hear ...

KnifeWRENCH

TimeToShine wrote: »

Yes, I am the typical boards.ie LCer. Bow before me you worthless pieces of filth, for I am better than you all at everything in life.

"Typical" boards.ie LC'er?
No such thing exists.

TimeToShine wrote: »

Just remember people, no matter how well you do, it's never good enough for the typical Boards.ie Leaving Cert student. Ever.

Again, there's no such thing as a "typical boards.ie" Leaving Cert student. We have students from all over the country posting here, all with different opinions, goals, interests etc.

TimeToShine wrote: »

Randy, the definition of a "good" Leaving Cert as dictated by this forum is getting 600 points with absolutely no work and then posting about it to make sure EVERYONE knows.

Excuse me? This forum dictates nothing.
The results threads was started so that people could share their results and express their happiness or disappointment with those results. We like seeing students who are pleased with their results but nobody is encouraged to brag, and anyone on here being cocky about their results and belittling others would be cut down to size very quickly, I assure you.

TimeToShine wrote: »

It's a general overview, and as I haven't been on these forums in a few months and only made an account yesterday I don't think I'm going to sift through a years worth of posts to satisfy your demands

Your general overview is incorrect. If you're going to start posting seemingly baseless assumptions without bothering to read previous threads in this forum, don't expect to be taken too seriously.

TimeToShine wrote: »

Insecurities? I don't want people who do their best to come on and feel useless when they see how other people are outstripping them points wise and results wise by doing what seems to be nothing for it.

I don't think I've ever seen something like this happening. Many students posting here that got scores of 450+ were on here months before talking about studying, mocks, doing Orals etc. They certainly didn't "do nothing" for it.

You really seem to have a chip on your shoulder about this forum in particular. If you have genuine grievances with any posts here, report them and leave them for a moderator to deal with. (Incidentally, if you can find ANY post that makes others feel bad about their results, please report it because if it exists then I must have missed it.)

Otherwise, I'd suggest you read more of the threads here first before you start throwing around any more generalisations implying that this forum is full of cocky, elitist students who are encouraged to be arrogant. Nothing could be further from the truth.

TimeToShine

KnifeWrench, your name is immense.

Having said that, I find it amusing you took time out of your life to type that lengthy post just to conclude that I am a troll. I deliberately exaggerated to make a point I don't expect you to like it and I certainly don't expect you to post on it. Go ahead and ban me or whatever Moderators do here if you think I'm causing trouble. The majority of people who agree with me probably aren't going to post, and rightly so, if they're going to be put down immediately. Forgive me for trying to offer a new perspective on an extremely stale forum.

Good day.

KnifeWRENCH

TimeToShine wrote: »

KnifeWrench, your name is immense.

Thank you.

Having said that, I find it amusing you took time out of your life to type that lengthy post just to conclude that I am a troll.

It's not really amusing: I genuinely have nothing better to do on a Friday night than post on boards!

And I wouldn't suspect you of being a troll if you didn't make at least 5 different posts tarnishing this forum as a whole.
There's a difference between making a point to try and encourage a debate to improve the forum, and making a point by being deliberately scathing towards the forum and making generalisations

I deliberately exaggerated to make a point I don't expect you to like it and I certainly don't expect you to post on it.

Well as far as I'm concerned, deliberately exaggerating is the wrong way to go about making a point.

Forgive me for trying to offer a new perspective on an extremely stale forum.

You say you're trying to bring perspective, yet you have not posted a single example of the so-called "typical boards.ie LC'er" that you referred to.

Until you can provide examples to back up what you are saying, your point is not being made effectively.

randylonghorn

TimeToShine wrote: »

I deliberately exaggerated to make a point I don't expect you to like it and I certainly don't expect you to post on it.

Exaggeration to make a point is one thing ... it's usually an element of satire, and it often works well. The other necessary elements are: (a) humour and (b) avoiding actually being overtly insulting.

You lost your audience with phrases like "Bow before me you worthless pieces of filth", supposedly out of the mouths of "arrogant cocky kids".

