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bluejay14 · 23-03-2013 12:11AM

I've never really seen why people say that HL Irish is such hard work and has such a huge workload. Yeah it does need work but it's nothing major. There's only a certain amount of questions that can be asked really, not like other subjects such as English where they could practically ask anything under the sun.

Now HL maths on the other hand.........dear god don't get me started on the amount of work needed for that. There just aren't enough hours in the day. I'm not holding out much hope for our class finishing the course in time or getting many exam questions done either.

kingcobra · 23-03-2013 12:46AM

In 5th year I spent a fair amount of time at HL Irish, and the workload was fairly ok. However this year I've one barely anything in Irish other than homework (incl. essays) an I'm still somehow doing fairly well in Irish

The oral Irish itself isn't too bad either because the comhrá is fairly short although the Sraith pictúirí can be a bit of a mess! I've done pretty little in English as well, even a brief knowledge of the comparatives do fine and the only real learning in English is remembering the quotes from the poems and the Single Text, and some of the quotes can be quite catchy.

But on the other hand, HL Maths is where the work is needed! Definitely a huge workload involved with that, along with Biology and Physics for me :pac:

Leaving Cert Student · 23-03-2013 01:39AM

Which comes first of the french and Irish orals?

Prodigious · 23-03-2013 08:08AM

German is 15/16th and Irish is 22/23rd

kingcobra · 23-03-2013 10:20AM

Leaving Cert Student wrote: »

Which comes first of the french and Irish orals?

Depends where you're from. If you're school is in Dublin Irish is first but if your school is outside Dublin French is first...I think so anyway!

decisions · 23-03-2013 10:25AM

In Dublin, if your on the NS it's Irish first and if your on the SS it's language first. That's what our teachers keep telling us anyway.

Eurovisionmad · 23-03-2013 10:45AM

kingcobra wrote: »

Depends where you're from. If you're school is in Dublin Irish is first but if your school is outside Dublin French is first...I think so anyway!

No I'm in Cork and our Irish orals are a week before our French orals.

With regards to the amount of work needed for each subject I think really it's all relative, like with me for HL Maths I could maybe do a few hours the night before the exam and come out with a really good Mark but then Irish requires me to do a lot of work constantly to get a good Mark!

Glee_GG · 23-03-2013 11:30AM

Orals depend on which half of the country your in i think, south do irish then language and north do language then irish

decisions · 23-03-2013 11:45AM

Anyone else doing nothing but oral stuff over Easter?

Leaving Cert Student · 23-03-2013 12:39PM

decisions wrote: »

Anyone else doing nothing but oral stuff over Easter?

Nope we have loads of homework in allll subjects so..

Prodigious · 23-03-2013 01:30PM

I was hoping to get loads of oral done but I'm only allowed out of the house at the weekends :pac:

BrownBear11 · 23-03-2013 01:32PM

Methememb wrote: »

I was hoping to get loads of oral done but I'm only allowed out of the house at the weekends :pac:

Waheeey! Thread needs more innuendo

Jade. · 23-03-2013 02:32PM

decisions wrote: »

Anyone else doing nothing but oral stuff over Easter?

The plan is to get loads of every subject done considering I've done nothing all year so I'm playing catch up :P

peekachoo · 23-03-2013 02:36PM

Any MCR fans?
I used to listen to them when I was about 13ish, nevertheless so sad to see them call it quits

Prodigious · 23-03-2013 02:39PM

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11Charlie11 · 23-03-2013 03:49PM

Anyone know if the orals last year were before Easter or are they always after?

BrownBear11 · 23-03-2013 03:50PM

They were after Easter last year. I think they always are unless Easter falls really late in the year

David1994 · 23-03-2013 05:26PM

Does anyone else find the Irish poetry questions they give you on a poem very similar. I am doing a question on Geibheann now and I must say they don't give you must scope to write as the two questions are basically more or less the same thing! :P

Maybe I am just writing my answers with too much analysis(More like the English ones :L ) and am after using my ideas for the second question in the first.

Prodigious · 23-03-2013 05:54PM

Passed

decisions · 23-03-2013 06:00PM

Congrads.

Prodigious · 23-03-2013 06:01PM

Sound!

David1994 · 23-03-2013 06:03PM

Good job man

Copper_pipe · 23-03-2013 06:13PM

Congrats

mixery · 23-03-2013 06:21PM

Well done, now time to get a Civic or another Glanza :d . No offense to annyone that drives one of those, cos I know many people that do, and many of ye probably have them also, but what's the point of adding all the mods even though you know that once you put it in it's near worthless(depreciation). And those f...ing exhausts..

Prodigious · 23-03-2013 06:23PM

mixery wrote: »

Well done, now time to get a Civic or another Glanza :d . No offense to annyone that drives one of those, cos I know many people that do, and many of ye probably have them also, but what's the point of adding all the mods even though you know that once you put it in it's near worthless(depreciation). And those f...ing exhausts..

Nah sure I'll save money, I just have to drill holes in the exhaust to make it that loud :cool: Main expense is the spoiler, but it'll be worth it, bîtches love it!
:pac:

mixery · 23-03-2013 06:31PM

Yes, the holes along with cut out catalytic converter will do you wonders, can't forget about proper end pipe - I suggest http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSx_PL8EG72I0HozV3ovmx8UAiWpIHeLCYuirv9PsHCQAgtTvURQg .

peekachoo · 23-03-2013 07:50PM

Didn't study today, gonna pretend watching the Munster/Connacht match as gaeilge makes up for it

mulciber · 23-03-2013 08:25PM

Did anyone here go to the Maths Seminar in Trinity today?

yournerd · 23-03-2013 08:30PM

mulciber wrote: »

Did anyone here go to the Maths Seminar in Trinity today?

Was that higher? I never hear about these things

mulciber · 23-03-2013 08:40PM

yournerd wrote: »

Was that higher? I never hear about these things

Yeah, it was higher. I thought all schools were told about it?

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