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LAst minutes tips for tomorrow any one?

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    #32
    spurious
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,120 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    tonyheaney wrote: »
    what should i bring for tomorrow re: pens pencils rulers???

    Two or three black or blue pens. You'd be fairly unlucky if they all ran out.
    You don't need anything else. Bottle of water maybe.

    Good luck to you all, but especially those returning to education. When I was teaching, I used to love seeing them come in for exams.

    **edit I forgot. If you are not known in your centre, bring a passport or driver's licence so that you can prove who you are.


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    #33
    dee_mc
    Registered Users Posts: 7,175 ✭✭✭dee_mc


    tonyheaney wrote: »
    what should i bring for tomorrow re: pens pencils rulers???

    2 blue pens, 2 black pens, a highlighter for marking off questions and keywords on your exam paper... That's all you need for English.
    Other than stationery, a watch if you're the type to get a crick in your neck from checking the wall-clock every few minutes, a bottle of water, and maybe a few non-noisy sweets for an energy boost!
    Best of luck and get a good night's sleep!


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    #34
    tonyheaney
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,686 ✭✭✭tonyheaney


    I have a pencil case filled with lots of pencils, two erasers, sharpner and blue red green black pen

    That ok?


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    #35
    dee_mc
    Registered Users Posts: 7,175 ✭✭✭dee_mc


    tonyheaney wrote: »
    I have a pencil case filled with lots of pencils, two erasers, sharpner and blue red green black pen

    That ok?

    As above, don't use the pencil, red pen and green pen on your exam script.


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    #36
    hurler97
    Registered Users Posts: 116 ✭✭hurler97


    spurious wrote:
    Leave red or green biros and Tippex at home. This applies to all exams.


    Our teacher told us to write examples in our Business exam in green?!


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    #37
    tonyheaney
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,686 ✭✭✭tonyheaney


    dee_mc wrote: »
    As above, don't use the pencil, red pen and green pen on your exam script.

    ahh!! so dump the pencils then


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    #38
    dee_mc
    Registered Users Posts: 7,175 ✭✭✭dee_mc


    tonyheaney wrote: »
    ahh!! so dump the pencils then

    You may need them for subjects like Geography or maybe maths, graphs etc, but pencil is a general no-no as it can smudge or fade 'in transit' to the corrector. You certainly won't need them for English.
    hurler97 wrote: »
    Our teacher told us to write examples in our Business exam in green?!

    Correctors use red pen to mark, and re-correctors use green. Just write your main script in blue and examples or headings etc in black (or vice versa) if you're set on using contrasting colours for clarity.


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    #39
    mackcracknsack
    Registered Users Posts: 91 ✭✭mackcracknsack


    Best of luck Tony!!!


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    #40
    randylonghorn
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 29,509 Mod ✭✭✭✭randylonghorn


    hurler97 wrote: »
    Our teacher told us to write examples in our Business exam in green?!
    I wish teachers who obviously don't correct wouldn't do this!

    Initial examiner corrects in red, any second correctors use green, these colours stand out so they can easily find marks when they're totalling. If the student uses these, it's so easy to miss a mark. Black and blue give you more than enough choice, you don't actually get any additional marks for colour-coding!
    tonyheaney wrote: »
    ahh!! so dump the pencils then
    Pencil is harder to read, and can fade. ;)


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    #41
    Hollister11
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,482 ✭✭✭Hollister11


    Don't bring in energy drinks, or soft drinks.

    A friend of a friend did this two years ago, he opened a can of red bull, and it went all over his paper. Now he was lucky it was only five minutes in, and the examiner was fine about it, and helped him clean it up and re-start the paper.


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    #42
    spurious
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,120 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    hurler97 wrote:
    Our teacher told us to write examples in our Business exam in green?!

    Please don't. Write them in blue or black like the rest of your paper. The examiner will know when you are giving an example. It does not need to be in a different colour.


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    #43
    The_N4sir
    Registered Users Posts: 213 ✭✭The_N4sir


    Good luck everyone! I was in the same boat as ye last year. Although it may seem like the end of the world if these don't go your way, it really isn't. One of my mates last year missed his course by 5 points. He did a plc this year and is transferring into the course he wanted to do in September. There are plenty of ways to get into the course you really want.
    Again, good luck and enjoy the Summer afterwards.


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    #44
    tonyheaney
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,686 ✭✭✭tonyheaney


    :):):):):) :D:D:D:D:D GOOD LUCK EVERYONE


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    #45
    tonyheaney
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,686 ✭✭✭tonyheaney


    JUST finished paper 1 :) not too bad


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