*JC 2012/2013 Off-Topic Thread*

Bazinga_N

So, the 5th Years are off with they're OT, and I've noticed quite a few 2012/2013 JC'ers roaming around these parts over the past few days, so why not have a place for us all to chat. Of course everyones welcome!

Anyways, I'll start off with an introduction of myself!

I'm Nathan, and I've been around these parts for nearly around 8 months now! I'm a nerd, I Pokemon, Science, Technology and Writing. Apparently I could be Sheldon from the Big Bang Theory's twin, according to my friends! :L I'm feeling pretty optimistic about 3rd Year because, I did a good bit of work in 2nd Year and used this summer to relax so I'm ready to hit it full on. I'm a pretty high achiever getting 6 A's, 4 B's and 2 C's, in my summer tests, but I'd quite like to raise the C's to B's and the B's to A's!!

I'm doing:

• English
• Irish
• Maths
• French
• CSPE
• Religion
• Geography
• History
• Science
• Business
• Woodwork
• Technical Graphics

Also, I'd be happy to help anyone with any of my subjects (or any other subject I could help in!)!

So, come on, and introduce yourself, and let the Procrastination Begin!!

Layzerman

Bazinga_N wrote: »

So, the 5th Years are off with they're OT, and I've noticed quite a few 2012/2013 JC'ers roaming around these parts over the past few days, so why not have a place for us all to chat. Of course everyones welcome!

Anyways, I'll start off with an introduction of myself!

I'm Nathan, and I've been around these parts for nearly around 8 months now! I'm a nerd, I Pokemon, Science, Technology and Writing. Apparently I could be Sheldon from the Big Bang Theory's twin, according to my friends! :L I'm feeling pretty optimistic about 3rd Year because, I did a good bit of work in 2nd Year and used this summer to relax so I'm ready to hit it full on. I'm a pretty high achiever getting 6 A's, 4 B's and 2 C's, in my summer tests, but I'd quite like to raise the C's to B's and the B's to A's!!

I'm doing:

• English
• Irish
• Maths
• French
• CSPE
• Religion
• Geography
• History
• Science
• Business
• Woodwork
• Technical Graphics

Also, I'd be happy to help anyone with any of my subjects (or any other subject I could help in!)!

So, come on, and introduce yourself, and let the Procrastination Begin!!

I did my JC in June, but I had to comment when I read that...

Anyway, good luck next year and enjoy the trials and tribulations of 3rd year!





I'm joking, it's a grand year as long as you study regularly and seeing your summer test results, there won't be a bother on you :pac: It'll pay off next year waiting for your results!

Good luck everyone :cool:

Classical Kid

Layzerman wrote: »

I did my JC in June, but I had to comment when I read that...

Anyway, good luck next year and enjoy the trials and tribulations of 3rd year!





I'm joking, it's a grand year as long as you study regularly and seeing your summer test results, there won't be a bother on you :pac: It'll pay off next year waiting for your results!

Good luck everyone :cool:

See now I had to comment because of that too

Well yeah, I'm doing JC next year
Subjects:
English(HL)
Maths(HL)
Irish(HL)
French(HL)
T.G(HL)
Music(HL)
Art(HL)
C.S.P.E(CL)
History(HL)
Geography(HL)
Irish being a sore point for me, i have been brushing over the hol's to bring it up
I guess ill throw in my New desktop wall paper too.:pac:

So, come on, and introduce yourself, and let the Procrastination Begin!!

AulBiddy

Good luck in your Junior Certs, don't study too hard now :P

Bazinga_N

Thanks Guys! Here's hoping to a productive (and non-stressful) year

Bazinga_N

Classical Kid wrote: »

See now I had to comment because of that too

Well yeah, I'm doing JC next year
Subjects:
English(HL)
Maths(HL)
Irish(HL)
French(HL)
T.G(HL)
Music(HL)
Art(HL)
C.S.P.E(CL)
History(HL)
Geography(HL)
Irish being a sore point for me, i have been brushing over the hol's to bring it up
I guess ill throw in my New desktop wall paper too.:pac:

Hello fellow JC'er How you feeling about 3rd Year, as it approaches so quickly? :L Oh by the way, what name would you go by?

