*JC 2012/2013 Off-Topic Thread*

Snncc

sotisme wrote: »

I would be so grateful if someone could point out my mistakes in this letter!

Dublin, le 3 mai

Cher Robert,

Je serai de retour de mon voyage scolaire á Paris! J'ai arrive chez moi hier soir en bateau. Il était un long voyage et malheureusement, la mer a été trés agitée- c'etait casse-pieds! Cependant, j'étais heureuse car je n'ai pas eu le mal de mer.
C'etait un experience super, cela m'a beaucoup plu. J'ai fait tout les choses tous les jours! J'ai passé dix jours lá-bas. Au debut, j'ai visité le musée avec mes camarades et mon prof de francais. Il était trés interessant mais un peu fatigant.
Le seule chose j'ai préfére était la nourriture. Tu as de la chance, la cuisine de la France, c'est genial! Chaque diner, j'ai mangé un grand repas, mon plat préfére était les escargots!
J'ai fait des echats aussi, j'ai acheté un nouveau survetemant, c'est chouette! C'est bleu avec un peu rouge. C'est enorme aussi, ma mere pense qu'il est trop large pour moi! En revanche, il me faire trés comfortable.
As-tu des projects pour les vacances? Tu visiteras tes grands-parents á Limerick encore? Mes vacances? J'ai organise beaucoup de choses! Je travaillerai dans un petit boulot a cóte de ma maison pour une mois. Il sera un peu ennuyeux mais je gagnerai beaucoup de l'argent pour acheter un nouveau portable. Je passerai juillet á mon gíte á Wicklow. Il se trouve au bord de la mer et j'adore faire de la natation donc c'est parfait pour moi! Il y a un centre du shopping á cinq kilometre de mon gíte donc je ferai des achets aussi.
Voilá, c'est tout pour l'instant! Je dois aller, mon díner m'attend sur la table. Ecris-moi vite, j'attends avec impatience de ton reponse,

Á Bientót,

Bronagh

ps. Some of the fáda's are wrong and I don't know how to do a hat fáda so please don't point out those mistakes. I'd also be sooo grateful if you could grade it, do you think it's good enough for an A? Honestly please!

Thanks

It's a really good letter, I think it's A standard, you have used a lot of different verbs in different tenses which is needed in an A standard letter. Just one point, if you're writing as a boy it's 'préféré' if you're writing as a girl it's 'préférée'. There is always an extra 'e' for a girl, you might be docked a few marks or just one mark, depends on the standard of the exams in general Otherwise, it's pretty good!

3yearstudent98

It's very long! I don't think you'd be able to get that much down tomorrow..

sotisme

Snncc wrote: »

It's a really good letter, I think it's A standard, you have used a lot of different verbs in different tenses which is needed in an A standard letter. Just one point, if you're writing as a boy it's 'préféré' if you're writing as a girl it's 'préférée'. There is always an extra 'e' for a girl, you might be docked a few marks or just one mark, depends on the standard of the exams in general Otherwise, it's pretty good!

Thanks so much!

sotisme

3yearstudent98 wrote: »

It's very long! I don't think you'd be able to get that much down tomorrow..

In the mock i had enough time for both the formal and informal letters haha!

Jijsaw

sotisme wrote: »

In the mock i had enough time for both the formal and informal letters haha!

We never did formal letters in class but if one (very unlikely) comes up, I should be able to string a couple of fancy sentences together (hopefully)

Lost In Confusion

Jijsaw wrote: »

We never did formal letters in class but if one (very unlikely) comes up, I should be able to string a couple of fancy sentences together (hopefully)

if it comes up they give a choice :L

emzana

sotisme wrote: »

I would be so grateful if someone could point out my mistakes in this letter!

