Great Expectations?

Stompbox

What grades do you think youll get. I myself think I could get:

History:A

Religion:A

French:A

English:A

Business Studies:A

Tech G:A

Geog:A

Science:B

Maths:B

Irish:C

CSPE:F

What about everyone else? How much do you study? I suppose it will all be worth it for the party afterwards. Gonna kill a few braincells that night LOL

Why in hell do you think you'll get an F in CSPE?!

It's just not possible!

amacachi

i got an A in CSPE, despite takin the piss in the written paper and apparently sending of the action project a couple of weeks late. its not possible to fail.

goin'_to_the_PS

8 A's :rolleyes:

Rozabeez

Hahaha.....awwww

ratboy

Religion is a subject?

goin'_to_the_PS

*claps slowly*

liamskater

4 a;s nd the rest a mix of bs nd cs

philologos

those expectations are a tad high lol (to first poster)

newgrange

The action project in CSPE goes in an envelope with your exam paper. Your teacher was probably giving you an early deadline just to make sure you all had them in on time.

It is quite possible to fail CSPE and many people do. Not everyone is as literate as people on boards.ie. The expectations of, and reports of grades achieved here are unfortunately giving a false impression of what the national standards are.

If the Junior Cert. is so 'easy' for everyone why do they offer three levels at some subjects and two at most?

ratboy

does this guy sound illiterate, i'm sure if he thinks he's gonna get 8 As he'll have no problem passing CSPE

newgrange

I did not say he was illiterate, I pointed out that it is not true to say it is 'not possible' to fail CSPE. It's quite possible to fail, and people do, despite trying their best.

No doubt the poster will do very well indeed, and good luck to him, but for anyone reading this who failed CSPE (or anything else at Junior Cert.), they should not take posts on boards.ie as reflecting the national situation.

ratboy

Aren't you a being a bit PC, it has to be admiited that CSPE is an extraordinarily easy subject.

newgrange

I'm not sure what you mean by PC in this context. I have taught CSPE to Junior Cert. students who have literacy difficulties and it is one of the more difficult subjects for them to pass. It presupposes things like regular reading of newspapers, watching TV news, discussing of, and knowing terms involved in environmental and social issues.

There is a large segment of the population that do not do any of these things. They may not be your mates or school colleagues, but they sit the same Junior Cert. exams and they find them difficult.

You might find it an easy subject, but not everyone does. The world is not made up of only 'All A' people.

philologos

newgrange wrote:

You might find it an easy subject, but not everyone does. The world is not made up of only 'All A' people.

people have different abilities than each other and not everyone is good academically tbh

philologos

newgrange was talking about students with literacy difficulties

*MmmPie*

Apologies, didn't see that part in his post, sorry.

newgrange

All you need to be able to do is read, write and vaguely understand the content of sentences,

Exactly, and this, for some people, is not an easy thing. Poor literacy and numeracy are huge problems in Ireland. 'Technically' people with poor literacy can read, but their comprehension skills can be weak.

According to NALA: In the 1997 International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS), 25% of the Irish population were found to be at the lowest level of literacy.

That Anne Frank question for example, required a candidate to be able to be proficient at a basic level in Maths - it was an unfair question on a CSPE paper.

Diarmsquid

Sweet wrote:

Lots of A's

Wow, good luck with that.
You must be smart.

A guy in my class failed CSPE, but that was because he didn't fill in the project bit, which was 60%.

Stompbox

Im not that smart I just find it incredibly easy to study. The subjects I mentioned that I might get A's in are all pretty simple apart from French. Also I was only messing with CSPE. If I estimated these results youd hardly think I was going to get an F.And there is no point in selling myself short. I have to have some hope.

Stompbox

Diarmsquid wrote:

Wow, good luck with that.
You must be smart.

A guy in my class failed CSPE, but that was because he didn't fill in the project bit, which was 60%.

LOL. I still havent filled in mine

knifey_spoonie

Business is hard to get an A in, the short q,s are a killer
I got 2 A,s Science and history


Good luck and all

philologos

well done my 3A's were in Geography, CSPE and Religion

PurpleFistMixer

We filled our CSPE book things out in April/May...

Diarmsquid

Same, we were told there was a deadline and there was a big rush.
I stayed up untill 2:30 in the morning filling it out!

