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Tomorrow English!

  • 03-06-2013 11:01pm
    #1
    DublinArnie
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    It's 00:00 .. English paper one in 34 hours and 30mins. I'm excited and can't wait to see what the SEC are going to throw at us! How do you feel? :D


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  • #2
    Pwee2029
    Closed Accounts Posts: 245 ✭✭Pwee2029


    DublinArnie wrote: »
    It's 00:00 .. English paper one in 34 hours and 30mins. I'm excited and can't wait to see what the SEC are going to throw at us! How do you feel? :D

    I'm kinda excited tbh :) i think it's going to be fun and peaceful :o i've already packed my bag and stuff, painted my nails for the exam lol..


  • #3
    DublinArnie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,823 ✭✭✭DublinArnie


    Pwee2029 wrote: »
    I'm kinda excited tbh :) i think it's going to be fun and peaceful :o i've already packed my bag and stuff, painted my nails for the exam lol..
    Don't forget the lipstick! You know how examiners feel when they see lipstick :pac:


  • #4
    Pwee2029
    Closed Accounts Posts: 245 ✭✭Pwee2029


    DublinArnie wrote: »
    Don't forget the lipstick! You know how examiners feel when they see lipstick :pac:

    no stop just shut up. go pack your bag :p are you going to do anything unusual on the morning of the exam? like waking up wayyy early, eating an awesome breakfast, taking a longgg shower etc


  • #5
    Cr4pSnip3r
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 792 ✭✭✭Cr4pSnip3r


    Pwee2029 wrote: »
    no stop just shut up. go pack your bag :p are you going to do anything unusual on the morning of the exam? like waking up wayyy early, eating an awesome breakfast, taking a longgg shower etc

    I'm going for a walk around the park near my house.


  • #6
    DublinArnie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,823 ✭✭✭DublinArnie


    Pwee2029 wrote: »
    no stop just shut up. go pack your bag :p are you going to do anything unusual on the morning of the exam? like waking up wayyy early, eating an awesome breakfast, taking a longgg shower etc
    Planning to wake up at 5am hopefully, go to the bathroom, hopefully not drown my self in a sink full of cold water, re-write my 1111 word essay, quickly look over quotes, drink about two cups of tea, get some toast, get some cereal and then try not to cry. :rolleyes:


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  • #7
    _ReyRey_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71 ✭✭_ReyRey_


    I'm a little nervous but excited to get started. Hopefully the work will pay off, no point in worrying about it. My grannies and teachers are lighting candles and having mass said for me and all hahaha


  • #8
    Pwee2029
    Closed Accounts Posts: 245 ✭✭Pwee2029


    _ReyRey_ wrote: »
    I'm a little nervous but excited to get started. Hopefully the work will pay off, no point in worrying about it. My grannies and teachers are lighting candles and having mass said for me and all hahaha

    lol so religious, i could use some of a blessing. i think i'll say a prayer in the morning (if i dont forget)


  • #9
    _ReyRey_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71 ✭✭_ReyRey_


    Pwee2029 wrote: »
    lol so religious, i could use some of a blessing. i think i'll say a prayer in the morning (if i dont forget)

    Funny thing is I'm atheist so it doesn't give me any piece of mind. I was also given an angel to keep in my pencil case and 3 exam prayers that I'm supposed to say if I forget an answer!


  • #10
    Cr4pSnip3r
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 792 ✭✭✭Cr4pSnip3r


    _ReyRey_ wrote: »
    Funny thing is I'm atheist so it doesn't give me any piece of mind. I was also given an angel to keep in my pencil case and 3 exam prayers that I'm supposed to say if I forget an answer!

    Yes, I'm sure God has time for that xD


  • #11
    DublinArnie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,823 ✭✭✭DublinArnie


    _ReyRey_ wrote: »
    Funny thing is I'm atheist so it doesn't give me any piece of mind. I was also given an angel to keep in my pencil case and 3 exam prayers that I'm supposed to say if I forget an answer!
    God will tell you the answer?! :confused::confused::eek::eek: Do the SEC know about this? No wonder people are getting 12 As ...


