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Leaving Cert 2013 Predictions?
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Peaceoutdude wrote: »Who is the youtube predictor;) guy?
he predicts what comes up on the leaving cert every year but he only uploads them like a day or two before the exam of that subject ... so looks like we are all gonna have to wait and see
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internet_user wrote: »what is isostacy :eek:
Don't worry, my teacher hasn't covered it either.
Though, it is tipped for this year and if you look at the trend in past Q's it looks like it could be due an appearance.
Isostasy is basically to do with the different densities of the continental and oceanic plates and how they float differently as a result. When continents are eroded, the sediment is deposited in lower lying land increasing it's weight and pressing it down. This in turn reduces the weight of the higher elevated land (like mountains) so they float higher and are thus eroded again. It causes a levelling of the landscape.
The essay, if it came up, I would assume is just to discuss this process and then talk about a few landforms that form because of it (raised beaches/wave cut platforms/fjords).
There's also a small section on the 'rejuvenation' of rivers which is an isostatic process.
Could somebody has actually prepared an essay on this clarify though, please? I'm only going on what little I could pull from textbooks and revision books!he predicts what comes up on the leaving cert every year but he only uploads them like a day or two before the exam of that subject ... so looks like we are all gonna have to wait and see
How accurate is he, usually? I'm trying not to rely on predictions and all, but if he says something that I've neglected I would at least have a chance to glance over it in case he's right.
Link us so we can keep an eye on it!0 -
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Monsieur Folie wrote: »Don't worry, my teacher hasn't covered it either. Though, it is tipped for this year and if you look at the trend in past Q's it looks like it could be due an appearance.
Isostasy is basically to do with the different densities of the continental and oceanic plates and how they float differently as a result. When continents are eroded, the sediment is deposited in lower lying land increasing it's weight and pressing it down. This in turn reduces the weight of the higher elevated land (like mountains) so they float higher and are thus eroded again. It causes a levelling of the landscape.
The essay, if it came up, I would assume is just to discuss this process and then talk about a few landforms that form because of it (raised beaches/wave cut platforms/fjords).
There's also a small section on the 'rejuvenation' of rivers which is an isostatic process.
Could somebody has actually prepared an essay on this clarify though, please? I'm only going on what little I could pull from textbooks and revision books!
First time i even heard of the word, let alone know what its about!0 -
internet_user wrote: »First time i even heard of the word, let alone know what its about!
Same for me, I think geography teachers leave out a lot of parts of the course since the paper offers so many options on what question you answer.
I think before the SEC starts thinking about "curve balls" such as changing the predictability of a paper such as Geography and English, especially the poetry section, they need to look at how the subjects are taught in preparation. It is inevitable that people make predictions as it is impossible to cover every single thing on a course.
For instance the other honours English class in my school attempted to cover all 8 poets, but it just resulted in a half-arsed mediocre knowledge of them and most people I know in the class are banking on Bishop to come up as it was the only one the teacher went into depth on due to personal preference. The same could be said for Macbeth where this idea of questions on Banquo, Malcolm, Macduff etc was not looked at all, and most likely wasn't in other schools either.
I am not for spoon feeding the course to the point that everyone gets As but there has to be some happy medium where there is some sense of randomness without students getting screwed over in the process.
God that was a long post, I love procrastination
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Never will everyone get As, this is the thing that gets me about the leaving cert, it really does boil down to luck too much of the time and messing up the predictability is only feeding this beast. The SEC will adjust their marking scheme so they get their nice little bell curve so I honestly don't see why it matters.
Good point on the bell curve statistics.
While it is a little forced that they have to squeeze the marking scheme to get the grades averaged out I'm not complaining as it is probably the only way I will get through Maths and Irish. 0 -
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