Am I the only one who's not THAT worried?

The One Who Knocks

Hi everyone,

(I'll be brief, as I accidentally deleted my last post :mad: )

Okay really quickly, I got all B's in the mocks (with 2 A's) Most B's were around 82-84 (I got 3 84's) I crammed for it the week before.

In general, I put 110% into classwork & homework. I feel this eliminates the need for study.

For the Junior cert, my exams are spaced VERY nicely.
I'm not worried at ALL about CSPE, Religion, Wood & Italian because they're very easy and I have loads of time.

Little tip for yous in Religion....WAFFLE!...honestly, write down anything! fill EVERY line and you'll do really well. I got 82% in mocks with absolutely NO study, or tips.

That leaves these 6 subjects (and the grades I want)

English (B)
Irish (B)
Maths (B-A)
Geography (A)
History (A)
Science (A)

I honestly believe that studying 1 subject a day is more than enough. (6 hours ish)

Although Irish is harder to cram for, and History requires a full day

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Now what worries me is the stories I'm reading on here....I understand you's may have harder option subjects (french, business etc) but I'm still kinda panicking here..

Should I still be worried? (considering my subjects)

I'm aiming for 8 A's...I'd be happy with 5 (I already have about 3, as it is)
I'd then NEED B's in everything else,

So what do yous think?

oh and please excuse spelling, grammar, punctuation etc. as this is my second time writing this out :mad::mad: :mad:

0000879k

Yes, complacency is one of the worst things you can face, but you said you're doing like 6 hours study a day, so you'll be great!

Slow Show

You'll do very well in the Junior Cert and there's absolutely no need to worry. honestly if you've made the effort with classwork and homework, that's about five sixths of the battle.

Also, you get to do Italian? Jealous...

The One Who Knocks

Slow Show wrote: »

You'll do very well in the Junior Cert and there's absolutely no need to worry. honestly if you've made the effort with classwork and homework, that's about five sixths of the battle.

Also, you get to do Italian? Jealous...

Thanks for putting my mind at ease, I was kinda freaking out considering the actual :eek:JUNIOR CERT:eek: starts on Wednesday, and I've done minimal study.

Although I'm still worried about History, I've revised 1st & 2nd year stuff but I'll need to do all of 3rd year in a day Anything particular I should be focusing on?

And yes, amo italiano! é molto facile!

Junokevv

Jamez735 wrote: »

Thanks for putting my mind at ease, I was kinda freaking out considering the actual :eek:JUNIOR CERT:eek: starts on Wednesday, and I've done minimal study.

Although I'm still worried about History, I've revised 1st & 2nd year stuff but I'll need to do all of 3rd year in a day Anything particular I should be focusing on?

And yes, amo italiano! é molto facile!

Don't do everything from 3rd in great detail.

If your book does Social Change in Ireland well, do that.

Then just choose either WW2 stuff or Irish Political stuff to do in detail. You should flick through the section you choose not to do in detail as well though , just so you have a general knowledge of it incase it comes up in Pictures or Docs.

The One Who Knocks

Junokevv wrote: »

Don't do everything from 3rd in great detail.

If your book does Social Change in Ireland well, do that.

Then just choose either WW2 stuff or Irish Political stuff to do in detail. You should flick through the section you choose not to do in detail as well though , just so you have a general knowledge of it incase it comes up in Pictures or Docs.

In general, I'm quite bad at the 3rd year stuff, but it's only section 6 that I'd be worried about, I find social change easy, so would it be okay to learn ww2 & social, and leave out political ireland?

spurious

Be very careful with social change. If you have not done a proper social history project and interviewed an old person, don't try waffling.

It is (along with any Northern Ireland question) the most badly answered question on the paper.

Junokevv

spurious wrote: »

Be very careful with social change. If you have not done a proper social history project and interviewed an old person, don't try waffling.

It is (along with any Northern Ireland question) the most badly answered question on the paper.

I have a book called "Discovering History" and it cover Social Change pretty comprehensively. I assumed that studying that just like any other section of the course would be ok. Do you not agree?

Lor1963

Could you get away by doing the Irish history if you didn't know Northern Ireland well and only knew little terms like gerrymandering and B-Specials?

spurious

Junokevv wrote: »

I have a book called "Discovering History" and it cover Social Change pretty comprehensively. I assumed that studying that just like any other section of the course would be ok. Do you not agree?

You can't really learn social history from a book. That's why it's always badly answered. Go and speak to someone who lived through it.

Junokevv

spurious wrote: »

You can't really learn social history from a book. That's why it's always badly answered. Go and speak to someone who lived through it.

I've talked to my granny about her life and she gave me a bit of new information.

Say for example if there was an account on the Changes of the Role of Women in 20th Century Ireland, would these four points be ok;

- There was a law called the Marriage Bar introduced by De Velera in the 1930's. It said that any female civil servant had to retire as soon as she married. This was because in the early 20th century the majority of people still believed that all women should be home-makers. This law was abolished in 1974 and nowadays women and men work alongside eachother in the work place. It is common for women to work and have a family.

- Further to the above women gained even more rights in the workplace with the introduction of the Employment Equality Act in 1977. This meant that women and men had to be paid equally. Today, for the most part, men and women are treated as equals in the work environment.

- In 1918 women over the age of 30 who were judged to be sane gained the right to vote. In 1922, upon gaining independence form Britain, the Irish Freestate gave all women over the age of 21 equal suffrage to men.

- Women have always played quite an important role in Irish Politics (eg. Margaret O'Driscoll-Collins was present at the first Dáil) but their role increased in the late 20th century when Mary Robinson became the country's first female president. In 1997 Mary MacAleese followed in Robinson's footsteps, also becoming president.

Thanks

spurious

I would order it chronologically if you can.

Mention contraception and allowances for single mothers, both of which significantly improved conditions for many women. The admittance of women into universities helped too, as did 'free' education which meant many girls got the chance to stay on in school.

Other possibilities - Council for the Status of Women, TV introducing 'ideas' from other countries.

That marriage bar was a disgrace. Hard to believe we had such a thing in a so called civilised country. All the fine, competent women who were denied a chance to stay working. Who knows what the gender breakdown of higher management would have been like if the women hadn't all been 'retired' at marriage?

if832uspx4eogt

Yes my granny had to give up her job in an insurance company when she got married in 1972. It really was a ridiculous law.

I am thinking of doing the Social Change so I might ask my granny exam questions this weekend.