Haunting_Echoes
October 31st '05, 03:49 PM
I don't know if anyone else knows about the Irish schooling system, other than me, and I mean the South Irish school system. Personally I find it to be totally useless. I mean it's not like most other systems that I know of which have coursework or assesments throughout the year. For secondary schools in the south of Ireland, your entire grade is based on exams at the end of the year. Some subjects for the Leaving cert, which is the important exam, have projects (the leaving certificate is the equivilant of the English A-Levels) which count to some part of the grade, but a lot don't. I had the misfortune to take all subjects where only final exams count. Because those were the subjects I like, and as such I was somewhat penalised for liking certain subjects.
I think it would probably be a lot easier for students here to have assesments throughout the year, as it would take some of the pressure off for the final exams. As I had 7 subjects to complete exams for. The breakdown of which was something like this:
English; two papers, roughly three hours each.
Irish; two papers, rougly 2 and a half to three hours each, a listening exam, and an oral exam.
Maths; two papers, about 2 and a half hours each.
French; One paper roughly three hours long, a listening exam and an oral exam.
Physics; One paper roughly three hours long.
Biology; One paper roughly three hours long.
Geography; One paper, roughly three and a half hours long.
Does anyone else see the stress that puts students under? And that's ignoring the fact that pretty much all of those exams take place within two weeks.
I think it would probably be a lot easier for students here to have assesments throughout the year, as it would take some of the pressure off for the final exams. As I had 7 subjects to complete exams for. The breakdown of which was something like this:
English; two papers, roughly three hours each.
Irish; two papers, rougly 2 and a half to three hours each, a listening exam, and an oral exam.
Maths; two papers, about 2 and a half hours each.
French; One paper roughly three hours long, a listening exam and an oral exam.
Physics; One paper roughly three hours long.
Biology; One paper roughly three hours long.
Geography; One paper, roughly three and a half hours long.
Does anyone else see the stress that puts students under? And that's ignoring the fact that pretty much all of those exams take place within two weeks.