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

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What's the best way to study for English? I'm freaking out a bit at the moment..!

internet_user

Bonbon1995 wrote: »

We're defo the only two schools so.. haven't read it just watched the movie and went over some notes! horrible book! are you doing Casablanca and Babylon too so?

Im after watching the first hour of the film just there! Yes im doing casablanca but the other book im doing is another terrible one - in patagonia...seriously thinking of dropping to pass on the day!

Bonbon1995

internet_user wrote: »

Im after watching the first hour of the film just there! Yes im doing casablanca but the other book im doing is another terrible one - in patagonia...seriously thinking of dropping to pass on the day!

Is your general concept war/violence??Id seriously consider doing Babylon, its a short read..160 pgs and not hard!

David1994

Bonbon1995 wrote: »

LOVE HIM! hes literally 3 minutes down the road from me..i can see his house haha :P

Haha class! Yeah our teacher who's from Kerry is always going on about him! :P

internet_user

Bonbon1995 wrote: »

Is your general concept war/violence??Id seriously consider doing Babylon, its a short read..160 pgs and not hard!

Tbh i havent got a great knowledge of the book i've no notes or anything, i had an awful teacher, but i suppose war really is the main theme? Is babylon any good? Is there a film version? :L

Bonbon1995

internet_user wrote: »

Tbh i havent got a great knowledge of the book i've no notes or anything, i had an awful teacher, but i suppose war really is the main theme? Is babylon any good? Is there a film version? :L

Nope don't think so? Id recommend it anyways if youre stuck or just read the war of it online, defo do the 30/40 and focus Casablanca as the 30 element then Babylon and empire for the 40

Bonbon1995

David1994 wrote: »

Haha class! Yeah our teacher who's from Kerry is always going on about him! :P

Oh cool, is your teacher from Dingle? Might know him/her

spurious

There's a film version (possibly TV movie) of 'How many miles to Babylon', with Daniel Day Lewis in it.

Tommyrawr

Was just doing an essay on benefits on volcanic activity when all i could think of was the Cramp Twins where they went to mount fujimora hot springs and wayne caused the eurptions and the monkeys thought that ms cramp was their god. xD

Actually in fits of laughter xD I miss these cartoons

internet_user

spurious wrote: »

There's a film version (possibly TV movie) of 'How many miles to Babylon', with Daniel Day Lewis in it.

Ill try and give it a watch and look up notes online..bit late i know!

curly135

I hate days where you feel like you've got nothing done, especially when you were really productive and got loads done the day before

I shall make up for it tomorrow by doing endless Physics exam questions, that should take the guilt away

Leaving Cert Student

curly135 wrote: »

I hate days where you feel like you've got nothing done, especially when you were really productive and got loads done the day before

I shall make up for it tomorrow by doing endless Physics exam questions, that should take the guilt away

Physics? There is a subject I haven't done in a while nor do I intend to do untill the weekend beforehand!

Copper_pipe

I have 4 days off before physics so I'll leave it until then

curly135

Leaving Cert Student wrote: »

Physics? There is a subject I haven't done in a while nor do I intend to do untill the weekend beforehand!

It was my lowest result in the pres, and to be fair the DEB paper was difficult enough, but I'm not gonna let it catch me off guard this time :pac:

HugsiePie

Out of interest, anyone who does biology, out of these 3 which do you think is the most difficult and which id the easiest:
Respiration, Photosynthesis, and Proteinsynthesis

Bonbon1995

HugsiePie wrote: »

Out of interest, anyone who does biology, out of these 3 which do you think is the most difficult and which id the easiest:
Respiration, Photosynthesis, and Proteinsynthesis

photosint and respiration are piss...hate proteinstnt never got it

kevin12345

HugsiePie wrote: »

Out of interest, anyone who does biology, out of these 3 which do you think is the most difficult and which id the easiest:
Respiration, Photosynthesis, and Proteinsynthesis

Easiest: Respiration (They ask the same questions all the time!!)
Hardest: Protein synthesis by a clear mile.

Photosynthesis is grand though!

HugsiePie

Bonbon1995 wrote: »

photosint and respiration are piss...hate proteinstnt never got it

I havent got round to studying proteinsynthesis or photosynthesis, cant get my head round Krebscycle though

YAY! Bring on proteinsynthesis :rolleyes:

peekachoo

HugsiePie wrote: »

Out of interest, anyone who does biology, out of these 3 which do you think is the most difficult and which id the easiest:
Respiration, Photosynthesis, and Proteinsynthesis

proteinsyn is probably the longest but I don't find it that hard!
I'm gonna say respiration is the easiest as the questions are fairly predictable and as long as ya know Krebs cycle you're fairly grand.

I'm gonna say photosyn is the hardest as I'm useless with chemistry and can never remember the light stage/dark stage etc

Bonbon1995

HugsiePie wrote: »

I havent got round to studying proteinsynthesis or photosynthesis, cant get my head round Krebscycle though

YAY! Bring on proteinsynthesis :rolleyes:

pm me ur email my grinds made the krebs cycle for me easier if I find it.

Bonbon1995

peekachoo wrote: »

proteinsyn is probably the longest but I don't find it that hard!
I'm gonna say respiration is the easiest as the questions are fairly predictable and as long as ya know Krebs cycle you're fairly grand.

I'm gonna say photosyn is the hardest as I'm useless with chemistry and can never remember the light stage/dark stage etc

I love photo!!! Trust me study for 3 hours and youll love it!! exam qs are key to high grades in bio over every other subject !!

11Charlie11

I love biology but don't understand any of the genetics because I've never actually sat down to study it .. Unit 2 is my least favourite so I'm contemplating whether or not to learn the genetics as it is a given q on the exam

HugsiePie

Does anyone know the chapters in Biology that are pretty much a given this year (Don't they put on Respiration, Reproduction and Photosynthesis one after each other, I read that somewhere but I'm not sure if its true)

Jade.

11Charlie11 wrote: »

I love biology but don't understand any of the genetics because I've never actually sat down to study it .. Unit 2 is my least favourite so I'm contemplating whether or not to learn the genetics as it is a given q on the exam

I'm not even touching genetics!

Prodigious

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3YPb9V5CCA

ray2012

Photosynthesis is definitely the easiest, with Respiration after. Protein Synthesis is complicated but once you learn it off it's not too bad. I thought everyone always answered the genetics questions! :O Some years they are really piss easy, with an easy genetic cross which is simple marks.. ! Protein synthesis is predicted (i think) to come up this year though. I'll definitely still answer it though. My worst thing on the course is Plant reproduction. Blehhhhh.

kev44

Anybody else panicking for chemistry?
...i never got my head around it

ray2012

kev44 wrote: »

Anybody else panicking for chemistry?
...i never got my head around it

Definitely my worst subject. I find the majority of the maths parts horrible. I never know where to start. Looking through the exam papers I know absolutely none of it. Arah, feck it. :rolleyes:

Jade.

I don't have a clue what proteinsynthsis is? And I definitley never remember doing this :O

HugsiePie

Jade. wrote: »

I don't have a clue what proteinsynthsis is? And I definitley never remember doing this :O

The repliction of DNA: Cytosine, Guanine, Adenine, ring a bell?