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If you had to give one piece of advice?
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04-06-2011 6:19pm#1
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LittleMissLost wrote: »I'm procrastinating as we speak.
I am SO scared
Same...... And I really don't want to repeat 0 -
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Take it easy in 5th year, do the work and study for your tests but don't go mad with study cause after the summer you will forget alot of it. To the incoming 6th years begin early try and do an hour a night or 2 until xmas then pick up the pace try and do more trust me it will stand to you. If only i followed my own advice 0
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The maths in physics isnt that hard?
Ordinary level maths will get you through honours physics no problem!
Id agree with most people here, start studying. Clear space with no distractions, no music, no phones, no ipod, no random things hanging around, after this year I am a firm believer this makes a huge difference! Do a bit every night, it is worth it!
Find out what type of learner you are. Audio suit you? Mnemonics? Looking at it? REams of writing? Sooner you find out the more effective the study will be =]
Concentrate in class, everyone knows its hard at times but really, for myself anyway, a lot of the things i remember come from me remembering snippets of class work.
BE CALM! Dont let it stress you even in the last few days before the LC, It will blow eerything out of proportion! The exam wont be all nasty pieces in every question, just one or 2 questions, so have enough questions to cover it =]0 -
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My advice, and I cant stress this enough is know what your getting yourself into...for my Subjects, I chose 4 with projects, Ag Science, DCG, Construction and Engineering. Also, Im a procrastinater so I leave things until they NEED to be done, if your not like that, read not further
N.B If i had my time back i would of still picked these subjects because firstly i have interest in them and secondly they are where the points lie for me.
As i starting off in september and I got stuck straight into 2 or 3 of these projects and thought "ohh, sure ive another half a year until this has to be ready, so ill take my time/do feck all"...time creeps up fast, think every step through, and plan it out!!
DCG Project:
The deadline for this was around febuary this year because of the bad winter weather, but it was originally a week into January or something along those lines...The good thing about this was that it was finished before the bombardment of the other project deadlines in March/April. Alot of work goes into this portfolio, and you dont realise it until you actually get stuck in! Also, other teachers (for other subjects) dont know the work that has to be put in and will nag and annoy you about the time you spend on it. I, along with all of my class spent many evenings after school completing the solidworks modeling. You get so used to using this program that it becomes second nature to you, again, just so much to do in it!! It is important to get a good start early in 6th year and planning is so essential, especially if you choose to concept design for Part B. Also--- Try not and neglect your Drawing like I did, You should nearly have the course covered in 5th year, so keep up the drawing during your Project because 8/9 months from the summer before is a long period without lifting a 2H pencil!
Ag. Project:
Not my strongest of subjects and only really picked it because I didnt want to do French, but saying that, its interesting and relevant in my locality! I dont have a farm but im aware and informed in the workings and practical sides of one, its not a necessity but it helps I suppose. I know you should never put the blame on your teacher, but being perfectly honest, my teacher is/was bloody dire, but we still got on relatively well in the interviews (I didnt get chosen, was probably the happiest day of my life) and the projects. In the projects it really is up to the standard of what the teacher expects and what the other students produce, even though your class and teacher gets assessed from the department. I remember staying up until all hours of the night before, finishing it off and watching the ink gauge go from an "incertain 15%" to a "thank feck I had enough 2%". Again, Plan, plan, plan!!!...and get it out of the way to concentrate on your theory!
Construction Project:
Wow! what can I say, Im still feeling the effects form this one! Deadline was the 6th of May and started straight away in september! Wanted to do something different from the traditional woodworking projects, so I took on a renewable energy one. Even thought I liked the practical side of working in the woodwork room, I wanted to set myself apart from everyone else and thats why I picked a alternative energy porject, but low and behold, everyone else thought that aswel, so I was left with taking on a project that I will never forget. Long story short, It took way too much time to finish because the amount of detail I wanted it to entail "nod nod, wink wink....I used up my whole 2 weeks of easter"..If I had my time back, I would of planned it from the start, sometimes planning might set you back a week or two while everyone gets underway in manufactire, but Im telling you, it is really worth it!! Of course there is the folder aswell, and this takes the back seat while the manufacture is taking place, but be always doing a small bit for every heading along the way, and this eventually bulks up with information, as you learn more while manufacturing! All-in-all, it took a lot out of me with those long nights and while im not being cocky, It'll get me the marks, but it was definitely not worth the effort and time wasted while I could of been studying some theory.
Engineering:
My god, thinking back, I wasted so much fecking time on nothing! In engineering for the leaving cert, the brief allows you to design and manufacture a model of "something", last year it was a gantry crane, this year it was a snowmobile. The key to this project is...yup, you guessed it, PLANNING!!! I tried and tried for a week or 2 to come up with a design for a model and I can tell you, its bloody hard! So I kinda of got one together and started manufacture. Got one requirement for the brief completed and there I was saying to myself "what the hell will I do now"! Week upon week passed and I even stayed back in the evenings when ever the teacher or I could. The deadline was sometime in March, but shhhhhh...I only finished the wiring last week...and why?...because I wasted so much time because I didnt adequately plan my project! There was a folder aswell, so time had to be put to that !...N.B Plan, plan plan!!
So, here I am a few days before my exams posting on my experiences from the last year while I should be cramming, and cramming because how stupid I was with my time. I blame myself, but also realise that if i could repeat the leaving a thousand times it still would turn out this way. I suppose, its the kind of person I am (Lazy). This post i hope gives a good indication on the work involved in the projects for the subjects I picked for the leaving cert, I know other subjects such as geography etc require projects but I know nothing about them, so sorry in that respect! If you read this to the end, thank you, it was quite reflective and also nice to be able to "tell my tail". But seriously, do get stuck into your projects from the very beginning, because with them out of the way, you can concentrate on your Theory, Irish, English and Maths. Ill leave you with this.
"Your projects and the time spent on them will mean nothing without an equivalent knowledge in your theory" -Griffen262
tldr; Plan your projects, dont waste too much of your time on them, study your theory
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