What the .........?

shane0312

Is it just me or do you think the article in the times a few days ago about a girl who got 600 points was crazy. She starts by saying shes not your average 600 pointer, but then goes on to mention that she studied at least 5 hours every weekday and then 10 hours a day on the weekends!!!! Amongst this she "managed" to fit in going to the gym, taking walks and going out, although I cant see where she fitted it into her schedule. She gave up all sport and lost contact with her old friends. Surely the leaving cert shouldnt become this big a part of your life.

JackKelly

lol, she was in my class in the institute. By "not your average" LC'er, meant she wasn't a nerd. If you want 600, that's what you need to do.

(To get an idea of what she's like, she once said she doesn't talk to northsiders)

seamus

Well think about it this way;

Weekday: Get up at 6.30. Take 2.5 hours to get to gym, workout, shower, and go to school.
Begin school at 9.00, end at 4.30. Home by 5.00. Study for an hour. Take 30 mins for dinner. Study for 4 hours.
Bed at 10.30.
Total sleep: 8 hours
Total life: None.

Work this out for the weekend, and you see how she fitted it in. Chances are she didn't go to the gym every day, but got up and studied anyway. There are also plenty of people who function with 6 hours' sleep, which gives her more time.

Essentially she's a freak who never spent any time just vegging out watching TV like a normal person. That's what you gotta do if you want 600.

CrimE

seamus wrote:

Essentially she's a freak who never spent any time just vegging out watching TV like a normal person. That's what you gotta do if you want 600.

Well said. Personally I am aiming for the mid 500s but I will not be dumping my friends/sport/life as a result. I read the article and wasnt impressed by it at all. her "guide" to getting 600 was a joke and I found she had nothing useful to say however if she is satisfied to have given up her life for a year to get into a course then fair enough thats her perogative.

Not for me, or any of my mates who I have talked to.

Shrimp

it's no wonder she did well, she did 45 hours a week study all year. thats almost more study than sleep... cos on weekends u migh stay awake late etc..

*Angel*

Insane, tell me that she at least needed the high points please...

doctor evil

Stimulants........

Lord Oz

I hate reading these types of stories, they always make me feel like an idiot, especially since I haven't started studying.

CrimE

*Angel* wrote:

Insane, tell me that she at least needed the high points please...

Yeah she was going for actuarial studies or something 570 points but still...

Funkstard

I read that too, and posted somewhere here that it's absolutely ridiculous to think you have to study that much.

I bet you she's just another ditz who happens to be able to study well

4Xcut

TimAy wrote:

(To get an idea of what she's like, she once said she doesn't talk to northsiders)

this is precisley why everyone thinks anyone from the southside has there head so far up their arse so as to use their eyes to check their tanned abercrombie branded heart

chickens

Tell me she counted study as homework as well?!

I can't imagine actually being able to give up so much time like that!

Lord Oz

Youth is too short to throw away studying.

Paul_D

I’m aiming to get 600 points this year, but no way I would study 5 hours a day. In fact I’m not doing any study at all, nor half of my homework. :cool: I devote a lot of time for cycling and computer programming. :cool: But it is impossible to get 600 points without studying , so I will start studying at least 1-2 hours a day few months before the exams.

Lord Oz

I can see those 600 points mean an awful lot to you.

Stompbox

Funkstard wrote:

I read that too, and posted somewhere here that it's absolutely ridiculous to think you have to study that much.

I bet you she's just another ditz who happens to be able to study well

Damn I was about to say that. I wonder how 'intelligent' she actually was

tripper

Yeah i read that and everyone would be thinkin that shes well sound, id say she is a ****in poncey bitch alot of people are like that in the institute but most people are bang on. And her guide to gettin 600 am..... thanks for stating the obvious there. Revise your notes everyday ehhhhhhh duh

Complete and Utter overkill. If ever there was an article to tell you not to aim for 600 points, this was it. more study than sleep? she can kiss my arse with her Actuarial degree. I know someone in her course who did enough work to get by till christmas, upped the ante and studied hard for her mocks and then harder for the Leaving.


She managed to have a life.

CrimE

Haha gotta love the reactions to her and the article, not a very popular person here is she

Outcast

I know quite a few people who are aiming for six hundred or who have gotten six hundred and none of them study half as much as this one did. They are just really smart. The reason she wasn't typical was that she wasn't actually as intelligent as a lot of them but burnt her ass off, and then has the cheek to claim to be better, prettier, more sociable etc. than your "average 600 pointer".

ratboy

anybody else think she was pretty hot? personality of a plastic band though.

shane0312

Yeah I heard she was hot too, though I read the article on the Internet, which didnt have a picture :eek: Still doesnt take away from the fact that shes an ejit with her head up her tanned arse.

CrimE

Haha I was wondering who was going to bring that up first. I resisited the temptation. Yeah well lets say I wouldnt kick her out of bed for eating crackers

JackKelly

i'll tell you first hand that yes, she is kinda hot. In a rabbit/porn star kinda way. I think we should stop giving this almost celebrity status though.

Funkstard

From the pic in the paper she looks alright - she has a squegg face though, like Minnie Driver

d4gurl

She came into my class the other day to give the teacher wine! I thought she was nice! Give the girl a break she worked hard she got the results! She did easy enough subjects though! I mean buisness, ecconomics and accounting - all three subjects people usually take up in a year!! I'm doing Chemistry, Biology, History and German not exactly easy ( not that those buiseness subjects are but come on chemistry ewww!!!) She's right she isn't the typical 600 pointer. Whats wrong with being honest!Why am I even bothering? I think I'll go to bed because this is just really pointless!!!) P.S. Please don't bother correcting me on my spelling or grammer I'm sick and tired.....

abercrombie

d4gurl wrote:

She came into my class the other day to give the teacher wine! I thought she was nice! Give the girl a break she worked hard she got the results! She did easy enough subjects though! I mean buisness, ecconomics and accounting - all three subjects people usually take up in a year!! I'm doing Chemistry, Biology, History and German not exactly easy ( not that those buiseness subjects are but come on chemistry ewww!!!) She's right she isn't the typical 600 pointer. Whats wrong with being honest!Why am I even bothering? I think I'll go to bed because this is just really pointless!!!) P.S. Please don't bother correcting me on my spelling or grammer I'm sick and tired.....

yeah chemistry....:p

Funkstard

I too am tired. I've got a ****ing cold, and its not even cold outside. Bollocks so it is

abercrombie

Funkstard wrote:

I too am tired. I've got a ****ing cold, and its not even cold outside. Bollocks so it is

awwww

*hugs funkstard*

grimloch

Funkstard wrote:

I too am tired. I've got a ****ing cold, and its not even cold outside. Bollocks so it is

The cold is a virus though isn't it? Not actually directly affected by the weather. Therefore it need not be cold for you to contract a cold.

Funkstard

I don't care what science tells me, I only get colds when its cold outside