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Leaving Cert 2013 Predictions?
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Dont stress about it it's nearly impossible to predict what the macbeth question will be just know the play and loads of quotes in a lot of detail and it will come together for you on the day of the examtbh i did do that they asked about macbeths character, macbeth relationship with lady macbeth, the theme of evil, little pity for macbeth and lady macbeth, ket scene and relationship between macbeth and scotland/duncun agh i guess im just stressing out
I'm in the same position only a week of school left but I' trying to stay positive and not worry too much yet !! 0 -
Dont stress about it it's nearly impossible to predict what the macbeth question will be just know the play and loads of quotes in a lot of detail and it will come together for you on the day of the exam I'm in the same position only a week of school left but I' trying to stay positive and not worry too much yet !!
ya i guess you're right but i must say that repeating sucks!!! :mad::(0 -
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I Don't do economics or chemistry but I do ag Sciencethank you
btw do you have any predictions to any of the following subjects: economics, ag science or chemistry please and thank you tbh you cant really predict for it, like the same type of questions come up every year .. Like soil is always q.2 and genetics q.7 and experiments q.4 but id recommend to know the genetics well because its the easiest place to pick up marks Doing past exam papers really helps though for ag ! And btw in case you havent noticed over the last 2-3 years the paper has become more biology related because the man that sets the ag science paper now used to set the biology 1 so its worth looking at old biology papers too ! And I suppose getting a good grade in the projects and practical exam will help you also ! Were your projects of a good standard ? 0 -
I Don't do economics or chemistry but I do ag Science tbh you cant really predict for it, like the same type of questions come up every year .. Like soil is always q.2 and genetics q.7 and experiments q.4 but id recommend to know the genetics well because its the easiest place to pick up marks Doing past exam papers really helps though for ag ! And btw in case you havent noticed over the last 2-3 years the paper has become more biology related because the man that sets the ag science paper now used to set the biology 1 so its worth looking at old biology papers too ! And I suppose getting a good grade in the projects and practical exam will help you also ! Were your projects of a good standard ?
i did realised that last years paper (having actually done it) was full of biology and that is actually a good point:)
i think my project went well tbh hopefully then ill get a high B in that subject too - hope your project went well too 0 -
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In Economics:
Supply (is LONG overdue)
Imperfect competition (most likely to contrast with Oligopoly)
Labour
Money and Banking
International Trade
National Income
looks grand i guess
sometimes i just wish i never picked up this subject this year but then sometimes i feel that this subject will help me maximize my points this year
anyways
thank you
btw are the exam questions repetitive as in like if i do the past papers of those topics u mentioned id get a good grade 0 -
Yea we did 7 projects and i got called in for the interview thing which was good because I live on a farm so I got to talk alot about that ! Went well I was happy + the examiner was sound tooi did realised that last years paper (having actually done it) was full of biology and that is actually a good point:)
i think my project went well tbh hopefully then ill get a high B in that subject too - hope your project went well too Really laid back was just like a having a normal conversation ! and our teacher is just the best He laid out the room nicely for us and even though he went examining for the week before our exam he still had us really well prepared 0 -
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Yea we did 7 projects and i got called in for the interview thing which was good because I live on a farm so I got to talk alot about that ! Went well I was happy + the examiner was sound too Really laid back was just like a having a normal conversation ! and our teacher is just the best He laid out the room nicely for us and even though he went examining for the week before our exam he still had us really well prepared
nice i was picked as well but hopefully it went well - i just hope that this year they mark the papers easy because tbh i must say that last years papers like for french, english (despite the whole plath and heaney thing), chemistry and ag science were easy papers as in like the questions were nice
everytimes i look at them and im just like damn if only i studied well the paper would have been easy for me ah well as if regretting is gonna do any good:D 0 -
Ya I'd say this year they might step it up a bit and tighten up seeing as people lately keeping saying about the 'predictability of the LC' ! Hope they dont thoughnice i was picked as well but hopefully it went well - i just hope that this year they mark the papers easy because tbh i must say that last years papers like for french, english (despite the whole plath and heaney thing), chemistry and ag science were easy papers as in like the questions were nice
everytimes i look at them and im just like damn if only i studied well the paper would have been easy for me ah well as if regretting is gonna do any good:D
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looks grand i guess
sometimes i just wish i never picked up this subject this year but then sometimes i feel that this subject will help me maximize my points this year
anyways
thank you
btw are the exam questions repetitive as in like if i do the past papers of those topics u mentioned id get a good grade
I suppose once you understand them there's not much to them. They have tended to move away from the repetitiveness of the exam questions now UNFORTUNATELY, and it's become a lot more common sense stuff...
Though without a doubt you still need to know your cornerstone stuff for each topic, like long run EQ of the firm in imperfect comp, your multiplier calculations for National Income, etc. BUT, I'd say you can definitely expect a lot more common sense questions that are also relevant to the current economic situation. E.g. in the International Trade question they could ask you something about the euro strengthening vs the sterling and dollar, rather than give you a straightforward Comparative Advantage question (which came up last year anyway, so it's unlikely to come up again!)
