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

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Chemistry with a shît teacher would be an absolute nightmare.

LoveLamps

Poliana.xo wrote: »

Ouch Yeah my teacher isn't great either, but at least she has experience :eek: It's horrible, for me accounting and maths are the only subjects you actually really really need decent teachers for.

If all goes to plan(starting to think its a big if), im gonna shove my B1 (or better) in her face and say it was all thanks to my grinds teacher

Poliana.xo

thelad95 wrote: »

No.
Irish
Geography
French/German
Biology
Chemistry
Physics
Applied Maths

I'm sure there's more...

I sort of agree, but then again, for some subjects you can make do without a great teacher.

I had three different teachers for geography so far, all ****e, my biology teacher in 5th year spent two weeks doing the scientific method (at least she left..), my french teacher has probably spent half of the classes discussing politics and throwing random vocab at us..

Yea, I'm lucky with my teachers :pac:

LoveLamps

thelad95 wrote: »

No.
Irish
Geography
French/German
Biology
Chemistry
Physics
Applied Maths

I'm sure there's more...

Physics definitely all understanding, thankfully ive got an awesome teacher whose helping to design the syllabus (maybe this makes up for the crap accounting teacher)

peekachoo

You don't need a good teacher for geog or bio imo. Just gotta learn off and regurgitate the stuff on the day :pac:

bb1234567

Poliana.xo wrote: »

I sort of agree, but then again, for some subjects you can make do without a great teacher.

I had three different teachers for geography so far, all ****e, my biology teacher in 5th year spent two weeks doing the scientific method (at least she left..), my french teacher has probably spent half of the classes discussing politics and throwing random vocab at us..

Yea, I'm lucky with my teachers :pac:

People always say that but its mostly untrue. I do bio and geo..last year I was doing badly at bio but did around same amount of study. Last year I was doing great at geography and doing same amount of study as this year. Nothings changed other than my teachers for both subjects, now doing so well in Bio have an amazing bio teacher my old teacher was terrible. Now have an awful geo teacher,and Im so worried about geography, my old teacher was so good.

My new teacher didnt even teach us geoecology he just gave us the notes

Teachers make such a big difference

Poliana.xo

bb1234567 wrote: »

People always say that but its mostly untrue. I do bio and geo..last year I was doing badly at bio but did around same amount of study. Last year I was doing great at geography and doing same amount of study as this year. Nothings changed other than my teachers for both subjects, now have an amazing bio teacher my old teacher was terrible. Now have an awful geo teacher, my old teacher was so good.

Teachers make such a big difference

I am not saying they don't, a good teacher is a huge advantage.

What I mean is that you can do well without a great teacher if you are motivated. I know a lot of people blaming their teachers for failing, but in reality they have it all in the books in front of them. Although teachers help, you are the one doing the learning. So really it is possible to do well with a bad teacher, or fail with a great teacher :P

thelad95

peekachoo wrote: »

You don't need a good teacher for geog or bio imo. Just gotta learn off and regurgitate the stuff on the day :pac:

Some people might do. With Geography, you can just get notes pretty easily at a low cost, learn and regurgitate. For Bio, there are some chapters which would definitely need a teacher. Personally, I wouldn't have a chance of understanding some things like Protein Synthesis, Plant reproduction or Respiration/Photosynthesis without my teacher for the last three years who was fantastic.

In fact, the more I think about it, the less I think you need a teacher for Geography. Just get Exam Skills by Sue Honan. It's all there to get an A1 (it doesn't cover regional very well though imo).

Peregrine

MightyMandarin wrote: »

Tbh I've heard quite the opposite. Many of my friends do it and aside from one, who happens to be a mathlete, everyone hates/doesn't do great in it.

Usually has a 26-29% A rate. As Aspiring said, most people who take it up would at least have an interest in maths and/or physics.

It's not the subject with the highest As though. There are some really niche subjects, like Russian. 79% of students got an A in HL Russian in 2013..these examiners have probably never seen a bell curve in their lives!

Latin also springs to mind.

thelad95

bb1234567 wrote: »

People always say that but its mostly untrue. I do bio and geo..last year I was doing badly at bio but did around same amount of study. Last year I was doing great at geography and doing same amount of study as this year. Nothings changed other than my teachers for both subjects, now doing so well in Bio have an amazing bio teacher my old teacher was terrible. Now have an awful geo teacher,and Im so worried about geography, my old teacher was so good.

My new teacher didnt even teach us geoecology he just gave us the notes

Teachers make such a big difference

Same here. In fairness, all you have to do is learn it and regurgitate it. Understanding geoecology is an unnecessary indulgence :P

There is another teacher in my school who always gives out the 4 geoecology essays at the start of 5th year and they are made regurgitate them once every week. Good idea I suppose.

Poliana.xo

thelad95 wrote: »

Same here. In fairness, all you have to do is learn it and regurgitate it. Understanding geoecology is an unnecessary indulgence :P

There is another teacher in my school who always gives out the 4 geoecology essays at the start of 5th year and they are made regurgitate them once every week. Good idea I suppose.

