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too much pressure on junior cert students?

Alanthroneus · 2007-09-13 08:26:31

Was goen to put this in jc forum but its more of an ah thing. im sure you heard of the young girl who jumped in front of the dart and died yesterday after getting her Junior Cert results. To me this is a definate indication that there is far too much pressure on kids, cuz thats what they are, to do well in this , all in…

13-09-2007 8:26am

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Alanthroneus

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Was goen to put this in jc forum but its more of an ah thing. im sure you heard of the young girl who jumped in front of the dart and died yesterday after getting her Junior Cert results.

To me this is a definate indication that there is far too much pressure on kids, cuz thats what they are, to do well in this , all in all meaningless set of exams

what do you think?

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#2 13-09-2007 8:30am

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Very little to do with the results I would wager. She got 7 honors.
There is way more to this, the JC results mean bugger all. So dont go all Sun on us ok.

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#3 13-09-2007 8:35am

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The JC should be made easier and shorter. You should be allowed bring in your books with you as well. It's too damn hard as it is. There is far too much stress involved with this life changing exam.

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#4 13-09-2007 8:38am

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There's two threads dealing with pressure on JC if you want more info
"Incident" at Howth Junction station
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055149597

Please, please.....look around.
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055149786

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#5 13-09-2007 8:39am

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Jumpy wrote:

Very little to do with the results I would wager. She got 7 honors.
There is way more to this, the JC results mean bugger all. So dont go all Sun on us ok.

Either way the results pushed her over the edge.

when you are doing the JC, teachers in the school make it out to be the biggest most important thing they'll do before the leaving, which it isnt.

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#6 13-09-2007 8:42am

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What Biko said.

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