There are a few points I suspect we would agree on:

1. If people work hard and achieve the best they can, they have every reason to hold their head high, whether they got 600 points or none.

2. This forum does tend to attract a lot of the more point-oriented students, and I also suspect that can be a bit off-putting for those who may be struggling hard to pass. Yet many of the latter post here too, and I have very seldom seen anyone put them down (and when I have seen it, there has been a very swift application of toe-to-hole ... same with the other mods).

If your basic message is "Don't be discouraged by those going for high points; this forum seems to get more than its fair share of them!", then, there we can agree.

You're doing yourself no favours with the rest of the chippy stuff, though.

TimeToShine

No offense, but I wasn't expecting to humour people such as yourself. If you've made it to the moderator status you clearly opt to take most things seriously, and although i admire that quality, I honestly can't say I wasn't expecting to make you and other people who think I'm "tarnishing the name of the Leaving Cert forum with ill-informed sniping" laugh.

dambarude

TimeToShine wrote: »

No offense, but I wasn't expecting to humour people such as yourself. If you've made it to the moderator status you clearly opt to take most things seriously, and although i admire that quality, I honestly can't say I wasn't expecting to make you and other people who think I'm "tarnishing the name of the Leaving Cert forum with ill-informed sniping" laugh.

I must say that I find the mods of this forum to have a very good sense of humour. And you'd be hard pressed to find better mods anywhere else on the site, the night of the CAO offers being case in point.

theowen

TimeToShine wrote: »

No offense, but I wasn't expecting to humour people such as yourself. If you've made it to the moderator status you clearly opt to take most things seriously, and although i admire that quality, I honestly can't say I wasn't expecting to make you and other people who think I'm "tarnishing the name of the Leaving Cert forum with ill-informed sniping" laugh.

You clearly don't know Randy:rolleyes:

TimeToShine

theowen wrote: »

You clearly don't know Randy:rolleyes:

Well as it's all friends here I'm hardly going to win...but I'll give it a shot.

It would be far less offensive to be personally insulted about your grades than to read about how casually someone shunned aside your achievement and overshadowed it with his or her own. Although you could beg to differ, I stand firm by that point.

Another thing, I wasn't being overly insulting. I didn't insult a single person in any of my posts, and I don't know why you think I did. Yes there is some crude humour, but nothing totally obscene and certainly nothing that you couldn't ignore.

Also, I don't exactly take kindly to your telling me how to write my threads and the exact level of humour and seriousness I should include. If you think I'm "chippy" or perhaps ignorant, surely you can keep it to yourself? I appreciate that you agree with my basic point, but surely you'd agree that how I make that point is up to me? If you disagree, then feel free to make a thread describing in great detail how wonderful everyone on Boards is and what a pleasure it's been for you to work with them, and how they're always down to earth, modest, humble and reserved when stating their achievements

KnifeWRENCH

TimeToShine wrote: »

No offense, but I wasn't expecting to humour people such as yourself.

No offence taken, I'm clearly a humourless drudgeon after all! :rolleyes:

If you've made it to the moderator status you clearly opt to take most things seriously

Heh, you definitely haven't been here long! :pac: I can think of a few Mods who could prove that statement wrong.

I honestly can't say I wasn't expecting to make you and other people who think I'm "tarnishing the name of the Leaving Cert forum with ill-informed sniping" laugh.

I just didn't like the way you were constantly referring to the so-called typical boards.ie LC'er, because that sort of behaviour is not at all typical of the regular posters here. That's all.
If the OP was just a piece of light-hearted satire and not an attack on this forum, then fair enough; apologies if I misunderstood.

But just so long as you know that the vast majority of posters on this forum are helpful, decent students and not at all representative of the type of student you're giving out about.

TimeToShine

No offence taken, I'm clearly a humourless drudgeon after all!

Proven me wrong...touche ( The e should have an accent on it but I don't know how to put them on). ( the e in accent should have an accent on it but I don't know how to put them on)...and so on ad infinitum

theowen

TimeToShine wrote: »

Well as it's all friends here I'm hardly going to win...but I'll give it a shot.

