Exam Diary: The notes are read and the prayers have been said [Independent.ie]
- Published: 08 June 2011
BY now, the notes have been read, and the prayers have been said. It's time to kick off.
More than 55,000 Leaving Cert students begin exams today. About 50 different subjects will be tested over the next two and a half weeks. And there will be 350,000 grades in all, handed down by about 2,800 examiners.
However, to each Leaving Cert student today those numbers mean little. They are focussed on their own paper, their own emotions, as they begin with English Paper 1 and home economics.
All of the radio stations yesterday were giving advice to students and parents. They told us not to stress out too much, to try and keep calm.
They are of course right, but keeping calm is easier said than done.
I have just one exam today -- English Paper 1. It is a paper that is very difficult to prepare for.
It consists of three comprehensions, where students answer a question A followed by a question B, which demands a more creative style of writing. Students must then do an essay.
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