Theme of ‘the future’ gives some students a hard time [Independent.ie]
- Published: 10 June 2010
IT was a tale of two papers for Leaving Certificate English candidates in the first exam in the subject yesterday.
Some teachers deemed Higher Level challenging, while Ordinary Level students had an easier time of it.
‘The Future’ was the theme in the Higher Level comprehension section, with texts from an interview with Seamus Heaney, an Al Gore speech and the science- fiction novel by Ray Bradbury, ‘Fahrenheit 451’.
Alan Thompson, of TUI and Abbey Vocational School, Donegal, said that while the texts were fair he thought the theme was quite abstract, although overall he felt the paper was manageable.
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