#myleaving

[stdygal]

june 15th 2016 // french + history ok so far i've done every exam reaction on the day of the exam but man oh man was i bummed the hell out on wednesday. anxiety was at an all time high and people discussing the exam had me in shambles. just like with english paper 1, i don't think i made any giant screw ups but it just wasn't fantastic. that's for both french and history. i have no idea if my work was anywhere near A standard. i highly doubt it. maybe it's my anxiety but i'm just not happy with the work i did. the papers were completely fine. more than fine actually, but i'm really not happy. it's a sucky way to feel. chemistry and hungarian on monday and tuesday though. hopefully i'll got through all my chem revision today so i have all of sunday to work on hungarian. hpat results come out on the 27th and i'm so nervous. i decided that if i'm overally lacking 30-ish points max i'll repeat the hpat. more than that and i don't think i can repeat the leaving + the hpat. this year was awful enough as it is. anyway i'm gonna go study chemistry now i hate everything. sighhhh

[stdygal]

june 14th 2016 // irish paper 2 + biology ordinary irish was completely predictable, no surprises there. spailpin fanach was great becayse i crammed it right before the exam. biology was much harder. now i feel a rant coming on but im too sleepy for that tbh. fair enough biology was a difficult paper, there was a lot of unexpected things. but if you didn't study the entire course then i don't know what you were expecting??? sure there are patterns but the sec can only ask things in the parameters of the leaving cert course and lots of people were caught out today. it really was very hard but difficult questions will level out for hardworking students with the bell curve. i really don't know where i'm at with that paper, a B at least i hope, but i really can't gauge it.. looking forward to getting history and french out of the way tomorrow. gonna have to wake up early tomorrow morning again. sighh.

[stdygal]

june 13th 2016 // maths paper 2 + irish paper 1 i was a nervous wreck last night. i could barely breathe thinking about biology and history and to top it off while dioing maths papers i couldn't get the awnsers and i was freaking out completely. so i gave up and went to bed and woke up at 4 this morning to study biology which put me a little bit more at ease. todays exams actually ended up going swimmingly even though i nearly started crying before maths because i suck at probability. i had ONE WHOLE HOUR to correct my maths exam and go through it completely once more. and was absolutely glowing. irish was a breeze too and the listening and composition topics were great. i'm so happy. i genuinely feel like i could get an A in maths, maybe a B in irish although it depends on tomorrow. im quite nervous for biology but im going to go cram everything now, hopefully i can make the A grade, fingers crossed.

[stdygal]

june 10th 2016 // maths paper 1 it went so much better than i could've ever expected and i'm so chuffed!!! i was able to awnser everything and even check over my awnsers!! this paper is my weakest and in the two mocks i've done i've done worse in paper 1 on both occasions so fingers crossed paper 2 goes well. i absolutely adore my maths teacher and she's really put me under pressure to go for the A so i hope i won't diasppoint her. we'll have to see if paper 2 is gonna be okay bc now i think i could be a contender. i'm a little stressed for next week bc: FRENCHH! HISTORYYY!!! BIOLOGYYYYYY!!!!!!!! those subjects are v v important and i need to do well when i say "do well" i mean As. actually now that i think about it i basically want As in everything but chemistry???? i know it's a lot of pressure buy ya know: "i'm lying in the gutter aiming for the stars" or whatever. anyways good luck to everyone. rest up, stay hydrated and stay studying. only a few exams to go!!!

[stdygal]

june 9th 2016 // english paper 2 today was honestly wonderful. dickinson came up, as well as cultural context and a question about the plot and subplot & heroicism in lear. i wanted to cry. i feel so relieved that i could vomit up all the quotes and analysis and really demonstrate the work i put into english. i literally love paper 2 so much. also a few people were giving out about the unseen poem but i actually thought it was quite good. well i like poetry in anyways to maybe that's why??? i honestly feel so much better right now and i'm totally ready to kill maths tomorrow. i decided to cram biology all weekend. i love the subject but i gotta make sure i have all my bases covered so i'm going to read my revise wise front to back. tomorrow i'm just going to look over american history and then do maths exam papers. i do not know how to do special angles but hopefully they won't come up??? next week is definitely going to be waaay more busy and stressful but through that exam i realised that the leaving is a marathon. 3 hours and 20 minutes of non stop, vigorus writing and i honestly feel like i'm dead on the inside (i am). but i'm going to take it day by day and focus on what matters. i need to stop putting my self down. i really want 500+ points and so i have to put in 100%. at least if i don't get it i'll know i did my best. well anyways good luck to everyone and don't put yourselves down. if today went well let that fuel your drive. if you're not happy that's fine, dust youself off and look forward to the next exam and give it your all.