Leaving Cert 2012-13 *OFF-TOPIC* (hideaway) thread

Eurovisionmad

ray2012 wrote: »

Had my maths paper 1 today as well. It went ok, not as good as I would've hoped! Is it just me or are the questions sometimes HORRIBLY phrased? Certain questions on the paper I couldn't even make out what I was suppose to do!

Yeah that's intentional though, they want you to 'critical think' about it as they like to say! The best thing you can do is to just transfer the relevant information like figures onto the paper yourself that way it becomes clearly cause you don't have all the window dressing around it as my physics teacher would say!

Eurovisionmad

Copper_pipe wrote: »

For those have ye that had a DEB paper for maths paper 1, for the

simultaneous equations did ye get

10, 10, 0

I think so, and isn't that really for the mocks thread?

bluejay14

BrownBear11 wrote: »

Thought I was going to be sitting a Maths paper today, turns out it was physics and college accountancy :rolleyes:

Was that "physics" question about

planets

and the like?

decisions

Urgh, the Mocks thread is only 2 clicks away at any one time, this is a lot more difficult than I had expected.

Colm!

I'll be opening the IRC channel tonight on the condition that people talk about things other than the mocks there

CookieMonster.x

Don't know what happened today.. Felt sick earlier and still sick now and I couldn't do my maths.. I feel awful and so so tired. And the annoying thing is I am actually good enough at maths I hope I'm not getting sick, study must be done!

BrownBear11

bluejaymraz wrote: »

Was that "physics" question about

planets

and the like?

Yep, that's the one. Literally was a physics question like You had the same paper, obviously? What ya make of it? The longs were atrocious but the shorts were do-able. Integration was lovely as well. I hope this isn't getting too close to being a spoiler

bluejay14

BrownBear11 wrote: »

Yep, that's the one. Literally was a physics question like You had the same paper, obviously? What ya make of it? The longs were atrocious but the shorts were do-able. Integration was lovely as well. I hope this isn't getting too close to being a spoiler

Practically the whole paper was a nightmare for me.....I' m consoling myself with the fact that we couldn't do 7 or 8 and that paper 2 was beautiful.

I will not mention the mocks on IRC later if I do decide to turn up.

BrownBear11

bluejaymraz wrote: »

Practically the whole paper was a nightmare for me.....I' m consoling myself with the fact that we couldn't do 7 or 8 and that paper 2 was beautiful.

I will not mention the mocks on IRC later if I do decide to turn up.

There's hope then? That at least

Colm!

http://webchat.quakenet.org/?channel=lc2013

Setting this up for the night lads. Two rules:
1. Don't discuss the mocks.
2. Banter Banter.

This went very well one night and has been a veritable embarrasment every attempt since, so let's see if we can get this going again.
(for anyone who uses IRC for other things we're #lc2013 on irc.quakenet.org)

ray2012

I was just going through the English papers looking at the different questions and one for Macbeth was ''Macbeth is a great example of a compelling drama'' ..

I'm just wondering what could you say for a question like that? How is it a good compelling drama? :P

0mega

ray2012 wrote: »

I was just going through the English papers looking at the different questions and one for Macbeth was ''Macbeth is a great example of a compelling drama'' ..

I'm just wondering what could you say for a question like that? How is it a good compelling drama? :P

The slow pace at the beginning builds the tension until it reaches the dramatic climax.
We learn valuable lessons on issues such as ambition and power.
We watch Macbeth change from an honest, good person into a malicious tyrant.
We discover how one murder often leads to the next and we don't know where they will end.
How realistic and human the characters were.
How the story is still universal and timeless despite being written hundreds of years ago.
Continues to build right until the end.
Contains elements of the supernatural to add a new exciting layer of unpredictability to the story.
The prophecies established at the beginning pique our interested and leave us wanting to find out whether they will become true.
We see the extent of the power of evil and how it can consume people

etc. etc. etc.

ray2012

0mega wrote: »

The slow pace at the beginning builds the tension until it reaches the dramatic climax.
We learn valuable lessons on issues such as ambition and power.
We watch Macbeth change from an honest, good person into a malicious tyrant.
We discover how one murder often leads to the next and we don't know where they will end.
How realistic and human the characters were.
How the story is still universal and timeless despite being written hundreds of years ago.
Continues to build right until the end.
Contains elements of the supernatural to add a new exciting layer of unpredictability to the story.
The prophecies established at the beginning pique our interested and leave us wanting to find out whether they will become true.
We see the extent of the power of evil and how it can consume people

etc. etc. etc.

