Last week, I talked about picking options for the Leaving Cert. On Friday, I handed in this form: I talked with a lot of people about which options I’d choose. I got John’s old school-books and leafed through them to get a feel for some of the subjects too. I also talked to a couple [...]
This week, because I’m not doing Transition Year, I have to pick my 5th year options: the subjects that I’ll be doing for my Leaving Cert in 2013. The options are listed above. The ones I’m considering (marked with a * above) are Biology, History, Home Economics, Music and Physics. Because there was some confusion [...]
Last night, I was involved in the Concern School Debating Competition. We were debating against another Limerick school the motion that a year on after the earthquake, the developed world has been a good friend to Haiti. We were opposing the motion, which I was happy about, as it’s the side of the argument I’d [...]
For Junior Cert Music, which I do, you have to do four practical pieces for the exam. I’ll be doing two on voice and two on drums. One of the songs I’ll be singing is this one, A Long December by Counting Crows. Counting Crows are a relatively new find for me. I’d known Accidentally [...]
I got my Junior Cert Mocks timetable today and I gotta say that I’m happy with it. (Click for bigger) Posting might be sporadic for the next four weeks or so as I’m in the midst of the exams. Yes, they’re only my Mocks and yes, it’s only the Junior Cert but like I said [...]
Or: In Defense of Irish I was talking with my Dad (through Irish) the other day about how the language has some really beautiful turns-of-phrases. I agreed with him but pointed out how I didn’t think Irish as a subject in school was geared keeping appreciation for the language going and generally keeping the language [...]
I started my last two weeks of proper school today, which means that come this time 3 weeks, I’ll be on summer holidays. I’ll also be in France! :) Before that, though, I have to get through 10 summer exams! Irish, English, Maths, History, Geography, CSPE (stands for Civic, Social and Political Education; basically learning [...]
There have been so many posts bitching about the Irish education system – this isn’t one of them. According to a new survey conducted by Newspoll for training website reasontospeak.com, the fear of public speaking ranks number one in the minds of 23% of people. Think about that for a moment. To some (23%) people, the [...]
I enjoy almost all aspects of the second-level English course. Media studies, journal entries, fiction, you name it, I’ll enjoy it. Except poetry. For the most part, I enjoy reading poetry. I just don’t enjoy studying it. Don’t worry, this isn’t one of these teenage angst posts about how ‘the Irish secondary school system is [...]
Christmas exams have started in full swing today and I like to think I’ve hit the ground running. Today was Science, CSPE and English, and I was pleased with how they went. I had study periods before each of them and I did my best to revise a little of everything in the time that [...]