* LC 2018 / 19 Off-topic Thread *

ive gotta wait till Friday for my oral

jeonahr wrote: »

Finished both orals now. I have to say I’m completely disappointed with how the German oral went. I accidentally brought my phone in so I had to tell her just after saying hello, ran out, ran back in and was in a state. I could hardly breathe. She gave me 30 seconds to collect myself but I was already panicking in my head. It set me off. She kept switching topics in the general conversation and I hardly got to speak. It was ended pretty quickly as well. I got a picture story and messed up on one of the sections but the role play wasn’t too bad. I feel like I’ve done worse than in the mocks and I was really hoping to jump from a H2 to a H1. Now I’m going to need an almost perfect paper and aural and I’m just overall upset.

Sorry to hear that jeon, the examiners that stop you talking to ask questions really bug me, had a few friends in other schools tell me that theirs did this too.

I was lucky with Irish and have my german one tomorrow Know the pictures well (besides prep for questions at the end) and my allgemeinefragen is all laid out, role plays are my weakest point really. Dreading it!

You'd be surprised at the marks, my pre I really messed up my conversation and role play but still got high marks in it in other areas that I hadn't noticed until I got the report card back.

My German went.. ok.
Conversation started well and was able to talk about my areas and school and family and stuff, then she heard me say I have sister's and asked me about shopping and I said no but I do like music but she brought it back to shopping and then asked me about clothes I like, where I like to shop and pocketmoney which I didn't do great in. Same for when she asked me about over Easter , said I was going away and she mentioned shopping again.

Pictures went great besides one or two or the questions and I did very good in the roleplay. So I'm not sure really. Some sections of conversation didn't go well at all with a few pauses because I had no idea what to say.

daretodream wrote: »

Hi, am doing 8 HL subjects but don't do well and really don't need and don't enjoy Chemistry. If I don't do the exam at all on the day of actual LC, will it show on my final LC script as a fail or just not appear entirely? At the moment, it's just distracting me... Had to pick it as my 7th subject is Applied Maths but as its considered an extra subject in my school, it didn't count so had to pick the 8th. Considering using that exam day for studying other subjects I will be counting and have pretty much ignored it anyway since the Mocks.

Isn't this the off-topic thread?

Anyway, what results are you currently getting in Chemistry? If you're getting a pass result, then you might as well take the test, if not doing any study, it's at the very least helpful.

Who cares if it shows as a fail on your report anyway? All you count is your first 6 subjects. If it hurts your ego to see a fail on your report, then that's down to you, it really shouldn't matter as your best 6 will be selected, and a passing result in Chemistry is useful. I'm only saying this because I believe you insinuated that you just did the mocks, and are about to do the leaving cert in a few weeks? If that's the case, it's way too late to be dropping subjects. It's not a good or a bad thing so don't worry, it just means you're able to take that test, because you've just spend all of the last 2 years studying it, so it'd be a waste to not do anything. If however, you are failing really bad right now, then sure. Assuming everything else is fine then dropping it might alleviate some stress and open up some time in your timetable to study applied maths, assuming the school allow you not go to that class, and even if they don't - If you're not taking the test then just don't go to that class. You've only a few weeks left, I doubt they'll mind.

spurious wrote: »

Don't worry, as long as there is nothing else already submitted for the subject it won't appear on your list of results as there will be no info regarding it.
Chemistry will not appear, but for example, Irish would (as orals have been done) likewise History or Geography (Research Report and Field Study).

That's all I needed to know. Thanks Spurious.

Hey, I felt like this was a bit quiet, but i totally understand that everyone is studying!

How are u guys set for the lc now ? it's like slowly dawning, whelp.

Is anyone listening to predictions? I think i'm only going to do 4 poets for english, crossing my fingers its not a bad choice right now.

Thank you Plath! Whew half the country can breath a sign of relief haha.

Macbeth was hard enough really a lot of people are saying it aswell and comparative was alright a but strange. Poetry section couldn't have been better though, easily understandable unseen and very nice poet questions!

SleetAndSnow wrote: »

Thank you Plath! Whew half the country can breath a sign of relief haha.

Macbeth was hard enough really a lot of people are saying it aswell and comparative was alright a but strange. Poetry section couldn't have been better though, easily understandable unseen and very nice poet questions!

I actually found the Macbeth quite nice ( I did the second part). I was crossing my fingers for Yeats and Plath and when I saw Yeats I swear you could hear me say 'Thank God', his questions was really nice and easy to dissect. I was really hoping for theme and issue but the g.v.v was pretty ok (i did the 70 mark q). A girl came out crying and I kinda just left cuz I was knackered and my bus was going to leave so I didn't have a chance to talk to people about it. Anyway, onward with geography and maths paper 1 (I pee my pants a little every time I think of the hl maths paper, help God:()

Ordinary Level Maths Paper 2 was awful today. I loved Question 1 with the probability, Question 3 with probability aswell and Question 7 with the mean modian etc stuff.

I was shocked when I saw Question 6, The construction question. Every year it has ALWAYS been a triangle but the parallelogram question this year I’d say threw people. It definitely put me off a bit.

Overall though, those were the only three questions I was happy with. Should have dropped to foundation- definitely failed ol maths- gosh I feel so stupid

Irish wasn't too bad, listening was hard but the essays on paper 1 were alright even if I had to improvise a lot which isn't great. Paper 2 was alright too but the comprehensions took very long I found in comparison to other times so I had to rush all my pros answers! Oh well.

Bio was a mix really, some parts were grand others were very hard. Not sure how I feel, usually one of my best ones too

At least tomorrow is a day off though!

Hey, has anyone applied for HEAR or DARE here and gotten any correspondence? I've applied for both and have gotten nothing but I read someone on reddit saying their friend had gotten an offer for HEAR. The website says they'll get back to us by the end of July, but sure has anyone received anything yet?

Thatlcgirl wrote: »

I got the email back from the CAO. They said that I will be notified through email on the 25th of June (about HEAR) and through the My Application facility on their website.:)

Thank you so much! Was so stressed lol

Finally finished my leaving!!!! now a month a relaxation!:):):)