Leaving Cert '11/'12 Off-Topic 2

Hayezer wrote: »

Me being a doctor, off duty, someone collapses or something, persons probably gonna die, moral dilemma to do make shift procedure with make shift tools and risk getting blamed if person dies/getting sued/losing job, pull it off, happy ever after?

I cant think of a story

Hahaha stop I tried come up with one there it's hard. :P

But as someone once said on this forum (think it's obvious who :L) do out a simple plot, and capture it perfectly. It's more how you say it, than what you say.

leaveiton wrote: »

The joys of just not doing the short story at all :P

I ate your puppy.

:cool:

leaveiton wrote: »

Unusual plot, but it could work!

Who reckons all exam papers this year will become like project Maths Paper two? :pac:
SEC: SURPRISE!

leaveiton wrote: »

"Write a short story in which a character is lost at sea with only a clinometer for help"

I gasped - the torrent of waves oscillated me as though I was drift wood. Beyond the horizon I could see neither a ship nor land. Prayers surged to my mind regaining a long lost faith in religion and its belief in an omnipotent being. My eyes scanned the vast expanse of water in anguish, when to my surprise a clinometer bobbed not more than ten feet away. At that point I knew Divine Providence existed. I shouldn't have prayed to God, but instead the SEC who taught me to utilise the apparatus. In the mock I obtained an A1 in project Maths, excelling in trigonometry and use of measuring appurtenances. Traversing with pace across the ocean, I grasped the clinometer and began frantically measuring the angle of the horizon to ensure I was sane. Unfortunately it was 180 degrees - I was not in a nightmare. I was fūcked.

leaveiton wrote: »

A2, marks docked for inappropriate language.

We'll see if my trusty clinometer can fix that.

YeaaahFaoiSin wrote: »

I added a tag for you reznov. I think you'll approve.

What does the tag say?

Togepi wrote: »

I'm assuming it's "625 or gtfo".

I think that's been there before! Have seen it in previous refreshes anyway.

I've never put a change into a story on purpose. The one I did about an old person looking back on an important even had no change at all, and the mystery solving one...theres no need for change there. o_O

Just to make sure, the Poets and stuff comes up in paper 2 right?

So it turns out you should title short stories and give proper layouts to part B's, my English teacher told me :pac:

Whoops! I'm off to cram a little more...

I cant imagine I'll be on here in the morning. See you all on the other side, dundundun.

And good luck everyone! Remember...we can always repeat

I'm thinking of throwing out all my notes, to ensure I don't have to repeat! :P

I reckon at this stage cramming or doing anything of the like is futile. I've done feckall today and tbh it doesn't really bother me. I'm going to get up at 7:30 tomorrow and go for a walk, contemplating my exam and possible short stories. I need to be as creative as I can so a good sleep and a fresh morning should help. Sure my essay probably won't fit, but so what? Purpose is everything. If I can my story as relevant as they come, then I should be fine, it's not like I'm bad at English anyway. I've done reasonable preparation and by now it's just preparing to start the exam in the best way possible. "The readiness is all" Hamlet once said, and whatever will be, will be-"There's a special providence in the fall of a sparrow". Right now I'm completely relaxed


And on that note, I'd like to wish the very best of luck to all of you on this forum, I know some of ye have talents for English and tomorrows your chance to shine! Don't perceive the exam as a bad thing, but rather an opportunity to flaunt your talent that you have! And thank ye for making my leaving cert more bearable over the last few months, despite the ridiculous amount of time procrastinating on boards and indeed facebook too, I wouldn't go as far to say as it was wasted time but important time too, to get away from the books. So I wish ye all the best!