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Junior Cert 2011: CSPE

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  • #32
    bb1234567
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,513 ✭✭✭bb1234567


    youre all so sarcastic :p i actually may genuinely do bad in cspe...proof .. i couldnt remember who the taoiseach was a few days ago:pac:


  • #33
    Indiego
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,850 ✭✭✭Indiego


    i hope my action project is ok :/ i didnt really know what a high standard one would be about :/
    my teacher this year was NEVER in, shes gone back to college to do some teacher course thing, and shes only in once a month, for the one cspe class we have a week... we never got a replacement either, so each week we just had another teacher come in and tell us to revise, and when we asked if we could work on our action project, they wouldnt let us :/
    then our teacher came back for a full day, and she took us out of all our classes for the day and we blitz it, we came up with an idea, (to give a speech and presentation to the school on child soldiers), we split into groups, carried the plan out, and wrote it all out, in one day :/
    but, however, i think mine sounded ok, i filled in every line with writing,(and i have tiny writing) so, fingers crossed :L


  • #34
    Sentid
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 263 ✭✭Sentid


    I got a A in my pre for my cspe when i did my junior cert two years ago and then in the actual junior cert I dropped down to a C. Its actually not that easy to get a A anymore for such a easy subject because there were to many people getting A's.


  • #35
    P H A 7V T O M
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,006 ✭✭✭P H A 7V T O M


    I think reading a newspaper and knowing MP's is all you need


  • #36
    King John The Last
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 384 ✭✭King John The Last


    innovation. wrote: »
    I have the worst teacher for CSPE, ever. He can NOT control a class at all. No work was ever done in his classes. We all had to take time out from other subjects to make sure we had our action projects completed. I question how he even passed his LC to become a teacher, no exaggeration. He talks to you like you're a two-year old too which is annoying. :(

    We have a teacher who reminds us of the scene in Father Ted where Ted asks Dougal if he collected 10 crisp packets to become a priest. She is that stupid! She teaches us CSPE, Geography, RE and teaches half the class English. The best way I can think of to describe her brainpower and lack thereof is one of many incidents in RE.

    Student: How do you aisle like in a church?
    Teacher: O-I-L
    Student: I dont think thats right
    Teacher: Of course it is, how else would you spell it?
    3 other students: A-I-L-S-E
    And then she loses the head.


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  • #37
    spurious
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    King John The Last wrote: »
    We have a teacher who reminds us of the scene in Father Ted where Ted asks Dougal if he collected 10 crisp packets to become a priest. She is that stupid! She teaches us CSPE, Geography, RE and teaches half the class English. The best way I can think of to describe her brainpower and lack thereof is one of many incidents in RE.

    Student: How do you aisle like in a church?
    Teacher: O-I-L
    Student: I dont think thats right
    Teacher: Of course it is, how else would you spell it?
    3 other students: A-I-L-S-E
    And then she loses the head.

    In fairness, oil does play a rather large role in the sacraments in a church.


  • #38
    P H A 7V T O M
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,006 ✭✭✭P H A 7V T O M


    robman60 wrote: »
    Everyone takes it as a guaranteed A, but only around 25% of people actually get it.

    Contrary to what you say, 25% (if you are in any way near the actual figure) is a lot higher than in other subjects.

    Considering it's Common Level, I'd only assume that those who are doing mojority- Higher Level papers would be more likely to get an A, particularly those who do well in English (as quite a lot of the CSPE paper needs you to be good at explaining points or ideas)

    Good luck to everyone!


  • #39
    Desire.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,601 ✭✭✭Desire.


    I'm actually not looking forward to this. I don't feel 100% confident that I will get an A. I mean, I think my project is good enough... I just don't know really.

    Hopefully I will though.


  • #40
    innovation.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 80 ✭✭innovation.


    Do you guys really care if you get an A or not in CSPE? I mean it's nothing to really brag about in all fairness. :pac: I'm going to obviously try on the paper, but not really bothered or not if I get an A in this paper as it's so easy. :)


  • #41
    lucyfails
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4 ✭lucyfails


    I only got 65% in my CSPE mock - only because I know nothing about most of the stuff in Section 1 :o


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  • #42
    scipsss
    Closed Accounts Posts: 69 ✭✭scipsss


    our teacher was so bad this year she cant control a class and every class we had we just talked and no one listened to her ? oh and we didnt even do our action project we just made it up LOL oh and we didnt open the cspe book AT ALL :L


  • #43
    rainaa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 44 ✭rainaa


    Colm! wrote: »
    Yes.
    If I recall correctly, there's a maximum number of As that an examiner can hand out. At least, that's how I think it goes. Point is, if you look at the stats, most people won't get an A in CSPE. You're far more likely not to.


    ... are you serious?
    omg.




    & i got 100 in my mock ahhaa :D


  • #44
    cantanstrophe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 144 ✭✭cantanstrophe


    innovation. wrote: »
    Do you guys really care if you get an A or not in CSPE? I mean it's nothing to really brag about in all fairness. :pac: I'm going to obviously try on the paper, but not really bothered or not if I get an A in this paper as it's so easy. :)
    I guess, to me anyway, being proud of your A in CSPE isn't as good as devoting your time to, say, Science and getting a B in that :D
    rainaa wrote: »
    ... are you serious?
    omg.
    They adjust the marking scheme to suit the bell curve; they expect the same amount of As and Bs every year. I mean, if you got 100%, you'll definitely get an A, but still.


