Proudest Moment of the LC for you

Meowth

Hey well they had a thread like this last year and sure it would be nice if we have this again . . .

So lads tell us a story if you wish. The LC is finally over and everyone worked hard but what was the result you were most proud of? Or it doesn't have to be the results, it could be like the moment you finally grasped a concept in maths or got your first A in a subject

amyleaving

The proudest moment for me was when i realised i had actually finished the whole process , that i had made it through :P I think we need to stay positive , many people don't get the chance to do a leaving cert or equivalent or some drop out , i think we should all be proud that we gave it our best shot anyway yea.. maybe we could have done better but we definitely could have done worse

spurious

Speaking to a student today, who passed only three subjects, following a year in which she had a child herself and lost two close family members and hearing her say 'I'm so proud that I even sat it Miss, that's a big achievement in itself'.

She's right too, I wish more people like her posted on boards.

FaoiSin

Opening my results today The two years of studying late and sacrificing sleep paid off and hopefully I can do what I love for the rest of my life

Meowth

I suppose I'll tell you mine. Its the moment I got my first and I think only A1 in history. My teacher was a tough marker and I found this subject particularly difficult from the start of fifth year. And the moment I got it I felt amazing and knew I was finally getting somewhere with that subject. Also finishing that RSR and knowing I did a great job and today when I got the biggest shock of my life getting an A2 when I was expecting a C2

Killian In The Name Of

Getting a B in Irish in the proper LC! Considering how poor I was at it, I'm quite proud of myself since I got that grade in the end.

CiaranK

Going from a D in the pres to a B in the real thing in Higher level Geography!!

Bears and Vodka

When my principal was giving me my envelope said: ''Well done! You've done brilliant! Absolutely brilliant.'' Then he began talking about the appealing process but I didn't really listen and my head was absolutely spinning! Finally I walked out of the office, sat on the floor in the corridor and opened the envelope. In my school they count your points themselves and put a little card with points in massive numbers inside the results envelope. As I opened it, the card fell on the floor and I had to pick it up with closed eyes so as not to see by accident. But I did. And it was 545. Better than my wildest prediction for my LC over the summer.

Turns out my results was the highest in my school this year and I think highest in my school for the last two or three years, not sure. I was so proud that two years of hard work, countless hours spent in the library after school paid off such dividends.

Just Like Heaven

The night before the Japanese exam all my friends went out celebrating cause the exams were over, I felt terribly left out so I said I'd go. I finished drinking at 6 am the morning of the exam. Sat the exam super hungover and actually had to leave through it a bit to try and get sick.

Got a B1 :pac:

Physics, took it up in November of the leaving cert, failed the mock miserably, got 11% (an F). Kinda gave up on it for a couple of months. Then the 6 days I had off before the exam, I decided to drop electricity and mechanics completely and rote learn off the answers to every question that had been asked since 2002.

Got an A1

PictureFrame

Without a doubt, the proudest moment of the LC for me was achieving the grade I began school dreaming to someday receive: an A1 in Higher Level English.

After years of reading and doing mountainous piles of extra English essays/comparative answers/8 poets I walked into my school today and took my results envelope from my English Teacher. I knew from her expression I had done herself and ultimately myself justice.

I walked out into the Open Area and stood outside the English classroom. After seeing a shock result of an A1 in Gaeilge (which I honestly never studied for), I pulled out the next grade on my sheet and to my utmost delight saw English: HL- A1.

I actually didn't even bother looking at the rest of the Grades, I ran out and told my Mam who was waiting in the car. She was ecstatic! Then after 10 minutes of happiness she reminded me I still had to see the results I got in 7 other subjects.

When all was calmed down, I quickly calculated my score of 525 and have been so happy since!

HeaneyBabe

Getting an A1 in my favourite subjtec, Italian.I was told it wouldn't happen. I was told the course was designed for fluent students.. does that make me fluent? Not yet, but I got an A1. So thrilled, I travelled alone to italy and stayed with a family who i did not know and who did not speak english, such a good experience.

Diamondsandrose

This thread is inspiring, but ridiculously cringe worthy!

Rynox45

Not related to the LC itself, but when my English teacher handed me back an essay and said "Wow... what can I say? I couldn't have written it better myself."

Boeing777

Oh... so many!