IrishLoriii

Ive done the Junior but as I have no life youll probabley still see me on these threads

Bazinga_N

Any JC'ers around?

dalta5billion

Bazinga_N wrote: »

Any JC'ers around?

Still lurkin'.

Bazinga_N

Anybody else start school today? First thing we were told when we went in was that it's 32 weeks till our Junior Cert.. We were then reminded in every class :L Fun stuff :P

dalta5billion

Bazinga_N wrote: »

Anybody else start school today? First thing we were told when we went in was that it's 32 weeks till our Junior Cert.. We were then reminded in every class :L Fun stuff :P

[Insert obligatory nyah-nyah-nyah-nyah-nyah taunt about being in TY here.]

Best of luck, you'll be grand.

greenpyjamas

Fellow JC'er here! :P We're currently being bombarded with a list of what exam papers to get... Yay...

Bazinga_N

greenpyjamas wrote: »

Fellow JC'er here! :P We're currently being bombarded with a list of what exam papers to get... Yay...

Haha YAY! I'm not alone :L Yup same :P Been asked to get them in almost every class except maths :P

greenpyjamas

Queued up in the local bookshop for about an hour today to get them... (I like to be prepared ). Same! We still have another Project Maths Supplement to get through, so I'm guessing we won't have time for Maths Exam Papers for a while. Which exam are you most worried about?

Bazinga_N

greenpyjamas wrote: »

Queued up in the local bookshop for about an hour today to get them... (I like to be prepared ). Same! We still have another Project Maths Supplement to get through, so I'm guessing we won't have time for Maths Exam Papers for a while. Which exam are you most worried about?

Ordered mine online a few backs just in case! :L We've actually done all the Project Maths But we've a good bit of the old course to get through Ehm, Woodwork I suppose :L My teacher's absolutely awful </3 How about you? How did your summer exams go? :L

greenpyjamas

Wow you're prepared!:eek:
I do Art, unfortunately I did not realise how many people do it for a 'doss' class... I really regret not doing music
Summer exams went okay, a few shocks! 7A's, 3B's and a C. That C really pisses me off haha. Speaking of awful teachers, my science teacher is just that. I am convinced most of the class will drop Science after the JC.

Bazinga_N

greenpyjamas wrote: »

Wow you're prepared!:eek:
I do Art, unfortunately I did not realise how many people do it for a 'doss' class... I really regret not doing music
Summer exams went okay, a few shocks! 7A's, 3B's and a C. That C really pisses me off haha. Speaking of awful teachers, my science teacher is just that. I am convinced most of the class will drop Science after the JC.

Ya, I've a plan

Ya a few friends of mine do art :L They hate it with a passion :P :P There pretty good results I was so pissed off with my C in CSPE! :O It's only cause the teacher doesn't like me :P Didn't really help it today seeing I spilled a cup of water all over her desk and into her handbag :L



:O I Science I absolutely love it so much :P Fairly certain on doing medicine after school! How about you?

greenpyjamas

Yes I got my C in CSPE too! All of my class got practically the same results, mostly because our teacher cannot be arsed to look at them and decides we all deserve a C for being miserable gits. We've had him for two years and he has yet to learn any of our names.
Medicine is a really, really good thing to get into. You'll be filthy rich!:cool:
I'm sort of lost on what exactly I what to do... writing has always been a passion of mine but all I can do with an English degree is try and get published (EXTREMELY difficult, I have already tried a good few times!)
I also love History, but would not want to be a historian.:P
Maybe a librarian? I don't know, it's the best bet I've got!:D
I also love music too, but my chances of becoming a professional musician are about nil.

