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Should I stay or should I go?

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  • 16-05-2007 6:26pm
    #1
    opinionated
    Closed Accounts Posts: 228 ✭✭


    I got 41% in my mocks in Higher English. I know no quotes and know just a small bit more than the outlines of the comparative texts. I can't write long essays...My teacher wants me to drop to ordinary - should I?

    Should I drop? 9 votes

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    OctavarIan
    Registered Users Posts: 2,736 ✭✭✭OctavarIan


    opinionated wrote:
    I got 41% in my mocks in Higher English. I know no quotes and know just a small bit more than the outlines of the comparative texts. I can't write long essays...My teacher wants me to drop to ordinary - should I?

    Well you make it sound as if you should. If you can't write long essays then maybe honours level isn't for you...


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    Marshy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,601 ✭✭✭Marshy


    Well a teacher will usually be the one who knows your standard best. If you trust their judgement then drop I'd say.


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    Rozabeez
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    If your teacher thinks it, and you can't write long essays, AND you don't feel confident enough to do it, I say drop.


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    Nehpets
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    I got a C1 in my mocks and I don't know any quotes and my knowledge of the compartives was (still is) fairly rough. Obviously paper 2 brought me down


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    cson
    Registered Users Posts: 14,469 ✭✭✭✭cson


    "If I go there will be trouble, if I stay it will be double"

    Sorry, couldn't resist :D

    On topic, quantify the problem and choose the most logical solution. Ask yourself -
    Do I need it for the points?
    Do I need it as a course requirement?
    What chance is there that I will fail?
    What amount of work can I do in it at this stage?
    Will working hard at it detract from my other subjects?

    Answer those question honestly and I think you'll find your answer.


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    #7
    Haven't a Clue
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,190 ✭✭✭Haven't a Clue


    There's no point risking the whole leaving over pride. If you don't feel confident enough to do the higher paper, then don't do it.


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    Enemy Of Fate
    Registered Users Posts: 681 ✭✭✭Enemy Of Fate


    Maybe your mocks were just harshly/badly marked.My English mocks were marked TERRIBLY!I only got 18 out of 100 marks for the Macbeth question!And I wrote 2 moderately decent pages on Kingship.Now i'm not saying its great or anything, but it was at LEAST worth 45+ marks.I mean thats still only barely a pass in the question.But if you're really worried then perhaps you should drop to pass.If you're a D3 student in honours you're probably a B2 student in pass.


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    Donald-Duck
    Registered Users Posts: 1,119 ✭✭✭Donald-Duck


    cson wrote:
    "If I go there will be trouble, if I stay it will be double"

    Damn you, I came in to post that!


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    whassupp2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,031 ✭✭✭whassupp2


    Stay and do some study. Prepare an essay roughly in advance if you can. learn certain quotes. not alot....maybe 1 form every poem


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    md99
    Closed Accounts Posts: 817 ✭✭✭md99


    Enemy Of Fate wrote:
    Maybe your mocks were just harshly/badly marked.My English mocks were marked TERRIBLY!I only got 18 out of 100 marks for the Macbeth question!And I wrote 2 moderately decent pages on Kingship.

    mark, Macbeth Q is worth 60 marks, not 100.

    many English pres are terribly marked, then again if the (correcting) teacher (assuming it was a teacher) really thought you were incapable then s/he might have failed you... it is POSSIBLE s/he saw some potential in your work but also saw that you'd none of the work done and marked you with a little more malice than usual...

    Did the teacher/class think they were marked easily or hard...ly? :p


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