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It's official: Poor marks in science and maths

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    #2
    d4gurl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 902 ✭✭✭d4gurl


    Why am i on boards...to recieve such horrible news :(:(


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    #3
    Tak3n
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 290 ✭✭Tak3n


    im one of those :(


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    abetarrush
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,221 ✭✭✭abetarrush


    so much for me scrapin a pass!


    I accepted I would fail, but tot there was an itty itty chance I'd pass


    Now ****tin I couldve actually failed Biology! oO [/worried]


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    #5
    Creamy Goodness
    Registered Users Posts: 26,579 ✭✭✭✭Creamy Goodness


    this is always the ****ing same, last year it was maths and science.

    it's blooming scare tactics.


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    Tak3n
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 290 ✭✭Tak3n


    i think what they said about alot of people failing pass maths is accurate enough... alot of people found paper 1 hard

    Bleh.. guess we'll find out tomorrow!


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    Michael Collins
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 1,849 Mod ✭✭✭✭Michael Collins


    abetarrush wrote:
    ...I accepted I would fail, but tot there was an itty itty chance I'd pass...

    Don't give up hope yet! There's lies, damn lies and statistics...


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    Particle-Boy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 76 ✭✭Particle-Boy


    Holy bejeasus..
    I pray to god that I wasn't in that 12 per cent... oh god.. I'm really freaked out now..
    And did you see that about the one student who got 9 A1S!!! How the **** like!!!?!?! 900 POINTS!?! Jesus.. that person can't be human!!!


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    Tak3n
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 290 ✭✭Tak3n


    its obvious that guy had an ear piece and someone was telling him the answers pfft...


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    Shrimp
    Registered Users Posts: 5,645 ✭✭✭Shrimp


    only 1.8 % failed H Geography, thats great news, cos then a very high % got an honour, I hope...


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    Particle-Boy
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    Shrimp wrote:
    only 1.8 % failed H Geography, thats great news, cos then a very high % got an honour, I hope...

    It said that 4.8% failed...
    still..
    I sucked at that exam.. I just hope I got at least a C...


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    Smurphette
    Registered Users Posts: 38 ✭Smurphette


    hm.

    that's a bit....disconcerting.


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    #13
    UnitedIrishman
    Registered Users Posts: 5,369 ✭✭✭UnitedIrishman


    Maths is ok.

    Biology on the other hand...


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    Attractive Nun
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    The Irish Times wrote:
    The grades in higher level maths this year were broadly in line with previous years

    Happy days, they obviously marked the paper easy enough then, or else everyone was lying about ****ing it up.


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    Shrimp
    Registered Users Posts: 5,645 ✭✭✭Shrimp


    Particle-Boy wrote:
    It said that 4.8% failed...
    still..
    I sucked at that exam.. I just hope I got at least a C...
    The Irish Times wrote:
    At higher level, the failure rate in history is down from 8 per cent to 4.6 per cent, and in geography it is down from 4.3 per cent to 1.8 per cent.

    last year was 4.3 ... this year it's 1.8... :D


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