Bazinga_N

greenpyjamas wrote: »

Yes I got my C in CSPE too! All of my class got practically the same results, mostly because our teacher cannot be arsed to look at them and decides we all deserve a C for being miserable gits. We've had him for two years and he has yet to learn any of our names.
Medicine is a really, really good thing to get into. You'll be filthy rich!:cool:
I'm sort of lost on what exactly I what to do... writing has always been a passion of mine but all I can do with an English degree is try and get published (EXTREMELY difficult, I have already tried a good few times!)
I also love History, but would not want to be a historian.:P
Maybe a librarian? I don't know, it's the best bet I've got!:D
I also love music too, but my chances of becoming a professional musician are about nil.

Haha my teacher's just a beautiful ray of sunshine everyday :rolleyes:

Ikr? :L I love medicine stuff though! I love operations and stuff too I actually find it so fascinating! Money's just an upside :') Really want to get into neurosurgery

I love writing! But i've never really considered it to be a career! Just as a hobby tbh, and hope for something good to come out of it Librarian :L Really exciting job You could try looking into music production though or technology in music There's always something

greenpyjamas

You're very lucky to know what you what to do, and you seem to have the willpower to actually achieve it!
Ahaha yeah :') I am quite the bore though, a perfect afternoon for me is a good Balzac novel and some green tea. Did I just type that on the Internet?
I find the one thing I can rely on is literature. It is always fascinating, sometimes bewildering, but always, always completely endearing.
The best job I can imagine is sitting at a desk all day reading books and occasionally helping out people who want to find something... xD
I suppose so, but I'm more into the beauty of a spontaneous, raw performance and creating a piece than figuring out all the tech parts.
I'm actually doing an English exam paper now :') Happy that it's Friday tomorrow?

Bazinga_N

greenpyjamas wrote: »

You're very lucky to know what you what to do, and you seem to have the willpower to actually achieve it!
Ahaha yeah :') I am quite the bore though, a perfect afternoon for me is a good Balzac novel and some green tea. Did I just type that on the Internet?
I find the one thing I can rely on is literature. It is always fascinating, sometimes bewildering, but always, always completely endearing.
The best job I can imagine is sitting at a desk all day reading books and occasionally helping out people who want to find something... xD
I suppose so, but I'm more into the beauty of a spontaneous, raw performance and creating a piece than figuring out all the tech parts.
I'm actually doing an English exam paper now :') Happy that it's Friday tomorrow?

You could always try going for media or publishing or something along those lines

I love reading and writing! Tis my life

Why yes, yes I am. TGIF and all that :L You?

greenpyjamas

What type of stuff do you like to read?
Me too! I think it's because we have an amazing schedule on Fridays :') My favourite subjects all in one smaller day! We're having a birthday party for my Dad at the weekend so it should be a bit of craic Any plans for the weekend?

Bazinga_N

greenpyjamas wrote: »

What type of stuff do you like to read?
Me too! I think it's because we have an amazing schedule on Fridays :') My favourite subjects all in one smaller day! We're having a birthday party for my Dad at the weekend so it should be a bit of craic Any plans for the weekend?

Anything and everything Can't beat the classics though :')

I have a deadly timetable this year And way better teacher's than last year (not including Woodwork and CSPE/French -.-)

Oh Happy Birthday to your dad! Ahm nothing in particular, just call down to my friends house I think

Signed up for After School study today! Starts Monday! Actually so glad it's free in my school! How about you? Any plans for supervised study?

greenpyjamas

Bazinga_N wrote: »

Anything and everything Can't beat the classics though :')

I have a deadly timetable this year And way better teacher's than last year (not including Woodwork and CSPE/French -.-)

Oh Happy Birthday to your dad! Ahm nothing in particular, just call down to my friends house I think

Signed up for After School study today! Starts Monday! Actually so glad it's free in my school! How about you? Any plans for supervised study?

So true :')
My timetable is pretty good except for Monday morning... the most difficult classes x.x
Haha thanks
Well, I actually just live across the road from my school (I get to see my school from my bedroom window during the summer... what a view...)so it would be sort of pointless for me xD I've converted the guest room into a study anyways!:D Do you have any sort of study plan for this year? What are you going to focus on?

