Leaving Cert 2011/2012

Chuchoter

What are people planning to do studywise starting September? How many hours including homework?

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Chuchoter wrote: »

What are people planning to do studywise starting September? How many hours including homework?

I'm expecting some crazy remarks when I write this, but i'm planning on doing around 5.5/6 hours a day this year. I know it's quality over quantity but I don't see the point in doing 2 hours of 100% quality on a single topic where you could be getting 70/80% of the info. regarding 4/5 topics in your head!. Then you could build up the remaining 20% of information in class/cramming etc. I did a solid 3.5 hours every day this year and found it quite enjoyable (i'm a huge nerd) and very beneficial!.

I'm the type of person who actually enjoys studying to be honest (that sounds so nerdy) but I don't care it's true! Everyone in my school knows I work that hard, some people think it's crazy and try and make fun of it but I actually don't care! It'll be them missing out when i'm in College having the time of my life and they'll be stuck repeating because they didn't do anything (no disrespect to repeats or anything meant here).

More than likely i'll be pursuing some career in Law/Politics/Business Law which requires a lot of studying anyway so I guess it's a very good basis to have!

ChemHickey

Hahah I'm the same, but i'm not going to do that much study.. prob 2 hours a day? But, I am looking forward to going back to school, I'm a bit of a nerd too! :L I do like learning things, but its just the fun of school! And I totaly agree about doing the work this year and then enjoying yourself in college so you wont have to repeat!!! Thats my attitude completely!" :L But i know some people have to repeat without any other choice... My friend has to repeat and its not her fault so I know that not all repeats don't work... But Id still prefer to do more work this year, rather than repeat!

Chuchoter

5.5/6 hours? Tell me your secret, how do you not just get hopelessly confused after the 3 hour mark?

Flabangav

Chuchoter wrote: »

What are people planning to do studywise starting September? How many hours including homework?

I was thinking three hours in after-school study, and then maybe two more at home. But that would be the most, I think. Or else I'd go mad

Chuchoter

My estimate of 3 hours is starting to look rather paltry at this moment. Is 5 hours not a hell of a lot for just starting? What will you ramp up to after Christmas/mocks?

Flabangav

Chuchoter wrote: »

My estimate of 3 hours is starting to look rather paltry at this moment. Is 5 hours not a hell of a lot for just starting? What will you ramp up to after Christmas/mocks?

Well, it does depend on the quality. If I find I'm not taking anything in after a certain point then I'll stop. I'll probably start off with less and build on it. I'm going to try to start with three hours anyway. My opinion might have changed drastically in a month :P

Chuchoter

My current plan is start with 3 hours, do 4.5 or 5 from December until Mocks and then 5/6 thereafter? Then of course there will be the terrible month of May where I'll most likely be stuck doing 7 or 8
Does that sound ok? Just when I work it out, if I come home at 4.30, eat and start at 5, a lot of the year I'll be studying well up until 11/12/1. I don't want to burn out by November.
I'm tired even thinking about it

ChemHickey

Wow, those all seem like lot of time studying! When ye say study.. does that include your time doing homework? I'm going to start with afterschool study (4-6) then if i need to study ( tests or not all homework done) I'll do an hour more. Then come x-mas the extra hour would be compulsary and then after mocks have like 2 hours study etc... Just not up to the break of dawn... I'd stop before 9pm or else you'd burn yourself out too quick! :L

Chuchoter

Yeah I'm including homework. I'll see how it goes. I might split up the longer things by getting up early and doing a bit in the morning and a bit in the evening. Like yourself I don't get much into my brain after 9 but I'll have to fix that.

ChemHickey

Ya, getting up early is great! i did that for my junior cert and I have done it ever since!! :L It really backs up everything you know :L

Mr.Fun

This scares me. One saturday in April I did 8 hours study from 10am to 6pm with like 2 5mins breaks. AND I WAS ONLY IN FIFTH YEAR

ChemHickey

Man thats crazy¬¬¬ I couldnt study this year really at all but im doing bits now! What types of revision are ye guys doing>?? Like in english I'm reading over some new poets?

leaveiton

I never measure my study in hours, it just doesn't work for me. I just play it by ear, doing as much as I feel I need to and am able to do, and it's always worked for me. Obviously I'll be doing a bit more than normal this year, but I'm not going to freak out by saying that I need to do a certain amount of hours a day, I'll just get burnt out that way.

Chuchoter

I've started on chemistry and maths, but thats because course wise we're super behind

seriouslysweet

I've just been doing languages and emailing work weekly, nothing too hectic!

AnnaKin

a little bit of this and that is all ye need
well- except if you were like me and did sweet FA during fifth year :pac:
so i'm stuck doing a lot of things, from writing up quotes and poetry notes to rewriting aistes and irish questions :eek:

LifesaverNiall

You'll get into 6th year and realise that its the exact same as 5th year and half of yous here wont do half as much study as yous are saying yous will..
its all great going in with these plans and all but if u studied a good bit in 5th year you might end up as i did, which was totally unmotivated..
but good luck to the lot of yous anyways!

