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Leaving Cert 2016/17 Off-Topic Thread

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    #1412
    Mr Rhode Island Red
    Registered Users Posts: 746 ✭✭✭Mr Rhode Island Red


    Anybody else planning on writing a semi-erotic fan-fiction for the personal essay tomorrow?


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    #1413
    carefulnowted
    Registered Users Posts: 261 ✭✭carefulnowted


    Fully erotic. Go the whole hog.


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    #1414
    Nyctolust
    Registered Users Posts: 76 ✭✭Nyctolust


    Mr Rhode Island Red wrote: »
    Anybody else planning on writing a semi-erotic fan-fiction for the personal essay tomorrow?

    Oh definitely, glad I'm not the only one.


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    #1415
    Jijsaw
    Registered Users Posts: 1,339 ✭✭✭Jijsaw


    Good luck tomorrow lads, I don't envy ye :P


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    #1416
    X6.430macman
    Registered Users Posts: 1,367 ✭✭✭X6.430macman


    Drop to ordinary..so predictable and poems are fully written out..easy


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    #1417
    jonsnowbai
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1 ✭jonsnowbai


    Best of luck in your Leaving Cert everybody! Make the most of every second in between your exams... once it's done, it's done forever. Go the whole hog, you will be tired, and sick to death of this.... but you don't want to regret wasting any time, or not putting 100% in when it came to exams! Make sure to read you questions properly, and don't stray...ANSWER WHAT YOU'RE BEING ASKED!! :)

    (Half-way through my degree, reminiscing.. loved the LC so much I repeated it loool )


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    #1418
    Crazyteacher
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,438 ✭✭✭Crazyteacher


    Good luck tomorrow everyone. Bed early tonight and a good healthy breakfast in the morning:)


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    #1419
    spurious
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,160 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    Good luck all - avoid the post-mortems.


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    #1420
    Skodaa
    Registered Users Posts: 22 ✭Skodaa


    Best of luck to my fellow 6th Years, just remember time management is key today. It starts now


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    #1421
    Liordi
    Registered Users Posts: 2,226 ✭✭✭Liordi


    It's beginning to feel so real for me this morning :) Best of luck to everyone.

    Keep the fingers crossed for Plath & Boland tomorrow :P


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    #1422
    blueee
    Registered Users Posts: 23 ✭blueee


    The personal essay title was a dream come true ahhh!! The article about science vs art was extremely interesting too. I feel like they really were trying to catch people out with that short story title about the tattoo though!


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    #1423
    Manufan123
    Registered Users Posts: 83 ✭✭Manufan123


    Did the speech happy out.


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    #1424
    X6.430macman
    Registered Users Posts: 1,367 ✭✭✭X6.430macman


    Over slept..ffs. did ok though I think


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    #1425
    thetalker
    Registered Users Posts: 205 ✭✭thetalker


    Anyone do the QB article on the poems to pick, I found it fairly straightforward but was wondering if there were any elements to article that were expected to be used (persuausive language or argumentative language). It didn't feel like an argument was being made though.

    Also did anyone do the descriptive essay on night scene and what did they write?


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    #1426
    blueee
    Registered Users Posts: 23 ✭blueee


    thetalker wrote: »
    Anyone do the QB article on the poems to pick, I found it fairly straightforward but was wondering if there were any elements to article that were expected to be used (persuausive language or argumentative language). It didn't feel like an argument was being made though.

    Also did anyone do the descriptive essay on night scene and what did they write?

    I did the QB on the poems, no, it wasn't an argumentative or persuasive style they were looking for, just a kind of chatty article style I think? For the school website...so I wrote a few little things like said "Oh I'll link the website below" haha


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    #1427
    Mr Rhode Island Red
    Registered Users Posts: 746 ✭✭✭Mr Rhode Island Red


    I dodged text 1 the minute I saw it, and thought it was a bit unfair to be bringing in paper 2 poetry elements into the paper like that.

    Did anybody bother with writing the drama on the cavemen discovering the wheel? It seemed so far-fetched I can't see why anybody would choose it.


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    #1428
    thetalker
    Registered Users Posts: 205 ✭✭thetalker


    Mr Rhode Island Red wrote: »
    I dodged text 1 the minute I saw it, and thought it was a bit unfair to be bringing in paper 2 poetry elements into the paper like that.

    Did anybody bother with writing the drama on the cavemen discovering the wheel? It seemed so far-fetched I can't see why anybody would choose it.