Bazinga_N

greenpyjamas wrote: »

So true :')
My timetable is pretty good except for Monday morning... the most difficult classes x.x
Haha thanks
Well, I actually just live across the road from my school (I get to see my school from my bedroom window during the summer... what a view...)so it would be sort of pointless for me xD I've converted the guest room into a study anyways!:D Do you have any sort of study plan for this year? What are you going to focus on?

Ah, I live near my school as well but there's six headstrong people living in a three bedroom house at my house. It just isn't study friendly So I said I'd give this a go!

Well, I've decided to spend the next few months revising 1st and 2nd Year stuff while learning the 3rd year stuff in school! I'm thinking of trying the Cornell Note Taking system with every chapter I go through and having like one sheet for every chapter! Then after like Christmas, I'm going to Revise over all the 3rd Year stuff and try to finish most of my courses myself (if it's even possible!!)! :P Before my Pre's then in March I'll have a quick revision of everything and do the same until I get my results back. When I do, I'll organise some sort of plan to focus on my weaker subjects, but still paying attention to my better ones

Now, that I've just realised I have a plan, it made my Junior Cert so much more real :L What about you? Any plan? I never caught your name by the way

greenpyjamas

Bazinga_N wrote: »

Ah, I live near my school as well but there's six headstrong people living in a three bedroom house at my house. It just isn't study friendly So I said I'd give this a go!

Well, I've decided to spend the next few months revising 1st and 2nd Year stuff while learning the 3rd year stuff in school! I'm thinking of trying the Cornell Note Taking system with every chapter I go through and having like one sheet for every chapter! Then after like Christmas, I'm going to Revise over all the 3rd Year stuff and try to finish most of my courses myself (if it's even possible!!)! :P Before my Pre's then in March I'll have a quick revision of everything and do the same until I get my results back. When I do, I'll organise some sort of plan to focus on my weaker subjects, but still paying attention to my better ones

Now, that I've just realised I have a plan, it made my Junior Cert so much more real :L What about you? Any plan? I never caught your name by the way

Oh my God... my plan seems so insignificant compared to yours. I'm just going to take really detailed notes for the 3rd year stuff we have to finish, and then root out all my old hardbacks and do a total plunge into 1st and 2nd year revision I'm Amy by the way! How rude of me to not introduce myself!

Bazinga_N

greenpyjamas wrote: »

Oh my God... my plan seems so insignificant compared to yours. I'm just going to take really detailed notes for the 3rd year stuff we have to finish, and then root out all my old hardbacks and do a total plunge into 1st and 2nd year revision I'm Amy by the way! How rude of me to not introduce myself!

I have so many hardbacks :rolleyes: but in 2nd Year I stated typing up my notes so, I have a load of stuff typed up now I find it way better then writing stuff out over and over again!! :P Ahh, I reckon I'll never get around to all that stuff :L I'm starting with 1st Year stuff on Monday, taking it easy like

Hello Amy I'm Nathan

greenpyjamas

Bazinga_N wrote: »

I have so many hardbacks :rolleyes: but in 2nd Year I stated typing up my notes so, I have a load of stuff typed up now I find it way better then writing stuff out over and over again!! :P Ahh, I reckon I'll never get around to all that stuff :L I'm starting with 1st Year stuff on Monday, taking it easy like

Hello Amy I'm Nathan

I find that writing out notes over and over again engraves them into my mind... I'm practically able to rhyme off like 5 pages of notes after :L
I tried typing too, but I always ended up on the internet:rolleyes:
Hey Nathan!
Have you started a novel in English? We're starting To Kill a Mocking Bird next week. I always hate reading novels in class. We only go about two chapters at a time

Bazinga_N

greenpyjamas wrote: »

I find that writing out notes over and over again engraves them into my mind... I'm practically able to rhyme off like 5 pages of notes after :L
I tried typing too, but I always ended up on the internet:rolleyes:
Hey Nathan!
Have you started a novel in English? We're starting To Kill a Mocking Bird next week. I always hate reading novels in class. We only go about two chapters at a time