It would be far less offensive to be personally insulted about your grades than to read about how casually someone shunned aside your achievement and overshadowed it with his or her own. Although you could beg to differ, I stand firm by that point.

Another thing, I wasn't being overly insulting. I didn't insult a single person in any of my posts, and I don't know why you think I did. Yes there is some crude humour, but nothing totally obscene and certainly nothing that you couldn't ignore.

Also, I don't exactly take kindly to your telling me how to write my threads and the exact level of humour and seriousness I should include. If you think I'm "chippy" or perhaps ignorant, surely you can keep it to yourself? I appreciate that you agree with my basic point, but surely you'd agree that how I make that point is up to me? If you disagree, then feel free to make a thread describing in great detail how wonderful everyone on Boards is and what a pleasure it's been for you to work with them, and how they're always down to earth, modest, humble and reserved when stating their achievements

Your opinion^

FridaysWell

Guys, per ardua, ad astra.

Think of that and you will get what you want in your Leaving.

And forget about everyone else, and your typical boards.ie LC'er. Think of yourself.

johnmcdnl

DB10 wrote: »

I seriously doubt that!

Btw I really hate when people say they got an A,B,C or 450 points etc with "no work".

Come off it people! If most people done "no work" they would get around 0-150 points and that isn't a slight on people who got those points.

I got 460 and I genuinely felt like I felt feck all work in - I know I did do a bit like but I really really could have got so so so so much better if I'd done 3-4 hours study every night like some people did - I got an A2 in English which was a complete fluke imo but I'll not complain
Got an B1 in physics out of pretty much listening in class - I just understood it and never found anything difficult - which is probably why I only got a B - because I never did a bit of study for physics bar the night before pretty much

I know a lot of people find physics or whatever difficult but I just could always understand it despite my complete lack of effort study wise - I listened in class and that's pretty much it - hardly once opened my notes bar to check 1-2 things every now and then but when the end of the year came I could just remember it all without even opening a book

Some people can achieve really good results without any effort in certain subjects but anyone who says they got anything about 530ish with feck all work is really lying - Doing an hour or 2 study a night is doing a lot but people don't acknowledge this enough - that is working - not opening a book and acting the eijit is not doing a lot

just remember anyone who comes on the leaving cert board is more than likely a nerd or really trying to get a good mark despite being a weaker student
the average joe who couldn't give a toss lazy doesn't come on here so we only get either end of the spectrum really so

I'll miss leaving the LC board in some ways but others I won't - and in others I mean the people who get 560 points and aren't happy at all:rolleyes: i don't care if you want to be a doctor - you can be anything else - get on with it....

but to conclude - don't just assume certain people can't get an A1 in some subjects - just because you mightn't be great at it doesn't mean others can't

some young fellas can kick a 45 of the ground in gaelic football or other lads can skull a pint of guiness in one chug and others can get an A1 in YYYYY subject with feck all work - it's hard to understand how you can do this unless your in that person's shoes but then to them they can't comprehend why others complain about that subject being hard

vicious circle I know but that's the way it is

randylonghorn

TimeToShine wrote: »

It would be far less offensive to be personally insulted about your grades than to read about how casually someone shunned aside your achievement and overshadowed it with his or her own. Although you could beg to differ, I stand firm by that point.

The fact that someone says "Hey, I'm delighted, I got X number of points, I got my course" doesn't mean that they intend to put down, shun or overshadow anyone ... they're just happy, and they have a right to be.

TimeToShine wrote: »

Another thing, I wasn't being overly insulting. I didn't insult a single person in any of my posts, and I don't know why you think I did.

Yes, you did. You called the users of this forum "arrogant cocky gits" for one thing, or a fair proportion of them. You may not have insulted individuals, but that doesn't make it any less insulting.

TimeToShine wrote: »

Also, I don't exactly take kindly to your telling me how to write my threads and the exact level of humour and seriousness I should include. If you think I'm "chippy" or perhaps ignorant, surely you can keep it to yourself? I appreciate that you agree with my basic point, but surely you'd agree that how I make that point is up to me?

