Mocks for everyone else?

irish_man · 09-01-2010 12:59AM

Sorry!! I didn't mean to offend ya
it seems like I commited a crime

randylonghorn · 09-01-2010 01:23AM

irish_man wrote: »

Did you?

If the point of the mocks is to give you an opportunity to do a dry run for the real thing, and to give you some kind of indication of how your preparation is coming along, how does it "help" if someone tells you what is coming up?

Think about it.

Lawliet · 09-01-2010 02:50AM

Off-topic mocks related story: Last year some idiot in my Irish class asked the teacher about what to write for some random essay a week before the mocks. Naturally that very same essay was what was on our mock paper. Our teacher absolutely ate the heads of us afterwards, she thought all of us were in on it and knew everything that was on the paper...

Anyway if you are going to look up the papers, be clever about it because your teachers aren't morons.
But really lads, at the end of the day you're not doing yourselves any favours by cheating. The mocks don't count for anything, so you might as well just take the bad grade; after all you want your points to go up from the mocks, not down.

gant0 · 09-01-2010 06:25PM

mine don'y start until the 22nd of february!!!:(....guess i don't get to enjoy the february midterm!!

bub123 · 13-01-2010 11:25PM

here its a waste of time just debating whats right/wrong to do, everyone has their own opinion. anyway those of you who think its wrong for us "cheaters" to cheat, ye're the ones benefiting from this because ye MIGHT end up doin better than us in the real thing! so if anyone has mock papers and wants to share, just put them up

and use spoilers

mine are kinda early -4th feb, but if anyone has any idea for either of the companies (if their teacher told them, hinted, etc) please let us know thanks:)

yenoBAYUB · 15-01-2010 09:21PM

Mine start on the 10th. 3 days of mocks, midterm, another week of them. Not sure whether its a good or bad thing? Was hoping the febraury mindterm would be relaxing. I probably would of been freaking out about study anyways so at least i have an exucse now i guess lol

Colm C · 15-01-2010 09:26PM

Mine arent until the week after the mid-term.Mid Feb i think.

Professional Griefer · 15-01-2010 09:35PM

Lawliet wrote: »

Off-topic mocks related story: Last year some idiot in my Irish class asked the teacher about what to write for some random essay a week before the mocks. Naturally that very same essay was what was on our mock paper. Our teacher absolutely ate the heads of us afterwards, she thought all of us were in on it and knew everything that was on the paper...

Anyway if you are going to look up the papers, be clever about it because your teachers aren't morons.
But really lads, at the end of the day you're not doing yourselves any favours by cheating. The mocks don't count for anything, so you might as well just take the bad grade; after all you want your points to go up from the mocks, not down.

Quite a valid point, btw my mocks don't start still around mid March, anyways, I plan to study for them, and that will include getting the mock papers from my old school as well.
They can tell me that I 'cheated' or that my results done mean much, but that thing is that I'm going to learn it all in anyways so I'll probably have a good idea should a similar Q. come up in June, sure it isn't the honest way of doing things, but I won't lose any sleep, it still counts as studying to me, and regardless of the mocks results, I won't be any different for the following months leading up to the LC as regards the work I do.

Rich1691 · 15-01-2010 11:35PM

Mine are starting the 23rd of february so we've got the mid-term to study, its a pity we're losing the break but I suppose it'll be handy leading up to them to get some last minute work in!

NufcNavan · 16-01-2010 12:09AM

Mine start February 9th, witht the midterm to study for the 2nd half of exams. Not too bad. Trying not to get too worried about them.

Bhoy_ · 16-01-2010 01:15AM

I'm screwed for mine. They start 12th of February which I believe is a Friday, makes sense...Then we have a week off, the same week I'm off to Bavaria skiing, then back in for mocks for the whole next week. While everyone is studying, I'll be on holidays, which worries me a bit, but hey, it's a good excuse.

laura93 · 16-01-2010 07:27PM

Mine start the 1st of Feb and I'm not ready at all for them

Professional Griefer · 16-01-2010 08:07PM

I have no idea when mine start. I know they're in March, sometime. Start of I think, so we SHOULD have them back for easter so we can go over them but some of them weren't back in that time last year. As soon as they start the rest of our time till the LC should fly. I can see that the next 2 months(till my mocks) are gonna be slow as hell.

DB10 · 16-01-2010 09:31PM

laura93 wrote: »

Mine start the 1st of Feb and I'm not ready at all for them

Same.