That said, don't shoot me if those topics don't come up, it's only speculation :rolleyes:
But I'm DEFINITELY going to know Supply, Imperfect Comp, National Income and Trade off by heart. Government and the Economy is also pretty much a given..0 -
Ya I'd say this year they might step it up a bit and tighten up seeing as people lately keeping saying about the 'predictability of the LC' ! Hope they dont though
well did you know that last year around 41% failed their leaving cert (well thats what my friend told me thats what their teacher said)
and this year there is a lot of students like more than usual sitting the leaving cert
i mean if you suppose that 41% of those are repeating than you have those people like me who didnt fail but is repeating
i mean damn thats a lot of people repeating this year
they have to mark easy this year!!! well hopefully they do 0 -
I suppose once you understand them there's not much to them. They have tended to move away from the repetitiveness of the exam questions now UNFORTUNATELY, and it's become a lot more common sense stuff...
Though without a doubt you still need to know your cornerstone stuff for each topic, like long run EQ of the firm in imperfect comp, your multiplier calculations for National Income, etc. BUT, I'd say you can definitely expect a lot more common sense questions that are also relevant to the current economic situation. E.g. in the International Trade question they could ask you something about the euro strengthening vs the sterling and dollar, rather than give you a straightforward Comparative Advantage question (which came up last year anyway, so it's unlikely to come up again!)
That said, don't shoot me if those topics don't come up, it's only speculation :rolleyes:
But I'm DEFINITELY going to know Supply, Imperfect Comp, National Income and Trade off by heart. Government and the Economy is also pretty much a given..
nah dont worry
im just gonna have economics as my 7th subject back up
just in case i go wrong on any of the other subjects and since its gonna be my second last subject id be able to no whether or not that back up subject would be useful or not
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Ya I see your point ! Hope they go easy on uswell did you know that last year around 41% failed in the leaving cert (well thats what my friend told me thats what their teacher said)
and this year there is a lot of students like more than usual sitting the leaving cert
i mean if you suppose that 41% of those are repeating than you have those people like me who didnt fail but is repeating
i mean damn thats a lot of people repeating this year
they have to mark easy this year!!! well hopefully they do
If Mahon or Bishop dont come up I'm screwed ! And I need fairly easy to understand french topics too ! I'm afraid I wont be able to understand the questions in french or irish 0 -
Ya I see your point ! Hope they go easy on us
If Mahon or Bishop dont come up I'm screwed ! And I need fairly easy to understand french topics too ! I'm afraid I wont be able to understand the questions in french or irish
basically from what i saw last year was that the people who learnt essays off by heart found it hard to change them around to suit the question but i think the best way for french is to have prepared three or four phrases for the beginning of a reaction like just general phrases and for the conclusion and then know how to use your verbs and then know some vocab for each topic
that way you can answer the question and you made your study easy - then again thats me i dont like learning things off by heart and some of my friends do succeed in learning things off by heart and manage to change them around so u should just do what ever suits you
but if i was u learn like three poets off by heart then know two back ups thats what i did last year and i ended up actually using my back up poet (kinsella)0 -
Well you see our french teacher is seriously terrible !! we spent the last 4 weeks on 1 topic and all our classes just consist of her translating sheets that she praises herself for typing out and she just bores us all .. Basically shes rubbish at teaching and I know french is gonna be my worst subject ! I've learned a lot of phrases for to give personal twist to it !basically from what i saw last year was that the people who learnt essays off by heart found it hard to change them around to suit the question but i think the best way for french is to have prepared three or four phrases for the beginning of a reaction like just general phrases and for the conclusion and then know how to use your verbs and then know some vocab for each topic
that way you can answer the question and you made your study easy - then again thats me i dont like learning things off by heart and some of my friends do succeed in learning things off by heart and manage to change them around so u should just do what ever suits you
but if i was u learn like three poets off by heart then know two back ups thats what i did last year and i ended up actually using my back up poet (kinsella)
And for english as long as I know the poems by each poet i'll manage an essay ! I'm good at english got a B1 in my mock with no hints so I was pretty pleased ! Ya I'm not one for learning off essays too I believe if you know the information then you'll be able to create your own work in the exam 0 -
Well you see our french teacher is seriously terrible !! we spent the last 4 weeks on 1 topic and all our classes just consist of her translating sheets that she praises herself for typing out and she just bores us all .. Basically shes rubbish at teaching and I know french is gonna be my worst subject ! I've learned a lot of phrases for to give personal twist to it !
And for english as long as I know the poems by each poet i'll manage an essay ! I'm good at english got a B1 in my mock with no hints so I was pretty pleased ! Ya I'm not one for learning off essays too I believe if you know the information then you'll be able to create your own work in the exam
tbh i hated french last year too agh my teacher would just give us so much notes that made me hate the subject so basically i didnt focused on it much and focused on the other 6 subjects - though that was a bad idea as i wasnt feeling well for one of the subjects and didnt do well in that so yeah i guess if you focus on listening and comprehension ( 200 marks) and then pick some marks in the reactions you would do grand thats what im doing just practicing listening and comprehensions 0 -
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Copper_pipe wrote: »Our chemistry teacher said a different person is setting the paper for this year. It usually is Tim Desmond but this year irs his wife
:eek: are you serious so would that mean anything can come up for chemistry
so much for predicitions 0 -
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The way I've always done my 1913 Lockout essay I included all the above in one essay. (I did this for the mocks and got 93% in the essay)
Also, for European, you don't seem to have a Stalin/Lenin essay? Stalin or Lenin comes up every year.
So your saying add them all together and kind if adjust it to question asked? And ok I have like 3 sample answers on Stalin I will do them thank you 0
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