June 9th. The day Michael J Fox & Johnny Depp were born. Also the day Charles Dickens died. Assuming you make it through to tomorrow, it’ll also go down in history as the day your leaving cert started…

Every day i go blank. These blog posts don’t write themselves. Behind each one is an idea. Something creative.

We recently posted about the leaving cert timetable for 2010. It would be a good idea to have a read of that post and download the full timetable for the 2010 leaving certificate, but more importantly you should create your own mini timetable.

Since there’s still more than half a year left before the exams, it’s not too late to think about notes. Not the most enthralling subject, but important for the Leaving!

So you have little to no motivation…what do you do? Well you are never going to get any motivation. That is a fact that cannot be argued.

Your exam dates are looming in the future, filling you with anxiety and dread. Your books and notes remain untouched in the corner of your room because you don’t even know where to begin studying.

Just received some info about rte’s exam site – well worth checking out people…

Not long to go now. This is the time of year when pressure is applied from all angles. Media start hyping it up, exam guides start coming up in numbers, teachers start last minute cramming classes, old students like me will tell you that the only way to success is working 24/7 and revising your own personal collection of carefully constructed notes put together since 3rd year

Here are a few tips which I found helped me out a lot during the Leaving Cert…

You don’t manage your time properly – you can wave goodbye to maximising your points. You MUST look at the length of exams, the number of marks per question, the number of questions required…