Today, most students came out of the Maths leaving cert exam (paper 1) upset and angry at what many felt was the toughest paper on record, at least at higher level. Maths for me was my worst subject and it still is (but luckily i no longer have to be examined on it!). Here’s my two cents on just how useful it is in it’s current state…
Image via Wikipedia Like i predicted the day i sat it, i passed my repeat maths exam. Yet again, i show i’m a master at valuing my own ability. I got 42%. To quote myself from an earlier post; I’ve got between 45%-60% overall by my own scoring. 45% absolute worst case scenario. So that … Read morepassed my repeat maths exam
On Wednesday, i tried ringing my college literally 10 times throughout the day and couldn’t get through at all… so i sent them an email. The problem i had was about registration for 2nd year. Other people had gotten their letters and dates – i got nothing. Some people were even registering Thursday and Friday … Read more2nd year in college – here i come
I had my maths repeat exam today. Fail it, and i’d have to wait until May 2009 to get another crack at it. No way did i want that… i’m the type of person that thinks about big upcoming events on a daily basis – i can’t just put something like that to the back … Read morePassed Maths
At 3pm tomorrow, i’ll be getting stuck in to a two hour maths exam (yes i know the plural is technically ‘math’ but i prefer the more working class ‘maths‘). Why? Because i failed at the first attempt back in May. Almost 4 months later, i’m back, much more pumped up for it and much … Read moremaths take two