Doomsday

So I've got my pres (mocks) starting tomorrow! Everyone is panicking and terrified yet I'm pretty chilled right now to be honest! 
Relax good people! Tomorrow is NOT doomsday! There is life after the pres! *

A Good Night Out...

I know you're suppose to take it all serious and "what if this was your real leaving cert blah blah ..." but I've decided to have a different out look on it. Yes I have done some studying but following my mother's illness I haven't done much study thus my pres to me are just a simple test of what do I actually know. 


I'm not expecting great results, I know that they are a reflection of what studying I have done. And yes, this does apply to you too! (unless you're extremely sick on that day or other valid good reason. No, a hangover does not count.) So if you don't get great results, although you did do more than 3 hours of studying at night, somethings wrong there! 


That probably means you didn't do effective studying. 
You gotta ask yourself; 

• Was I logged into 'Facebook'? 
• Was there lovely background music on?
• Did the dogs come in and out of my room/kitchen?
• Was I hungry/tired/cranky?
• Did I just read several pages?

If you answered yes to any of those questions, then dude I'm sorry but you did not do any effective studying! Especially if you answered yes to the last question. Unless you're like 1 in a million and you've got great photogenic memory then don't waste your time reading shit! You won't remember two thirds of it! Better off doing questions or making pretty posters for your wall with useful information like me! Point is the results will show me what I already know and what I need to focus on! You've got 5 moths left to go, relax there is plenty of time to revise and learn new things and get it into your brain! ")

Check out these bad boys due to go on my wall later!*

 

* N.B. If you wish to download/copy/share my photos please ask permission first.

Other Options

So this week I learnt why it's important to put down level 6/7 options or apply for a community college.


Yes you may be well capable of getting 625 points but can you predict the future?

So my pres are right around the courner and this week I haven't really been able to study due to an illness in the family. So I guess what Im saying here is that you never know what could happen in June! God forbid you break your arm for the last 3 test and all you get is 300 points. Better have a back up level 6!

CAO: Time is Running Out!

There is six days left until the CAO needs to be filled in.


I have got zero options for level 6/7. I dunno I've never thought about going to an IT or a senior college. Maybe I'm just being university snobbish! What to put down? What to put down?


Everyone should make a backup plan!
If all fails I shall:

• learn to play acoustic guitar
• Buy some ripped jeans
• Grow my hair
• Plan busking weekends
• Learn to sing
• Then go busking and live of my voice...

So yeah I did get kicked outta choir but hey people might give me money to stop singing! Good old verse psychology! 

Entry Requirements: Update

So I had emailed the lecturer of the course that I wanted and he replied last night.


I have to say, he is a very negative man! He claimed that even if I got 600 points without a C2 in maths i wouldn't get into the course. Can he be anymore depressing!? And he also said that if I really wanted that course I should be getting an A1 or minimum B1in maths! 


Seriously, he was so negative. I thought the purpose of having a lecturers email on the prospective is to encourage you to do their course! Obviously I got v-upset! But it's ok though. I have gotten myself a maths tutor and will work my ass to prove him wrong. His negativity is now my motivation! (:

Entry Requirements

So yesterday I had a freak attack! On analysing my cao course choices (see what I did there :P ), I realised that with my Christmas test point I would have totally got my course. 


Then when I looked at the entry requirements again I noticed it had said that a C2 in higher level maths was necessary. Ya I got a D2! For F sake! 


So does that mean I wouldn't get in, though I got higher point then what is required?


After starring blankly at the laptop screen for about an hour I decided to email the course lecturer guy. Pending reply...


To change CAO or drop down in maths?

Word of The Day!

Word of The Day:  Analysis


- It is a noun ( I think?)
- It basically means the separation of component part and looking at what makes it whole. 
- Use it in poetry, novels, plays or in situations to describe your reading of it. 


Examples:

• In my analysis of this poem... (Simple english: looking at this poem)
• On analysing these lines... (Simple english: looking at what these lines mean)
• Johnny was analyzing the play... (Simple english: he was describing the play)
  
  Both spellings of analyzing/analysing are correct. Spelled with a 'z' is American spelling while with an 's' is European English.

Word of the Day!

In poetry or novel questions I'd like to believe you can earn brownie points by using fancy term!


Word of the Day:  Nostalgia 

- It is a noun

- A fancy term to describe a sad longing to go back into a though, memory or a time in the past.

eg: It appears the poet has a nostalgia for her childhood in the country side.

Don't believe me? Ask The Puppy of Knowledge !

The love of a Couch

The love of a couch is quite amazing.
How it holds you perfectly, how its centered just right, to give you the best possible view of the tv!


Tonight after school I had math lecture and tutorial until 8.30. Got home for 10 to 9 and quickly put on the garlic bread and pizza in the oven and rushed to the couch! 'Sex and the City' - the movie was on at 9!


Spent all night watching it and just now remember I had homework! But it's ok. When you're trying your best at school and sometimes feel overwhelmed, a quick cure might be to just forget the homework and relax for 3 hours. 


Go on, go watch something good. You deserve it!


The love of a couch is a mighty one! Ah, sweet procrastination !

Just My Luck!

Of course the one day I take out my umbrella from my school bag, it pisses rain.


#cheers Ireland

The Overwhelming Leaving Cert.

You know that overwhelming feeling of impending doom?  Ya I'm totally feeling it today.

It feels like a little girl inside me is crying out to study, because the less I study today the more I will have to study tomorrow.

However, someone not so old but ever so wisely reminded me today that succeeding in the Leaving Cert. is 99% up to you. The 1 % is the support from your parents and your school. The rest is up to you.

How to self motive?