    I just named 3 poems, not necessarily going into heavy detail on them though I doubt they were judging the poems themselves.

    The cavemen Q seemed hilarious, I wonder how anyone got L marks for that dialogue, it seems impossible.


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    #1429
    Ponguin
    Registered Users Posts: 85 ✭✭Ponguin


    Mr Rhode Island Red wrote: »
    I dodged text 1 the minute I saw it, and thought it was a bit unfair to be bringing in paper 2 poetry elements into the paper like that.

    Did anybody bother with writing the drama on the cavemen discovering the wheel? It seemed so far-fetched I can't see why anybody would choose it.

    I did that title hahaha literally just referenced everything I knew about the Stone Age from art history


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    #1430
    Bazinga_N
    Registered Users Posts: 3,232 ✭✭✭Bazinga_N


    Ponguin wrote: »
    I did that title hahaha literally just referenced everything I knew about the Stone Age from art history

    Tbh it'd probably be an advantage doing it.. I doubt the examiner will gerbil many of them and it's something different from them to read 😂

    Looooooved the speech though! Short stories were pretty awful imo


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    #1431
    VG31
    Registered Users Posts: 3,421 ✭✭✭VG31


    Bazinga_N wrote: »
    Looooooved the speech though! Short stories were pretty awful imo

    The speech was perfect for me! I'm interested in politics and current affairs so writing about freedom of speech and democracy was actually enjoyable.


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    #1432
    Bazinga_N
    Registered Users Posts: 3,232 ✭✭✭Bazinga_N


    VG31 wrote: »
    The speech was perfect for me! I'm interested in politics and current affairs so writing about freedom of speech and democracy was actually enjoyable.

    I'm the exact same! Hoping to do Law and politics this September so loved writing about our democratic duties :P


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    #1433
    VG31
    Registered Users Posts: 3,421 ✭✭✭VG31


    Bazinga_N wrote: »
    I'm the exact same! Hoping to do Law and politics this September so loved writing about our democratic duties :P

    Did you do the second question B? I was just thinking yesterday how I would like to write something about the media and fake news so I couldn't believe it when the opinion article came up!


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    #1434
    Bazinga_N
    Registered Users Posts: 3,232 ✭✭✭Bazinga_N


    VG31 wrote: »
    Did you do the second question B? I was just thinking yesterday how I would like to write something about the media and fake news so I couldn't believe it when the opinion article came up!

    Yeah I did! Ive no idea why but I left it until last for some reason?? It turned out okay but i wished I had more time to do it! It was a nice title


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    #1435
    Ponguin
    Registered Users Posts: 85 ✭✭Ponguin


    Bazinga_N wrote: »
    Tbh it'd probably be an advantage doing it.. I doubt the examiner will gerbil many of them and it's something different from them to read 😂

    My thoughts exactly hahah :P


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    #1436
    TheFitz13
    Registered Users Posts: 696 ✭✭✭TheFitz13


    "In your opinion, have you benefitted from engaging with poetry during your time at school?"

    Best. Question. Ever.


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    #1437
    BadBannana
    Registered Users Posts: 355 ✭✭BadBannana


    I should have done the caveman question, 90% of my year did the short story.


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    #1438
    Crazyteacher
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,438 ✭✭✭Crazyteacher


    No you did the one that was the best choice for you. Don't worry about what the rest did. :)


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    #1439
    snowbabe
    Registered Users Posts: 617 ✭✭✭snowbabe


    Daughter in tears over Home economics paper ! She said structure of questions changed a bit too. She just blanked , hopefully the rest will be ok for her, she's lashing into English now . Two big papers today was all a bit much I think for her. Just feel a bit helpless at the moment


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    #1440
    EireLemon
    Registered Users Posts: 192 ✭✭EireLemon


    English P2 is probably the paper that I have most anxiety for. I could get 90% or 40% depending on what comes up... Praying for Plath or Boland!


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    #1441
    VG31
    Registered Users Posts: 3,421 ✭✭✭VG31


    EireLemon wrote: »
    English P2 is probably the paper that I have most anxiety for. I could get 90% or 40% depending on what comes up... Praying for Plath or Boland!

    I seem to be one of the few people that doesn't really want them to come up. I'm hoping for Hopkins, Durcan or Bishop (not much chance of her coming up though). I've studied Boland as well but since most of the country will probably do her if she comes up so I'll only do her if I have to.


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