Gav77

Just beware of burnout, dont do too much before christmas! I worked hard before christmas last year, then when i tried to get back into it after i just felt burnt out and struggled

shaunah44

leavingcert. wrote: »

Well it's a bit early but sure why not :rolleyes:

General discussion thread for the leaving cert class of 2012..:pac:

What subjects ye doing?

How much study are ye doing?

Whats the plan after the leaving cert?

How's the social life? :cool:

etc....etc

I;m only going into 5th year now. But I just wanted to ask a question. Do you know if i wanted to go to college and do enviornmental studies etc would i need a science, because i'm not doing one, Also do you think it's a bad idea not to?

Fergus_Nash

Wait why the fcuk am I looking at a thread about the LC when I have just finished the cnut of a yoke. Aargh.

One bit of advice though - make the next year of your life as easy as possible. The LC is only a passport to university and nothing more.

Patri

5-6 hours is crazy in September, I've just finished the lc and well, to be frank it's ridiculous. Ease yourself back into the routine, choose where you are most comfortable studying (school, home... wherever). Don't burn out. Do the work your teachers prescribe, they give it for a reason and relax. I did very little for the first couple of months of leaving cert. As I progressed I moved from 1 hour of study right up to 14 hours at one point in may, then I started freaking out even though I put in more work than the majority. It's really not healthy, I wouldn't advise doing mad hours. Also the hours system is an ideal, it doesn't really work. Life is what happens while you're busy making plans, e.g if you're writing an Irish answer and you come up to the 3 hour mark you don't say "well that's my 3 hours put in" you finish the damn answer.

13spanner

Doing English, Irish, Maths(pass), German, Ag. Science, Business, History, LCVP. Done no study over the summer due to work/laziness. Would like to get 430 points. Left anything out? :rolleyes:

ScareGilly

Jesus, reading through this has just depressed me... I did f*ck all in 5th year and was planning 3 hours max before Christmas.. :pac:

teenagedream

I posted this in the 5th year thread but I'm guessing this is where ye all hang out nowadays

Can anyone tell me what are the case studies for the document q of the 2012 history paper?

gfgfgf14

French.German.Music.Business.English.Irish.Maths OL.
Maybe done 4 hours study the whole summer...im not gonna kill myself this year need 500...but i love my subjects so i find them easy to study.

Nicole.

Doing the 3 obvious subjects and History, Biology, Geography and Home Economics. All higher except maths:) Hoping for 500 points but it's kind of optimistic, got 490 points at Christmas, 475 points in the summer ones.

I have to start my History project tonight or tomorrow because my History teacher wants work started on them before the day we go back...:(

(Teenagedream, I'll have a look tonight and see if I have them written down anywhere in case nobody else gets back to you. I'm curious too!)

History is such a lonely subject, there are only 7 in my class :L

13spanner

Nicole. wrote: »

I have to start my History project tonight or tomorrow because my History teacher wants work started on them before the day we go back...:(

Finished ours in 5th year, they were part of our Summer test marking. I heard they mark History easier than other subjects because there are so few doing it. Probably BS, probably.

Nicole.

13spanner wrote: »

Finished ours in 5th year, they were part of our Summer test marking. I heard they mark History easier than other subjects because there are so few doing it. Probably BS, probably.

You're so lucky!:) Our teacher tried to get us to do ours during the year but we know we can get around her so we didn't do anything :rolleyes: I concur, BS, it's all about the way you write your work, not so much on the facts and spellings are a major pain!:pac: I often had all the facts that I needed, except my English wasn't up to scratch as I was caught for time in the tests so I ended up with B3s and C1s. Grr:)

Teenagedream, I have British withdrawl from India 1945-1947, the succession of the Katanga 1960-1965 and Race relations in France in the 1980s written down as the case studies. Any of them sound familiar?:)

gerbilgranny

Wrong Forum!

ChemHickey

Anyone here do Music? What are ye goiing to do for the 2012 Practical?? :L

teenagedream

Nicole. wrote: »

You're so lucky!:) Our teacher tried to get us to do ours during the year but we know we can get around her so we didn't do anything :rolleyes: I concur, BS, it's all about the way you write your work, not so much on the facts and spellings are a major pain!:pac: I often had all the facts that I needed, except my English wasn't up to scratch as I was caught for time in the tests so I ended up with B3s and C1s. Grr:)

Teenagedream, I have British withdrawl from India 1945-1947, the succession of the Katanga 1960-1965 and Race relations in France in the 1980s written down as the case studies. Any of them sound familiar?:)

Thanks a mill. I actually did my leaving cert this year but I have a few people looking for grinds so I said I'd read up on some of this.

13spanner

Nicole. wrote: »

You're so lucky!:) Our teacher tried to get us to do ours during the year but we know we can get around her so we didn't do anything :rolleyes: I concur, BS, it's all about the way you write your work, not so much on the facts and spellings are a major pain!:pac: I often had all the facts that I needed, except my English wasn't up to scratch as I was caught for time in the tests so I ended up with B3s and C1s. Grr:)

B3's arent bad you've plenty time to be hitting B1's or higher with work!

