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Irish bonus points for applied maths?

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    #32
    spurious
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,139 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    DownOneTourist wrote: »
    doubt away

    I shall. You can get in touch with your extra marks for two Irish words.
    I won't hold my breath.
    DownOneTourist wrote: »
    I just emailed the Minister@education.gov.ie Fingers crossed lol:D:D

    Good job. Draw attention to yourself. This gets better and better.


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    #33
    YFlyer
    Registered Users Posts: 9,717 ✭✭✭YFlyer


    TMJM96 wrote: »
    You must first be registered to do the exam in Irish. This is done automatically in a Gaelcholáiste. Yes, you can ask for the paper in both Irish and English however the paper must be answered in Irish, fully. The English paper is provided in case a student doesn't know a particular word (especially in the lab sciences or practical subjects which sometimes have modern terms that may not be in the textbook)

    Thank you. So basically a person can easily sit the exam in Irish.


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    #34
    DownOneTourist
    Registered Users Posts: 182 ✭✭DownOneTourist


    spurious wrote: »
    Good job. Draw attention to yourself. This gets better and better.

    Yeah. Because I sent my exam number toenails and finger prints too. Clap clap


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    #35
    endacl
    Registered Users Posts: 22,247 ✭✭✭✭endacl


    DownOneTourist wrote: »
    I did the exam in irish. I didn't do it through irish but the paper i wrote has no english only irish. ffs

    An bhfuil tú ar meisce?

    :D


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    #36
    spurious
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,139 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    DownOneTourist wrote: »
    Yeah. Because I sent my exam number toenails and finger prints too. Clap clap

    And when the one paper in the country trying to pass itself off as through Irish (because of two Irish words on it) emerges, no-one will know who it belongs to.

    You've also given information about the special scheduling of your exam, if further identifiers were needed. Don't apply for the secret service.

    Clappitty clappitty clap.


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    #37
    TMJM96
    Registered Users Posts: 228 ✭✭TMJM96


    YFlyer wrote: »
    Thank you. So basically a person can easily sit the exam in Irish.

    No? Not at all?

    Unless your school was an official Gaelcholáiste and you were registered with that school and were handed an Irish and English paper in your exam hall, you did the exam in English.


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    #38
    donegal.
    Registered Users Posts: 4,635 ✭✭✭donegal.


    so if i'd no irish at all could i register in advance to do the exam in irish then ask for an english paper during the exam and get the bonus points?


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    #39
    rainbowtrout
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    donegal. wrote: »
    so if i'd no irish at all could i register in advance to do the exam in irish then ask for an english paper during the exam and get the bonus points?

    How would you propose answering an exam in Irish if you had no Irish???


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    #40
    donegal.
    Registered Users Posts: 4,635 ✭✭✭donegal.


    rainbowtrout wrote: »
    How would you propose answering an exam in Irish if you had no Irish???

    the op used 3 words in his exam , i think i could learn that much.

    someone earlier in this thread said you could ask for a paper in english during the exam.


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    #41
    rainbowtrout
    Registered Users Posts: 15,381 ✭✭✭✭rainbowtrout


    donegal. wrote: »
    the op used 3 words in his exam , i think i could learn that much.

    someone earlier in this thread said you could ask for a paper in english during the exam.


    The OP is seriously deluded if he think three words on an exam where he didn't have an Irish version of the paper will count. Writing Ceist at the top of each question doesn't count.

    Also how are you supposed to know what words to learn when you haven't seen the exam?


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    #42
    donegal.
    Registered Users Posts: 4,635 ✭✭✭donegal.


    oh i know the ops deluded.
    i'm just curious about the scenario where you're registered and have an irish paper.

    surely the amount of irish words you'd need to learn to answer a maths paper would be very limited? possible all answers numerical?
    and if you'd both an english and irish version of the paper in the exam you could probably figure out labels for graphs etc


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    #43
    endacl
    Registered Users Posts: 22,247 ✭✭✭✭endacl


    What's 'troll' in Irish?


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    #44
    spurious
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,139 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    Níos lú turasóireachta amháin.


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    #45
    donegal.
    Registered Users Posts: 4,635 ✭✭✭donegal.


    sorry i'm not trying to troll, just a quiet sat afternoon in work . I didn't know you could ask for an english version of the paper and was wondering if it could be used to your advantage.

    its a nonsense thread anyway so i'm hardly derailing it


    edit: "Unless you're registered in a Gaelscoil or taking all your exams in Irish, they won't give extra marks for 'answering through irish'."
    sorry i thought you could choose to do some exams in irish and some in english.


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    #46
    randylonghorn
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 29,509 Mod ✭✭✭✭randylonghorn


    DownOT, do you know the Irish for "chancing your arm"? :D

    Please don't be rude to people just because you're feeling defensive / know damn well you're trying to stand upright on quicksand. ;)


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    #47
    DownOneTourist
    Registered Users Posts: 182 ✭✭DownOneTourist


    randylonghorn wrote: »
    DownOT, do you know the Irish for "chancing your arm"? :D

    I can't say I do. Whatever I get in the end is what I get. I suppose there's very little I can do about it now.


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