1. Receiving my dream A1 in Biology that I aimed for since early 5th year after receiving a rather poor JC Science result. I then realised Biology was where my interests where and ultimately where my career lies.
2. After a horrendous exam, I received an A2 in Geography.
3. After two grueling years of Business, I took my own initiative to source my own notes and material to help me by in the exam due to a rather poor and incompetent teacher. Thanks to a fellow boards.ie member I got fantastic notes and with them I studied long and hard only to receive and A1 today after getting a C1 in the mocks.
4. Again after two grueling years of HL Irish,continuously doubting my abilities in the language and contemplating dropping to OL on several occasions, I received a B3 today!

Pretty much it! :pac:

Canard

My first 100/100 in a short story, and every time I did well in them, it was like a mini version of having an audience enjoying my mini works. :P It really meant a lot to me.

But with the actual results day, opening my envelope and my first result (Irish, as it was for everyone who did it) being a HL A1, and getting A2's in my other two languages, English and French. All I could have hoped for.

mcpaddington

Getting a D3 in a subject in which every answer I gave was a guess :pac:

ConTheCat

Passing honours Biology, passed one test between the start of 5th and the LC! Big shock!

fizzyorange

Funnily, although I am very proud of my A1 in English and my A2 in Physics, I am most proud of my C1 in German. I was one of the stupid ones in that class, I tried so hard but I just couldn't manage it at all. I left that class crying so many times because I though I was useless. I went into the exam and had excepted that I would probably get my usual grade, a D3/2, but to my surprise when I opened up my results I had gotten a C1!

My proudest time in school however was when I made a list of all the girls I'd met and it was fairly long. Not bad for an all girls catholic school at all.

BL1993

I have two proud moments; getting an A1 in Applied Maths and a B3 in English.

I'm proud of that A1 in AM because I taught it all by myself. All I had was the brown book and a bunch of marking schemes and exam papersto guide me. Sometimes it took me hours to understand the concepts and I would not stop working at it until I got it. People doubted whether I was going to be able to do it without having a teacher and regular tests and I'm elated that I managed to get the top grade in it and prove them wrong.

As for English, I've dreaded this exam for years. I always took hours to type (yes type) out an answer to any essay because I always thought of different ways to phrase things that I thought would be better. I always ended with the same grade (C2-C1), even after gettings grinds. I wrote about 2 essays a month up to January and then wrote about 5 from January up to the April and then none in May while my classmates were doing essays every 3 days! I was resigned to getting a C or D whatever I did and thought about dropping to OL because a week before the LC because I was afraid I would fail due to the lack of preparation. I ended up staying in HL and in the exam, I didn't think, I just wrote. I just thought if I keep writing, just try and answer the question, however basic the answer is, I cannot fail. All I wanted in the end was to pass and just say I did HL. When I saw the grade, I was more happy for that than any other grade on my sheet! I believe that considering doing OL was the key to achieving the grade I got in English. It changed my attitude in the exam and finally helped me stop procrastinating and just write. It made me appreciate the grade all the more and funnily enough, it was the grade I was aiming for at the start of the year.

Denisocal

Wow... How could anyone only come up with one moment? :eek:

Just focusing on my results, I reached everyone of my aims and surpassed a whole pile of them:
-I got my A1 in Irish and hope to get a special award that my school puts up for the top 3 Irish results;
-I beat my sister's results (by 35 points! );
-I got an A1 in pass maths (even though I don't need it and never thought that I would, I still wanted it);
-DISTINCTION IN LCVP! (same theory as above!);
-I beat the prediction my principal made for me back at the start of 5th year by 15 points.


Extra things that I really wasn't expecting happened too!
-Got something that I thought was entirely impossible, having never heard of anyone achieve it - an A1 in ENGLISH! :)
-An A1 in DCG (Technical Drawing) having got a C2 in the Pre! :O

leaveiton

Irish was one of the things I was most proud about. At the very beginning of 5th year I was ready to drop to ordinary level, because it all seemed too much. We'd have poetry and prose tests every week, and I never managed more than a D or a C in them. Then one day, I somehow got a A2 in one of them. And from there, I got an A1 in my Christmas test. Suddenly, Irish had gone from my worst subject to one of my best! I tried to keep it consistent, but slipped a bit because I was never really interested in it. I was considering dropping to ordinary level again just before the orals, because HL maths was taking up all my time and I'd really stopped caring about Irish. My teacher encouraged me to stay at HL, I did the oral, and it was honestly the best exam I've ever done, it went so well. The papers on the day suited me brilliantly, too. So for a subject that I didn't think I was going to count, I ended up with an A2, up from a C1 in the mocks

