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5th Years!! (2010-2011)
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No problem
I'll probably type 2 of them up on Saturday and 2 on Sunday.
Theres no rush ive got 2 years to learn them
My big scary maths test I was pretty sure I'd get upwards of 80% in was a disaster. The questions didn't look like anything I've ever even seen, even though I did loads of study ;(
Awh really
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Yeah honors and I spent like 2 hours last night, an hour and a half the night before and basically a large part of my midterm studying for it. I could do all the part Cs on the papers fairly easily and then we get this test and its like WTF is that? The things we spent ages on barely came up, the things we did for like a week were half the test and then one of the questions I have never even seen one like it.
OMG you poor thing.. Maybe when you get the results back they won't be that bad 0 -
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I spent like all day tackling the mountain of homework and study that I got for the weekend (and we didn't get anything except an English essay for midterm, wtf? so I'll just type 1 or 2 up later and then I'll do the others during the week on nights that I don't have much workcoffeelover wrote: »Theres no rush ive got 2 years to learn them
Awh really Is that honours?
I have that book, and to be honest I think it's ****e. It has soooo much waffle. I'm using Revise Wise Biology to study for tests and the lowest I've gotten in bio so far is a B1!crayolastereo wrote: »Anybody else using Biology by Micheal Callaghan for biology? Its a green book. I'm finding its missing a lot of answers to questions in the papers (ie the gas required for skin grafts/passive and active transport in human nutrition). Am I just not seeing them or is there somewhere else I can find it?0 -
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crayolastereo wrote: »No it has hands with a little plant in them and a double helix on the cover.
It just seems to be missing a lot of the answers to the exam questions.
I have that book too
we rarely use it though. We go through a power point presentation on each chapter then the teacher hands out a few sheets with all the slides printed out and we use them notes for studying. It's way better than the waffely book because it's all summarized. But we use the book to do questions. My chemistry teacher does the same! Just out of interest does anyone elses teachers use powerpoints in class instead of using the book? 0 -
yamadeejit wrote: »I have that book too we rarely use it though. We go through a power point presentation on each chapter then the teacher hands out a few sheets with all the slides printed out and we use them notes for studying. It's way better than the waffely book because it's all summarized. But we use the book to do questions. My chemistry teacher does the same! Just out of interest does anyone elses teachers use powerpoints in class instead of using the book?
My JC science teacher used to do that but in fairness he was a bit s***te! Got an A only cos I love science!0 -
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crayolastereo wrote: »Our xmas exams aren't for 6 weeks and Wednesday is a short day for me so I can take it off. I've missed more days than I intended to this year so far (5) but I think 2 of them were Wednesdays! If my schools 6th year are going I won't go though.
Chances are, depending on where your school is, if they don't go with the school, a few will end up going on their own. Don't let that put you off though. Chances are they won't see you there and if they do it will probably be in the main area, where all the faculties have stands. I don't mean to be nosey, but if the LGBT society is an important deciding factor on where you go to college, then be proud and go check it out. Doesn't matter who sees you! 0 -
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coffeelover wrote: »Trying to decide whether to go back to honours maths tomorrow or stay in pass.. Any advice??
BONUS POINTS
That's all I'll say on the matter... Being a LC who loves maths I am so jealous! Take the chance while you have it!0 -
Chances are, depending on where your school is, if they don't go with the school, a few will end up going on their own. Don't let that put you off though. Chances are they won't see you there and if they do it will probably be in the main area, where all the faculties have stands. I don't mean to be nosey, but if the LGBT society is an important deciding factor on where you go to college, then be proud and go check it out. Doesn't matter who sees you!
It matters hugely if they see me. I have to stay in this school for the next two years you know! :P If it is the case that there is a few 6th years there, I'll see if I can wrangle someone from the society off to talk to me by myself.