Thanks! If a question similar to that comes up on my paper 2 on Monday I shall thank you! :pac:

Parawhore.xD

History is going to kill me on Monday..

Copper_pipe

Irish paper 1 Monday morning but im watching the Superbowl tomorrow night so ya...

11Charlie11

Copper_pipe wrote: »

Irish paper 1 Monday morning but im watching the Superbowl tomorrow night so ya...

Can't wait to see beyonce!! what time does it start?

Parawhore.xD

Just reinstalled twitter on my iPod. Bye bye productivity. :P

kingcobra

Copper_pipe wrote: »

Irish paper 1 Monday morning but im watching the Superbowl tomorrow night so ya...

I'm getting the day off Monday just to watch this Super Bowl The game starts at 23:30


It was some game of rugby today too!

Parawhore.xD

kingcobra wrote: »

It was some game of rugby today too!

My heart! :O

Eurovisionmad

Ugh I'm worried that by the time the pres are over (the midterm) that Les Mis will be out of the cinema, everyone says it's amazing and I don't want to have to wait for it to come out on DVD Also I can't find anyone to go with me, everyone has already seen it, am I the only one who can't handle going to the cinema on my own?

11Charlie11

Eurovisionmad wrote: »

Ugh I'm worried that by the time the pres are over (the midterm) that Les Mis will be out of the cinema, everyone says it's amazing and I don't want to have to wait for it to come out on DVD Also I can't find anyone to go with me, everyone has already seen it, am I the only one who can't handle going to the cinema on my own?

I'm dying to see it as well! Bring a sister or cousin??

bluejay14

Eurovisionmad wrote: »

Ugh I'm worried that by the time the pres are over (the midterm) that Les Mis will be out of the cinema, everyone says it's amazing and I don't want to have to wait for it to come out on DVD Also I can't find anyone to go with me, everyone has already seen it, am I the only one who can't handle going to the cinema on my own?

Come here and I'll go with you! I've already seen it but I would seriously go again I loved it so much the first time.

YoursSincerely

Eurovisionmad wrote: »

Ugh I'm worried that by the time the pres are over (the midterm) that Les Mis will be out of the cinema, everyone says it's amazing and I don't want to have to wait for it to come out on DVD Also I can't find anyone to go with me, everyone has already seen it, am I the only one who can't handle going to the cinema on my own?

I really want to see it as well, all my friends went one night, but i couldn't go and yeah i couldn't handle going to the cinema on my own either

Eurovisionmad

bluejaymraz wrote: »

Come here and I'll go with you! I've already seen it but I would seriously go again I loved it so much the first time.

Good idea! Everyone is invited down to Cork for a LC OT screening of Les Mis, to celebrate the end if the Pres (for most people anyway :P)

Pre-gats: optional.

Vito Corleone

Just did the 2008 Biology paper and got it finished in just over an hour. Didn't know the experiments too well and only got 32/60 on that section, also made a few other silly mistakes. Got 81% overall so not too bad, but am hoping for an A1 in the real thing.

HugsiePie

Eurovisionmad wrote: »

Good idea! Everyone is invited down to Cork for a LC OT screening of Les Mis, to celebrate the end if the Pres (for most people anyway :P)

Pre-gats: optional.

GREAT IDEA! You're paying though, right?

bluejay14

Vito Corleone wrote: »

Just did the 2008 Biology paper and got it finished in just over an hour. Didn't know the experiments too well and only got 32/60 on that section, also made a few other silly mistakes. Got 81% overall so not too bad, but am hoping for an A1 in the real thing.

I really don't know why they give 3 hours for the paper. The mock took me a hour and a half to do and I was taking it fairly handy.

Colm!

Colm! wrote: »

http://webchat.quakenet.org/?channel=lc2013

Setting this up for the night lads. Two rules:
1. Don't discuss the mocks.
2. Banter Banter.

This went very well one night and has been a veritable embarrasment every attempt since, so let's see if we can get this going again.
(for anyone who uses IRC for other things we're #lc2013 on irc.quakenet.org)

This was actually pretty banterful last night and we will repeat it, now. Go.

Monsieur Folie

bluejaymraz wrote: »

I really don't know why they give 3 hours for the paper. The mock took me a hour and a half to do and I was taking it fairly handy.

I guess it's to account for people who write really slowly or whatever but I agree, each of the science papers could be done in two hours at a leisurely pace, I don't know why they think we require three! :P

Eurovisionmad

Monsieur Folie wrote: »

I guess it's to account for people who write really slowly or whatever but I agree, each of the science papers could be done in two hours at a leisurely pace, I don't know why they think we require three! :P

I dunno about the physics one, I think that's fairly time consuming!