Within limits, yes, but you overstepped those limits somewhat. And it's my job as a moderator, and Knifey's, to step in at that stage and "moderate" the discussion.

The founder / owner of this site often says that the rules around here could be boiled down into two:

1. Be civil

2. Don't be a dick

You may be used to forums where it is more acceptable to come out of your corner fists flying, but we don't do things that way around here, and especially in the specific-purpose forums like LC.

Now, we could very easily have been heavy-handed and banned you, or closed the thread ... but we did neither. Instead we engaged with you. So much for the Nazi moderators of Boards! :rolleyes:

In fact, my main message to you was that if you wanted to make a point (and yes, I could see where you were coming from) you had a much better chance of getting heard by the users of this forum if you made an effort not to shove that chip on your shoulder up their nose, so to speak!

TimeToShine wrote: »

If you disagree, then feel free to make a thread describing in great detail how wonderful everyone on Boards is and what a pleasure it's been for you to work with them, and how they're always down to earth, modest, humble and reserved when stating their achievements

Now, why tf would I do that, when it's no more true or accurate than *your* extreme viewpoint?!

People around here aren't all wonderful or perfect or modest or what have you ... they're a pretty human, normal bunch of (mostly) 16-18 year olds, tbh, with all the flaws and failings intrinsic to the human condition.

Lukker-

The big LC is probably the most over-rated thing an Irish person will ever do. My teacher said to me on the first day of the 5th "do your best, if you come out with 600 or 220 you can still be proud". Well I ignored that and I did just enough (or a little under just enough in some subjects). I averaged probably 3 days a week of first study (4-6). I comfortably got my level 8 so all I am to say is I wouldn't worry too much. So my advice is don't get caught up in the hype. You are not going to be defined by your LC no matter what your parents or your teachers say. It is not the rest of your life. I have absolutely no clue why I'm posting but it's 5 o'clock on a Friday morning and I'm waiting for a movie to download. But I just came to back up OP, even though I think he went about his post in an unfortunate manner. There was plenty of times that I felt "small" and sort of under prepared and scared by the fact that I wasn't taking it as seriously as some people. But now that I'm done all I can say that it was a majorly under-whelming experience. So unless you are trying to get 550+ to do medicine or whatever YOU want to do (not daddy), go for it give it your all, but just do what's needed and ignore other people.

EDude

OP, you just made my day!

I first visited boards a little while before my mocks in Feb of 2010, looking for other people's opinions/views/advice. I have to admit i was intimidated by all the students on boards telling the world about how great they are.

It seemed everyone was doing medicine and that I was the only one who didnt get hpat results in the 100th percentile or 600 points!

But boards also taught me there are other ways of getting to where you want to be.I'm not a 600-pointer, a millionaire, a celebrity nor have I any special talents but at least I'm happy I'm delighted with my CAO offer and I plan to stay well away from anything I wouldnt love to do ...or in many peoples cases, whats hyped up to be the best thing you can do!

As I said above, the OP made my day with that post! Made me realise that you cant dwell on all that you see or read, and I'd say there are more people like me in the world than the typical boards LC student

**Timbuk2**

OP, thank you for your post - it certainly made me laugh!

But in all seriousness, sometimes people are not boasting about their results, it's just that it's taken up that way by people who got less points, perhaps a bit out of jealously.

I remember when I was doing my LC (this year) and I would log onto boards.ie after each exam to see what the general concensus was about the exam. It wasn't a good feeling for me to think an exam was tricky to have other people posting saying 'Very easy exam, I expect an A1' - it makes me wonder if everybody found the exam easy and it will be marked harder. What's worse is when people's answers are posted up, and you didn't get it.
However, these people weren't boasting, it's just that I was feel slightly jealous of them. It may be viewed as arrogance to speculate out loud that you think you got an A1 in a subject, but in reality is it much different than saying I think I got a B3 - however the former would annoy more people than the latter would.

seany2k10

Don't ban me or do whatever you mods do but can I just say the mods here are idiots. Why are you arguing with the posters? The minute that happens you close the thread :rolleyes: And you also ban people for expressing their own opinions.

