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Is there shame in doing ordinary level

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    #32
    Cokehead Mother
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    jmccrohan wrote: »
    I despise text speak :mad:

    I love it.


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    #33
    thatone!
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    In my school everyone thinks that whoever is doing ordinary is stupid. You get treated badly like you can't achieve anything :(


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    #34
    nerdysal
    Registered Users Posts: 237 ✭✭nerdysal


    Well, they're the eejits like some of the people on this board I could mention who say people that do ordinary level are lesser beings. GET A LIFE PEOPLE... intelligence isn't everything... you have to have a personality too!


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    #35
    Rockee
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    spurious wrote: »
    Most people doing the Leaving Cert. do Ordinary Level.
    Boards.ie does not reflect the real world.

    Ignorance and snobbish attitudes are something to be ashamed of, there is no shame in sitting an Ordinary Level Leaving Certificate.

    Here here


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    #36
    thatone!
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    Exactly judgement shouldn't be based on intelligence


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    #37
    ~Candy~
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    Cokehead Mother wrote: »
    I love it.
    :p haha ..*handshake* yeah...i text too much -_-


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    #38
    Jonathan
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    Cokehead Mother wrote: »
    Doing ordinary level means you're an inferior human being and you have nothing to offer society. NOTHING.
    Cokehead Mother wrote: »
    I love it.

    Do you try to be obnoxious or does it come naturally? :confused:


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    #39
    aliqueenb
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    No of course there is not really any shame, though tbh i don't want to have to, i'd love to be able to do honours maths for lc but am doubtful even though i like got an a in junior cert honours maths


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    #40
    ~Candy~
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    thatone! wrote: »
    In my school everyone thinks that whoever is doing ordinary is stupid. You get treated badly like you can't achieve anything :(



    :eek:!!that's so mean like...!!!!
    in my school they are some ppl who don't do anything and always messing in classes, it kinda give some of the ordinary classes a bad name...if you know what i mean


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    #41
    Cokehead Mother
    Closed Accounts Posts: 773 ✭✭✭Cokehead Mother


    jmccrohan wrote: »
    Do you try to be obnoxious or does it come naturally? :confused:

    The first quote obviously wasn't serious and there's nothing wrong with text speak. One quarter the vowels in half time, what's not to love? :)


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    #42
    thatone!
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    Yeah its really mean because your looked down on


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    #43
    Cokehead Mother
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    aliqueenb wrote: »
    i'd love to be able to do honours maths for lc but am doubtful even though i like got an a in junior cert honours maths

    About 56000 sat JC maths in 2007 and about 4000 got an A in higher.

    About 49000 sat LC maths in 2007 and over 6500 got a C3+ in higher.

    Don't be silly! :eek:

    You're more than capable.


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    #44
    nerdysal
    Registered Users Posts: 237 ✭✭nerdysal


    Agree with you there. I got a C in the Junior Cert and if I can stick with honours maths I'm sure you can!!!


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    #45
    JC 2K3
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    thatone! wrote: »
    Exactly judgement shouldn't be based on intelligence
    Surely it's a factor though.

    Not that many subjects in the LC actually measure intelligence....
    nerdysal wrote: »
    Well, they're the eejits like some of the people on this board I could mention who say people that do ordinary level are lesser beings. GET A LIFE PEOPLE... intelligence isn't everything... you have to have a personality too!
    Yes, but it is really rather funny when people exhibit a lack of it, like in your post.


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    #46
    Thefirestarter
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    i'm going to do OL maths for leaving. All i need is a c or higher in maths to be accepted in the Army


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    #47
    sd123
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    JC 2K3 wrote: »
    You're a lesser human being if you do OL, it's a common fact that's often ignored in our PC obsessed society.


    What a load of bollocks tbh, that's the biggest load of sh1te I've seen online all day. A lesser human for taking a different colour piece of paper, and being less skilled at the subject than your friend who took higher level? WTF? Lesser skilled perhaps, but a lesser human, you couldn't be serious.

    Myself, I took O.L. Irish as I only started to study it at an older age, and hence missed out on alot of the basics at school, I still sat HL for the Junior Cert and got a C.
    If my memory serves me correctly, I still got the same points as you in the LC, does doing OL irish make me a "lesser human being"?


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    #48
    JC 2K3
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    sd123 wrote: »
    you couldn't be serious.
    Got it in one.

    I love this board.


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    #49
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    JC 2K3 wrote: »
    Got it in one.

    I love this board.

    :D


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    #50
    sd123
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    JC 2K3 wrote: »
    Got it in one.

    I love this board.

    jaysus, i can see that you're really busy in college LOL :D


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    #51
    Chunky Monkey
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    nerdysal wrote: »
    Well, they're the eejits like some of the people on this board I could mention who say people that do ordinary level are lesser beings. GET A LIFE PEOPLE... intelligence isn't everything... you have to have a personality too!

    Ha doing well in exams isn't an indication of intelligence. I got 10 As in my JC, my IQ is probably around 110 (though I'll never know that for sure as the results from an IQ test would be a serious blow to my ego :p). My dad failed his leaving and was told by mensa that he's one of the most intelligent people in Britain. Go figure.

    My parents brought me up to believe that being a good person is far, far more important than having good grades. They had it very right imo.


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    #52
    thatone!
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    I feel really bad when people are laughed at because they're doing ordinary level, it happens alot in my school.


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    #53
    nerdysal
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    Chunky Monkey wrote: »
    Ha doing well in exams isn't an indication of intelligence. I got 10 As in my JC, my IQ is probably around 110 (though I'll never know that for sure as the results from an IQ test would be a serious blow to my ego :p). My dad failed his leaving and was told by mensa that he's one of the most intelligent people in Britain. Go figure.

    My parents brought me up to believe that being a good person is far, far more important than having good grades. They had it very right imo.
    Try telling some of the robots on this board that!!!:rolleyes:


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    #54
    JC 2K3
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    nerdysal wrote: »
    Try telling some of the robots on this board that!!!:rolleyes:

    Such as whom?


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    #55
    Killaqueen!!!
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    JC 2K3 wrote: »
    That's called jealousy.

    You're a lesser human being if you do OL, it's a common fact that's often ignored in our PC obsessed society.

    I know you're joking, or being sarcastic or trying to be funny (dunno which one?!) but I'm gonna reply anyway.

    Why would I be jealous I'm doing 8 subjects, 7 of which are honours, which technically is 'all honours' to you. The only reason I'm doing ordinary level Irish is because I can afford to.

    I'm not saying all all honours students are snobby but the ones that are, annoy me!


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    #56
    Bunnywabbit*
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    Im doing 2 pass and 5 honours....
    The thing is Im getting a C and a B in my pass subjects,

    and nothing lower than a high C in my honours ....

    I'm not ashamed of my levels to be honest, I dont see a reason why I should be...


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    #57
    1huge1
    Registered Users Posts: 6,173 ✭✭✭1huge1


    I used to think there was a little bit of shame in doing ordinary level subjects, especially when talking to your friends etc

    but now I couldnt give the slightest crap and all im looking at (and everyone else at this stage of 6th year) is getting the course I want.


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