Tay's Study Log - 2014

A7XGirl · 26-02-2014 05:38PM

Dreadful French listening today, I'll be happy with 10/80 at this point. Other than that, the paper was pretty okay. I answered everything and looked over as much as I could. I'm still quite irritated by the listening, but oh well, more room for improvement I guess. Hopefully my mock oral next week brings me up.
Maths P1 tomorrow, to others this will be a delight, I'm the kind of person that finds prime numbers difficult. I'll be finished at 11.15 so I can come home and cram for Chemistry.

A7XGirl · 27-02-2014 05:24PM

Maths P1 today and as I predicted it was a whole load of sh*t. Again, time to learn from my mistakes.
Chemistry tomorrow and my teacher is going to make sure that I don't get the OL paper, we'll see how this goes. I'd take a C3 in OL rather than a No Grade in HL. Last time in my life that I ever let anyone pick my subjects for me.

A7XGirl · 28-02-2014 06:18PM

Chemistry done! Now I can focus on my favourite exam, English P2!
I'll start tomorrow, gig tonight!

A7XGirl · 02-03-2014 07:48PM

Yesterday; A whole lotta cramming..and sims.....
Today; More cramming, Biology and English P2 tomorrow and I swear my brain is about to explode. If WB Yeats doesn't come up tomorrow, I'm done for. I'm gonna go cram some more and hope for the best.

A7XGirl · 03-03-2014 08:13PM

Wow, I am so exhausted today.
English P2 and Biology completed.
I found English to be quite alright, I'm not going to get my hopes up, but it was an enjoyable paper and luckily for me, the only poet I had time to study for came up. I'm not taking this chance ever again, it was a lucky risk. A few people told me that they took this approach too and only learned one poet, it never came up for them and they couldn't answer any other questions. I swear the Gods were with me this morning. I think I looked a little bit insane when I cheered loudly with triumph.
Biology - Wooooooooooo, I done my best but I can't say anymore. Some teacher walked in like 2 hours into our exams and tells us if we're finished we could go. The amount of people who left took me by huge surprise. Among these were people doing History!
Tomorrow is Irish P2 then I'll come home to cram for Maths P2.
This weekend, I'm doing absolutely f-all. I'm taking a massive deserved break and pushing all my books to the side. Time to break out the Doritos and Xbox.

A7XGirl · 04-03-2014 08:50PM

Irish P2 was dreadful, but in all honesty, it was my fault. I have a REALLY short attention span when I'm faced with something exceedingly boring. About 20 minutes into the exam, I totally forgot I was doing an exam. An hour later, the teacher informs us that we have about 1 hour 30 minutes left and I'm still there just grinning to myself! I then realised that I was doing Irish and I have barely anything written down so I just began flying through it. I'd start one question and jump to another. It was a parade of waffling. My answers were barely finished. I left the exam realising how screwed I was. I still have time to up my grade with my mock oral on Thursday, so that's the only chance I have left for the mocks.
Moral of my story: Never let your imagination get the best of you during an Irish exam.
Maths P2 tomorrow and I have an excruciating headache. Time to go to bed and wake up at 4am for a cramming session.

A7XGirl · 05-03-2014 09:03PM

Maths P2 had to be my worst exam to date. I literally could not understand what was going on. In the end, I done two questions out of the whole paper and quit after an hour had passed. Not to mention I answered the questions terribly. At this point, I'll be glad to move down to Foundation Maths. Time to redo my college courses because I'm screwed at this point.
Irish mock oral tomorrow and I'm 67% unprepared. If my study log of failure is giving faith to anyone out there, don't leave transition year half way to start 5th year.

A7XGirl · 06-03-2014 07:57PM

Irish mock oral went better than I expected. A few seconds of stuttering and a few mistakes here and there, but overall, I think I did quite well. French mock oral tomorrow so we'll see how that goes. Final day of exams tomorrow, then the sweet and delectable weekend.

A7XGirl · 10-03-2014 07:41PM

Enjoyable weekend, but now time to get back to work. I've started getting my results back, so far no fails!
Maths, as I expected was pretty bad, I got 46% and my teacher made a show of me for not answering the majority of questions on Paper 2, IRONICALLY, I'm one of the 4 that actually passed OL Maths in the whole year. Suck on that, Ms.
So far, I really need to practice more maths, I know it, it's just the way the questions are phrased. Total bs.
Irish - I got a C2, And boy I am delighted! This is the highest I've gotten all year, I was aiming for a C3 so this was a pretty tearful moment for me. Even my Irish teacher was convinced I cheated, it could be better, but I'm happy right now.
French - So far I have 50% without oral, the aural REALLY brought me down. So I need to work on that more.
Home Ec- B1 which I'm delighted with. I'd love to bump it up to an A2 for the real LC, I just have to work harder.
I don't have English, Biology and Chemistry back, but so far I'm happy with what I got. No cheating, no spoilers, just my own work.
I did the HL Chemistry paper and my teacher said she thinks I just about passed so I'm happy with that. I'm considering taking up HL Chemistry again, just for points. I loath the subject with all my heart.
Next year, I'll be working with cameras and writing stories to my heart's content, I just have to survive!

