TY can't shake 'doss year' image [Independent.ie]
- Published: 26 September 2011
'They have no homework, no study routine, they don't seem to do any real academic work in school and all the good study habits developed in preparation for the Junior Cert go right out the window."
These are the comments of one mother whose daughter did transition year last year and neither mother nor daughter have much positive to say about the experience.
"My daughter and her friends told me that after starting in fifth year," she went on to say, "they feel like they're beginning subjects like French and Irish for the first time. They've forgotten everything."
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