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  • #12
    Pwee2029
    Closed Accounts Posts: 245 ✭✭Pwee2029


    im going to waffle in the religion exam and make my handwriting bigger to fill in all the lines provided :p i dont really care about that exam


  • #13
    _ReyRey_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71 ✭✭_ReyRey_


    Pwee2029 wrote: »
    im going to waffle in the religion exam and make my handwriting bigger to fill in all the lines provided :p i dont really care about that exam

    My school doesn't have religion as an exam subject :D Even though it's an all girls catholic school that used to be run by nuns!


  • #14
    DublinArnie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,823 ✭✭✭DublinArnie


    Pwee2029 wrote: »
    im going to waffle in the religion exam and make my handwriting bigger to fill in all the lines provided :p i dont really care about that exam
    Waffling + large handwriting works, I did it in the mocks and came out with an A :).


  • #15
    Cr4pSnip3r
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 792 ✭✭✭Cr4pSnip3r


    DublinArnie wrote: »
    Waffling + large handwriting works, I did it in the mocks and came out with an A :).

    Although I'd stick to doing a proper essay. Everything else can be waffled. Only in religion, though :P


  • #16
    Pwee2029
    Closed Accounts Posts: 245 ✭✭Pwee2029


    DublinArnie wrote: »
    Waffling + large handwriting works, I did it in the mocks and came out with an A :).

    how to have such good grades like you.. no one in my year got a B. all Cs and Ds.. i got 56% woohoo


  • #17
    DublinArnie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,823 ✭✭✭DublinArnie


    Pwee2029 wrote: »
    how to have such good grades like you.. no one in my year got a B. all Cs and Ds.. i got 56% woohoo
    Better than 3% :).


  • #18
    Pwee2029
    Closed Accounts Posts: 245 ✭✭Pwee2029


    DublinArnie wrote: »
    Better than 3% :).

    impossible getting 3%! i hate the way they dont give the percentage in the JC :(


  • #19
    DublinArnie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,823 ✭✭✭DublinArnie


    Pwee2029 wrote: »
    impossible getting 3%! i hate the way they dont give the percentage in the JC :(
    A kid in my class feel asleep during the religion exam .. he also failed foundation level maths because he fell asleep ...


  • #20
    Cr4pSnip3r
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 792 ✭✭✭Cr4pSnip3r


    DublinArnie wrote: »
    A kid in my class feel asleep during the religion exam .. he also failed foundation level maths because he fell asleep ...

    Need to get that kid some drugs.


  • #21
    DublinArnie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,823 ✭✭✭DublinArnie


    Cr4pSnip3r wrote: »
    Need to get that kid some drugs.
    He passed higher level English though :confused:. I think he got like 40-45%.


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  • #22
    Pwee2029
    Closed Accounts Posts: 245 ✭✭Pwee2029


    i wonder what foundation level maths irish and english is like


  • #23
    Cr4pSnip3r
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 792 ✭✭✭Cr4pSnip3r


    Pwee2029 wrote: »
    i wonder what foundation level maths irish and english is like

    Sort of like:

    Crud, I accidentally marked the page.

    *two months later*

    78% on exam


  • #24
    DublinArnie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,823 ✭✭✭DublinArnie


    Pwee2029 wrote: »
    i wonder what foundation level maths irish and english is like
    The first question on foundation level maths is something like this "23+87+101" and you're allowed to use a calculator *claps*.


  • #25
    Pwee2029
    Closed Accounts Posts: 245 ✭✭Pwee2029


    LOL xD i know foundation level irish is just like matching and ticking boxes. i think the english one is answering simple question on a comprehension e.g where did sally go after her dinner?


  • #26
    DublinArnie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,823 ✭✭✭DublinArnie


    Pwee2029 wrote: »
    LOL xD i know foundation level irish is just like matching and ticking boxes. i think the english one is answering simple question on a comprehension e.g where did sally go after her dinner?
    I think we should all drop to foundation level english and all get As on it ;).


