Exit Stage Right

TWENTY EIGHT DAYS TO THE LEAVING CERT!

How does that make you feel? Personally, it makes me happy. That isn’t out of lust for exams though, my masochistic spirit doesn’t extend quite as far as that. No, I’m counting down the days cause I so desperately wish to be finished with school. I now have eight full days left, and they can’t pass quickly enough. Today was my last ever Wednesday half-day! (Next Wednesday is Fun day. That’s gonna be a no-show.) Onto two seemingly hot topics of the moment: leaving stuff out and predictions.

I’m sure at the start of 5th year most of us decided that we would study ALL of the English poets and cover every possible maths question, it’s better to be safe than sorry, y’know. Not gonna happen. As I mentioned before, either Rich or Bishop will feature on English paper two, and both Walcott and Keats are heavily tipped to come up. Luckily, I happen to know Walcott’s stuff quite well and I actually like Keats. His poetry is rather pretty…unlike that of Bishop which makes me die inside. Just a little. If you happen to like Bishop then good for you, cause covering the two female poets should have you sorted.

As for maths, I’m taking the ordinary level paper and have decided to omit sequences and series, probability, theorems and enlargements. Doing so made me extremely happy. I answered the questions on both probability and sequences and series in the pre…I’m not too sure how that went but basically I should still have choice if, say, the trig question is fugly. Business studies is a great subject to have when it comes to ignoring entire sections of the syllabus. This years “ABQ” (which is sort of a case study, for those who don’t do business) focuses on units 1, 2 and 3 of the course, and therefore those should be concentrated on. However it is up to us to decide which two of the remaining five units to ignore, should we wish to do so. Go on, it’s surprisingly satisfying.

I don’t think I’ll actually disregard any of the biology course, however I am concentrating on ecology, reproduction and genetics as they’re pretty much a sure thing. Given the amount of choice on the biology paper I probably won’t have to answer on a whole lot else. I like it. Irish paper two is so convoluted that I have no idea what it is safe to skip or not, I just remembered that An Triail exists. Oh joy. Dá mB’Fhéidir Arís Dár gCumann and An Mháthair are due for higher level, so I suppose I better figure out what they’re about. Considering the fact that the poems are printed on the paper and I don’t need eight billion and six points, it’s very tempting to leave that up to fate. And so ends the summary of what I personally plan on revising, after Gossip Girl of course. (Season Two is outstanding!)

I hope anyone isn’t getting too stressed or freaked out…I’ve come to the conclusion that it’ll end the same way whether or not I stress. Although ‘pressure’ is certainly both motivating and conducive to good study, stress isn’t and I’m sure we’re all under enough pressure already without voluntarily adding to it. So take a deep breath, listen to Badly Drawn Boy and happy studying 🙂

16 thoughts on “Exit Stage Right”

  1. I always, always forget about An Triail. And you have to search through the paper to find it too, after all the other useless crap before it. The mock was the first time I ever saw an Irish exam paper, and not knowing wtf all that was paniced me a ridiculous amount.

    I’m debating over whether to leave out units 6 & 7 or 4 & 5. I really hate the EU, and that expanding the business nonsense, but alllll the management stuff is so ridiculously boring, it’s unbeliveable. I’d like to leave it all out, thank you please.

  2. Am I the only one here who does ordinary Irish? In my school there’s like 10 people who do higher…

  3. I hate 4, 5 and 6…I don’t mind 7 so much though. Think I’ll leave out the unit with Insurance and all that jazz. Booooring. At least we have three “easy” units for the ABQ.

    There are only 10 of us too, Emerald ^ But then again there are only 40 or so of us in my year, and just over half of us are Irish.

  4. Irish Paper II is the most ridiculously convoluted confunding exam paper ever to curse this earth with it’s sections and subsections and subsubsections and the general WTF!?

    Just one of the many reasons I hate Irish II more than anything in this world.

  5. There’s only 4 of us in HL Irish in my year (of about 60). Two are only really keeping it because they want to be primary teachers.

  6. I totally agree Liam…they need to tidy it up or something. I vote that they just ignore the section involving An Triail. And Stair. And all of paper two seachas poetry. That’s vaguely amusing at times.

    That says alot, Aoife ^

  7. HL Irish is for FREAKS

    Not even ultra-nationalists can speak it properly. They can barely come up with motivational slogans…

  8. For freaks cause you don’t do it, eh?

    I don’t mind which level I do in Irish, but I’m quite good at bullshitting Irish so I might as well do higher, for points sakes.

  9. Oh my God…

    “with it’s sections and subsections and subsubsections and the general WTF!?”

    IT’S?

    I apologise from the bottom of my heart, everyone. I don’t know what came over me. It won’t happen again 🙁 I was just carried away in the heat of my hatred for Irish II…

    🙁

  10. I’m with you on that hatred of paper two.. But considering it isn’t worth as much as paper one or the oral/aural.. Meh, will just take it as it comes and throw my all into it while actually sitting the exam but until then, other subjects take priority!

  11. Liam, I suggest you commit sepuku. It is the only way to shed this terrible shame you have brought upon yourself.

  12. Orla Hates the LC!

    Gossip Girl….YEAH!!!:)
    HL Irish….BLAH!:(
    I’m not sure i’ll leave anything out for business….it is very hard to distinguish between every boring unit on the course!:P

  13. It’s okay Liam…no need to beat yourself up about it. You’re amongst friends after all.

    And I like your thoughts Marie. It doesn’t make economical sense to spend too much time on it.

    Gossip Girl ROCKS!

  14. Orla hates the LC!!

    season finale of Gossip Girl!!!=(
    Don’t think its coming back either!!!!!:(:(:(
    what will we do…..???????????……………STUDY maybe!like we should be doing!:P

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