Dublin, le 3 mai

Cher Robert,

Je serai de retour de mon voyage scolaire á Paris! J'ai arrive chez moi hier soir en bateau. Il était un long voyage et malheureusement, la mer a été trés agitée- c'etait casse-pieds! Cependant, j'étais heureuse car je n'ai pas eu le mal de mer.
C'etait un experience super, cela m'a beaucoup plu. J'ai fait tout les choses tous les jours! J'ai passé dix jours lá-bas. Au debut, j'ai visité le musée avec mes camarades et mon prof de francais. Il était trés interessant mais un peu fatigant.
Le seule chose j'ai préfére était la nourriture. Tu as de la chance, la cuisine de la France, c'est genial! Chaque diner, j'ai mangé un grand repas, mon plat préfére était les escargots!
J'ai fait des echats aussi, j'ai acheté un nouveau survetemant, c'est chouette! C'est bleu avec un peu rouge. C'est enorme aussi, ma mere pense qu'il est trop large pour moi! En revanche, il me faire trés comfortable.
As-tu des projects pour les vacances? Tu visiteras tes grands-parents á Limerick encore? Mes vacances? J'ai organise beaucoup de choses! Je travaillerai dans un petit boulot a cóte de ma maison pour une mois. Il sera un peu ennuyeux mais je gagnerai beaucoup de l'argent pour acheter un nouveau portable. Je passerai juillet á mon gíte á Wicklow. Il se trouve au bord de la mer et j'adore faire de la natation donc c'est parfait pour moi! Il y a un centre du shopping á cinq kilometre de mon gíte donc je ferai des achets aussi.
Voilá, c'est tout pour l'instant! Je dois aller, mon díner m'attend sur la table. Ecris-moi vite, j'attends avec impatience de ton reponse,

Á Bientót,

Bronagh

ps. Some of the fáda's are wrong and I don't know how to do a hat fáda so please don't point out those mistakes. I'd also be sooo grateful if you could grade it, do you think it's good enough for an A? Honestly please!

Thanks

I'm not grading this or anything because I'm only in JC myself! Just letting you know that letters and postcard/note are the section with the least marks in the exam so don't stress over it too much! But I'm sure you'll get a high grade by the looks of that letter!

Snncc

Jijsaw wrote: »

We never did formal letters in class but if one (very unlikely) comes up, I should be able to string a couple of fancy sentences together (hopefully)

We didn't either, that's what I'm worried about! Fingers crossed

sotisme

emzana wrote: »

I'm not grading this or anything because I'm only in JC myself! Just letting you know that letters and postcard/note are the section with the least marks in the exam so don't stress over it too much! But I'm sure you'll get a high grade by the looks of that letter!

Thanks, french was my worst mock result and I'm reealy hoping for an A, especially since I'll be doing it for the LC! I have worked so hard for it but I'm still so scared and I got like no study done today because I had to cram history and I've a feeling that I'll forget everything!

emzana

sotisme wrote: »

Thanks, french was my worst mock result and I'm reealy hoping for an A, especially since I'll be doing it for the LC! I have worked so hard for it but I'm still so scared and I got like no study done today because I had to cram history and I've a feeling that I'll forget everything!

I know Don't panic it's just the JC after all! Just stay calm you've obviously put in the work good luck

pa limerick

What is the likely hood that the renaissance will come up for section 6 A

Lost In Confusion

pa limerick wrote: »

What is the likely hood that the renaissance will come up for section 6 A

i thought i was finally finished with maths and probability :P

greenpyjamas

pa limerick wrote: »

What is the likely hood that the renaissance will come up for section 6 A

No clue, bloody hope so though!

CathalRyano

Anyone got any History predictions?

Also does anyone know if dates are worth much at all? If I talk about say the cuban missile crisis but don't say when something happened (apart from maybe year) does that matter?

Mary A

this has nothing to do with science but theres only 20 people in my exam room like my friends in other schools have 100 or more .

DublinArnie

Mary A wrote: »

this has nothing to do with science but theres only 20 people in my exam room like my friends in other schools have 100 or more .

There's only 11 in my class room ... and i'm one out of two people who do higher level everything in my exam room .

Mary A

DublinArnie wrote: »

There's only 11 in my class room ... and i'm one out of two people who do higher level everything in my exam room .

ohh so small! half the class is doing pass and other higher xD , im doing all honours. only 3 subjects left for me !!

Mary A

DublinArnie wrote: »

Lucky! ... care to swap lives? I want my summer holidays early! :mad:

nahh im okk :P , just skip the exams lol ( jokin) , my friend never showed up to her maths exam :'o

DublinArnie

Mary A wrote: »

nahh im okk :P , just skip the exams lol ( jokin) , my friend never showed up to her maths exam :'o

Go on ye' rebel! There's these two people in my class who ATTENDED 0 EXAMS so far ... they're either hard men, retarded or both. Why don't you skip the exams?! :rolleyes:

spurious

CathalRyano wrote: »

Anyone got any History predictions?

Also does anyone know if dates are worth much at all? If I talk about say the cuban missile crisis but don't say when something happened (apart from maybe year) does that matter?