Ya, I don't know! :L It just drives me mad and I start to trail off in thought and before I know it, I've wrote a page of notes without realising :L

There's programs I use to use on my old laptop (when I did all the typing) that like bans say Facebook or Boards.ie or whatever site you might risk going on for a certain period of time :L It's actually really useful, must get one of those add-ons for my laptop now

We're starting the Help in a few weeks I'm so excited! I love the book!! Apparently we're supposed to have it finished by Mid-Term but I strongly doubt that :L

greenpyjamas

Bazinga_N wrote: »

Ya, I don't know! :L It just drives me mad and I start to trail off in thought and before I know it, I've wrote a page of notes without realising :L

There's programs I use to use on my old laptop (when I did all the typing) that like bans say Facebook or Boards.ie or whatever site you might risk going on for a certain period of time :L It's actually really useful, must get one of those add-ons for my laptop now

We're starting the Help in a few weeks I'm so excited! I love the book!! Apparently we're supposed to have it finished by Mid-Term but I strongly doubt that :L

Sounds good! I'll look out for one
The Help is really good! I have forced myself not to read our novel before we start it because I will be bored stiff otherwise :L
Yeah, it always takes ages to finish a book in class considering all the analysis and summaries and notes involved -.-
I'm really worried about History, we have A LOAD of the course to finish, I think I'll start revising soon.

Bazinga_N

greenpyjamas wrote: »

Sounds good! I'll look out for one
The Help is really good! I have forced myself not to read our novel before we start it because I will be bored stiff otherwise :L
Yeah, it always takes ages to finish a book in class considering all the analysis and summaries and notes involved -.-
I'm really worried about History, we have A LOAD of the course to finish, I think I'll start revising soon.

Oh! I love the Help so much Haha I'm glad to have it read like 12 times already :P

Exactly -.- It's awful!! They go so slowly >:O

The History course is huge tbh :P

greenpyjamas

Bazinga_N wrote: »

Oh! I love the Help so much Haha I'm glad to have it read like 12 times already :P

Exactly -.- It's awful!! They go so slowly >:O

The History course is huge tbh :P

Ikr? -.-
Tis sure :P It's probably the biggest course out of everything :L

SeanIAm

I feel like I belong amongst you guys reading through your posts..

I'm Sean and like yourselves I'm doing the JC in 2013 so we'll see how that goes

About the medicine post a few pages back, is it just me or does every poster on Boards want to do medicine?:L I feel the same way in that the human body always fascinated me along with an urge to always be around people. Add my love affair of Scrubs into the mix and you have me looking at the Medicine threads in the LC forum everyday :L

Where abouts do you guys go to school if you don't mind me asking? Are we all in public schools?

greenpyjamas

SeanIAm wrote: »

I feel like I belong amongst you guys reading through your posts..

I'm Sean and like yourselves I'm doing the JC in 2013 so we'll see how that goes

About the medicine post a few pages back, is it just me or does every poster on Boards want to do medicine?:L I feel the same way in that the human body always fascinated me along with an urge to always be around people. Add my love affair of Scrubs into the mix and you have me looking at the Medicine threads in the LC forum everyday :L

Where abouts do you guys go to school if you don't mind me asking? Are we all in public schools?

Hi Sean!
Scrubs is great! :') I am the only one that doesn't know exactly what they want to do?!
I go to school in Clare, and yeah, a public school! How about yourself?

SeanIAm

Oh that's cool I go to a public school in Dublin, good to know we're in the same boat.

How is everyone trying to study at this stage? I tried talking about in school but my friends look at me like I have ten heads :L

Flash cards? Study Copys? Revise Wise?

greenpyjamas

SeanIAm wrote: »

Oh that's cool I go to a public school in Dublin, good to know we're in the same boat.

How is everyone trying to study at this stage? I tried talking about in school but my friends look at me like I have ten heads :L

Flash cards? Study Copys? Revise Wise?

