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LC 2015 Study Log
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How do you keep the motivation up. Sometimes my head hits a brick wall in which case I have to go for a run to open it up again to study. How do you accomplish it more efficiently?
I haven't updated this is a while but really my only motivation is to get the course I want. If I hit a brick wall I'll just take a 20 min break and remind myself I need between 460-530 points. Little things like that
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Fair play to you. When I see the amount of work you're putting in you really deserve to be getting 625! I feel guilty for being able to do well without much additional study. I really hope you get the points, I need to know the system rewards hard work!
May I ask what you're doing in terms of classwork and homework? Maybe I'm just getting so much homework that it's making up for my lack of study. How about class, are your teachers good?
I learn things so slowly so I have to work so hard, that's why I started this early. Don't feel guilty, embrace it!
Homework really depends on how much I've covered in class. It can be anywhere between 2-5 hours. My teachers are really good, most of them have masters.
I try to squeeze in some study whenever I can0 -
Just a Lil' update, I'll post my Xmas timetable when I get the chance.
Geography- 3 A1's in three different questions...
Economics is definitely helping with economic activities!!
Beyond delighted
I have some more of the project to write up and prepare for the real one
English- we have finished the comparative, just waiting for my results on the essays.
Maths- I'm so happy how far I've got, went from failing to getting C1's- B3's .... and people said it couldn't be done :cool:
( to be continued because exhaustion zzzzz )0 -
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Ah and the real studying has begun. This will not be updated regularly...study must be done
5ish ? weeks until my mocks.
Onwards and upwards I guess
I finished work about 20 minutes ago so that's been 5-10:30 (5hrs) of homework, study, oral prep and project (minus 30mins for food+breaks)
Going to read more of the picture of dorian gray then bed zzzzz0 -
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This going with le flow idea is working quite well!
I got so much covered yesterday and included breaks with jogging
Mocks tomorrow... covering small elements of physical geography and fluvial/glacial defs
"Every small achievement will soon be one amazing success." 0 -
Seriously over thinking and wondering if I'll even get over 200 points in my mocks and LC
Well I may as well write what I really want to get.... I don't have much faith tbh
SUBJECT | GRADE | POINTS
English: |B1 | 85
Gaeilge: | C1 | 70
Math: | D3 | 70
Biology: | B2 | 80
Geography: | C1 | 70
German: | C1 | 70
Economics: | C2 | 65
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is mise spartacus wrote: »Seriously over thinking and wondering if I'll even get over 200 points in my mocks and LC
Well I may as well write what I really want to get.... I don't have much faith tbh
Keep the faith....keep the faith.
Maintain a happy(ish) balance between school and everyday life and you won't burn out. There is still over 4 months to the Leaving Cert.
Take it handy:)0 -
is mise spartacus wrote: »Seriously over thinking and wondering if I'll even get over 200 points in my mocks and LC
Well I may as well write what I really want to get.... I don't have much faith tbh
Have you started your mocks yet? I wouldn't worry too much, I was freaking out last week before my mocks started, I thought I was going to fail everything but you would surprise yourself in the exam with what you can remember and how you perform under pressure0 -
Economics will be easy to pick up a few grades in, a high A may be hard but in your first post you said you were getting B's so I don't think you have any reason to worry. A lot of people last year only got 300 in the mocks in my school and some improved to over 500. There's plenty of time left (4 months) and don't over study, the study you do should be active, not just working because you feel you HAVE to. You're not gonna remember any of it that way. Good luck, you'll be fine. 0
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Very true, if people aren't happy, they're much less likely to post.DarraghF197 wrote: »I don't think it's that everyone on boards have gotten high results, I just think the people who DID get high results posted them, while others who didn't do well wouldn't want to share them.
The mocks should be mainly about the experience of doing the exam, and learning from your mistakes / what you can improve.is mise spartacus wrote: »Ran out of time in all exams
Overall I'm extremely disappointed
And immediately you know that you have a problem with timing, so this is something you need to work on.
And it can have a big impact on your results ... to take an extreme hypothetical case, if you're required to do 4 questions on a paper at 25% each, and you never get to the fourth one, no matter how well you do in the other three, you're automatically being marked out of 75, not 100.
I suspect your timing issue probably isn't as extreme as that, but it's something you need to work on.
One way is to practice doing papers yourself: pick a paper in a subject from a couple of years back, work out exactly how much time you should be giving to each section based on the marks available / weighting within the paper, lock yourself away for 3 hours (or whatever) and be ruthless with yourself about sticking to the timing.
Might not get it right the first time, but practice makes perfect!
(You will also probably figure out from this some areas you need to revise / that you don't know as well as you thought you did.)0 -
Exactly 2 weeks since my last post here.
I'm happy to announce that I have found my motivation.
The head is down and will continue to be down until June :cool:
I absolutely love how I have a tonne of Easter homework to get stuck into..
I'm not mad
it's all revision and it WILL pay off.
My Irish oral will be fine, I'm a bit wary of my German one however so if anyone has any tips I'd greatly appreciate it.:)
My motivational lyric getting me through this leaving cert, that will soon be my first tattoo is....
Keep your hopes up high and your head down low
Best of luck with the Easter study lads 0 -
Okay a little update of what I've done so far since it's basically the end of week 1 of Easter
Maths- all sample paper 1's completed
Irish- wrote out all the new vocabulary from listening to previous aural exams and oral work
English- 5 poetry essays and an Othello essay done
Biology- did some OL questions for a memory refresh (I find this a very helpful study method idek)
Geography- practiced maps and aerial photos
German- oral work
Economics- nothing at all0 -
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Home run now guys and gals :cool:
I can't wait for it all to be over if I'm honest
I'm physically and mentally exhausted
I've finished my second set of math exam papers so now I'm onto mock exams and omg the difference is ridiculous. :eek::eek:
Hopefully the exam won't be that bad in June.... hopefully 0
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