Irishchick

seany2k10 wrote: »

Don't ban me or do whatever but can I just say the mods here are idiots. .

:pac:

LutherBlissett

The truth is that every Leaving Cert subject is different and that every Leaving Cert student is different. It is certainly possible to score a high mark in certain subjects without pushing yourself to the limit, due to the nature of the subject (take for example Business Studies - it's relatively short and involves a lot of common sense/ everyday knowledge which can be picked up from newspapers etc.). Similarly, some students have a marked aptitude for certain subjects, making it easier for them to assimilate formulae and knowledge more quickly than the average student.

In the end, if it is acceptable for people to post results on the internet (it's seemingly implied by the OP that this is true, so long as the person achieved less than 600 points), there is no reason why somebody who has obtained 600 points should not do so. Getting a result like that is nothing to be ashamed of (it really isn't), and there is no reason to hide it on a public forum which exists to allow you to voice your hopes/ fears etc. about the Leaving Cert.

If you feel discouraged or disheartened by seeing somebody else score 600 points, that is, to be perfectly honest, your problem. Rather than criticising high achievers, you should learn to take a bit of pride in your own achievements. Reaching your potential in a set of exams is no mean feat, even if it is to "only" get, say, 300 points. Everybody has different capabilities, that's just a fact of life. Perform to the best of your own and try to be pleased with yourself, and don't try to ruin others' pleasure in their achievements.

KnifeWRENCH

seany2k10 wrote: »

Don't ban me or do whatever you mods do but can I just say the mods here are idiots.

Sure, you can say it. Just expect to be banned for personal abuse, just as you'd be banned for calling any other user on this forum an idiot.

Why are you arguing with the posters?

Because in the big scary real world not everyone agrees on every single point.

The minute that happens you close the thread :rolleyes: And you also ban people for expressing their own opinions

That's funny, I don't recall seeing a line in the charter that says "EVERYONE MUST AGREE WITH TEH MODZ OR WE BANZ YOU LOLOLOL!!!1!!!"

In future, if you have an issue with the moderation of this forum sort it out via PM. In the meantime, have a weeks holiday (not for expressing your opinions, but for the abusive, trollish way in which you did it); hopefully you'll have learned a bit of cop on by then.

rainbowtrout

Hmmmm, interesting thread. I contribute to this forum regularly as a teacher... my biggest bugbear.... STUDENTS ASSUMING i'M MALE!!!!! :pac:

Seriously OP, if you're going to complain about the demographic that uses the LC forum, maybe you should think about that demographic first. I'm now picturing the LC class I'll be teaching on Monday. Some of them work their arses off all year, they go online at night to check answers on LC marking schemes for questions they have been assigned for homework. On the other end of the scale, I have students in my class who spend their nights drinking Dutch Gold in the local park. I think I'm pretty sure they are not spending their evening doing their homework let alone asking questions about the LC on any internet forum. So the demographic you will see on the forum will be skewed. It's the same on any internet forum. You won't find me on a forum about the merits of knitting - because I have no interest in it. I have yet to see a thread on here saying 'I'm a total waster in school and spend my days pissing off my teachers and getting drunk at night' People who are serious about the LC will use every resource available to them including forums such as this one. As for the mods, they do a great job in this forum, it's probably one of the busier ones on boards.

And as for the points thing, a lot of the students here mention where they attend school. I correct exams, assess practicals and used to correct mocks and the results generally correlated with the posts I see here. I don't see anything wrong with it. Ya, some posters do like to post their results but in my experience it tends not to be the long term posters who are posting regularly. Also it's anonymous, so it's not like anyone knows who they are.

randylonghorn

rainbowtrout wrote: »

... my biggest bugbear.... STUDENTS ASSUMING i'M MALE!!!!! :pac:

You're not?! :eek:







/runs

rainbowtrout

randylonghorn wrote: »

You're not?! :eek:







/runs

Take thee to the ag science thread......................:D