Exams

Luckily, the fire alarm went off half way through one of my exams

Starting tomorrow with English paper 1 and 2... bricking it.

Royal_Girl2k9 wrote:Starting tomorrow with English paper 1 and 2... bricking it.

Best of luck with it RG.....

Also good wishes to Puke who is repeating the Leaving Cert (again)....

Best of luck RG . My son is also starting leaving cert in morning.

Record low of those taking Honours Maths in the Leaving Cert; 10,400 approx from over 100,000. Disgraceful.

There can't be an engineering / science / technical degree programme in Ireland that will take on a Leaving Certer who hasn't achieved minimum C3 (55%) in Honours Maths.

What are we going to do? Grow our way out of the recession with poets and artists?

When the IT and pharmaceutical boom takes place, there'll be nobody around to take the jobs.

Loyal2TheRoyal wrote:Record low of those taking Honours Maths in the Leaving Cert; 10,400 approx from over 100,000. Disgraceful.

There can't be an engineering / science / technical degree programme in Ireland that will take on a Leaving Certer who hasn't achieved minimum C3 (55%) in Honours Maths.

What are we going to do? Grow our way out of the recession with poets and artists?

When the IT and pharmaceutical boom takes place, there'll be nobody around to take the jobs.

They're brining in a new thing over the next few years (which will include my year wooo) where you get an extra 25 points if you do honours maths to try encourage more people to do it.

Loyal2TheRoyal wrote:Record low of those taking Honours Maths in the Leaving Cert; 10,400 approx from over 100,000. Disgraceful.

There can't be an engineering / science / technical degree programme in Ireland that will take on a Leaving Certer who hasn't achieved minimum C3 (55%) in Honours Maths.

What are we going to do? Grow our way out of the recession with poets and artists?

When the IT and pharmaceutical boom takes place, there'll be nobody around to take the jobs.

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Shocking 10,400 from 100,00 -that means that nearly half (or 33%) are not taking honours.

Royal_Girl2k9 wrote:

Loyal2TheRoyal wrote:Record low of those taking Honours Maths in the Leaving Cert; 10,400 approx from over 100,000. Disgraceful.

There can't be an engineering / science / technical degree programme in Ireland that will take on a Leaving Certer who hasn't achieved minimum C3 (55%) in Honours Maths.

What are we going to do? Grow our way out of the recession with poets and artists?

When the IT and pharmaceutical boom takes place, there'll be nobody around to take the jobs.

They're brining in a new thing over the next few years (which will include my year wooo) where you get an extra 25 points if you do honours maths to try encourage more people to do it.

Yes I think it applies this year, an extra 25 points can be vital, oh and best of luck tomorrow RG

Best of luck to all here doing exams!! They are not the end of the world ...

ps On maths etc - there are not 100,000 people doing the Leaving Cert - they are the total doing state exams! There are approx 54K doing LC and 56K doing JC.

Loyal already heading for an Arts degree with this type of stat ....

Trust Jayo - he knows the facts ....

Good luck to all and remember, it's not about what you know, it's about what you can make it look like you know.. If you spoof, spoof with confidence.

Thanks lads ya know things are bad when I'm awake at 6 in the morning...

Royal_Girl2k9 wrote:Thanks lads ya know things are bad when I'm awake at 6 in the morning...

Rattled....A quick glass of brandy there RG and you'll be sound. Best of luck. In honour of JonSmith, try to use the word conniption in the essay.....

Jonsmith wrote:Good luck to all and remember, it's not about what you know, it's about what you can make it look like you know.. If you spoof, spoof with confidence.

This works. Entire Religious Education exam about Father Ted = A*

SamiPremier08 wrote:

Jonsmith wrote:Good luck to all and remember, it's not about what you know, it's about what you can make it look like you know.. If you spoof, spoof with confidence.

This works. Entire Religious Education exam about Father Ted = A*

Thank God I didn't have to do Religion last year.

SamiPremier08 wrote:

Jonsmith wrote:Good luck to all and remember, it's not about what you know, it's about what you can make it look like you know.. If you spoof, spoof with confidence.

This works. Entire Religious Education exam about Father Ted = A*

That would be an ecuminical matter.

Whoever wrote our English paper 2.... Their gaff is getting bricked... grrrr

Real Kerry Fan wrote:Best of luck RG . My son is also starting leaving cert in morning.

Thanks RKF How did he get on? All I've heard is that there was a question on a cat...

Royal_Girl2k9 wrote:

Real Kerry Fan wrote:Best of luck RG . My son is also starting leaving cert in morning.

Thanks RKF How did he get on? All I've heard is that there was a question on a cat...

He got on ok but thick supervisor started 10 mins late,told them he would allow at end, but stopped dead on time.When queried he just said thats the story more or less. Young lad did ok but was counting on the last 10 mins. You do ok?

Real Kerry Fan wrote:

Royal_Girl2k9 wrote:

Real Kerry Fan wrote:Best of luck RG . My son is also starting leaving cert in morning.

Thanks RKF How did he get on? All I've heard is that there was a question on a cat...

He got on ok but thick supervisor started 10 mins late,told them he would allow at end, but stopped dead on time.When queried he just said thats the story more or less. Young lad did ok but was counting on the last 10 mins. You do ok?

Paper 1 was the dream paper, one of the essays was on social networking so happy days. Paper 2 was horrible... I'd say I got an A on paper 1 and a C on paper 2 so maybe a B might be my final grade...

That's horrible messing around with the times of the exams! Especially for something like English where you have your times planned out perfectly for your answers... Hope it will turn out ok for him.

Real Kerry Fan[b] wrote:[He got on ok but thick supervisor started 10 mins late,told them he would allow at end, but stopped dead on time.When queried he just said thats the story more or less[/b]. Young lad did ok but was counting on the last 10 mins. You do ok?

Straight onto to Ruari Quinn RKF....Not the Dept....Ruari himself...Have this supervisor hauled up before a tribunal, the Ombudsman, the European court of human rights or whomever...This Government need to respond by noon tomorrow with the response "that after careful consideration, when markings are completed all results will be upgraded by 1...You got a C...Upgraded to a B...."

Accept no less.

He is my local TD. On way now Box.

Real Kerry Fan wrote:He is my local TD. On way now Box.

Couldn't be better......God be with the day when an oul' bullock might go "inconclusive" on the TB test.....Down to the local TD and the job was OXO...
Sew it into the hoor while you're there and don't forget to mention RG.....

Boxtyeater wrote:

Real Kerry Fan wrote:He is my local TD. On way now Box.

Couldn't be better......God be with the day when an oul' bullock might go "inconclusive" on the TB test.....Down to the local TD and the job was OXO...
Sew it into the hoor while you're there and don't forget to mention RG.....

Will that be a positive or a negative mention?

What paper have you got tomorrow?

Loyal2TheRoyal wrote:What paper have you got tomorrow?

Irish papers 1 and 2