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What students really think about the exams

WHAT WERE everyone else's experiences with the infamous English Paper 2? Hopefully a little less idiotic than mine: for some reason I peeled the backing off the sticky strip on my answer book before starting the exam, and wrote a full 24 pages with the answer book stuck to the desk. WHY? Good question. My poor superintendent had to peel it off the desk, sellotape, sign and stamp it. Not one of my finer moments.

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 collective sigh of relief in my exam centre this morning as we each read the questions, then sat back content for all of 30 seconds before lashing into it.

It's all over now and the horror that was attending school on a Saturday is no more.

It's all about Irish 1 and maths 2 now. I'm seriously banking on a recession essay for Irish, if it doesn't feature then I'll have to be very creative.

As for maths, if the paper is anything like the first then it should be pretty okay. Grace - leaving-cert. net

Lovely, lovely paper. Thank you Louth! I'm not even joking, thanks for giving me the extra time to study! boards.ie

It was actually the sexiest paper ever! It turned out to be easier than the one we were due to have and the unseen poem was really straightforward. I was able to answer everything and get about 4 or 5 pages from each question. I'm thrilled. allhonours.ie

Loved Macbeth. I did the question about Duncan's death affecting Macbeth and Scotland and it was very nice altogether, quite general. Thrilled theme and issue came up as well, that was really unexpected! As for the poetry - ew! I know I rambled on a bit but sure, at least it's over!! Definitely liked this paper more than I would have liked the original. Eimear - leaving-cert.net

What the hell was up with the poetry questions?? They've never been that specific before. I couldn't do the Walcott question! boards.ie

So happy with that. Was a bit disappointed that Longley wasn't there but the questions were so specific that it may not have mattered! Did Bishop, the first Macbeth question and cultural context. Really happy overall. Thank God its finally over! boards.ie

Will people please stop being mean to the guy who handed out the wrong paper. I'm not just saying that out of a post-nice-paper love but out of common decency. Everyone makes mistake.

While I find general stupid Louth comments quite amusing, hearing of photoshopped images of the man in question and a dunce's cap is a bit sickening. Have some sense of decorum and a basic respect for fellow man, why dont cha? Marie - leaving-cert.net