6th year study diary

tianna

Haven't been posting because I have just been doing the panicked cramming studying lately which is not going to help me in any way in the long run.

I regret using the spoiler thread and I know that my mock results are not going to reflect the amount of studying I have been doing.

I am determined that I will never be as unprepared for exams ever again. Due to these mocks being a lost cause I am going to begin properly studying for the aurals starting tomorrow instead. I have to remember that they are the real deal, 40% of Irish, 20% of French and 50% of music will depend on how I do in 9 weeks. Bring it on.

tianna

I just spent half an hour writing how all my mocks went and then it didn't post properly so here is a short summary

English
Didn't get the third comprehension question done, need to work on timing. Essay and question B we okay nothing special maybe a B grade.

Paper two I used spoilers so my Macbeth and poetry questions were pretty good. My comparative was awful I got really tired or something, couldn't think.

Maths
Timing seriously needs work. I could have done really well, but I didn't even get some questions attempted. Also the applications questions I found very hard.

Irish
I would have failed without spoilers, I am not good at Irish.

Business
I looked at spoilers but I didn't do any extra study so I think business will be quite a good representation of where I'm at. I was pleasantly surprised at how much information came back to me and I got the whole paper done, a big accomplishment for me!

french
Similarly for french, I looked at spoilers but was too lazy to learn the stuff I knew was coming up. French is probably one of my best subjects, it went well.

biology
I looked at examcraft spoilers but it turned out to be the DEB paper. I actually happy because I'm going to get what I deserve. It was kinda hard, not the best, not the worst.

music
Was grand, don't have much to say about it.

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Getting back into study after taking first four days of midterm off. Had an Irish oral grind today, really helped but I have to learn the sraith from scratch because we had been doing them 'wrong' in school.

Biology: nervous system
Irish: oral, poems

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Biology: revised nervous system did some exam questions will do more tomorrow
Irish: oral and two sraith
Business: half of expansion
Maths: started probability, fundamental principals of counting, permutations and combinations

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Irish: oral, mé féin, mo cheantar, 1 sraith
business: finnished expansion and some exam questions
maths: more probability

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Irish: oral mo chlann

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100 days left until the leaving cert tomorrow, if I counted correctly! I think I just had my first panic attack, but it will all be okay in the end, just have to work hard for these next 100 days.

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Got two mock results back
French--B2
Maths--C1

I really need to improve on my French production ecrite because it brought me down. Maths I looked at spoilers so I actually would have gotten a C2 which is meh.

today:
biology-- nervous system exam Q's
Irish-- one sraith and scoil
English-- Larkin, ambulances
Maths-- more probability

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English-- B2 I think the corrector marked it very easily everyone in my class got at least a B!

maths-- more probability
biology-- plant responses
irish-- sraith

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English--Larkin at grass
business--half EU
Biology-- finished plant responses
Maths-- more probability
Irish-- oral

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Did so much today took all day!

English-- 2009 comprehension A and B
Maths-- finished probability finally
French-- 2013 first two production ecrite
Business-- finished EU
Irish-- oral, gaeilge
Biology-- IAA experiment
Music-- sean-nos essay

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Not much today was exhausted!

Irish--oral summer job
maths-- Bernoulli trials
biology-- breathing for test

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I think I'm coming down with something have been feeling so tired!

business- started government
maths-- tried to study games of chance, it didn't happen
Biology-- cell division

I have an Irish mock oral on Friday just worried about the sraith pictiurs

got more results

Business-- B2
Music-- D1
study much and paper was hard my practical should bring this up a good bit though!

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Got an A2 in biology very happy.

over last two days

business--finished government and half of industy
Maths-- limits of functions and differentiation by first principles
Larkin-- two more poems
Irish-- more oral

I have my Irish mock oral tomorrow, not looking forward to it at all because I don't know my sraith

also I think I am going to explode with stress, its not at a good level right now. Its not being helped by the fact that my friends are in a certain grinds school and I just feel like they have an advantage over me and will do a lot better in the leaving cert.

tianna

So I got 234/240 97.5% in my Irish oral, I was so lucky I got a sraith that I had learnt :P but the teacher that did it was way too easy a marker because I definitely did not deserve that, he asked me really basic questions. Its annoying because it wasn't a proper mock oral, he even spoke in English a bit!

today:
French --oral
Business--half international trade
Maths-- differentiation by rule

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Business-- finished international trade
Irish-- 1 sraith
Maths-- more differentiation
French--oral

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Why cant I seem to study?! Have another Irish and French oral on Saturday and haven't done much for either of them.

french-- bit of oral work

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After seeing how much work one of my friends is doing I am very motivated to work harder!

irish--sraith
business--social responsibility
english--larkin

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Business-- ethics and environment
French--oral and tenses

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French--oral
Maths-- differentiation
Biology--Lymphatic system
English--Larkin and speech writing

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Too tired today, just

biology-- viruses

got Irish mock back got a C but I looked at spoilers so I definitely didn't deserve that but I did get a B1 in my mock oral.

Had my French mock oral today got 84% need to work a bit on my verbs and tenses.

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Irish--oral

I really need to pick up the pace at this stage but I wont have time to do any study tomorrow!

in total I've gotten 475 in my mocks not including orals which should bring it up a little bit. So I need to go up by around 55 points to get to 525. To be honest though I'm not going to be happy unless I break the 550 barrier!!

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Maths-- differentiation graphs
Irish-- oral and sraith

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Its scary that I started this thread 7 months ago :O

business- entrepreneurship, managing and skill of leadership
Maths-- more differentiation graghs
Irish--oral school

I really couldn't concentrate today I honestly felt like I had an attention deficit disorder. I started work at 2 didn't Finnish until nine and got barely anything done! But I keep telling myself 'you know more than you did yesterday, its gonna be ok' I'm beginning to get panicky!

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Maths--Finished differentiation graphs
French-- oral sport

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Maths-- integration all of it
Biology--blood
Music--ceili band essay
Irish--sraith
French--oral, weekend and sport
Business--motivation and communication

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French oral is this day next week!

today:
French-- oral myself, family,sport, area, house
Biology--revised viruses and blood started defence system
English--one poem

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French--more oral
Biology--finished defence system
Maths--part one of complex numbers

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Maths-- half of the second complex numbers chapter
Music--Berlioz 4th movement marche au supplice
Biology--started plant reproduction
Business-- most of EU chapter
French-- oral oral oral

haven't done Irish oral in quite some time but with my French on Thursday I just can't bring myself to do any Irish, I'll get too confused!
I have been practising piano a lot for my practical also.
need to go back over some biology too I'm beginning to forget some things i learnt last wee

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Just French oral today! I'm all set for tomorrow, is it weird that I'm kinda looking forward to it? Will probably be nervous tomorrow though!