Well right now I'm just doing homework and stuff (in some classes we're doing revision and in others we're finishing the course), taking notes and looking over exam papers. I haven't started them yet but I'm mentally planning out points I have to make for each question.
Haha same :L One of my friends has the same mindset as me but everyone else thinks the Junior Cert isn't important x)

Bazinga_N

SeanIAm wrote: »

I feel like I belong amongst you guys reading through your posts..

I'm Sean and like yourselves I'm doing the JC in 2013 so we'll see how that goes

About the medicine post a few pages back, is it just me or does every poster on Boards want to do medicine?:L I feel the same way in that the human body always fascinated me along with an urge to always be around people. Add my love affair of Scrubs into the mix and you have me looking at the Medicine threads in the LC forum everyday :L

Where abouts do you guys go to school if you don't mind me asking? Are we all in public schools?

Hey Sean! Nathan here! Well, tbh it's more the brain and nervous system that absolutely fascinate me! I'm dead set on getting into neurosurgery so, that's why I'm doing medicine I'm the same! I love looking at them cause I just feel like I can be prepared then :') Oh! I love Scrubs! Seen every episode :'D

Public School in Cork It's a teck :rolleyes:

SeanIAm wrote: »

Oh that's cool I go to a public school in Dublin, good to know we're in the same boat.

How is everyone trying to study at this stage? I tried talking about in school but my friends look at me like I have ten heads :L

Flash cards? Study Copys? Revise Wise?

Ahm, well mostly typing up notes Wby?

greenpyjamas wrote: »

Well right now I'm just doing homework and stuff (in some classes we're doing revision and in others we're finishing the course), taking notes and looking over exam papers. I haven't started them yet but I'm mentally planning out points I have to make for each question.
Haha same :L One of my friends has the same mindset as me but everyone else thinks the Junior Cert isn't important x)

None of my friends are even thinking about studying until like 2 weeks before the mocks :rolleyes:

greenpyjamas

Bazinga_N wrote: »

Hey Sean! Nathan here! Well, tbh it's more the brain and nervous system that absolutely fascinate me! I'm dead set on getting into neurosurgery so, that's why I'm doing medicine I'm the same! I love looking at them cause I just feel like I can be prepared then :') Oh! I love Scrubs! Seen every episode :'D

Public School in Cork It's a teck :rolleyes:



Ahm, well mostly typing up notes Wby?



None of my friends are even thinking about studying until like 2 weeks before the mocks :rolleyes:

Aha we can all rant about public schools in general so
Yeah, I wish I could be that laid-back, I'm probably one of the most obsessive worriers ever

Bazinga_N

greenpyjamas wrote: »

Aha we can all rant about public schools in general so
Yeah, I wish I could be that laid-back, I'm probably one of the most obsessive worriers ever

Agreed :L It's just a big fluster with me :P :P

greenpyjamas

Bazinga_N wrote: »

Agreed :L It's just a big fluster with me :P :P

Yup :P
Ermahgerd our Irish teacher is piling on the homework -.-
Absolutely swamped this evening.

seanob43

greenpyjamas wrote: »

Yup :P
Ermahgerd our Irish teacher is piling on the homework -.-
Absolutely swamped this evening.

In exactly the same boat, half my class are fluent and the other half (including me) struggle to string a sentence together.

Considering going down to pass at the moment

greenpyjamas

[/QUOTE]
In exactly the same boat, half my class are fluent and the other half (including me) struggle to string a sentence together.

Considering going down to pass at the moment [/Quote]

Haha same :L I go absolutely blank during orals.
Ah no don't go down to Pass It'll be worth it if you do pass for the LC because you'll have a good base with honours Irish from Junior Cert.
My teacher is amazing, but we have a heavy workload. Sometimes it gets overwhelming, cause none of the other classes cover as much as we do -.-
Irish really is a dying language, and they're struggling to find teachers... do you think they'll stop teaching it at schools eventually?

Classical Kid

Lol I seem to have fallen out of the loop with this thread :L
The crushing amount of exam papers need doing is phonomenal :L

How is it that all of you want to do medicine like me :O :L

Hows everybody finding the JC anyways?