1. If you feel your parent(s) aren't supportive or don't understand:
   Read them out one of the essays for a comparative study.
   Show them your exam paper and tell them that will be x hours long.
   Explain your subjects and what must be done.
   Explain to them the points system.
   
   If  they aren't supportive it's most likely because they just don't get it. So explain your situation and why you might be feeling a bit down in the dumps and grumpy. ( in a nice way).
2. If your grades sucks:
   Well if your failing something, the good news is, it can only get better! (hopefully)
   Let your NG or D be your motivation. Is that all you think your worth? Are you happy with that? Is it a good enough standard for you?
   
   If yes, then well done kido!
   
   If no, then time to crack open the books and swap seats in class.
   Sit beside someone brainy who does get it.
   Don't pick on the kid just because their brainy. Remember they will go to university and rule the world and make fancy phones that you will buy!
   There really is no such thing as a stupid question. Ask everything you don't get!
   Teachers are being paid by the your parents tax money, so on a technicality you're the boss (or not) and ask what you need to know or what you don't know!
   If someone will laugh at you for asking, let them be! I bet they didn't get it at first and had to eventually ask someone to go over it again, even if it wasn't the teacher. No one is perfect and that's ok. (:

So if no one will motivate you to study, go ahead and self-motivate! 

Oh and most importantly, do not forget to reward yourself! Even if it is with 1 hour of effective study and 30 minutes of coronation street or 30 minutes on 'Facebook'!

*hint* Don't log on 'Facebook' until you have your study done! 

Not A Great Day

Being surrounded by text books, sample papers, revision books, refill pads and lots of multicolored pens and yet not feeling the motivation to study! 


I have got 164 hours left to study until the pres. To be honest all I want to do is go to sleep! 


So today seems like I have been on a big fat roller coaster.
The Ups:

• Got a B2 in Irish test. Yaaay.
• Kicked ass in french grinds!
• Had an unreal dinner. (:

The Downs:

• Found out will have to give away my puppies :'(
• Lack of motivation 
• Cannot find a good maths tutor! 

Somehow the downs seem to be out weighing the ups and truthfully man, I am feeling quite low and vulnerable today.

Homework; one of the many joys of being a student.

So last night was v-intense!


How is that teacher feed you with a load of crap, about the importance of studying for your pres and then give you so much homework? So much that you end up spending all of your time, from 6.30 in the afternoon until midnight doing nothing but homework!


It is ridiculous! I mean I'm all for doing homework don't get me wrong here, but I could have done so much more with my time, had they spared me some extra questions! I could have baked some lovely coconut cupcakes, studied, checked my 'Facebook' a few times, watched 'The Big Bang Theory', etc.


It's 8 o'clock in the morning now. I have been up since 6.45 finishing the homework. I have no study done and now all I can think about is the coconut and cherry cupcakes that never got baked last night...  :(


Oh the joys of homework! 6th year, you are some life sucking bitch man!

CAO + Hear

I thought I was being smart back then, filling out my CAO in November and applying for my hear application form asap but now it's January and here I am sitting and thinking of all the options I put down and you know what? I'm still not sure of what I wanna do! I only know one thing for sure!

I really really really wanna go to university! 

To do what though? 

• Join clubs + societies!
• Go to all the insane house parties! 
• Make random best friends on a night out that turns into a morning of confusing in some other county!
• And the freebies! Oh how I cannot wait for the freebies !
• Student discount! 
• Find my prince charming...
• Find a gay shopping addict bff for life!

And graduate with a bachelor of God only knows what!

If for 2 seconds I forget all of that and really focus on what I will be potentially doing for the bigger half of my life, I still don't know! At this point I'm more interested in my third choice than my first!
So does that mean I should change it? Or will I only change my mind again in a few more weeks? 

Here is a new plan of action! 

1. Go to university & graduate
2. Recession will still be moderately strong so go back to university
3. Try out a whole different course & graduate
4. Go travelling for a year
5. Come back. Recession will be over. 
6. Choose which career to follow having two bachelor of something!

Perfecto! Life is now sorted, right?

Calculations

Pres are coming up!

So I've got 16 days left to go.

384 hours available to study.

Minus 128 hours for sleeping.

Minus 50 hours in school.

That's 206 hours to study and revise!


I've got 7 subjects and 3 with 2 exam papers, so mines 3 subjects and divide by 4?

Hold up now...
It's 3 subjects with 2 papers = 6 exam papers all together. Plus 4 full exams is 10 exams all together!

Divide by 10. . .

20 hours and 6 minutes per subject (included duo papers)

Divide by 16 days. Oh holy mother of God! I've got to 1 hour and 29 minutes per day! I suppose I should do at least 3 sessions so that's 4 hours and 27 minutes to spread out 10 papers!

Haha we almost forgot food ! Minus 1hr 30mins..

Study Motivation*

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Procrastination: Update.

Almost 3 hours have past, so here is a little update.

Literary Genre word count: 0

Hair: washed, dried and shaped.

Puppies:  Fed and played with.

'Facebook': Checked and updated ( x30,000)

Inspiration/research for essay = Nada!

Procrastination

So it's almost 8 o'clock at night and I still haven't started my comparative essay. I honestly don't know how people have survived the Leaving Cert through all these generations. I guess a while back they didn't have the likes of 'Facebook' or 'Bebo' or even 'The Sims 3 Pets' to distract them- still though, there must have been something for their procrastination.

No point in looking for an excuse right?
If they could do it and get awesome grades, then why can't I?

I did quit my job and I'm not stuck in a dead-end relationship, so I guess now I've got the time to study and do all those wonderful things that all student do... 

Hmmm to study or to go wash my hair and make it all lovely?

I think we both know which one it's going to be!