The B3 in honours maths that I somehow ended up with yesterday has me very proud as well. I've ranted about my maths teacher countless times here, she was useless. Just before the mocks I realised that I'd have to either start teaching myself, or get grinds. This was intensified when I failed the mock by getting 39% (I know, that'd be a D3 in the actual LC but I didn't know that at the time :pac:). So my sister said that her boyfriend would help me, he's an engineer. I started doing at least an hour of maths a night, usually more. I went through several 300-page refill pads a month because I was practising maths so much. All I wanted was a C3. I managed to get up to high C/low B standard on paper 1, and on the day it went pretty well for me and I reckoned I scored around that on it. But paper 2 went so badly, I felt that everything had been in vain. My C was definitely gone, and I'd be lucky to pass it. So imagine my absolute delight when I saw a B3 on the paper yesterday! All along I'd thought that a B3 would be the ultimate grade (for me, anyway) to get in maths, because then it's 100 points (wouldn't want to be showing off with 125 :pac:). Couldn't believe it

Oh, and honourable mention for beating my siblings' points

SOKK

Ecstatic with my A1 in English which I was convinced I had thrown away!

Completely shocked and surprised at my C2 in Higher Irish considering the morning of my Irish oral I spent drinking tea with the vice principal sobbing my heart out only to break down crying again in the middle of the thing until the examiner actually had to stop the tape! Always struggled with it, had zero interest and constantly debated about whether to drop! If it hadn't been for my teacher making the class thoroughly enjoyable I wouldn't have been half as happy as I am now

Also very proud I got through the two weeks of the LC and the results without shedding a tear

FreeFallin94

Hmmm... one of my proudest moments was definitely when I got 100% on my Seamus Heaney poetry essay in English in sixth year! My teacher even wrote "what can I say" on the paper!

Getting an A2 in Irish after only barely getting a C3 in the mocks. Irish was always my least favourite subject and I had a truly awful teacher, so I never expected an A! All thanks to my Grinds teacher!

Opening my results yesterday and seeing that I had received and A1 in English. I have never been so shocked in my life! I came out crying after paper 1 and I honestly thought I'd thrown all chances of even getting a B3 out the window! Even better, I beat my sister who got an A2. She's never thought that I'm very good at English, and has always been a bit snobby when it came to the subject. She once told me that my teacher must be a really easy marker because I didn't deserve to get a high grade on a Robert Frost essay!

Definitely just seeing my results yesterday was a proud moment. Was expecting less than what I had received in my mocks (460), and ended up with 560! According to my friends, my reaction when I saw my results was both hilarious and psychotic :L

Talib Fiasco

It's hard to choose anything other than the results yesterday. I got 370 in the mocks and failed two subjects out of the seven. I knew if I passed everything and improved in everything by only 5 points I'd get in the late 400's. Still though I was worrying like crazy that I didn't do that. To find out yesterday I went up 140 points from the mocks was surreal. Breaking 500 points just feels so unbelievable.

Other than that, getting an A1 in Geography stands out too.

SnowPretzel

Seeing 4 A1s on my results sheet was highlight enough for me!! The A1 in physics was especially glorious considering my significant struggle with the subject over the years.

biohaiid

Seeing an A2 in Irish on that results sheet.
I put a lot of work into it and learned to love a subject I once hated, so I think that's an achievement anyways.
Also my B1 in Biology. I always found it difficult, so much to learn. I remember how happy I felt after the exam and I'm glad it paid off.
And going even further back was when my sub English teacher recognised I was good at writing. That motivated me to go for Creative Writing, something I always loved. Although I have since changed my mind I'll never forget the feeling of being recognised, respected and praised for something I was good at. And having my stories read out to various classes. I was most nervous about that, but then after getting recognised, respected and praised from my peers TOO was just brilliant.
I think it was a boost in confidence that was a real turning point for me, however sad that sounds.

finality

My A1 in chemistry! My teacher was terrible and I was almost the only person in the class that didn't get grinds for all of fifth and sixth year. I got a C2 in the pre (my worst grade in any subject ever :L ). The person I sat next to in class was really good at chemistry and would always ask if I got the same answer as her, etc, and I'd be like "eh....no, I'm not even half finished." I was talking to her after the exam and I said it went well and I thought I got an A and she seemed really surprised :L

Also, A2 in Irish. I actually can't believe I got an A, up until a week or two before the oral I couldn't string a sentence together. Then I worked really hard to prepare for the oral and realised I was actually ok at Irish, I'd just never tried to improve. Kinda wished I'd just put some work in at the start of fifth year then! :L I wanted to drop to pass in fifth year...I'm pretty damn glad I didn't now. :P

Wesc.