Bazinga_N

seanob43 wrote: »

In exactly the same boat, half my class are fluent and the other half (including me) struggle to string a sentence together.

Considering going down to pass at the moment

There's 31 students in my honours Irish class :L 26 came from the Gaelscoil.. Including me It really did make a difference :') Absolutly love Irish! the language now, not the subject! :rolleyes:

greenpyjamas wrote: »

Haha same :L I go absolutely blank during orals.
Ah no don't go down to Pass It'll be worth it if you do pass for the LC because you'll have a good base with honours Irish from Junior Cert.
My teacher is amazing, but we have a heavy workload. Sometimes it gets overwhelming, cause none of the other classes cover as much as we do -.-
Irish really is a dying language, and they're struggling to find teachers... do you think they'll stop teaching it at schools eventually?

Seriously agree with the keep the Honours for the JC! You should really aim for as many JC honours as you can! Let's not have an argument this early in the thread about Irish :rolleyes: but seriously, I strongly doubt it will ever be stopped as a subject. And it's not a dying language :rolleyes: Isn't there statistics to show that more people can speak Irish than then that of like 15 years ago :L Or something? That would sort of mean the opposite of dying :L

Classical Kid wrote: »

Lol I seem to have fallen out of the loop with this thread :L
The crushing amount of exam papers need doing is phonomenal :L

How is it that all of you want to do medicine like me :O :L

Hows everybody finding the JC anyways?

Ah yes, sick of exam papers already and I've only doing a week of 3rd Year yet :L Tbh, I think alot of boards students tend to be the best students, who generally like to aim for high things, obviously there's students like Amy, who doesn't want to do medicine but that doesn't make her any worse of a student then we are



Got the coolest news EVER today!! My school is competing in Ireland's first ever Vex Robotics Competition! 8 schools are competing against each other in November and whoever wins gets to compete for Ireland in April in CALIFORNIA (the stadium in california is right next to disney world XD)!! We get to build our own robot and program it and everything And I'm on the team :'D So excited it's unbelievable!! Don't have a clue how'll I'll squeeze this in with my JC and the Young Scientist but I will :'D We haven't picked who does what on the team yet, but I will be President/Project Manager of our group :cool: YAY!

Troxck

This might be a bit off, but after doing my JC this year, don't consider dropping to a lower level until the mock exams. Even then if you fail, if you feel like you can improve, stay. No one but you can decide but you to what level you do, a teacher may recommend to drop but it's up to you. I alsi see you want to do medicine or similar courses so honours Maths is a must, in my opinion, especially with the bonus points.
Also, don't worry about studying properly now.
You should always listen in class, you'd be surprised how helpful that is in the exams, key words pop up in the exams you may remember from class.
Do homework to the highest possible standard, never leave a blank. You'd be surprised that nearer exams going through HW questions would help you with smaller questions.

If you want any help, ask, I have a lot of spar time now that I'm in TY(Which I would recommend)

greenpyjamas

Troxck wrote: »

This might be a bit off, but after doing my JC this year, don't consider dropping to a lower level until the mock exams. Even then if you fail, if you feel like you can improve, stay. No one but you can decide but you to what level you do, a teacher may recommend to drop but it's up to you. I alsi see you want to do medicine or similar courses so honours Maths is a must, in my opinion, especially with the bonus points.
Also, don't worry about studying properly now.
You should always listen in class, you'd be surprised how helpful that is in the exams, key words pop up in the exams you may remember from class.
Do homework to the highest possible standard, never leave a blank. You'd be surprised that nearer exams going through HW questions would help you with smaller questions.

