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5000 fail Maths......

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  • 12-08-2008 11:32pm
    #1
    SRFC90
    Registered Users Posts: 1,628 ✭✭✭


    will be tomorrows headlines on Irish papers....

    :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:


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    King Ludvig
    Closed Accounts Posts: 640 ✭✭✭King Ludvig


    That means the other 60,000 of us pass. Yay!!


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    MattD
    Registered Users Posts: 1,013 ✭✭✭MattD


    How many people actually do Honours Maths?

    in general?

    Plus, they cant really give a headline like that. Cuz the amount of fails is usually the same every year, roundabouts. Results have got to to fit into that Bell curve deeley.

    So, who cares if 5000 fail this year. It was the same last year, and will probably be the same next year :P


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


    MattD wrote: »
    How many people actually do Honours Maths?

    in general?


    8388 last year. It's generally under 20% of the total afaik.


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    MattD
    Registered Users Posts: 1,013 ✭✭✭MattD


    Bollocks... Thats a lot of people i have to do better than to get an honour... Hmmmmm


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    lovechem
    Closed Accounts Posts: 137 ✭✭lovechem


    honours or pass?

    maths blowsssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

    me AWAY

    nah.


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    PurpleFistMixer
    Registered Users Posts: 5,851 ✭✭✭PurpleFistMixer


    Tomorrow's headline will probably be something like, "Minister Nobody Knows Present at Opening of New Bakery in Place That Doesn't Exist."

    No need to be sensationalist about it.


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    spillit67
    Registered Users Posts: 710 ✭✭✭spillit67


    Woah i think i failed, i really do. I did honours but didnt really need it for points so discounted it-P1 was a disaster for me. I'm so bloody nervous, and worse still i shouldnt be in this stupid bloody mess.


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    MIM-104
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34 ✭MIM-104


    If i fail accounting Thursdays headline will be

    Christy Tyrell beaten to death with his own accounting book


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    blue-army
    Registered Users Posts: 1,301 ✭✭✭blue-army


    MIM-104 wrote: »
    If i fail accounting Thursdays headline will be

    Christy Tyrell beaten to death with his own accounting book
    same here.........Accounting is the only subject I'm worrying about tbh..


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    spillit67
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    blue-army wrote: »
    same here.........Accounting is the only subject I'm worrying about tbh..

    Ye but at least if you fail accounting you can still go to college.


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    blue-army
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    spillit67 wrote: »
    Ye but at least if you fail accounting you can still go to college.
    It would be a hugh setback points-wise though.....I'll probably repeat if I fail. I did 7 subjects, 3 at Ordinary Level (one of which I wasnt relying on for points..Tech Drawing)...so it wouldn't be good..:(


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    blue-army
    Registered Users Posts: 1,301 ✭✭✭blue-army


    SRFC90 wrote: »
    will be tomorrows headlines on Irish papers....

    :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:
    Well the Irish Times paper for Today (Wednesday) has been published online....Nothing at all on it about the Leaving Cert results! I was expecting a few stats at least..


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    spillit67
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    blue-army wrote: »
    It would be a hugh setback points-wise though.....I'll probably repeat if I fail. I did 7 subjects, 3 at Ordinary Level (one of which I wasnt relying on for points..Tech Drawing)...so it wouldn't be good..:(

    Ye i guess but you still would have far more options for college than the person who fails maths.


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    EI787
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    http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/frontpage/2008/0813/1218477455135.html


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    PurpleFistMixer
    Registered Users Posts: 5,851 ✭✭✭PurpleFistMixer


    27% got an A in Applied Maths? But that paper wasn't even nice...


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    blue-army
    Registered Users Posts: 1,301 ✭✭✭blue-army


    can't believe nothing has been said about Accounting in that article....It was an absolutley awful paper and I'd expect the fail rate to be quite high.


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


    PurpleFistMixer wrote: »
    27% got an A in Applied Maths? But that paper wasn't even nice...

    Thought it was nicer than last year anyway, and it was 29% then.


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    #19
    lovechem
    Closed Accounts Posts: 137 ✭✭lovechem


    omggggggggggggg :eek: im act scared now


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    PurpleFistMixer
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    Cokehead Mother wrote: »
    Thought it was nicer than last year anyway, and it was 29% then.
    I thought 2007 was grand. I was just burnt out by the time app maths came around this year, I think. Ugh. Don't want to tell my teacher. He spent the whole 2 years thinking I was some kind of genius, and now... bleh. Find out tomorrow anyway.


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    andrew
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    If many fail than that means the paper was difficult. Which means that they'll mark it easier. Woo Hoo! Also, **** yeah lots of chem A's!


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    PurpleFistMixer
    Registered Users Posts: 5,851 ✭✭✭PurpleFistMixer


    If they marked it easier, why did so many fail? : p


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    #23
    rainbow kirby
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    I'm just really hoping that my little cousin got a decent grade, because he needs it to get into his college course...

    /me crosses fingers


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    #24
    IMYOURSWEET666
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2 ✭IMYOURSWEET666


    i really hope i didnt fail maths cause i really need it to get into college.
    i did o.l maths... did anyone else find it hard or was it just me??


    in the irish times it said music and languages were good!!!! i hope i did well in french and music


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    #25
    Yuugib
    Registered Users Posts: 432 ✭✭Yuugib


    I had a horrible night mare today... it felt so real... I went to get my results and they were in two envelopes for some reason..
    I've got 45% in chemistry 0_o it was so devistating...


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    #26
    KeyLimePie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 861 ✭✭✭KeyLimePie


    half my math's class is in that figure guaranteed ! :)

    and Yuugib...my nightmares are worse, they usually go with me finding out i fail a subject but my friend(enemy) cathal gets 550........!:)


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    #27
    Yuugib
    Registered Users Posts: 432 ✭✭Yuugib


    I can imagine how you feel :) Glad I'm not alone


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    #28
    Gone West
    Registered Users Posts: 6,374 ✭✭✭Gone West


    Don't worry about it.
    It's only bits of graphite on thin sheets of carbon.
    Life goes on, and theres much cooler stuff to do and see than passing maths.


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    #29
    irish_boy90
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    FuzzyLogic wrote: »
    Don't worry about it.
    It's only bits of graphite on thin sheets of carbon.
    Life goes on, and theres much cooler stuff to do and see than passing maths.

    like going to collage?
    I kinda need to pass maths.

    O well another 40 min before i know :eek:


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    #30
    LadyMayBelle
    Registered Users Posts: 5,095 ✭✭✭LadyMayBelle


    The kid brother just rang to say he passed maths and I'm delighted. Best of luck to all of ye getting results.


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    #31
    fated2pretend
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    Anyone see that our esteemed Minister for Education was urging those who did well in Maths and Science subjects to choose Maths and Science courses? Someone should probably tell him that that decision would have to have been made weeks ago ... :rolleyes:


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