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  • 04-09-2009 10:55pm
    #1
    Sophsxxx
    Closed Accounts Posts: 285 ✭✭


    Hi.
    I'm 17. I've just done my leaving cert but didn't obtain the sufficient points for my courses. I've also been refused a PLC. I really want to get into journalism and was thinking about doing an internship or work experience or something like that. Can anyone advise me on what to do? I really need money or something to do for a year.

    Any suggestions??:)


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  • #2
    Firetrap
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,442 ✭✭✭Firetrap


    Have you thought about going back and repeating your Leaving Cert? You're still only 17 years old.


  • #3
    Sophsxxx
    Closed Accounts Posts: 285 ✭✭Sophsxxx


    Yep but I only found out today that I didn't get my course so I left it too late to go back to my old school and I was thinking of Yeats but my parents can't afford to send me there especially if I go to uni in Dublin. I'll have to learn a whole new english course and get a B in it. I don't think I can do that and a new history project and new irish poems and stories! It'll all be way too much!


  • #4
    Pythia
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,469 ✭✭✭Pythia


    You should also post in the Leaving Cert forum. You should definitely repeat. It's not as bad as you think. It will give you much more options. Enquire with the school or some other ones, you['ve hardly missed anything. Good luck!


  • #5
    gline
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,630 ✭✭✭gline


    Pythia wrote: »
    You should definitely repeat. It's not as bad as you think. It will give you much more options. Enquire with the school or some other ones, you

    Good advice. You are still very young, trust me you dont need to rush into the working world ;) there are plenty of years for that. A good LC will open up a lot of opurtunities for you in the future and you will have a better opurtunity to work in a position that you will enjoy more in the long-term.


  • #6
    Sophsxxx
    Closed Accounts Posts: 285 ✭✭Sophsxxx


    Thanks all for your input. Maybe repeating and working my ass off for nine months wouldn't kill me really!:D


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  • #7
    Paige Turner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 308 ✭✭Paige Turner


    Hi,

    I know Waterford maybe be a bit far if you are based in Galway but Waterford College of Further Education offer Part-Time Courses in Journalism. You do not need leaving cert points for this course. Maybe there might be something similar closer to home.

    Here are the links to the course anyway:

    http://wcfe.ie/evencourseaut2009/ev_printjournalism.htm

    http://wcfe.ie/evencourseaut2009/ev_printjournalism.htm
    :)


  • #8
    The Big Red Button
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,390 ✭✭✭The Big Red Button


    If you're not sure what you want to do, then repeating the LC is definitely the best way to maximise your options and decide what you want to do. Why do you say you've left it too late to go back to your old school - have you checked? Are there other local schools you could try? If you don't want to tackle the new English course, there are many other subjects that are doable in one year if you work at them. As another poster suggested, the LC forum would be a good place to find out more.


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