Grace is a disgruntled leaving cert student from Cork City, who would rather spend her time procrastinating about procrastinating than studying. She also likes to listen to music and is currently obsessed with Debussy, Radiohead and John Lennon…simultaneously. Future aspirations include journalism and happiness.
Well I thought it was about time I wrote my last blog post, since we’re going to be booted off any day now to make way for the next batch of helpless leaving certs. Despite promising myself weeks ago that I would check my results online (so as not to return to that awful place [...]
One day left folks, and hasn’t August 12th rolled around a lot sooner than imagined? I don’t have a whole lot to say here, this renewed sense of anticipation I’ve been trying to ignore is sitting rather uncomfortably somewhere in my stomach, competing for space with a family of butterflies. I do wish everyone the [...]
As a not so wise songstress once said, all good things come to an end. Apparently all manner of crappy things finally draw to a close, too. Walking out of my economics exam yesterday I felt two things: euphoria and relief. Finally, after years of preparing for one extremely intense and overly-dramatic set of exams, [...]
Leaving Cert biology: a course so vast and expansive that no paper could possibly examine more than a minuscule portion of it. This paper was no exception. I left the exam happy with my performance, but I really couldn’t help thinking of all the material I have learned and revised over the last two years [...]
After six years of learning French simply for the purpose of this exam, I’m at a bit of a loss now that it’s over. The written paper this morning was, in one word, ‘lovely’. Topics featured include global warming, sports, the importance (or subjective unimportance) of literature as a subject in schools, the internet and [...]
So, so tired. That business paper was absolutely exhausting. I ran out of time in the business mock, the paper was literally pulled out of my hands. There was a theatrical pen line across the page to demonstrate just how forcefully it had been taken from me. So for the exam today I was determined [...]
I recently blogged about how ‘pleasant’ maths paper one was. We now know why, don’t we? Paper two was, if not difficult, irritating at least. I was happy to see the first installment behind me, but half way through the second question this morning I was lamenting algebra-ridden paper one. Perhaps a compass would have [...]
It’s not even 4pm, I’ve had loads of sleep, no caffeine to speak of, plenty of all the right types of foods, I’m not too hot, not too cold, my room isn’t too noisy/messy whatever…I’m just not feeling it. Basically I’ve got absolutely zero excuse to sit about and fret, but I’m doing it anyway. [...]
I don’t think any Leaving Cert paper has garnered as much media attention as this year’s English 2, it has made quite a name for itself. Although many considered the original paper to be a ‘dream paper’, I think it’s fair to say that the contingency model lived up to the hype. There was a [...]
My homies Rich, Walcott and Bishop. They kicked me out. Ordinary level maths paper one served only to further my belief that the lead-up to the leaving cert is much more intense than the actual exams themselves. I’m not saying it’s not stressful, as I know that some people are under a lot of pressure, [...]
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