They are not that bothered about the dates. If you get them right, great, if you get them wrong, it's not important.

Mary A

DublinArnie wrote: »

Go on ye' rebel! There's these two people in my class who ATTENDED 0 EXAMS so far ... they're either hard men, retarded or both. Why don't you skip the exams?! :rolleyes:

:P lawl , actually I might not come in for science , home eco or Spanish theres no point :cool:,

DublinArnie

Mary A wrote: »

:P lawl , actually I might not come in for science , home eco or Spanish theres no point :cool:,

Good thing the mods can tract your iP address and probably contact the nearest school to that iP address and tell them what you're planning . My Home Eco teacher ain't great ... I want an A but i'd probably end up with a B or even worse, a C .

spurious

There are lots of reasons why people may not sit their exams, including parents keeping them at home to do things. It's not as simple as they don't want to or couldn't care less.

Not everyone has supportive families and good learning environments.

Mary A

DublinArnie wrote: »

Good thing the mods can tract your iP address and probably contact the nearest school to that iP address and tell them what you're planning . My Home Eco teacher ain't great ... I want an A but i'd probably end up with a B or even worse, a C .

ahh I don't care , awh my home eco teacher's really good , shes expecting all of us to get a's :rolleyes:!! , you'll do good home eco is not that bad and you already have 4o % in the bag well it depends how u did in the practical's, my muffins burnt , but I covered them with icing sugar :'D and I don't think she notice :P

DublinArnie

spurious wrote: »

There are lots of reasons why people may not sit their exams, including parents keeping them at home to do things. It's not as simple as they don't want to or couldn't care less.

Not everyone has supportive families and good learning environments.

One of the kids in my class ditched school, he said it himself. He left school just before the mocks, and hasn't come in ever since. He lives in a "gangster" livestyle with drugs and violence. He's off the school roll a few weeks ago ... the teachers are still shocked such a thing would happen.

DublinArnie

Mary A wrote: »

ahh I don't care , awh my home eco teacher's really good , shes expecting all of us to get a's :rolleyes:!! , you'll do good home eco is not that bad and you already have 4o % in the bag well it depends how u did in the practical's, my muffins burnt , but I covered them with icing sugar :'D and I don't think she notice :P

.. Didn't she taste em? XD My practical went really good ... and my childcare project is boss (my teacher thought I copied and pasted all of it because I used "techniqical" words) .

spurious

DublinArnie wrote: »

One of the kids in my class ditched school, he said it himself. He left school just before the mocks, and hasn't come in ever since. He lives in a "gangster" livestyle with drugs and violence. He's off the school roll a few weeks ago ... the teachers are still shocked such a thing would happen.

We used to have a lot of that in the 80s, people leaving in April of their Inter./Group Cert.. It's a recipe for someone who will cost the tax payer a lot of money, between social welfare, prison costs etc.. Of course, some of them made it, but more didn't.
In the case you mentioned, his slide into that lifestyle didn't happen overnight - are his parents around?

DublinArnie

spurious wrote: »

We used to have a lot of that in the 80s, people leaving in April of their Inter./Group Cert.. It's a recipe for someone who will cost the tax payer a lot of money, between social welfare, prison costs etc.. Of course, some of them made it, but more didn't.
In the case you mentioned, his slide into that lifestyle didn't happen overnight - are his parents around?

I don't know anything about his parents. Last time I recall seeing an adult with him, he was arguing with her and cursing, that was in about 1st year. He smokes and everything, I remember everyday smelling smokes near him ... it was a pain especially that I had to sit beside him for some classes. He's a bad apple, but he can actually do well when he tries, I remember him scoring As and Bs in history and english.

Mary A

DublinArnie wrote: »

.. Didn't she taste em? XD My practical went really good ... and my childcare project is boss (my teacher thought I copied and pasted all of it because I used "techniqical" words)

she only tasted the inside the inside wasn't burnt :pac:, , my childcare project was good my mum helped me do it :P

DublinArnie

Mary A wrote: »

DublinArnie wrote: »

.. Didn't she taste em? XD My practical went really good ... and my childcare project is boss (my teacher thought I copied and pasted all of it because I used "techniqical" words)

she only tasted the inside the inside wasn't burnt :pac:, , my childcare project was good my mum helped me do it :P

Tutut ... what did ye do for your project? :rolleyes: