Will 6th Year really fly by?

fontdor

So yeah before the end of 5th year all of our teachers kept telling us ''6th year is gonna fly by really really quick so make the most out of your time''

Is it true? You students who were in 6th year did it actually fly by?

13whatsername

Short answer, yes!

Canard

I remember in September being like "This is not going fast at all" but then my friend pointed out that it was October what felt like 5 minutes later. >_>

It doesn't go fast from the point of view of "Whoa, that was easy!" at all, but because you want to study as much as you can you feel the days slipping by.

I think it's more in hindsight that you realize how fast it goes. After the mocks it really, really flies though, and they happen sooner than you think. :pac:

Sunny!!

if you do a good bit of study it flys by! if the stress gets to you it will be horrific, dont let the latter happen:)

amyleaving

Honestly it really did! For me i first noticed at the christmas holidays that nearly half the year was gone, then the mocks fly in and then its not long and its the leaving, it was crazy :P
Its a good and bad thing

PictureFrame

You've no idea how fast it goes. I suppose how fast the time goes is relative to how much study you do. If you study regularly from the start of the year you won't feel the year flying past. I honestly feel like I did the Mocks yesterday, I haven't even fully registered the fact that I went in and sat all my subjects in the L.C.

What's more is the actual exams, it's ridiculous how fast they just speed by. I couldn't believe it.

LoonyLovegood

Faster than you can even think possible.

Chuchoter

The first half up to the mocks took ages, after that it was like holy **** its the leaving.

spurious

Once Christmas goes, it really flies.

sheao

It went a lot faster than I thought it would.

Lavidabonita

It doesn't feel like it at the time because it's so tedious: go to school,study,eat,sleep,repeat and all that(not going to lie,it's a pretty horrible year), but now looking back it seriously flew by.Especially after Christmas when you're so busy with the mocks, projects and the orals!

Meowth

Seems like its pretty much answered already but . . .
At the time you'll be like "oh god this torture will never end, its just dragging on" etc etc :L But yes, time just slips by so fast Its a curse and a blessing at the same time :P Best and worst year in school too, trust me on that one
Don't be worrying bout 6th year yet, enjoy the rest of your summer.

Bpmull

I found once you hit the month of January the rest of the year flies and the LC is over before you know it. I suppose the reason it goes so fast is all thats going on mocks, orals, graduation, projects due for lc to name a few. Overall I thought the year flew more than any of the other years in school.

fontdor

thank you all for your great answers!

HeaneyBabe

honestly, it was the fastest year of my life.

I love(d) school, so I really didn't want it to come to an end so I kept wishing it would slow down.. and it didn't. You start at the end of august thinking "i''ve loads of time".. well you don't. it FLIES by.

When christmas came, all i was saying to myself was "omg this can't be happening"..

then the mocks come literally like a bang straight after xmas, and after that there's literally no time left with the orals going on for 2 weeks and easter for 2 weeks and midterm.. so yes.. it really does FLY by.

my advice: do as much as you can before xmas because after xmas everything you do counts as cram! good luck! (btw cramming always worked for me.. let's hope it works in 13days)

fontdor

HeaneyBabe wrote: »

honestly, it was the fastest year of my life.

I love(d) school, so I really didn't want it to come to an end so I kept wishing it would slow down.. and it didn't. You start at the end of august thinking "i''ve loads of time".. well you don't. it FLIES by.

When christmas came, all i was saying to myself was "omg this can't be happening"..

then the mocks come literally like a bang straight after xmas, and after that there's literally no time left with the orals going on for 2 weeks and easter for 2 weeks and midterm.. so yes.. it really does FLY by.

my advice: do as much as you can before xmas because after xmas everything you do counts as cram! good luck! (btw cramming always worked for me.. let's hope it works in 13days)

thanks dude for your answer!

Thatsfootball

Must say it flies by!

It's hard to do, but try and get a nice bitta work done before Christmas, even just a tad extra than you think makes a huge difference!
Get the projects written up asap too! Everyone says it nut they really do take alot of time!
Have the craic too! Don't spend the year worrying, cos there's no point.
Enjoy it, the last year of the school life, tis quality!!

fontdor

Thatsfootball wrote: »

Must say it flies by!

It's hard to do, but try and get a nice bitta work done before Christmas, even just a tad extra than you think makes a huge difference!
Get the projects written up asap too! Everyone says it nut they really do take alot of time!
Have the craic too! Don't spend the year worrying, cos there's no point.
Enjoy it, the last year of the school life, tis quality!!

Thanks Will do!

imelle

yep and when you repeat it flies by even quicker :O

Namlub

I didn't think so for the first few months, but after Christmas time just seems to speed up

Bears and Vodka

Yes, it drags until Christmas or so but after that it starts to pick up speed and after the mocks it reaches terminal velocity near the speed of light in a vacuum!

Enjoy the rollercoaster that is the Leaving Cert.