Well, I can honestly say that my A1 in English is definitely the thing I'm most proud of. I mean, I was never really that good at it, and according to my teacher I'd be lucky to get a low-B :pac: My friends would even slag me about it the odd time haha. But god I never in a million years would've expected an A1 in English, absolutely thrilled with it

Also, considering I got an A1 in Irish despite leaving it on the "mear fhada" (omg where did that come from ... it means not counting it basically) and completely neglecting the subject study-wise, I was pretty chuffed with it :P It must've been the oral or something haha. I mean seriously, in like the Hurlamaboc question I had no idea what happened in the story apart from the fact that the blonde girls made fun of the brunette at one stage, and somehow managed to link that into Modern-Day-Racism which kind-of referred to the question :P

I was also pretty proud of myself when I came 3rd in the All-Ireland Applied Maths competition... I know :P

Togepi

The A1 in French was brilliant, because I worked hard for it, and wanted it so much. So I'm proud I worked hard and got what I aimed for.

I suppose the B2 in Maths when I only did higher for a year was fairly class too. I worked very hard to do the subject, was barely let into the class, and was told it would be extremely difficult to pass, so the fact that I not only passed, but did so much better than a lot of people expected was nice. All that work paid off!

And the 95 point increase when I repeated was great, plus the fact that I managed to survive doing the Leaving twice!

nowhere94

Definately my A1 in ordinary irish

Mayo_Boy

One of the proudest moments for me was finding out that I passed Maths. It was bugging me all summer as I thought that both papers went very bad for me

Chuchoter

I think my A1 in French because after my slight breakdown in the oral exam, I honestly thought I'd ****ed it up completely. Its my favorite subject, I put massive effort into getting my reading comprehensions from 25/60 to 60/60 and I just love the language so much.

Then my A2 in physics, which I never expected. My teacher said I'd get a B at most, all year I was scraping a B3 or getting Cs. I did so much work for it and I found it such an interesting subject.

HeaneyBabe

Passing HL physics after struggling and failing so many tests! I convinced myself to stay up, and when I finished the exam I wished that I dropped to ordinary.
But I passed it with a D3, which is probably because they felt sorry for me after attempting every single question on the paper because I knew answering the required amount wouldn't be enough.

During 6th year I was also elected onto the student council and got to be a 2nd year prefect. I loved every minute of the year.

Coeurdepirate

Getting an A1 in Higher Level English. My essays for homework work usually always A1 standard, but I could never write as well in tests, always getting B1s and sometimes A2s. My aim for the LC was an A2 but after what I thought was a disaster of a paper 1, I would have been happy with a B2. Words can't describe the happiness I felt when I saw that A1

Also, I was pretty proud that I passed honours Chemistry after being told by my teacher that if I didn't drop to pass I'd fail!


These grades are completely overpowered by the shame and pissed-off-ness I feel when I think about my French grade. I was confident of my A1, I thought the exam went brilliantly, I continuously got A1s in tests (half of them I genuinely didn't study for) and my teacher told me a few times that I'm in with a good chance of getting an A1 since I have a natural flair for languages. I got a B1, which is a great result, but the fact that two people in my year got A2s while my French is better than theirs angers me so much. I'm going to appeal it.

Eathrin

I'm not proud at all about how I conducted myself during school.

But I heard a lad with down syndrome sat and passed the LCA and that's fantastic.

wispa9

1. Opening my results and seeing a C2 beside HL maths. It was the first result I looked for, as I had myself convinced it'd be an E and I'd have to repeat.

2. At the end of the year I got possibly my most cherished compliment ever when my English (and favourite) teacher told me that I had a "moral obligation to keep writing because the world deserves it". I'm gonna miss him. :pac:

3. Knowing that the last five years had all been building up to to that fateful moment two days ago and I was rewarded for my (generally) hard work with 535 points.

leaveiton

Actually, forget what I said in my last post. My proudest moment was seeing my parents' reactions when I got what I wanted. My father even cried, something I've never seen him do in all my 18 years.

Random_Person

Eathrin wrote: »

I'm not proud at all about how I conducted myself during school.