We did Irish history 1st and then American. I'm not looking forward to revising the Irish bit as I found it hard going

Flabangav

ChemHickey wrote: »

Anyone here do Music? What are ye goiing to do for the 2012 Practical?? :L

I do music! . I meant to get my pieces together this summer for the exam, but that never happened...
I play piano, what do you play?

ChemHickey

I do music! . I meant to get my pieces together this summer for the exam, but that never happened...
I play piano, what do you play?

Ya? Cool!! I would love to be able to play the piano properly!! I play Violin and clarinet! But I amn't sure fi I'd do 8 pieces (violin and clarinet) or 6 violiun ones fr the practical!! I was also supposed to find my pieces this summer too... Oh well.. :L Are you doing sightreading for your unprepared??

Flabangav

ChemHickey wrote: »

Ya? Cool!! I would love to be able to play the piano properly!! I play Violin and clarinet! But I amn't sure fi I'd do 8 pieces (violin and clarinet) or 6 violiun ones fr the practical!! I was also supposed to find my pieces this summer too... Oh well.. :L Are you doing sightreading for your unprepared??

God 8 pieces is an awful lot! I have a violin, but i can't play it properly :P
I probably will do sightreading, after doing piano exams it shouldn't be too bad is that what you'll do?

leaveiton

I do music too Going to be playing 4 pieces on drums and do music technology for the other 4. I had to get the drum pieces sorted out with my teacher over the summer because I'm giving up lessons for 6th year. Hopefully they'll be alright :P

gfgfgf14

I have most of my practical sorted
Piano
Andante Cantible
Innisheer
Sittin on the dock of the bay

Singing
Bring Him Home- Les Mis
Amarilli Mia Bella-Some italien guy
Annachie Gordon traditional song
Mash up of "that i would be good" by alannis morrisette and "use somebody" kings of leon....the last one is my risky choice...



Pity we have a crap music teacher...we only have bach and queen done outta the works

Coeurdepirate

I'm starting to feel like I'm the only one who didn't open a book all summer...

Flabangav

gfgfgf14 wrote: »

Pity we have a crap music teacher...we only have bach and queen done outta the works

So have we! And i couldn't tell you anything about them... :pac:

gfgfgf14

Flabangav wrote: »

So have we! And i couldn't tell you anything about them... :pac:

well im lucky with my music school we get a free leaving cert grind....with a brilliant teacher....but the one in school is diabolical

Just Like Heaven

Coeurdepirate wrote: »

I'm starting to feel like I'm the only one who didn't open a book all summer...

Wait. What's a book again?

boomchicawawa

My son has just left de house to get his results looking like the weight of the world is on his shoulders......gud luck to all of you today, I hope it goes your way.....xxx

Just Like Heaven

boomchicawawa wrote: »

My son has just left de house to get his results looking like the weight of the world is on his shoulders......gud luck to all of you today, I hope it goes your way.....xxx

Thank God your posting in the wrong thread!

AnnaKin

well people this time next year :L

cant wait!! for it to be over that is :P

ChemHickey

Flabangav wrote: »

God 8 pieces is an awful lot! I have a violin, but i can't play it properly :P
I probably will do sightreading, after doing piano exams it shouldn't be too bad is that what you'll do?

Ya Im defo doing the sight reading!! Its so much easier! I have decided on some pieces too, and im going to do 6 violin ones!! :L :L

I do music outside school, so we have all set works, composing 16 bar melody (< all except in a minor yet) and some practice on melody and bassline.. Next year we are doing irish music, essays and more composing!! Ill e just focusing on practical though!! :L

Do ye know of anyone doing 50% composing? I always thought it would be cool to do that but practical is less risky!! :L

@gfgfgf14 - Bring him home les mis? I got the part of Thernadier in the youth Les mis musical but I couldnt do it because of work and all...

My violin pieces so far are
1) Chanson de matin ( elgar- easy enough piece to settle me in)
2) Danse Macabre (Saint Saens)
3) Schindlers List (John Williams)
4) Four Seasons (vivaldi - either spring 1, summer 1 or winter 1)
5) Air on a g string (Bach)
6) Not certain yet.. (possibly bolero by Hubay) << Any suggestions??

Mayo_Boy

I'm in a bit of a situation. My construction teacher is absolutely useless! We have to make our own notes . I really want to do well in this subject but its not looking likely now
If anybody knows were I could get good notes I would really appreciate it
Thanks.

gfgfgf14

@gfgfgf14 - Bring him home les mis? I got the part of Thernadier in the youth Les mis musical but I couldnt do it because of work and all...

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That character is brilliant.....i like your pieces btw

thetonynator

I can't believe people actually studied over the summer, 9.5 months of it not going to be enough for ye?!

Mayo_Boy

Mayo_Boy wrote: »

I'm in a bit of a situation. My construction teacher is absolutely useless! We have to make our own notes . I really want to do well in this subject but its not looking likely now
If anybody knows were I could get good notes I would really appreciate it
Thanks.

anybody?