My economics teacher did this with definitions, and although I absolutely hated him for it in 5th year, now I find myself thanking him :pac:

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My history teacher made a great point when we were in third year, he said;

"The teachers who are a pain in the hole now will be the teachers you'll respect when you're doing your leaving cert" and it's actually so true.

Sure we had a laugh with some teachers during our time (don't talk to me about JC maths) but if you learned nothing from them you'll realise how bloody stupid they were when you're actually working hard for something.

(I still hate the baldy cnut though :P)

Poliana.xo

Who on this is heading UCD next year? Did you go to the open day? Isn't it like the best place ever :pac:

thelad95

Poliana.xo wrote: »

Who on this is heading UCD next year? Did you go to the open day? Isn't it like the best place ever :pac:

Yes, hoping to do Commerce International.

Facilities are incredible but it's not for everyone. Some people can get very lonely, especially if you don't mix easily.

Aspiring

I got a decent bunch of teachers thankfully. I still think how well somebody does mostly comes down to how well they work on their own. A teacher can only do so much. Even if you have the best teacher in the world if you don't study or do homework, you're not gonna do well (most subjects). For some reason, a lot of people allow themselves to feel dislike, even hate towards a teacher. This is really counter productive. I've seen people refuse to go to extra classes because they dislike the teacher. Silly stuff. If you don't like your teacher, you're not gonna want to listen in class or work hard. Rant over

LoveLamps

Poliana.xo wrote: »

Who on this is heading UCD next year? Did you go to the open day? Isn't it like the best place ever :pac:

I got to shadow a law student for a day there last year. Got to go to his tutorials & lectures and he gave me a tour of the entire campus and the libraries it was greeeeeeeeaaaatt

My no.1 is DCU though

Aspiring

Poliana.xo wrote: »

Who on this is heading UCD next year? Did you go to the open day? Isn't it like the best place ever :pac:

I love it! Did you go to the new science centre?

aleatorio

Poliana.xo wrote: »

Who on this is heading UCD next year? Did you go to the open day? Isn't it like the best place ever :pac:

I am, hopefully!

Poliana.xo

thelad95 wrote: »

Yes, hoping to do Commerce International.

Facilities are incredible but it's not for everyone. Some people can get very lonely, especially if you don't mix easily.

I have commerce as my number 3 :P the law and business buildings are beauuuutiful, and I personally love that it is so big!

aleatorio

Aspiring wrote: »

I love it! Did you go to the new science centre?

I was at their science open day, like the one just for science courses, and bejaysus the new building is lovely XD

LoveLamps

thelad95 wrote: »

Yes, hoping to do Commerce International.

Facilities are incredible but it's not for everyone. Some people can get very lonely, especially if you don't mix easily.

This.
Im one of the most outgoing people youll meet but i still want a sense of community!
Also the fact that every student gets to use the gym for free is just great

Poliana.xo

LoveLamps wrote: »

I got to shadow a law student for a day there last year. Got to go to his tutorials & lectures and he gave me a tour of the entire campus and the libraries it was greeeeeeeeaaaatt

My no.1 is DCU though

I would have loved that, I want to do law myself!

Aspiring wrote: »

I love it! Did you go to the new science centre?

I did, it was all overwhelming :pac: Motivation!

thelad95

Poliana.xo wrote: »

I have commerce as my number 3 :P the law and business buildings are beauuuutiful, and I personally love that it is so big!

What's your 1 and 2?

Poliana.xo

thelad95 wrote: »

What's your 1 and 2?

law&business, law, commerce and then it moves on to DCU :P

LoveLamps

Poliana.xo wrote: »

I would have loved that, I want to do law myself!



I did, it was all overwhelming :pac: Motivation!

Are you a guy? you'll love it(regardless of if youre a guy or not) The tort law tutor was some 4th year student and oh. My. God. Carlsberg dont do women but if they did...

AtomicKoala

Nimrod 7 wrote: »

It's not the subject with the highest As though. There are some really niche subjects, like Russian. 79% of students got an A in HL Russian in 2013..these examiners have probably never seen a bell curve in their lives!

It's examined as a two year course... and taken by fluent Russian speakers.

You do the maths :pac:

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LoveLamps wrote: »

Are you a guy? you'll love it(regardless of if youre a guy or not) The tort law tutor was some 4th year student and oh. My. God. Carlsberg dont do women but if they did...

She'd be fücking a pint of beer....?

AtomicKoala

Hotale.com wrote: »

She'd be fücking a pint of beer....?

Leave you feeling like ****e and full of regret the morning after more like I'd say :pac:

KonnieD12

What would be a better course International Business and Lanuguges in DIT, Law and Business DIT or Arts with Economics and Legal Studies in NUIM?

thelad95

KonnieD12 wrote: »

What would be a better course International Business and Lanuguges in DIT, Law and Business DIT or Arts with Economics and Legal Studies in NUIM?

We aren't all guidance counsellors noob.