A7XGirl · 11-03-2014 07:23PM

I received more results today, I can't believe I passed HL Chemistry, considering I'm the one who sits there and daydreams about actors. I think plenty of the dedicated HL students were more shocked than I was, 1/3 of them failed. 43% is nothing to others, but to me, I tried, maybe if I do a bit more work I might be able to get a C3 for the LC. I calculated my French exam wrong so I actually had about 65% and the oral bumped me up to 71%, I got 82/100 for the French oral, which is pretty neat. I'll have to work harder over the next few weeks, no more joking around.
Irish - C3
Maths - D2
English - I'll be receiving this tomorrow, so we'll see how that goes.
French - B3
Biology - B3
Chemistry - D3
Home Ec - B1

A7XGirl · 12-03-2014 07:36PM

I finally got my English result, I didn't do too bad, a B3 is good but I really want to work towards a B1.
English - B3
Irish - C2
Maths - D2
French - B3
Biology - B3
Chemistry - D3
Home Ec - B1
That's a total of 420 points, I need 15 more to be safe for my course, which I feel is not going to happen. I'll just have to work harder until the real exams. 8 more weeks (excluding easter) until I graduate, woohoo.

A7XGirl · 13-03-2014 10:33PM

Irish - oral work
Maths - Financial maths
French - Diary entry
Chemistry - Iron Tablet titration

A7XGirl · 16-03-2014 10:56PM

I haven't updated in a few days, I'm on a sims 3 binge...yes this is exactly what I do with my life. I'll start properly tomorrow, I promise.

A7XGirl · 17-03-2014 11:25PM

Too much distractions to start properly today :P Tomorrow definitely, no more procrastinating. I'll lock myself away from between 4.30 to 8.00 and begin efficient studying. I'm only trying this method for one week, if it doesn't work, I'm going back to studying in front of the tv...the same method I've been doing since 1st year....I should probably stop while I can.

A7XGirl · 18-03-2014 10:41PM

This is what I accomplished between 4.30 and 7.50pm and now I'm tired and can barely keep my eyes open.
Biology: Respiration revision and exam questions, started Human Reproduction.
Chemistry: Ethene, experiment with H2O2 and MnO3, rate of reaction.
Irish: Oral work
English: Emily Dickinson poetry and Macbeth character.
Home Ec: Cheese, HACCP, Calcium.

Tomorrow I'll start with either French or Maths.

A7XGirl · 19-03-2014 10:55PM

I started at 5.00pm and finished up around 9pm. The breaks I took were roughly 45 minutes in total.
French - 2008 listening comprehension, oral work on social networking and the benefits of learning a second language.
Irish - 45 minutes of oral work, excluding the sraith pictures.
Maths - Financial maths, we had a tricky APR question today and it made me realise I know f-all so I had to revise it again.
English - All Emily Dickinson poems and Duncan character from Macbeth.

Tomorrow, I'll start with Chemistry, I want to get that Heat of Reaction chapter under the belt.
I have a mock Irish oral tomorrow and next week I have 2 more, oh how I love my Irish teacher.

A7XGirl · 20-03-2014 10:28PM

I had a mock oral today for Irish, not 100% perfect but okay. I have 9 days to improve, time to reduce certain areas of studying so I can focus on Gaeilge.
I started working at 5.00pm and finished around 9.00pm, with at least a one hour break in total.
English - Casablanca: Theme, Vision and Viewpoint and Cultural Context.
Irish: Geibheann, Cuid A of 2007 aural
Biology: Human Reproduction, Microscope experiment: e.g plant cell, animal cheek cell.
Chemistry: Heat of Reaction chapter without Fuels and the experiment. I finally learnt how to do the heat of combustion question!! I'm still not sure of some part of it, but I'll check with my teacher on Monday.
Home Ec- Marriage and Divorce.

A7XGirl · 23-03-2014 01:06PM

I've been working on my oral all weekend so I didn't feel the need to update....and I've been taking large breaks to play sims 3....4 hours isn't that bad....okay 6 hours. I need to ask my parents to hide my games until the exams are over..

A7XGirl · 24-03-2014 08:33PM

Biology - Flower Reproducrion
Irish - sraith 17-20, mo ghrasa and plenty of oral work.
English - started Elizabeth Bishop, so far I have The Fish and The Filling Station done.
Maths - Data

Tomorrow I'll do chemistry, home Ec, maths and French. I also have ANOTHER mock oral tomorrow. I'm happy that my teacher is giving us so many opportunities, but to be honest, it's so overwhelming!

A7XGirl · 25-03-2014 08:38PM

Did fairly average in my oral today, I really need to layout my tenses and learn a couple of sentences for each. Final mock oral on Friday and then I'm all set to go. I'm not looking to Monday at all, but oh well, gotta roll with the punches.

Chemistry - attempted to study Equilibrium
Maths - 3 paper 1 questions in the exam papers.
French - oral work
Home Ec - education and work
I'll do some English and 4 sraith pictiurs to finish up.