Its not a massive deciding factor, but if it turns out to be awful it will be a deciding factor because the idea of being able to be out and have friends who are like me is basically what is keeping me going for the next two years!0 -
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coffeelover wrote: »Ya i dunno if they will let me but thats the reason I want to go back... BONUS POINTS
They can't not let you! You'll be the one doing the exam in June 2012! If they won't let you move back up then refuse to go to any maths class..! :P ''That'll fairly tober them!'' :L0 -
They can't not let you! You'll be the one doing the exam in June 2012! If they won't let you move back up then refuse to go to any maths class..!
''That'll fairly tober them!'' :L
Ya suppose you're right.. Hahaha o god that would be hilarous :P 0 -
coffeelover wrote: »Ya suppose you're right.. Hahaha o god that would be hilarous :P
Or tell them you'll do foundation level. (Nothing wrong with foundation level but you're clearly able for more!). Schools hate when students who have potential take the easy road..!0 -
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Definitely force your way into the honours maths class, they shouldn't be allowed block someone from a class unless there is an isuue due to class numbers, ability, etc.
I am so, so, SO **** at Irish this year, stupid teacher This year so far she spent a month year An Triail and learning a pointless summary and learning verbs as well, we read the fisrt page of the An Trial notes then moved on, then she made us learn 2 stories that were only just high Junior Cert standard. After that she told us no one does stories in the exams so we'll start essays and makes us learn so mush that it's impossible! Oh and she started poetry and moved away as well! I'm doing grinds, but even then its annoying. Anyone else have similar problems? 0 -
Definitely force your way into the honours maths class, they shouldn't be allowed block someone from a class unless there is an isuue due to class numbers, ability, etc.
I am so, so, SO **** at Irish this year, stupid teacher This year so far she spent a month year An Triail and learning a pointless summary and learning verbs as well, we read the fisrt page of the An Trial notes then moved on, then she made us learn 2 stories that were only just high Junior Cert standard. After that she told us no one does stories in the exams so we'll start essays and makes us learn so mush that it's impossible! Oh and she started poetry and moved away as well! I'm doing grinds, but even then its annoying. Anyone else have similar problems?
My Irish teacher is just an absolute waster, wastes the class time as much as possible. The things he makes us do are good in theory (such as discuss with the person beside you about different things) but he just sits at the top of the class on his laptop trying to think of what to do with us, he showed Caca Milís 5 times or something, we have handed up so many things to him and they just go missing, he gives back 4 or 5 of them to different people as he finds them. I haven't gotten one thing back off him in both Geography and Irish (bar one 10 question test which took him 2 and a half weeks to correct). I was gifted with a fantastic Irish teacher for JC though, the level of Irish she thought us should get me through this year anyway. He also hasn't been in in 2 weeks... word is we are getting someone new tomorrow. Fingers crossed!
He equally does stuff like that in Geography, he makes the class up in the first 5 minutes.0 -
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Or tell them you'll do foundation level. (Nothing wrong with foundation level but you're clearly able for more!). Schools hate when students who have potential take the easy road..!Definitely force your way into the honours maths class, they shouldn't be allowed block someone from a class unless there is an isuue due to class numbers, ability, etc.
Woohoo i got to go back.. Thanks guys 0 -
yamadeejit wrote: »I have that book too we rarely use it though. We go through a power point presentation on each chapter then the teacher hands out a few sheets with all the slides printed out and we use them notes for studying. It's way better than the waffely book because it's all summarized. But we use the book to do questions. My chemistry teacher does the same! Just out of interest does anyone elses teachers use powerpoints in class instead of using the book?
Yeah we use power points for Chemistry. Do ye use the one from iChemistry.ie too? The useless teacher we have just races through the slides bearly giving us a chance to take down the notes. Wish she would print them out like you get them. -.-
Finding chemistry annoying lately, with a mix of a useless teacher who assumes you know everything and the subject that's so hard to comprehend finding the homework very hard.
All other subjects grand, expect Irish which I'm just [number 1]'ed off at because this new teacher is just lights on with no one home. Urgh. Can't wait til our old one comes back from maternity leave she is brilliant.
Maths I'm finding ok but will need to do an extra bit on indices myself, I get confused sometimes with them but otherwise doing fine.
Need to take a step back and get myself sussed out so I can keep going at my ususally good pace.
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