  • #45
    Louise6
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26 ✭Louise6


    I'm hoping for an A in this, but i don't know any of the politicians and political parties and i answer almost every question with "our class could make a poster"... :/


  • #46
    spirit_77
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 182 ✭✭spirit_77


    We have always done history in CSPE class.the only time we done CSPE was for the project which our teacher told us to write so the whole class has the same project basically.Have to the the exam monday depite not having a clue whats going to come up :mad:


  • #47
    her0fire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31 ✭her0fire


    spirit_77 wrote: »
    We have always done history in CSPE class.the only time we done CSPE was for the project which our teacher told us to write so the whole class has the same project basically.Have to the the exam monday depite not having a clue whats going to come up :mad:

    There's seriously nothing you can study, well maybe the short questions.
    Other than that, you're sorted


  • #48
    robman60
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,229 ✭✭✭robman60


    P H A 7V T O M wrote: »
    Contrary to what you say, 25% (if you are in any way near the actual figure) is a lot higher than in other subjects.

    Considering it's Common Level, I'd only assume that those who are doing mojority- Higher Level papers would be more likely to get an A, particularly those who do well in English (as quite a lot of the CSPE paper needs you to be good at explaining points or ideas)

    Good luck to everyone!
    The figures are on the examinations website if you'd like to verify the figures given. I don't remember ever saying that it wasn't a higher percentage than other subjects, many other subjects are ~10% getting an A.


  • #49
    Legion.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 401 ✭✭Legion.


    Cant wait for this exam, signals the end of the harder exams imo. My mates and I are gonna have a race to see who is finished first ;D


  • #50
    spurious
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    robman60 wrote: »
    The figures are on the examinations website if you'd like to verify the figures given. I don't remember ever saying that it wasn't a higher percentage than other subjects, many other subjects are ~10% getting an A.

    The fact that it is a common level paper skews the A grades.


  • #51
    Jc2k11
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7 ✭Jc2k11


    MarkD09 wrote: »
    I was being deadly serious by this post, although i do find some of the jokes funny, especially the grinds teacher one :L But yeah, all the trolling got annoying so any help? :L

    i always say put up posters around the school , car boot sale , sponsered mission walk and cake sale :)


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  • #52
    Colm!
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    rainaa wrote: »
    ... are you serious?
    I got 92.5% in my mock and a B in the JC. Totally serious.


  • #53
    Mayo_Boy
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    I also got an A in my mocks and then a B in the real thing


  • #54
    Desire.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,601 ✭✭✭Desire.


    Colm! wrote: »
    I got 92.5% in my mock and a B in the JC. Totally serious.
    Mayo_Boy wrote: »
    I also got an A in my mocks and then a B in the real thing

    That's the thing. There is a bell curve in the Junior Cert whereas there is nothing stopping your class getting 30 As in the Pres.


  • #55
    P H A 7V T O M
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,006 ✭✭✭P H A 7V T O M


    Desire. wrote: »
    That's the thing. There is a bell curve in the Junior Cert whereas there is nothing stopping your class getting 30 As in the Pres.

    That curveball is the project, right? I'm often told that the actual examinations are marked harder for the mocks, if only to scare you. Examiners for mocks are often not even State Examiners, and some of them are absolute bastards. For example, I got 53% religion, the highest score in all of my class... And most get A's and B's.


  • #56
    Desire.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,601 ✭✭✭Desire.


    The project is where most people would lose their marks, I guess.

    I don't know about the Pres being marked harder. I think it depends on who is correcting it like. I would say all my Pres were marked fairly.


  • #57
    shadowninty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,654 ✭✭✭shadowninty


    I have a decent interest in politics so I think ill do ok
    However I only got 91% in my Pres and if my project is awful I may end up with a B :L
    At least I don't have to study. Yay :D


  • #58
    phenomenale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25 ✭phenomenale


    Anyone know where I could find pictures and names of the current ministers in the Dáil? :L
    Kind of took this exam for granted due to the fact that I got 98% in the pres but looking at the statistics is kind of scaring me.
    Pretty happy with my project though..


  • #59
    shadowninty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,654 ✭✭✭shadowninty


    phenomenale wrote: »
    Anyone know where I could find pictures and names of the current ministers in the Dáil? :L

    [url]HTTP://www.taoiseach.gov.ie/eng/Taoiseach_and_Government/List_of_Ministers_Ministers_of_State/[/url]


  • #60
    Desire.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,601 ✭✭✭Desire.


    shadowninty wrote: »
    [url]HTTP://www.taoiseach.gov.ie/eng/Taoiseach_and_Government/List_of_Ministers_Ministers_of_State/[/url]

    The paper was set when Fianna Fáil were still in government, so they won't be pictures of the government.


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  • #61
    TheRedDevil10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,261 ✭✭✭TheRedDevil10


    that has the new ministers


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