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What are the conditions for receiving an achievement certificate?

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  • #32
    finality
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,763 ✭✭✭finality


    Stalin and rugby wrote: »
    You are lying, awards are given for maths and applied maths only

    Why would someone lie about that?


    Here's someone getting one for economics:
    http://www.villiers-school.com/Achievement.html

    and there's a list of people getting them in a few subjects here
    http://www.castleknockcc.ie/academic_excellence.htm


  • #33
    Stalin and rugby
    Closed Accounts Posts: 243 ✭✭Stalin and rugby


    Sorry tweeps I must be mistaken then. I was pretty sure..


  • #34
    ChemHickey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,479 ✭✭✭ChemHickey


    Stalin and rugby wrote: »
    YeaaahFaoiSin wrote: »
    They're disqualified as far as I know. This lad was Irish. Not sure exactly what he won but his pictures up on the wall somewhere.

    You are lying, awards are given for maths and applied maths only

    I doubt he'd lie about that.

    I've heard of ones for chemistry and physics so it can't be just for maths and app maths.


  • #35
    FaoiSin
    Registered Users Posts: 789 ✭✭✭FaoiSin


    According to my teacher who's an examiner a lot of native speakers don't even get A1s because of the questions that must be answered in English. She says you can tell which papers were by native speakers.


  • #36
    spurious
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,236 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    There are also awards in the practical subjects like engineering and the old Tech. Drawing which are/were sponsored by trade unions and teacher associations.


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  • #37
    reznov
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 921 ✭✭✭reznov


    YeaaahFaoiSin wrote: »
    According to my teacher who's an examiner a lot of native speakers don't even get A1s because of the questions that must be answered in English. She says you can tell which papers were by native speakers.

    I sat the oral for my native tongue and the questions asked were extremely awkward. They may just make it harder if you're a native speaker in a certain language. The written paper should be grand tho :pac:


  • #38
    Canard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,572 ✭✭✭Canard


    Is your native tongue French then?


  • #39
    ChemHickey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,479 ✭✭✭ChemHickey


    Patchy~ wrote: »
    Is your native tongue French then?

    I was going to guess Russian! :L


  • #40
    reznov
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 921 ✭✭✭reznov


    ChemHickey wrote: »
    I was going to guess Russian! :L

    I'm not Russian. My username = Call of Duty character who IS Russian.

    I'm Japanese. :pac:


  • #41
    FaoiSin
    Registered Users Posts: 789 ✭✭✭FaoiSin


    reznov wrote: »
    I'm not Russian. My username = Call of Duty character who IS Russian.

    I'm Japanese. :pac:

    That explains everything


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  • #42
    reznov
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 921 ✭✭✭reznov


    YeaaahFaoiSin wrote: »
    That explains everything

    But it doesn't explain why you're not studying. :rolleyes:


  • #43
    Canard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,572 ✭✭✭Canard


    You didnt list that in your subjects in the OT thread. Deceptive!

    Thats pretty interesting. :pac:


  • #44
    FaoiSin
    Registered Users Posts: 789 ✭✭✭FaoiSin


    Patchy~ wrote: »
    You didnt list that in your subjects in the OT thread. Deceptive!

    Thats pretty interesting. :pac:

    He wanted a challenge obviously :pac:


  • #45
    spurious
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,236 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    Both Japanese and Russian are marked expecting candidates to have studied them ab initio for Leaving cert. A native speaker should fly through them.
    They are not as difficult as French, German etc. which expect at least five years' study, or Polish and the like which are aimed at native speakers.


  • #46
    Just Like Heaven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,132 ✭✭✭Just Like Heaven


    reznov wrote: »

    I'm Japanese. :pac:


    Yeah, Spurious is right. And the Japanese exam is structured in such a way that there's only about 4 minutes general conversation anyway.

    I've spoken to native Japanese people who have taken the exam and still been asked questions like "Do you have a dog?".

    You know what Reznov, up until now, I believed everything you claimed to be. But now, now you're dead to me.

    Can't believe you've lied to us :rolleyes:


  • #47
    FaoiSin
    Registered Users Posts: 789 ✭✭✭FaoiSin


    Everything I believed in is now shattered. Reznov... How... How could you! :mad:


  • #48
    Monsieur Folie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,988 ✭✭✭Monsieur Folie


    ChemHickey wrote: »
    They won't have trouble with maths this year.


    #Projectmathssucks lawds!


    Ugh, couldn't agree more. It's a load of ****e. Did a sample question today where instead of doing actual maths, you had to describe what measurements you would take and what procedure you would follow, were you to answer the question. WHY?! :mad:


  • #49
    reznov
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 921 ✭✭✭reznov


    fewtinsoffroth wrote: »
    Yeah, Spurious is right. And the Japanese exam is structured in such a way that there's only about 4 minutes general conversation anyway.

    I've spoken to native Japanese people who have taken the exam and still been asked questions like "Do you have a dog?".

    You know what Reznov, up until now, I believed everything you claimed to be. But now, now you're dead to me.

    Can't believe you've lied to us :rolleyes:

    Oh no. :(

    I'm Uraguaian.


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