  • #27
    Pwee2029
    Closed Accounts Posts: 245 ✭✭Pwee2029


    DublinArnie wrote: »
    I think we should all drop to foundation level english and all get As on it ;).

    i dont think that's a good idea. doing something on foundation level affects how people see you :/ also in foundation level english, there's studied poetry, novel and drama questions D:


  • #28
    Cr4pSnip3r
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 792 ✭✭✭Cr4pSnip3r


    Pwee2029 wrote: »
    i dont think that's a good idea. doing something on foundation level affects how people see you :/ also in foundation level english, there's studied poetry, novel and drama questions D:

    The monsters won't leave us alone. I hate studied drama, novels and poetry. They shouldn't be on the exam. They should be studied, but not tested. There's no need >:I


  • #29
    Pwee2029
    Closed Accounts Posts: 245 ✭✭Pwee2029


    Cr4pSnip3r wrote: »
    The monsters won't leave us alone. I hate studied drama, novels and poetry. They shouldn't be on the exam. They should be studied, but not tested. There's no need >:I

    Yes yes yes I agree with you. I hate the way they are all in one paper. I can't learn that many. My brain would be full of poems, quotes and reasons..


  • #30
    MmmPancakes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 712 ✭✭✭MmmPancakes


    I think I nearly shat a brick... I'm kind of excited though. I'll just relax and finish off learning stuff tomorrow and hopefully that will be it haha.


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  • #31
    OisinLAD
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 120 ✭✭OisinLAD


    Shhtory lads and lassies, just wondering can anybody give me a run-down on how to right an exceptional speech?

    I got 53% in my English Mock, I couldn't believe it haha are teacher is ****ttttttttttttt (haven't done anything in 3 years) but still I thought just from personal knowledge that I would breeze the English exam, Obviously the standard is higher than I thought.... To much waffle I guess.


  • #32
    jpr57852
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30 ✭jpr57852


    I got 56% in the mock English exam. I'd be happy with a C in the real one...


  • #33
    OisinLAD
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 120 ✭✭OisinLAD


    I was hoping for a B in the Mock and got a D.


  • #34
    Mary A
    Closed Accounts Posts: 149 ✭✭Mary A


    I got 100% in my English mocks (I) :'D


  • #35
    Cr4pSnip3r
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 792 ✭✭✭Cr4pSnip3r


    Mary A wrote: »
    I got 100% in my English mocks (I) :'D

    Jump in a hole and die >:I :P


  • #36
    DublinArnie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,823 ✭✭✭DublinArnie


    I got 72% on my English mocks ;).


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  • #37
    Mary A
    Closed Accounts Posts: 149 ✭✭Mary A


    Cr4pSnip3r wrote: »
    Jump in a hole and die >:I :P


    ok I wil:D


  • #38
    Jijsaw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,339 ✭✭✭Jijsaw


    I got 67% in mocks :( But it was marked incorrectly!!!! ;) I finally have my poetry sorted out
    "The Early Purges"- Heaney
    "Dulce Est Decorum Est- Robert Owen
    "Digging"- Heaney
    "He Wishes For The Cloths of Heaven"- W.B Yeats
    "Good Dog Nigel"- John Lennon
    "Daffodils"-William Wordsworth

    I'm hoping I get to answer on "Digging" *fingers crossed"


  • #39
    DublinArnie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,823 ✭✭✭DublinArnie


    Jijsaw wrote: »
    I got 67% in mocks :( But it was marked incorrectly!!!! ;) I finally have my poetry sorted out
    "The Early Purges"- Heaney
    "Dulce Est Decorum Est- Robert Owen
    "Digging"- Heaney
    "He Wishes For The Cloths of Heaven"- W.B Yeats
    "Good Dog Nigel"- John Lennon
    "Daffodils"-William Wordsworth

    I'm hoping I get to answer on "Digging" *fingers crossed"
    My mock paper was marked TOO HARD ;). You don't need to know all of them poems ... you only need one which deals with Death/War and one which deals with Family/Childhood ;).


  • #40
    Jijsaw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,339 ✭✭✭Jijsaw


    DublinArnie wrote: »
    My mock paper was marked TOO HARD ;). You don't need to know all of them poems ... you only need one which deals with Death/War and one which deals with Family/Childhood ;).


    BUT WHAT IF LOVE COMES UP OR THE FLOW OF RHYTHM IN POETRY????? :eek: These are the questions that keep me up at night!


  • #41
    Cr4pSnip3r
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 792 ✭✭✭Cr4pSnip3r


    Jijsaw wrote: »
    BUT WHAT IF LOVE COMES UP OR THE FLOW OF RHYTHM IN POETRY????? :eek: These are the questions that keep me up at night!

