Junior Certificate 2006 Appeals results

PurpleFistMixer

I'd be livid if they lost my paper. Though I suppose if you'd done horribly it could be a good thing. : p

And, Killaqueen!!!, did you bother to actually read any of the thread before you replied to it? The topic was discussed.

qwertplaywert

he just roars in..............

one thing about the junior this year
english better be easily marked again this year but i cant imagine it as SO many people got a's last year...........
i see maths maybe been marked easier?it was a source of much contrasoruy last time round........

cheerio

JSK 252 wrote:

cheerio wrote:

I don't agree at all. The vast majority of Junior Cert subjects are extremely easy. No effort is required in CSPE or religion, English is fine (once you're any way able to string a sentence together), and geography is just a joke. Maths, Irish and history do require some work, but not much. I worked in first year, but did nothing whatsoever in second or third until about a month before the exams and I got 7 As. I agree with whoever said that that can be a really bad thing because, going into fifth year I thought I wouldn't have to do any work, and so I did nothing for the whole year either. I got an A in maths in the Junior Cert, but failed almost every test I had last year. Now I'm in sixth and I really regret not working last year because I know I'm not going to get the points for my first choice which is around 520.[/QUOTE/]

Were all your As higher level?

Yeah they were, I really don't understand how I did that well because I wouldn't be all that much more intelligent than the next person. I did revise well in the few weeks coming up to the exams, and that may be what did it for me. I'm one of those people who works best under pressure. I got a D in Business in the mocks, and I was determined to do much better and I managed to get an A in the JC. It just goes to show that it's never too late to do well. So if anyone thinks that they haven't put in the work for the past few years, it's not too late to catch up if you put your mind to it.

I'd definitely advise putting extra effort into the subjects you plan to keep on for the leaving, because what you do in third year is really what your LC course will be based on, and background knowledge is very helpful.

As for getting your results rechecked, I don't really see the point unless you feel very strongly that you should have done better in a particular subject. Although English is very subjective and what one teacher thinks is terrible, another might think is fantastic.

qwertplaywert

well my leavign subjects will properly be:
irish
maths
eng
phshics
accounting
french
business

migth replace business with bio though...........

PurpleFistMixer

General consensus in my class (5th year) is that business is easier than biology. Tis probably just down to your teacher though.

philologos

I'd reckon so too, on the Business front.. I do it and as long as you know your theory for the LC you'd do grand in it.

although I do prefer LC Religion to it even though it is harder than Business!

JSK 252

Accounting is easier than business to get an A1 in. Thats what my business studies teacher for the junior certificate told me and he is the guy who wrote the less stress more sucess business studies book.

I was going to do accounting but opted for geography instead.

philologos

Geography's actually grand enough at the minute as well, but the physical stuff is all so boring.

qwertplaywert

i wanna do i.t. for the leaving but my school dont do it.........would i be able to do outside of schoo?

oRlyYaRly

qwertplaywert wrote:

i wanna do i.t. for the leaving but my school dont do it.........would i be able to do outside of schoo?

There is no Leaving Cert I.T subject.

qwertplaywert

according to wikipedia there is........but hey,its wikipedia

PurpleFistMixer

Try checking examinations.ie : )

philologos

I've looked into that before, it's a bit of a shame that they don't actually have an I.T exam, but hey I'm sure you have other strengths rather than I.T

also Wikipedia mentions Technology which doesn't involve I.T at all, its more in relation to making motorised machines etc.

AdMMM

JSK 252 wrote:

Anyone who says that they didnt study to get As in the junior cert are talking a load of b*******. Im sorry but it had to be said.

Yes you can. I managed an A in English, Business (both HL) and CSPE with nothing more than previous night study crammed in.

spurious

|.Murderer.| wrote:

Yes you can. I managed an A in English, Business (both HL) and CSPE with nothing more than previous night study crammed in.

Well good for you - let's hope you never have a child with a learning disability that makes such an achievement an impossibility.

JSK 252

spurious wrote:

Well good for you - let's hope you never have a child with a learning disability that makes such an achievement an impossibility.

Well said.:)

qwertplaywert

twas agreat burn.............for me,the hardest subject is history............i just find everything apart from the roman stuff REALLY BORING
so i have to study alot for it..........but thats all i study

philologos

I found History a doddle compared to Science or Maths. still doing it in 5th year gave up all sciences

Piste

I loved history but found it hard to write long essays in the time I had. So apprently I'll find LC history a bitch but I'll try and have my writing speed faster by 6th year.

philologos

yeah it is very essay based and sometimes its hard to keep focus on the topic in the question.

qwertplaywert

good i cant the questions were you write about a normal person during some event..............so boring and hard to write