NegativeCreep

Yes it will fly by but don't worry about making the most of your time because no one does! just do all your homework and go in EVERY SINGLE DAY and you'll be fine. The leaving cert isn't really that hard. Just don't let nerves get to you at all. I was fine right up until the day the leaving started and then I started to panic, I just had to take an hour or so to calm down and realise that it most definitely is not the end of the world! The end part goes a whole lot quicker because your studying, preparing for graduation, planning the debs, trying to fit in some kind of a social life and doing projects and everything else.

It's by far the best year though so enjoy it while it lasts. You'll be dying to leave by the end of it!

Lucario

I felt it went really fast around after the mocks, about March. At the start of the actual Leaving Cert. I was like "Oh god these exams are going so slow", but after 2 of them it just flew by :eek:

mathstalk

Strange… I didn't feel it fly by at all. 5th year: now that flew by for me. I can't even remember 5th year/ anything I learned in 5th year. The last 2 months before the exam (from my perspective) felt really, really long. I think if you're a crammer, the final stages will feel longer. If you work at a steady rate it may fly by.

senordingdong

It certainly will fly by, so put it to good use!

nowhere94

I don't know where first year went tbh..
but seriously study, do not keep putting it off because june arrives alot faster than you'd think!
Also small bit of advice from experience; if you have projects, history, home ec, construction etc etc, try to get them out of the way before september! :P

fontdor

nowhere94 wrote: »

I don't know where first year went tbh..
but seriously study, do not keep putting it off because june arrives alot faster than you'd think!
Also small bit of advice from experience; if you have projects, history, home ec, construction etc etc, try to get them out of the way before september! :P

I didn't get any projects tbh. What subjects require projects?

mathstalk

fontdor wrote: »

I didn't get any projects tbh. What subjects require projects?

Geography, Technology, History, Engineering, DCG, Construction Studies, Art, Home Economics, Agricultural Science etc.

fontdor

mathstalk wrote: »

Geography, Technology, History, Engineering, DCG, Construction Studies, Art, Home Economics, Agricultural Science etc.

Well thankfully I have not picked any of these subjects

mathstalk

fontdor wrote: »

Well thankfully I have not picked any of these subjects

Let me guess… Physics, Chemistry, Biology, French?

fontdor

mathstalk wrote: »

Let me guess… Physics, Chemistry, Biology, French?

Chemistry,French,Biology,Business

the_syco

Start: September
October: Holloween holiday
December: Christmas exams + the holiday
Do people still get a mid-term?
Something around March, I think: Mocks
Whenever: L-Cert

Throw in a few holidays during the year, and yes, 6th year flies back when looking at it retrospectively, and comparing it to 5th year.

mathstalk

fontdor wrote: »

Chemistry,French,Biology,Business

It's worth your while putting extra practice in for your oral exam in French. Everybody thought I was crazy for the amount of work I did for that 25%, but I learned more French in doing that than vocab / verbs from the internet and don't stick to the oral material your teacher gives you, as the rest of your class will then go in and say the same things as you. I also recommend doing a document. Make it a topical document, so that the vocab you acquire from it, you can then re-use in the exam.n in my other 5 years studying the subject. Vary it up a bit; learn vocab / verbs from the internet and don't stick to the oral material your teacher gives you, as the rest of your class will then go in and say the same things as you. I also recommend doing a document. Make it a topical document, so that the vocab you acquire from it, you can then re-use in the exam.

fontdor

mathstalk wrote: »

It's worth your while putting extra practice in for your oral exam in French. Everybody thought I was crazy for the amount of work I did for that 25%, but I learned more French in doing that than vocab / verbs from the internet and don't stick to the oral material your teacher gives you, as the rest of your class will then go in and say the same things as you. I also recommend doing a document. Make it a topical document, so that the vocab you acquire from it, you can then re-use in the exam.n in my other 5 years studying the subject. Vary it up a bit; learn vocab / verbs from the internet and don't stick to the oral material your teacher gives you, as the rest of your class will then go in and say the same things as you. I also recommend doing a document. Make it a topical document, so that the vocab you acquire from it, you can then re-use in the exam.

Can you give me some sites for french vocab etc....?

Canard

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=78055654 heres a thread we had this year!

any i posted were checked by my teacher. if you google around you'll find more, i had an enormous list on another site for smaller, less important (but still fancy) phrases but i didn't save it because it was too close to the lc to check and learn them, but ill try to find it for you soon

mathstalk

fontdor wrote: »

Can you give me some sites for french vocab etc....?

I just googled stuff when I needed to (i.e. courir verb conjugation etc.). The top results came from sites like french.about.com & wordreference.com

I of course used Google Translate for simple translations like words and verbs. The translation engine works quite well for French - English at this point, but be careful, sometimes you need to mess around with the result to make it work.

For my document, I looked up articles on the French Wikipedia. You can read countless articles on there.

When I needed a translation for a complex phrase, like a proverb or something, I'd post on the French language Yahoo Answers forum. Answers may have been slow, but give it time and check back after a while if you really need a translation.

SusieBlue

I thought it went quite slow from September to the October mid-term. After that, it absolutely flew. Between Christmas tests, Mocks, grinds and studying I barely had time to think!