Leaving Cert. '11/'12 Off-Topic

EmptyWithMe · 15-09-2011 10:42PM

So I had a meeting with our school's career guidance teacher. Went in there with my mind fully made up.

Half an hour later I'm confused and frustrated andand I don't know what to do now.

FML I had a hard enough time picking what I wanted to do in the first place..

This happen to anyone else?

jenny18 · 15-09-2011 11:00PM

EmptyWithMe wrote: »

So I had a meeting with our school's career guidance teacher. Went in there with my mind fully made up.

Half an hour later I'm confused and frustrated andand I don't know what to do now.

FML I had a hard enough time picking what I wanted to do in the first place..

This happen to anyone else?

up until just before 6th year i was set on law been researching it since first year. at higher options i wanted to go in to stem cell research so genetics course. now repeating with aim of doing medicine I don't think anyone ever knows what they want to do

donvito99 · 16-09-2011 06:18PM

Our "career" guidance teacher always stresses that you cannot see into the future. You may have interests now, but whats to say you won't like something else in 2017? Our career talks last year were based on that assumption. One past pupil had loved English and creative writing and went on to study History in TCD. He's now a Computing engineer (or something like that) working specifically in broadband development, quite a contrast.

Me personally, I'm going on what I'm interested in at the moment. I want to do Law, thats not to say I don't want to do jam making in letterkenny, but its all I have to go on right now.

EmptyWithMe · 16-09-2011 07:07PM

I'm thinking about Social Care now. One thing I've noticed is like, whenever we have talks about college choices or whatever, we've never actually been told that we can change our minds after the first year or two.

I think people forget about that when they're thinking about courses. It seems a lot less scary when someone tells you that you can change again.

Chuchoter · 16-09-2011 07:16PM

You can change? This is new information?

13spanner · 16-09-2011 07:26PM

Looks like I'll be doing Liberal Arts in Mary I. 390 points last year, not too bad. It's only September but I can't wait to finish this year...

thetonynator · 16-09-2011 09:21PM

13spanner wrote: »

Looks like I'll be doing Liberal Arts in Mary I. 390 points last year, not too bad. It's only September but I can't wait to finish this year...

been the longest 3 weeks in school ever so far! 37 to go.

:P

Namlub · 16-09-2011 09:45PM

But only one hundred days to Christmas \o/ And, um, one hour and fifteen minutes until I'm 18

But who's counting

Schonie · 17-09-2011 09:33AM

Namlub wrote: »

But only one hundred days to Christmas \o/ And, um, one hour and fifteen minutes until I'm 18

But who's counting

Happy birthday!:p
I'm excited about christmas but at the same time its like...i dunno...hpat, mocks and then leaving cert after christmas yknow..:rolleyes:

EmptyWithMe · 17-09-2011 11:53AM

Chuchoter wrote: »

You can change? This is new information?

Yeah, of course you can. A few years ago my brother changed from an ITS course to a game design thing. Now he's working for Blizzard Entertainment in California. :rolleyes:
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Schonie wrote: »

I'm excited about christmas but at the same time its like...i dunno...hpat, mocks and then leaving cert after christmas yknow..:rolleyes:

That's scary..It's almost October already like!

Is anyone thinking about taking a gap year, by the way?

Siobhnk · 17-09-2011 12:29PM

donvito99 wrote: »

Good for you:), I did work experience in a hospital which I won't name, but the midwifes (who talked to us sometimes) were amazing people, not only professionally but just as people.

I'd say they alone make childbirth about a million times easier...(as if I'd know):cool:

Yeah I did work experience in a hospital too... Yeah the thing I like about midwifery is you're probably closer to your patients than other nurses, you're with them for 9 months like! Plus the mammys prefer them to the doctors :P (so my mother says :rolleyes: ) my middle name was picked after my midwife, because dad thought she was great :L

Siobhnk · 17-09-2011 12:32PM

Namlub wrote: »

But only one hundred days to Christmas \o/ And, um, one hour and fifteen minutes until I'm 18

But who's counting

Happy birthday!! Don't celebrate to hard

Luno · 17-09-2011 09:13PM

Happy Birthday Namlub!

I missed my first day this year yesterday, I'm worried that I might have missed something in maths and won't be able to get back into things!

Superbus · 17-09-2011 09:17PM

M&S* wrote: »

Happy Birthday Namlub!

I missed my first day this year yesterday, I'm worried that I might have missed something in maths and won't be able to get back into things!

A guy in my maths class was out for the first two and a half weeks with tonsillitis, missing all of the basics of integration; he spent Thursday lunch-time with our teacher and is now pretty much up to speed. I doubt you'll be too far behind

EmptyWithMe · 18-09-2011 11:34AM

I'm too lazy to be a 6th year. :pac:

Do y'think like, knowing you can get the points you need without that much work make you lazy?
I mean, I'm not going for 450+ here..

icedtea · 18-09-2011 12:22PM

Been longest September ever, need to finih this year.....

Siobhnk · 18-09-2011 01:49PM

icedtea wrote: »

Been longest September ever, need to finih this year.....

Haha and I thought it was only me who thought it was going slow :P

Flabangav · 18-09-2011 02:46PM

I like how it's going so slowly, it makes it seem like the exams are ages away

if it was going quickly i'd be terrified! :pac:

donvito99 · 18-09-2011 04:35PM

This September is flying by!;) well, I guess its all relative anyways (LC Physics for ya!)

Mayo_Boy · 18-09-2011 05:15PM

I think this month is flying!

donvito99 · 18-09-2011 07:35PM

Oh, and seeing as this is an off topic thread;

UP THE DUBS!!!!

....carry on

Joey. · 18-09-2011 07:45PM

Mayo_Boy wrote: »

I think this month is flying!

It really is...debs fundraiser planning has begun!

RML · 18-09-2011 07:49PM

way excited for debs this year..:p

donvito99 · 18-09-2011 07:55PM

The Debs - glad I'm not on that committee

Luno · 18-09-2011 08:19PM

I haven't done any work since Thursday! :eek::mad:

EmptyWithMe · 18-09-2011 08:28PM

Our debs committee haven't even met up this year. I should know, I'm on it. Everyone else is really like, laid back about it. It's annoying.

Am I the only one who knows it's going to cost a fortune?!

Anyway, September's weird. The weeks are flying but the weekends are nice and slow.

Siobhnk · 18-09-2011 10:09PM

... We haven't even gotten a debs committee yet... :P

Coeurdepirate · 19-09-2011 04:41PM

Our debs were last Thursday :rolleyes:

coffeelover · 19-09-2011 04:48PM

Got the letters about the vacine

EmptyWithMe · 19-09-2011 05:22PM

coffeelover wrote: »

Got the letters about the vacine

Getting mine Thursday.

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