If you want any help, ask, I have a lot of spar time now that I'm in TY(Which I would recommend)

Thank you! It's great getting advice from someone experienced!
Whoa, I missed alot!
@ClassicalKid: Good, just sort of getting back into the swing of things, revising and a few exam papers How about yourself?
@Bazinga_N: I don't want to have an argument about Irish either :P Tir gan teanga, Tir gan anam and all that but in fairness, the numbers of Irish teachers is dwindling...
Maybe we need another Gaelic Revival? ;P
Yes, they CAN speak Irish, but there are very few people ACTUALLY speaking it regularly anymore. The definition of a thriving language is one that is being constantly used by its natives, no?
That's exciting! I'm actually considering doing Young Scientist this year with a few of my friends too

Bazinga_N

greenpyjamas wrote: »

Thank you! It's great getting advice from someone experienced!
Whoa, I missed alot!
@ClassicalKid: Good, just sort of getting back into the swing of things, revising and a few exam papers How about yourself?
@Bazinga_N: I don't want to have an argument about Irish either :P Tir gan teanga, Tir gan anam and all that but in fairness, the numbers of Irish teachers is dwindling...
Maybe we need another Gaelic Revival? ;P
Yes, they CAN speak Irish, but there are very few people ACTUALLY speaking it regularly anymore. The definition of a thriving language is one that is being constantly used by its natives, no?
That's exciting! I'm actually considering doing Young Scientist this year with a few of my friends too One of them actually just got back from Washington after winning 2nd place in the NASA Space Station Design with the team from school! :,) I was quite jealous because he got the place on the team instead of me by the flip of a coin -.-

Truth I suppose

Ya me and my god friend decided to do Scifest last year and we loved it so, we we're determined to do Young Scientist this year! I just hope we get through! You should go for it It's an experience!

Oh I am actually so excited for this project! :') My teacher's off to UCC tomorrow to get training on how to help us with the robots and stuff! The fact it's against only 7 other schools in Ireland makes it seems much more manageable :O And if we win.... CALIFORNIA :O I will die.

greenpyjamas

Bazinga_N wrote: »

greenpyjamas wrote: »

Thank you! It's great getting advice from someone experienced!
Whoa, I missed alot!
@ClassicalKid: Good, just sort of getting back into the swing of things, revising and a few exam papers How about yourself?
@Bazinga_N: I don't want to have an argument about Irish either :P Tir gan teanga, Tir gan anam and all that but in fairness, the numbers of Irish teachers is dwindling...
Maybe we need another Gaelic Revival? ;P
Yes, they CAN speak Irish, but there are very few people ACTUALLY speaking it regularly anymore. The definition of a thriving language is one that is being constantly used by its natives, no?
That's exciting! I'm actually considering doing Young Scientist this year with a few of my friends too

Truth I suppose

Ya me and my god friend decided to do Scifest last year and we loved it so, we we're determined to do Young Scientist this year! I just hope we get through! You should go for it It's an experience!

Oh I am actually so excited for this project! :') My teacher's off to UCC tomorrow to get training on how to help us with the robots and stuff! The fact it's against only 7 other schools in Ireland makes it seems much more manageable :O And if we win.... CALIFORNIA :O I will die.

Yeah it sounds great :,) I would be worried about handling it on top of the JC though
Haha I would too :P I'm sure you'll be determined and have a great presentation! Good luck with it ;D

Bazinga_N

greenpyjamas wrote: »

Yeah it sounds great :,) I would be worried about handling it on top of the JC though
Haha I would too :P I'm sure you'll be determined and have a great presentation! Good luck with it ;D

Tbh, I kinda want to look at these as like stress relievers and to try to get me away from the studying I'm actually so excited XD WOOOOOP Thanks

greenpyjamas

Bazinga_N wrote: »

greenpyjamas wrote: »

Yeah it sounds great :,) I would be worried about handling it on top of the JC though
Haha I would too :P I'm sure you'll be determined and have a great presentation! Good luck with it ;D

Tbh, I kinda want to look at these as like stress relievers and to try to get me away from the studying I'm actually so excited XD WOOOOOP Thanks

Ahaha :,D That's the most excitement I've seen from anyone this week

Bazinga_N

greenpyjamas wrote: »

Ahaha :,D That's the most excitement I've seen from anyone this week

You should have seen me when I found out :L I screamed and screamed and jumped and kicked and punched the air with excitement :L