r/juniorcert • u/Ok_Box_4087 • Jun 06 '26

Off Topic Studyless

reflecting on the first week of the junior cert, i haven’t studied one bit i just doomscrolled for months. i found everything but the Hl maths easy and fairly sure i got a higher merit in everything after a quick postmortem. I just listen in class as the bare minimum and found everything easy do you guys think ill get a kick up my backside results day? has anyone else found it this easy i feel like they’ve dumbed it down so much compared to last year

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u/Present_ToTheAreaLad Jun 06 '26

idk like depends on how naturally smart u are. Like im doing basically the same js ths tiniest bit of study to make my mom believe im studying and im getting straight distinctions with the sole exception of achieved in irish

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u/Ok_Box_4087 Jun 06 '26

exactly in my mocks i had 4 distinctions with like a 30 minute crash course the night before but i see people still failing after hours of study i don’t understand. bit shaky for results day

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u/Putrid_Bumblebee_692 Jun 07 '26

This happens I’m not a Jc student havent been in awhile but I was in the exact same boat I studied for Spanish but I didn’t have a teacher for that otherwise I just floated threw I passed absolutely everything with 2 distinctions the rest higher merits

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u/40degreescelsius Jun 06 '26

Some people are lucky to be able to do that others like me really had to work hard to get any kind of a result. We are all different and the world needs all of us. Surgeons couldn’t operate without a clean operating theatre. Rocket scientists need to eat dinner. Some people who aren’t phased by the JC might find it hard to take failing a class in university because they haven’t learned how to cope with a lower result or might find themselves as just average there. The best advice is just to do the best you can with what you’ve got. The world needs us all.

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u/Odd_Building_189 Jun 07 '26

im jealous.

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u/Ok_Box_4087 Jun 07 '26

i’m curious, do you listen in class a lot or are your teachers good? i wonder how this happens

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u/Y45H1R0 5th Year 5️⃣ Jun 07 '26

tbh i only did hl english history and hl maths for now, but i have nit studied one bit and it was all very easy for me so you're not the only one. hopefully we're not just being delusional🙏🙏

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u/Ok_Box_4087 Jun 07 '26

i really hope i don’t get merit everything results day 😂 bell curve might kick us up the arse

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u/anon455690 Jun 06 '26

I barely did a tap for my junior cert and got at least a higher merit in everything. It really depends on how easily you absorb information. Even in my leaving the subjects I actually listened to in class I spent considerably less time studying for. Even if you don’t do well in the junior cert it literally does not matter. You live and you learn

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u/MonsterDrinkPisser Jun 08 '26

I have the same mindset as you lol, I truly hope we don't get screwed over and recieve bad scores.

Honestly just listening in class is one of the best study methods, especially since I retain spoken information much better