Havent started studying Business,English, or Irish bar one tape. All HL as well...:eek:

almostnever · 16-01-2010 10:27PM

Mine are the week after the mid term,which is grand really. Although I could use a break when they're over...
Anyway, I'm kinda worried about them because I haven't done anything for them yet but hopefully with a bit'a cramming I'll do okay. They're not really important to me; I am working towards the Leaving Cert and especially in subjects such as English where the course changed for me this year, it doesn't really matter what results I get. Still,I hope to get into the spirit of it even if just a little, so I study and get into the habit of doing so.

DancingQueen:) · 16-01-2010 10:33PM

I find it fine studying the subjects i like or topics that i'm interested in but for some other subjects i just get bored really easily an end up taking more an more breaks. I'd love to know the timetable for my mocks (in two weeks:eek:) then i think it would become more real.

Ste234 · 17-01-2010 07:37PM

Two of my teachers that I get along quite well said to me that there's only two and other teachers told me they were getting both mock papers which insinuates there are only two. Mine start 2nd of feb and my friend's in another school start the 25th of January..

spurious · 17-01-2010 09:54PM

There are at least three national suppliers of mock papers (I know because I order them in our school). All of the following sent me samples and order forms:

Dublin Examining Board
Examcraft
and Munster Examining Board.

There is also the possibility that teachers will make their own mock paper up and many do.

butlervant · 19-01-2010 11:21PM

could u tell wat de spoiler s i cant see it.. tanx

Professional Griefer · 19-01-2010 11:24PM

butlervant wrote: »

could u tell wat de spoiler s i cant see it.. tanx

Did you try and highlight it? ie, click and drag the mouse over it? That should show you.

pfannkuchen · 20-01-2010 06:02PM

Our timetable was put up today... We start the 3rd, but we thought it was the 2nd, so an extra day of waiting agony?

I have at least one exam every day but I'm finished on the 10th, while a lot of people aren't done until the 12th

DancingQueen:) · 20-01-2010 09:53PM

Mine start in 7 school days and we still have no timetable

They said we probably won't have it until next Thursday which is ridiculus. So much work to do so little time, but at least we have a few months after that to cover what you need to.

Professional Griefer · 20-01-2010 10:31PM

Mine start the 8th of March, and there's gonna be some on the Saturday in order to try and get back some of the days we missed due to the weather.

From now till we finish, we've got 5 days off, not including weekends obviously.
Gonna be some bolox.

Keogg · 20-01-2010 10:38PM

Our mocks start two days before the mid term break in February and then go for the week after! Ugh talk about torture, no enjoyment out of that week at ALL!! It's so evil

randylonghorn · 20-01-2010 10:57PM

butlervant wrote: »

could u tell wat de spoiler s i cant see it.. tanx

butlervant, welcome to Boards.

Just a heads-up, you will find that txtspit is extremely unwelcome on this site.

Burswood · 20-01-2010 11:20PM

I think ours start 3 days before mid term and end 2 days after it.

I'm thinking for Biology and Chemistry if I know experiments that will be good. Biology if I know Ecology and Genetics because they always come up (long questions). Then wing it for any other stuff (because lets face it people - its Biology

)

And for Chemistry know the crap out of the Organics and also the Q.5 stuff (atoms, trends, etc) because each of them always comes up too. Then definitions too.

English I'm not sure. I actually have no idea how to prepare for Paper 1 but the poets and comparative should be okay. Its Lear I'm kinda freaking out about..

NufcNavan · 20-01-2010 11:34PM

Burswood wrote: »

I'm thinking for Biology and Chemistry if I know experiments that will be good. Biology if I know Ecology and Genetics because they always come up (long questions). Then wing it for any other stuff (because lets face it people - its Biology )
..

This. And sexual reproduction. That always comes up too.

MoyVilla9 · 23-01-2010 04:04PM

So early for so many people. Mine starts on the 24th of Feb!

knwaca · 23-01-2010 04:10PM

Our teachers still haven't a clue, one class we're told the 3th, next the 4th, yesterday it was the 8th! Bloody shambles! doing my nut about maths..:eek:

pfannkuchen · 23-01-2010 04:26PM

We've been told that

the Genetics DNA experiment (the kiwi one)

is coming up on ours. Not sure which company. The teachers specifically decided to tell us this only, so the question must be dodgy or something

Mocks for everyone else?

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