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English Paper 2 Leaked- Keep All Discussion to this thread- DUPLICATE THREADS LOCKED

English Paper 2 was leaked in Louth Today. Possibly rescheduled. More info at rte.ie/exams

UPDATE 1: The SEC has announced the exam will take place on Saturday Morning, June 6th at 9:30.

A Helpline has been set up (lord knows why tbh, mountain out of a molehill): 1800 713 913

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xOxSinéadxOx

why did yer man/one not follow procedure. did they really think nobody would find out? :pac:

I was bit pissed off yesterday but now I find it all really hilarious

overmantle

They're bound to go easy on the marking of English this year.

UnknownSpecies

xOxSinéadxOx wrote: »

why did yer man/one not follow procedure. did they really think nobody would find out? :pac:

I was bit pissed off yesterday but now I find it all really hilarious

im the exact same :pac: its hilarious at this stage, wont make a difference, just have to give up my saturday morning lie in now

phic

overmantle wrote: »

They're bound to go easy on the marking of English this year.

it wont make a difference though, they still have to have the right number of a's, b's etc...

Fad

The shot of St.Oliver's really reminded me of Chernobyl!

It was so empty!

overmantle

I suppose the old self protection mechanism kicked in and yer man thought (foolishly) that it wouldn't get out. In the days before Boards.ie, twitter etc, he may have gotten away with it.

Claypigeon

overmantle wrote: »

They're bound to go easy on the marking of English this year.

Well if you know how the system works, it is somewhat inevitable if this is as big a deal to this many people.

The exams are marked, but then if people are falling down on certain things (ie a lot of people may balls up the poetry) they'll re-draft the marking scheme a number of times to compensate and keep grades proportional to each other rather than the first marking scheme.

This happens in every subject regardless of any slip-ups such as last nights.

SligoBrewer

If by Rudyard Kipling wrote:

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you
But make allowance for their doubting too,
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,

....
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And--which is more--you'll be a Man, my son!

Frolick

overmantle wrote: »

They're bound to go easy on the marking of English this year.

Not a hope. Two words "Grading Curve"

I was on TV (>*_*)> ^(*_*)^ <(*_*<)

Claypigeon

Frolick wrote: »

Not a hope. Two words "Grading Curve"

Wrong. If a huge amount of people all screw up on the same thing it will be slackened. It's how the LC marking works. They re-draft the marking schemes a number of times.

phic

overmantle wrote: »

I suppose the old self protection mechanism kicked in and yer man thought (foolishly) that it wouldn't get out. In the days before Boards.ie, twitter etc, he may have gotten away with it.

Yeah i'd say its actually happened fairly often, this year it just spread really fast!
we are both blessed and cursed by technology!

overmantle

I remember there was a cock up with Leaving Cert Chemistry several years ago (with the actual paper). There was uproar about it but the grades in Chemistry were actually very good that year. They were obviously afraid of repercussions.

Piste

From Facebook: "Breaking News: Production of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows cancelled after the full script was handed out instead of the engineering paper at St. Olivers Community College. Louth youve done it again."

DogPawHat

Heh, paper two gets leaked and everybody happens to be on there social network of choice at the time instead of studying.

Mind you, we might have gotten away with it if it haven't been for that one parent calling the school. the first texts and posts went unnoticed for nearly an hour.

OpenYourEyes

After 134 or so pages i presume someone has said this already, but since the examiner had little or no intention of reporting his mistake to his bosses, do the students in that Louth school realise that had they kept their mouths shut about the whole thing that they would have been extremely well prepared going into that exam today, wouldv been worth a good 10-20 points extra to even the laziest of students!

phic

Claypigeon wrote: »

Wrong. If a huge amount of people all screw up on the same thing it will be slackened. It's how the LC marking works. They re-draft the marking schemes a number of times.

thats what a grading curve is...

Frolick

Claypigeon wrote: »

Wrong. If a huge amount of people all screw up on the same thing it will be slackened. It's how the LC marking works. They re-draft the marking schemes a number of times.

Ya but the grade will still follow the grading curve... They ease the marking if we all do bad but there will still be the same amount of A, B and Cs etc

Claypigeon

phic wrote: »

thats what a grading curve is...

He's saying it _won't_ be marked more easily. Because of the grading curve.

kevogy

hey what was the charactor question about macbeth,
i heard it was banquo but im not certain,
what sort of question could they as about him?

haloauto

OpenYourEyes wrote: »

After 134 or so pages i presume someone has said this already, but since the examiner had little or no intention of reporting his mistake to his bosses, do the students in that Louth school realise that had they kept their mouths shut about the whole thing that they would have been extremely well prepared going into that exam today, wouldv been worth a good 10-20 points extra to even the laziest of students!

I'm guessing it was one of the other students in the room that didn't get the paper told.

Claypigeon

Frolick wrote: »

Ya but the grade will still follow the grading curve... They ease the marking if we all do bad but there will still be the same amount of A, B and Cs etc

Yup but the people who would have gotten A's most likely still will. You will not fly from an A1 to a C3 or anything like it with this change of paper.

Fad

DogPawHat wrote: »

Heh, paper two gets leaked and everybody happens to be on there social network of choice at the time instead of studying.

Mind you, we might have gotten away with it if it haven't been for that one parent calling the school. the first texts and posts went unnoticed for nearly an hour.

What IDIOT told his/her mum though

Claypigeon

kevogy wrote: »

hey what was the charactor question about macbeth,
i heard it was banquo but im not certain,
what sort of question could they as about him?

Banquo and deception came up afaik. However, I doubt they could get yet another question out of Banquo. I'm focusing on Macbeth himself as a character.

Claypigeon

Fad wrote: »

What IDIOT told his/her mum though

Idiots are honest people who don't want a small sect of students undermining a system that 50,000 other people are relying on for their futures, their careers and their life choices now? Paint me red and shove a crowbar up my nose, I'm a friggin' idiot, too.

Extrasupervery

That's so true, and people are forgetting. If everyone is likely to drop a grade then we will, but there has to be so many A's so maybe those who would've gotten A's yesterday and will get a B1 on Saturday will be...bumped up? Hope that makes sense.

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Dumbledore wrote: »

I live on the southside and have never heard of one. In fact I go to an international school and there are only 3 Jews in the year and only one is doing the LC. the Jewish representative on Joe Duffy said there would be less than ten students doing it though I would have thought it would be more than that.

stratford college

Frolick

Claypigeon wrote: »

Yup but the people who would have gotten A's most likely still will. You will not fly from an A1 to a C3 or anything like it with this change of paper.

Ya well if you get a A1 or about to get a A1 in english you won't be worried about this mishaps

xOxSinéadxOx

OpenYourEyes wrote: »

After 134 or so pages i presume someone has said this already, but since the examiner had little or no intention of reporting his mistake to his bosses, do the students in that Louth school realise that had they kept their mouths shut about the whole thing that they would have been extremely well prepared going into that exam today, wouldv been worth a good 10-20 points extra to even the laziest of students!

that's stupid louth people for ya :pac:

It's incredible that the only way they found out was cos a parent rang the school! kind of funny as well that there was only one moral parent out of all the people

overmantle

Just wondering if this is the longest and most viewed thread on Boards.ie ever???

phic

Claypigeon wrote: »

He's saying it _won't_ be marked more easily. Because of the grading curve.

well it wont really, cos you'll still have to have the right amount of people getting a's or whatever, so its not like everyones gonna do great, some people have to make up the c, d,e,f part of the curve