Stompbox

I dont know how many times Ive been kicked out of CSPE. I hate my teacher and the coursework. Its BS

marshmallow

I've got quite high expectations..

I'm looking for 9 As and 3 Bs.

Some subjects are just a case of revising 1st and 2nd year work if you understand it well.

I'm getting grinds in maths. It's always been my best subject until last year. I had a sh*t teacher and just didn't pay attention in his classes so I've a good bit of catching up to do there.

philologos

good luck but setting high goals often leads to dissapointment

knifey_spoonie

I had a useless teacher in 3rd year 1 of 2 in the class to pass the mocks (41%).Managed a C in the jc that was up to the grinds.

Dont expect an easy ride on french next year the were marked quite easy this yaer or so i was told. I was getting D's all yaer and managed a B in the Jc so nothing is possible + i dont get alot of help from the teacher she hates me she made me stand up for coughing so i pretened to faint, got to sit back down, works a treat, try it

andyman

History:A

Religion:B

German:A

English:A

Business Studies:A

Woodwork:B

Geog:A

Science:A

Maths:A

Irish:B

CSPE:A

*MmmPie*

You all seem really optimistic, which is not necessarily a bad thing, but isn't it better to have slightly lower expectations and then be delighted if you get brilliant results, than assume you'll get all As and Bs and then be disappointed?

philologos

i think its much better to look at what mark would be acceptable for you at this moment in time.At this early stage you should keep your goals simple until the Mocks at least.

andyman

I was posting the grades that I am capable of and as long these expectations are near enough to my actual results, I'll be happy.

johnny_ultimate

Id wager itd be possible to write "I am a duck" repeatedly on your exam paper AND do an action project on why the CSPE examiners are a bunch of ***** with a capital W and STILL get a pass mark in CSPE.

marshmallow

andyman wrote:

I was posting the grades that I am capable of and as long these expectations are near enough to my actual results, I'll be happy.

I'd agree with andyman. I know I'm capable of getting high grades.
My english teacher says I'm a B student but I'm getting grinds and I'm really determined to get an A in english!

Diarmsquid

*MmmPie* wrote:

You all seem really optimistic, which is not necessarily a bad thing, but isn't it better to have slightly lower expectations and then be delighted if you get brilliant results, than assume you'll get all As and Bs and then be disappointed?

I was thinking the same thing. But then again, if you set low expectations, you mightn't work to your full potential because you'll settle for a lower grade.

coconutmonkey

I got 6 A's, 2 B's and a D. my B's were in Irish (higher and i managed a B! i couldnt believe it) and CSPE. my D was in history which i was annoyed about cos it was my best subject and id never gotten less than an A before, but i was so happy with my other results. i was so happy i got an A in higher maths, and in home ec and french.

Piste

With the work I will *eventually* put in I should get:

Engrish- A

French- A

German- A

Science- A

History- A

Geography- B

Maths- B

Musik- B

Irish- B

cspe & religion- god knows what. they're marking it harder eacher year so it could be anywhere from a C to an A...who knows?

philologos

good luck as i said above

Victor

Piste wrote:

Engrish

tee hee hee

Diarmsquid

Oh, the irony.

Victor

/beats Diarmsquid with stick of irony

stick of irony = metal bar

philologos

thats a tad extreme

Piste

I frequently spell English with an R instead on an L...even n my English notes I'll write ''Engrish Notes''


I blame the Japanese.

Diarmsquid

Piste wrote:

I blame the Japanese.

True.
You rike some flied lice?

wHatsErname

here's my result i was delighted
History : A
English : B
Irish : B
German: B
Art: B
Home.Ec: B
Science : B
Geography:B
Cspe : B
Religion: B
Maths: C

Diarmsquid

That's a mighty big, weird sig you got there.

Stompbox

Its a tad big!

Flashling

Wait wait wait, coconut monkey, do I KNOW you? You sound awfully familiar.....Oh and to everyone with high expectations, good luck, if you work you can get what you want. BUT bear in mind, as you get closer to the junior cert, you wont want to work.

pussycat_doll

omg d jc seems like 4eva ago! lol. im just so happy its over all d stress was not gud! bt i dnt even want 2 think bout d lc! omg TOTALLY dreading it

PurpleFistMixer

Don't worry about the LC, Pussycat. I'm sure you'll do fine. Especially in English. Yes indeed.