But I heard a lad with down syndrome sat and passed the LCA and that's fantastic.

He was in my school. Inspirational lad. He's deaf and has down syndrome but despite all that he did it! Fair play to him and his parents because with a situation like that it would be easy to give up hope.

Proud to say he was in my year and that me and my mates helped him wherever possible!

earwax_man

Getting absolutely no help in Physics over 2 years, making my own notes and studying the crap out of it for 3 months giving me a B1 was epic xD

Siobhnk

I learned that I'm way too hard on myself. I thought I wouldn't scrape 420, and barely get into nursing. Ended up with 490, 2 A1s in my favourite subjects (home ec and biology) and I'm pretty certain that I'll get my dream course I'm just proud of myself and everyone for surviving! Looking at everyone's results here and even in school, mine would be regarded as lowish/average, but I don't care, I worked hard and did myself and my family proud
Another proud moment was hearing that one of my good friends got 600. She worked so damn hard and no one deserved it more than her!

PictureFrame

Coeurdepirate wrote: »

These grades are completely overpowered by the shame and pissed-off-ness I feel when I think about my French grade. I was confident of my A1, I thought the exam went brilliantly, I continuously got A1s in tests (half of them I genuinely didn't study for) and my teacher told me a few times that I'm in with a good chance of getting an A1 since I have a natural flair for languages. I got a B1, which is a great result, but the fact that two people in my year got A2s while my French is better than theirs angers me so much. I'm going to appeal it.

^^ Exact same happened to me with Business, I know EXACTLY how you feel Coeur! I even got the EXACT same grades as you in it. It's horrible when you think you get something and KNOW you deserve it, but for some reason it doesn't go your way!

Canard

PictureFrame wrote: »

^^ Exact same happened to me with Business, I know EXACTLY how you feel Coeur! I even got the EXACT same grades as you in it. It's horrible when you think you get something and KNOW you deserve it, but for some reason it doesn't go your way!

I know I've said it so many times but FRENCH ;_; I feel ya Coeur :pac:

goldensyrup

Seeing that I got an A1 in english. I got 59% in the pre. So happy that all my work paid off

felixfelicis

A1 in HL English. Such a beautiful thing to see. The only grade I really cared about, to be honest! I was convinced everything went horribly wrong (minus poetry, oddly enough!), so seeing that was a lovely, and very proud, moment for myself. It reassured me that I don't only love English - I'm quite good at it, too!

(And on a more arrogant note - beating the sister was a very proud moment, too! I've lived with an over achieving sibling for my entire life, and as much as I love her, it's very, very irritating. I never imagined I could do it - but I beat her! By a lovely 5 points . I still don't feel like I deserved it, but I'm very, very proud!)

dmca93

I'm proud that I managed to get through the year without stressing/freaking out and ending up with a pretty great Leaving Cert at the end to boot!

Sunny!!

going up by 35 points in chemistry!

skyscraperblue

For the actual Leaving Cert exams/grades themselves:

- My A1 in Applied Maths. Yes, I know the A percentage is something like 25% of Higher Levels, but nobody from my school ever got an A in it before (even an A2) and I taught myself extra questions and worked like crazy to get that A1. I'm just glad my teacher no longer has to tell her class, "Well, actually, nobody I've taught ever got an A1..." Most discouraging thing ever!
- An A1 in Spanish, only because so many people say you need to have spent time in a Spanish-speaking country to get the A1 and I never have.

But during the Leaving Cert year, it has to be the times when my maths teacher deferred to me on answers, or got me to teach things or explain questions on the board when she couldn't do them, or handed the class over to me if she had to run an errand. She's an epic maths teacher too, the best in the school, so knowing she had such faith in my abilities gave me a ton of confidence and reassured me that picking Mathematics in Trinity was the absolute right thing for me.

Dapics

I have no proud moments.

Dapics

My proudest moment will be the satisfaction I get should I repeat and get 625 points... I will have invariably succumbed to the laws of doing well in the LC and will have rote-learned everything and refurgitated it in the exams

Timbo6

Proud moment, when you walk into a english exam bricking it. One poet covered and to see it come up.

(.. too think I was going to do a Heaney marathon the night before :rolleyes: )

smithy77

My proudest moment.. Doing my business exam a few hours before being told my grandmother died and getting a C2. My ability to overcome this tragedy in such a short space of time makes me proud and hopefully my grandmother aswell.