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Everyone has Irish as a subject, as part of a English/Irish/Maths trifecta, until they leave Secondary School.
Unless you're me, who's had to do every subject through Irish despite not living in the Gaeltacht.
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I literally think I'd have to kill myself. I was pleased when I got a D in my Irish Junior Cert. Seriously, I got 5 A's, but that D was the result I was happiest with.
I'm relatively familiar with the fact that Irish is only spoken in small areas. And I wouldn't try speaking it very much, anyway. I only remember a handful of words and phrases, and I have a basic understanding of the spelling schemes. Other than that, I'd be useless as a real speaker of the language. If I go to an area where it's spoken, I'd only use it as necessary. And, if I'd wanted to speak it on an actual conversational level, I'd need some language courses and a translation dictionary.
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Hey that's more than a lot of Irish people would know.
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Awesome. I guess that I could still get somewhere, then.
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Definitely more than I know, anyway. (@Musik, we got suspiciously similar JC results. I got 6 As and a D in Irish.)
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I got all B's and C's, all Higher Level.
Except for an E in Science, which I was damn sure I got a B in.
I'm glad that you folks use E's. Eagleland (America) uses F's, which has never made sense to me.
edited 18th Dec '13 10:56:43 AM by SpaceWolf
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Oh, we get Fs too. It goes A, B, C, D, E, F and NG. Usually at fifteen mark intervals, except NG, which is 0-10.
They do have medals for almost, and they're called silver!
Yeah, ours is as follows: A, B, C, D, F. There's no E, and nothing after.
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So they don't distinguish between levels of failing? 39% and 0% are quite different.
America is just stupid.
They look at the grade too, but failing is failing. They might as well not have that many grades.
what do you mean I didn't win, I ate more wet t-shirts than anyone else
I thought you thought it was stupid.
what do you mean I didn't win, I ate more wet t-shirts than anyone else
I do, but I'm American, so I reserve the right.
edited 18th Dec '13 11:52:00 AM by SpaceWolf
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So am I, and calling a country stupid over their grading system seems a little harsh.
what do you mean I didn't win, I ate more wet t-shirts than anyone else
I was actually being facetious. Somewhat, anyway…
edited 18th Dec '13 11:58:20 AM by SpaceWolf
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A cynic huh?
Hello, brother.
what do you mean I didn't win, I ate more wet t-shirts than anyone else
\*returns hug*
what do you mean I didn't win, I ate more wet t-shirts than anyone else
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E's from 39% to 25%, and F is 24% to 10%.
Also, we have no + or - marks. Instead, we split C and lower into three levels (C1 is best C, C3 is worst C), usually at 5 mark intervals. NG doesn't get split, and A and B only get two levels.
Furthermore, the system is split into two levels: Higher and Ordinary, with the three core subjects (Irish, English and Maths) getting an additional Foundation level.
Now, the Leaving Certificate essentially decides whether or not you are allowed to do various courses at college level. Each grade's sublevel is assigned a point value. A Higher Level A1 is 100 points, an Ordinary Level A1 is 60 points (equivalent to a Higher C3) and a Foundation Level A1 is 25 points (equivalent to a C3 in Ordinary Level). Your top six test results (normally, every student does 7 tests) are added up for a total point value out of a possible 625 points. The extra 25 points is awarded to those who achieve a C3 or higher in Higher Level Maths, as long as Maths is in their top six.
College courses are given points values based on difficulty, demand and availability. For example, in my local university, Computer Systems (Read: Computer Science) is only 360 points, due to low demand. Furthermore, different colleges can also have requirements that must be met in order to do a course, or even attend the college. For example, the aforementioned Computer Systems course requires a C3 or Higher in Higher Level Maths.
The application system also has Rounds of Applications and cutoff points when all available seats have been filled, but that's really complicated. It just means that getting those 360 points wouldn't guarantee you a place in that Computer Systems course.
Thanks for clarifying.
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Also, if you use Irish in anywhere that isn't a Gaeltacht area, you probably will be greeted by looks of confusion. I've had to study it in school for about 8-9 years and your grasp of it from the Internet is probably just as good as mine.
Northern Ireland's nice too. One place, Newry, is about an hour and twenty minutes from Dublin, and has a really nice (at least by my standards) shopping center, called the Quays.