Leaving Cert 2014 OT v2.0 - Official Bitch & Moan thread

aleatorio

I never did Plath

Peregrine

aleatorio wrote: »

I never did Plath

You were deprived of good poetry

Aspiring

aleatorio wrote: »

I never did Plath

She really is something special.

sammydev

The calm before the storm, I have a feeling this will go mad this evening

Aspiring

sammydev wrote: »

The calm before the storm, I have a feeling this will go mad this evening

Yes. The number of "please feel sorry for me" posts will be too damn high.

Osmosis Jones

Did a four page GVV question there in 50 minutes, happy with that, only problem is I now need to let my hand recover for the next two hours

Peregrine

I'm waiting to see if there will be any "I studied Macbeth for single text but I didn't see it on the first page so I answered on this book called Pride and Prejudice that I didn't read." threads.

Aspiring

Nimrod 7 wrote: »

I'm waiting to see if there will be any "I studied Macbeth for single text but I didn't see it on the first page so I answered on this book called Pride and Prejudice that I didn't read." threads.

"I answered on Heaney even though he wasn't on the paper, will I lose any marks?"

Hotale.com

Aspiring wrote: »

"I answered on Heaney even though he wasn't on the paper, will I lose any marks?"

We will definitely see this.

Aspiring

Also:

"Who were all d people hu said Heaney and Dickinson were defo comin up??? I didn't see dem on d paper??? It's all your fault!!! How was I spose to no ur spose to no more dan 2 poets???"

Peregrine

Aspiring wrote: »

"I answered on Heaney even though he wasn't on the paper, will I lose any marks?"

Yeah, that'll be my thread :pac:

Aspiring

Aspiring wrote: »

Yes. The number of "please feel sorry for me" posts will be too damn high.

"I only studied Lady Macbeth, Dickinson and GVV and none of them came up can I still pass English?"

peekachoo

Any last minute tips for someone that actually hasnt ever written a cultural context essay? :rolleyes:

Aspiring

peekachoo wrote: »

Any last minute tips for someone that actually hasnt ever written a cultural context essay? :rolleyes:

Compare the texts, say how it was similar or different between one and the other two. Do this for each. Write a detailed response, at least 4 distinct points. You can make up the response easily

peekachoo

Aspiring wrote: »

Compare the texts, say how it was similar or different between one and the other two. Do this for each. Write a detailed response, at least 4 distinct points. You can make up the response easily

Thanks! :P
see we only kinda focused mainly on Theme/Issue for which I could write a fairly good essay on in my sleep.
I just wasnt 100% sure about like linking an aspect, say role of women, to a key moment in the text or how it shapes a character

3 years of LC english and I'm still unprepared :rolleyes:

peekachoo

In general, people perform better on the 70mark Comparative opposed to the 40/30.
For CC pick the one that is the most open so you can fit your strongest points in. For example, one year I think the 70marker was all about the role of men and women. I only had a paragraph prepared on it so that year would have been horrible.
That being said, if you can alter your points to include the specificity of the question then do.

peekachoo wrote: »

Thanks! :P
see we only kinda focused mainly on Theme/Issue for which I could write a fairly good essay on in my sleep.
I just wasnt 100% sure about like linking an aspect, say role of women, to a key moment in the text or how it shapes a character

3 years of LC english and I'm still unprepared :rolleyes:

In Never Let Me Go, we can see that women are more independent than in All My Sons. Kathy has a career of her own and travels alone in the novel. She also describes to us how the women may have multiple sexual partners while she stayed in The Cottages. This type of behaviour would be unheard of during WW2 when AMS was set. Kate is a housewife, above all. Joe Keller is the breadwinner in the family. We see this when he tells his wife "You wanted money, so I made ya money." The women in AMS have less independence and depend on men to provide for them. This is more evident when George arrives at the house and tries to control his sister, Anne. However the role of women is definitely progressing towards that of NLMG. Anne refuses to leave with her brother and has her own job.

That's not very good but it's off the top of my head

peekachoo

How did they expect an entire 70m essay on just that?

still not open to coming sitting this paper for me? :pac:

LoveLamps

Not gonna lie i am very very nervous
I dont know how many quotes i actually know and wont find out til 2pm
Ah ah ah
I mean it could go well if the questions go my way but still


Fcuk you english p2, fcuk you

There was a 70m on social class too, i have social class as 1 point...

kn2k10

LoveLamps wrote: »

Not gonna lie i am very very nervous
I dont know how many quotes i actually know and wont find out til 2pm
Ah ah ah
I mean it could go well if the questions go my way but still


Fcuk you english p2, fcuk you

I'm in the exact same boat as you.

Osmosis Jones

I know very few quotes for Macbeth, although reading over my mock which I did quite well in, I just made up some quotes :pac:

I know it may be a bit late but I found this on my computer if anyone wants to look.

Peeks I wrote a sample above for you about Role of Women

peekachoo

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I know it may be a bit late but I found this on my computer if anyone wants to look.

Peeks I wrote a sample above for you about Role of Women

You're only the best :pac:

Saskatchewan

My current state is a weird mixture of laughing and crying, while slowly rocking back and forth.... Paper 2

peekachoo

peekachoo wrote: »

You're only the best :pac:

peekachoo wrote: »

still not open to coming sitting this paper for me? :pac:

Yeah I'm still not up to sitting the paper for you :P

Keeks96

Deleted User wrote: »

I know it may be a bit late but I found this on my computer if anyone wants to look.

Peeks I wrote a sample above for you about Role of Women

brilliant Banquo essay!!

Shaunicus

Cultural Context would be lovely if it came up

aleatorio

Ok I have a question, my writing is rather small, average of 14-16 words per line-
For Macbeth, a majority of my A1 essays are 3.25 pages long - would it look bad in the exam if my answer was only this long? I'm sure if written in large writing it would be longer but I'm not going to go and try alter my writing today :pac:

My poetry answers are usually the same length and comparative generally is about 4.5
Is that ok.....?

kn2k10

Will I get bonus marks if I put a note on my paper saying I'm illiterate, then the corrector will think I tried really really hard?

peekachoo

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Yeah I'm still not up to sitting the paper for you :P

Bollix :P

Keeks96

Keeks96 wrote: »

brilliant Banquo essay!!

Thanks! Disappointed I couldn't use it for myself last year :P

Shaunicus wrote: »

Cultural Context would be lovely if it came up

Depends the questions can be really horrible for it

aleatorio wrote: »

Ok I have a question, my writing is rather small, average of 14-16 words per line-
For Macbeth, a majority of my A1 essays are 3.25 pages long - would it look bad in the exam if my answer was only this long? I'm sure if written in large writing it would be longer but I'm not going to go and try alter my writing today :pac:

My poetry answers are usually the same length and comparative generally is about 4.5
Is that ok.....?

Yeah you'll be fine. As always quality > quantity but the examiner can tell if you've written appropriately on the size of your writing. Sure if someone fit 7-8 words per line then the essay you wrote would suddenly be 6-7 pages but it's still the same essay!