A7XGirl · 26-03-2014 09:32PM

So I didn't get much done today. School is getting more exhausting day after day. Plus I have an idea for a script to write and I'm aching for summer so I can fully concentrate on my scripts and stories!
English - Elizabeth Bishop x2 poetry
Maths - One random paper one question and one random paper two question.
Irish - Small oral work (What I done last week, usual school day and next summer)
French - oral work and social problems

That's all I done today, tomorrow I have a mock french oral and then I have to come home and revise all 20 sraith pictiurs for my final mock oral on Friday. I feel like someone is holding a trigger against my head, please pull it already.

A7XGirl · 27-03-2014 10:31PM

So my french oral is actually tomorrow and unfortunately for me, I have my final Irish mock oral tomorrow!!! Ugh, why! why! And the worst part, Irish is straight after French. I'm the kind of person who can't go straight from one language to the next. If I study french within at least 30 minutes before Irish, it will stick to me and I'll end up speaking French through my Irish oral. Fantastic!
It's just the mock so blah. I'm glad the real ones are a week apart.
3 more days and I can burn these sh!tty pictures! I'm actually looking forward to burning the sraith pictiurs more than anything else.
Today, I didn't do anything beside study sraith pictiurs. I still don't know them fully, so I'll just try and make it up on the spot.
3 more days, 3 more days, 3 more days.
It's funny how I've been doing Irish since I was 4 and I've only been doing French for 4 years and I'm waaaay better at it than Irish. Hilarious actually.

A7XGirl · 29-03-2014 03:32PM

So I have today and tomorrow for final improvements for the Irish oral. The nerves haven't kicked in yet, so it's all good. I'm not looking forward to Monday at all, the nerves always kick in at the last minute. I'll do some Biology, Maths, English and Irish today.
Tomorrow I'll do Chemistry, Home Ec, English and Irish. Once the orals are over, I can concentrate on my listening again.

A7XGirl · 29-03-2014 07:18PM

Today I've done
Biology: Flower reproduction and an intro to the skeleton chapter.
Irish: I completed the sraiths 11-20, excluding 12 without no notes. They turned out easier than I expected

tomorrow I'll revise 1-10, including 12. I also re-read all the poetries and fixed any final pronunciations.
English: kingship essay..I lazily done 2 and 3/4 of a page.

I'll fully revise my Irish oral tomorrow and then I'm all set to go on Monday.

A7XGirl · 30-03-2014 07:00PM

Irish oral in less than 24 hours and I absolutely cannot study. I've tried, gotten frustrated and have been playing sims 3 for the whole day. I'll try again and if I can't study, guess I'll be getting up at 4am. Good luck to everyone!!

A7XGirl · 31-03-2014 09:04PM

It's hard to believe that I've completed the Irish oral!! My examiner was so nice, I thought I done pretty well, but the sraith might bring me down. I got the stupid one about the media and technology -.- REALLY. Anyway, I kept on talking and the time FLEW by. Literally. I was nearly pooping myself before going in, but it was actually nice. I'm so glad it's over, hopefully I'll never have to do it again.
I just want a C1/B3 for Irish. Please!!!!

A7XGirl · 01-04-2014 09:23PM

Maths - Co-ordinate geometry and the circle
English - Elizabeth Bishop and Downfall of Macbeth.
Biology - DNA and RNA
Chemistry - Chemical Equilibrium
Home Ec - Lipids

A7XGirl · 02-04-2014 08:48PM

Maths - 2 questions on co-ordinate geometry sample paper C edco.
English - Vision and Viewpoint HMMTB -Started.
French - Oral work.
Chemistry - Heat of Reaction.
Home Ec - Microwave and Fridge.

A7XGirl · 03-04-2014 07:15PM

I barely did anything today, but I paid attention is some of my classes so I guess that counts. I'm finding it impossible to stay in school for Biology, I like my notes better and get more done on my own rather than being in a class of incompetent people who only care about what ditch they'll be drinking in this weekend. Ugh.
English - Macbeth Act 4, Scene 1. Seamus Heaney, I started The Forge and HMMTB key relationship within family.
Irish - Eicolai(?) in school, we finally begun it.
Biology - Bare minimum on vegetative propogation
Chemistry - Chemical equilibrium and heat of combustion maths question.

I'll do some French oral work this night and that's it for today.
The only thing keeping me going is watching college student vlogs.

A7XGirl · 07-04-2014 06:31PM

French oral completed! Didn't do AMAZINGLY well, but I'm proud of how much I got to say and how I stayed calm during the awkward moments...oui oui madame c'est vrai...I said that like 5 times ha-ha. And I laughed along when I had no idea what she was going on about. All in all, it was pretty good.
I got asked, my document, my family, myself, my school, what I would do if I was principal, what I would do if I was minister of education, why I want to go to Canada, what I want to study, what job I want in the future, social networking, my favorite band, films, television, sport, stress of the leaving cert, the points system, what I done last year and do I like travelling and what I will do during the Easter.
I'm gonna go study for Chemistry now and cry because I'm finally done! Well not exactly..I still have a chance to really improve with the written and listening. Bonne chance to everyone else, smile and say oui as much as you can.

Tay's Study Log - 2014

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