    Then you do the other question.


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  • #42
    DublinArnie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,823 ✭✭✭DublinArnie


    Jijsaw wrote: »
    BUT WHAT IF LOVE COMES UP OR THE FLOW OF RHYTHM IN POETRY????? :eek: These are the questions that keep me up at night!
    A poem that has family has love too. Familes love each other .. so yea. Flow of rhythem? I don't think that has ever came up, you always have an option anyway. :)


  • #43
    Jijsaw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,339 ✭✭✭Jijsaw


    DublinArnie wrote: »
    A poem that has family has love too. Familes love each other .. so yea. Flow of rhythem? I don't think that has ever came up, you always have an option anyway. :)


    Wouldn't it be great if the flow of rhythm came up tomorrow. Bow down to me plebeians I have predicted the future!!! :cool: :pac:


  • #44
    DublinArnie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,823 ✭✭✭DublinArnie


    Jijsaw wrote: »
    Wouldn't it be great if the flow of rhythm came up tomorrow. Bow down to me plebeians I have predicted the future!!! :cool: :pac:
    I'm prepared anyway XD. Dulce et decorum est has alot of onomatopoeia words .. so yea :p. If it does come up tomorrow, PLEASE PREDICT THE REST OF THE EXAMS :D.


  • #45
    Cr4pSnip3r
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 792 ✭✭✭Cr4pSnip3r


    DublinArnie wrote: »
    I'm prepared anyway XD. Dulce et decorum est has alot of onomatopoeia words .. so yea :p. If it does come up tomorrow, PLEASE PREDICT THE REST OF THE EXAMS :D.

    Dulce et decorum est = Best poem ever written for JC exams. I've flicked through the exam papers and haven't found a year where it doesn't work.


  • #46
    MmmPancakes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 712 ✭✭✭MmmPancakes


    ************************************


  • #47
    Jijsaw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,339 ✭✭✭Jijsaw


    Cr4pSnip3r wrote: »
    Dulce et decorum est = Best poem ever written for JC exams. I've flicked through the exam papers and haven't found a year where it doesn't work.


    Good 'ol Dulce et Decorum Est, Owen you genius!


  • #48
    MmmPancakes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 712 ✭✭✭MmmPancakes


    Jijsaw wrote: »
    BUT WHAT IF LOVE COMES UP OR THE FLOW OF RHYTHM IN POETRY????? :eek: These are the questions that keep me up at night!
    That's an alright question imo, talk about alliteration, assonance and sibilance in their own paragraphs and refer to the poem, make sure you say how it made you feel. Examiners love personal response!


  • #49
    sotisme
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 453 ✭✭sotisme


    Jijsaw wrote: »
    I got 67% in mocks :( But it was marked incorrectly!!!! ;) I finally have my poetry sorted out
    "The Early Purges"- Heaney
    "Dulce Est Decorum Est- Robert Owen
    "Digging"- Heaney
    "He Wishes For The Cloths of Heaven"- W.B Yeats
    "Good Dog Nigel"- John Lennon
    "Daffodils"-William Wordsworth

    I'm hoping I get to answer on "Digging" *fingers crossed"

    Is it not Wilfred Owen?


  • #50
    Jijsaw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,339 ✭✭✭Jijsaw


    sotisme wrote: »
    Is it not Wilfred Owen?


    It is surely, I was thinking of history ;)


  • #51
    LawdyLad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 102 ✭✭LawdyLad


    My teacher has given me 8 poems to study. I'm know about 4/5 that fit almost every single question. They ones I have studied are as follows:

    Dulce et decorum est - Wilfred Owen - Poem about war/ sad topic / good imagery
    Mid Term Break - Seamus Heaney - Poem about death / sad topic / important issue / relevant to people my age / made me think
    Digging - Seamus Heaney - Poem about choices / important issue / relevant to people my age / uses language to create sound / made me think
    Back in the Playground Blues - Adrian Mitchell - Poem about childhood / important issue / bullying / school
    Daffodils - William Wordsworth - Poem about nature / beauty / place / ability to cheer us up

    As you can see, I am covered for almost anything that can possibly come up. Is it rare that they ask on a certain theme?


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