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HL OL English Advice

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  • 09-09-2014 8:17pm
    #1
    Take Your Pants Off
    Registered Users Posts: 1,511 ✭✭✭


    Thought I can get a much more audience,especially those doing LC right now to help me. Anyone can give me advice on whether to take on HL English or not.
    I am doing All HL apart from Italian which I dropped down this year, as I have no interest in doing a course to do with languages.
    If I am not interested in any journalism or those kind of courses would you recommend me to do O level as I am not planning to consider English or Italian as part of my 6 subjects, in fact I will be doing very little study of them.
    Will I have any drawbacks with doing O Level English and Italian in the future for career wise or courses apart from those journalism and languages ??
    English
    Maths
    Biology
    Chemistry
    Business
    Italian (O)
    Home:
    Ag Science
    Economics

    I was told in the 5th year forum that employers would not be not that satisfied with an ordinary level English on my CV or paper etc.
    But I def think I can reach C1 and above in O level English easily.
    In my JC I done HL, I done none and I mean none of the studied questions in p2 and none of the media qs. and I ended up with a D.


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    Magnate
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    Take Your Pants Off wrote: »
    In my JC I done HL, I done none and I mean none of the studied questions in p2 and none of the media qs. and I ended up with a D.

    Well there's your problem :pac:

    I kid, I kid.

    Honestly employers don't care what you got in your leaving cert, once you can satisfy university matriculation requirements and you're happy doing 9 subjects you shouldn't have any issues. ;)


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    #3
    Take Your Pants Off
    Registered Users Posts: 1,511 ✭✭✭Take Your Pants Off


    Magnate wrote: »
    Well there's your problem :pac:

    I kid, I kid.

    Honestly employers don't care what you got in your leaving cert, once you can satisfy university matriculation requirements and you're happy doing 9 subjects you shouldn't have any issues. ;)

    It is just that I have no desire or passion to learn English or languages.
    I find no benefit or interest in those subjects.
    Hence the reason it is so hard for me to study English.
    I am actually doing 8 subjects :p


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    Magnate
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    Take Your Pants Off wrote: »
    It is just that I have no desire or passion to learn English or languages.
    I find no benefit or interest in those subjects.
    Hence the reason it is so hard for me to study English.
    I am actually doing 8 subjects :p

    Ah right, whoops I just seen a list with 9 lines, didn't realise one was just "home:" ;)


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    Lara_15
    Registered Users Posts: 704 ✭✭✭Lara_15


    I was kinda in the same position last year, I knew english would be my worst subject but my pride got the better of me and I put in hours of study and stressed myself out over it. I came out with a B2 but I still didnt count it for points and I regret putting so much time into it.
    That said, I wouldnt drop to OL, I'd say stick to HL with minimal effort and you will definitely scrape the pass, paper 1 is easy enough to bluff and so long as you make an attempt at the questions on paper 2 you should be fine.


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