6th year study diary

tianna

I am making this study log to keep track my study, keep on top of everything and most importantly to motivate myself. I have daily, weekly and monthly study plans and timetables but I find it hard to stick to them as I often make unrealistic goals.

The subjects I am taking in order of the ones I am best at (need to study least) to the ones I am worst at (need to study most).

French
Biology
Business
Music
English
Maths
Irish

I am taking all of them at higher I am aiming for 590 points but I would be happy with 540.

My motivation.
1. To get the course I want.
2. In the university I want.
3. To eventually get the job I want.
4. To happily be able to tell friends and family what I got in my Leaving Cert
5. To feel that I did my absolute best and not have any regrets
6. To be able to enjoy my 6th year holiday and feel I earned the reward

Note to self, Need to manage time better!

tianna

I need to study tomorrow:

Maths chpt 1 and 14 for a test
Business chpt 5 and 6 for a test

Cant leave these until the night before again! Also I must begin Irish this weekend as I have been avoiding it.

Also complete as much homework as possible.
Listen to sea changes while reading score 5 times...

tianna

Was really tired didn't do that much study today.

8:30-9:30 Maths half of algebra chapter
9:30-10:30 Business management
11:00-4:00 Dance practise
5:00-6:05 Rest of algebra chapter (surds)
6:20-6:50 Business management skills, leading and motivation
7:45-8:40 Biology photosynthesis and did homework (every photosynthesis question in exam papers)

Tomorrow I want to get the rest of my homework finished, go over business, maths and do some sort of irish.

tianna

Didn't post yesterday had a very unproductive day!

Revised yesterdays business and studied skill of communication.
Did english 2013 comprehension including question B, this took me way longer than it should have.
Did a maths differentiation exercise.

I still need to start studying irish soon! Also have a maths and business test on thursday so I'll be studying for those tonight.

tianna

Today:
Revised more differentiation for maths test.
Studied meetings in business.
Biology ready over classification of organisms.

I find it extremely hard to balance studying for class tests and doing general studying for the LC. I always end up neglecting the subjects I don't get homework or class tests in :S

tianna

Was too tired to do much today just did more maths differentiation. I played piano for an hour. I guess that kinda counts as studying, practising for my music practical.

tianna

Today:
Studied functions in maths
Cell structure in biology
Did 2005 music backing chords question

tianna

I need to figure out a way to balance homework and studying for class test with my general study asap, I think I just take waay too doing homework because I have absolutely no time to study. I'm getting stressed already, don't feel like I'll have enough time to study everything before June

tianna

Getting back into a good routine today did:

Business--consumer conflict
Maths

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three algebra exercises
Biology----revised cell structure and started respiration
Irish

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started an triail

tianna

Had more homework today than yesterday but did:
Business: revised consumer conflict from yesterday and HR management
Irish: learnt some vocab for 'an triail', revised numbers
Music: sea changes, learnt definitions and instruments

tianna

Have posted in a while yesterday,
Music-- did some sea changes
Maths--quadratic graphs and factors
Business--insurance
French-- vocab on the environment

tianna

Did a crazy amount of business today have a big test tomorrow and haven't been doing well in my business tests this year, probably shouldn't have left a chapter and a half for the night before! Did Taxation and finance, revised insurance and did pretty much all the exam paper question on those three chapters!

French learnt more vocab pour l'environnement!

tianna

Today didn't do much at all
Biology-- the defence system
Maths--- quadratic eqns and simultaneous eqns
English--wrote a short story about a reunion

tianna

Kept getting distracted was in my room from 5-10 and only did
Maths--inequalities
English--half comparative essay
Irish---quarter of environment essay

tianna

Reading my previous posts, everyone of them is quite unproductive, so far this study log is just reminding me of my failures! But I am determined to succeed!

Tomorrow I am going to:
Finnish English comparative essay
Finnish Irish environment essay
Biology study half of food
Irish an triail
Maths indices and logs

And not going to turn on my phone until AFTER I Finnish all this!

tianna

So yesterday the essays to me so long so I only got maths indices studied

tianna

Today
Maths--complex number exercise
Music--sea changes
Business--consumer conflict and some qs
Biology--food
Irish--started caca milis

All the above plus a French comprehension took 3hrs

tianna

Yesterday

Business--change
Irish--more caca milis
Biology--read over genetics
Maths--attempted a complex no exercise, failed miserably...

tianna

Today I kept getting so distracted spent ages ''studying" but got nothing done

Biology hw-- all nutrition exam questions
Irish-- few words and sentences for caca milis
Maths--differentiation chapter

tianna

Irish--studied caca milis for test on wednesday
Business--half of EU
Maths--limits of functions

tianna

Ahh i cant concentrate, midterm is so close and none of my homework or essays are due until after midterm so I did pretty much nothing the last two days just finished the rest of business the EU.

tianna

Parties and sleepovers lasts few days=no homework or study done

tianna

So I took a complete break over the midterm needed to relax and I was sick for most of it anyway.

Today
Business-- business ideas, sole trader, plc, partnerships, production and finance options
Biology-- slowly getting through DNA and RNA
Music-- started beatles

tianna

Haven't been up dating this need to start again! Have only been studying for class tests past few weeks! Only 10 weeks left until my mocks :O going to work hard for the next few weeks!

tianna

Today:

Biology: half of ecology
English: one yeats poem
Maths: some complex numbers
French: some vocab on l'alcool

tianna

Over the last few days I have done:
Biology--ecology
Maths---complex numbers
French--la sante, le tabac, l'alcool, la drogue

I'm getting so much homework I have barely any time to study or do anything else for that matter

tianna

French--La médecine
English--yates poem
Biology--ecology
Music--minor melody writing

saltyjack silverblade

tianna wrote: »

French--La médecine
English--yates poem
Biology--ecology
Music--minor melody writing

I think you mean Yeats. :pac:

Also if you are doing English poetry remember that it is only worth a low enough mark compared to paper 1. People fall down on their results because they ignore paper 1. It carries the same weight as paper 2.
When I studied the poetry I tended to study a poet at a time in terms of a number of poems under the headings such as themes, imagery, contrasts etc. which made exams a lot easier. In case you are wondering I got an a1 at higher level.

tianna

saltyjack silverblade wrote: »

I think you meant Yeats. :pac:

Also if you are doing English poetry remember that it is only worth a low enough mark compared to paper 1. People fall down on their results because they ignore paper 1. It carries the same weight as paper 2.
When I studied the poetry I tended to study a poet at a time in terms of a number of poems under the headings such as themes, imagery, contrasts etc. which made exams a lot easier. In case you are wondering I got an a1 at higher level.

yes, typo!
There is so much poetry to learn I often find I spend most of my time on it or the comparative. My teacher makes us do a comprehending question A and B every week so hopefully that will be enough revision for section 1 on paper 1 so I guess I should focus more on the composing. Thank you I will definitely try that!

saltyjack silverblade

My last bit of advice to you would be to prepare your priority topics. Something I found to be of enormous benefit was to make a list of my subjects- best on top weakest on the bottom- and the major topics under each subject and how often they were examined. It makes the courses a lot more doable and less stress rather than wondering what you are doing next. You will also see that it is a lot ore manageable. Sounds like you will have an enjoyable Xmas!

tianna

Yesterday
Maths--theorems and some geometry
English--pride and prejudice for a test