Mysteriouschic wrote: » How is everyone studying for the comparative? Are you just learning off one essay for each mode you're doing and adapting the answer to fit the question on the day? Ah this day next week we'll all be talking about what poet came up and which Hamlet questions.
randylonghorn wrote: » There has *usually* been one, yes. There's no rule, and no guarantees. And 1 in *8* is more than a bit risky, you're good enough at maths to know that!
Togepi wrote: » Learning off a list of points for two different essays. Really in two minds about whether or not I'll bother with the theme one though.
YeaaahFaoiSin wrote: » I wish there was no way of preparing for English so it would not be based on who could learn off the best answers. If they had any sense they'd just Random Number Generate it and pick the 4 regardless of gender or whether they came up last year. That being said I'm doing all the male poets except for Frost
Eathrin wrote: » I think learning essay plans is the best idea, isn't it? I tend to take far longer than the allotted time when doing an essay at home so I should have a good idea of what to write in the exam if I want to finish on time.
Togepi wrote: » It's probably the best way to prepare yeah. For the comparative my notes aren't plans though it's like a couple of pages of points. The headings for each are easy to remember though so that's some consolation. @MysteriousChic yeah my notes are in a kind of chart format with three columns so it's easy to see the comparisons. I actually want general vision and viewpoint to come up! :P
Eathrin wrote: » I'm not happy at all to be leaving school. I just sat on my own in a classroom today for about 30mins, thinking silently, weird yeah I know. But it's been my home for the last 6 years, loved all of my teachers, won't see half my class again, sad indeed.
The High Crusade wrote: » I feel the complete opposite, the last year or two was fine but I've gone through enough bullying in the first few years from people in my year to make me so happy when I left
Chuchoter wrote: » I don't see many things jumping more than 5 or 10 points. The radio said 1500 less people are sitting the leaving this year because of low birth rate when we were born, so that could well cancel out the extra demand for certain courses to a point.:)
Togepi wrote: » Some courses went up seventy points last year. There's still going to be a lot of decent differences in points this year, with rises and falls, just like every other year. Everyone should just do their best and ignore the points. They might go up, they might not, we'll know in August!
Incompetent wrote: » I swear, if computer science goes up 70 points just because a load of eejits think it's something it's not...
Togepi wrote: » Did the computer science points go up much last year? I'd be fairly annoyed if they went up because people who are experts at using Facebook and Word thought the course would suit them. :cool:
Incompetent wrote: » That's exactly what they're like. I know two of them who never listen to me when I tell them what it's actually like! I'd bet you a grand they drop out in year 1 too UCD went up about 35, TCD a bit less - 20 maybe.
Eathrin wrote: » What's your favourite colour? (oh yes I can do OT)
