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Too old to repeat leaving in secondary school?

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  • 05-12-2014 2:04am
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    TippLad87
    Registered Users Posts: 10 ✭


    Hi guys

    So basically I am 27 and looking to repeat my leaving cert. shocker I know as I am getting older. Basically what I am hoping to do is sit the full leaving cert again with two science subjects included.

    Unfortunately VTOS in tipp doesn't cover any science subject.

    I can't afford to go to a different county due to bills etc as it has to be in my home town.

    My question is am I WAYYY to old to go back to a secondary school to attempts a repeat. I know the social aspect will be different but I am willing to make the effort as it is what I want to do.

    Any help be appreciated


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    clearodara
    Registered Users Posts: 542 ✭✭✭clearodara


    Why not go to college? You should qualify as a mature student and would have an entrance exam/pre-interview before to see if your suitable. What would you hope to achieve by repeating your leaving certificate?


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    TippLad87
    Registered Users Posts: 10 ✭TippLad87


    clearodara wrote: »
    Why not go to college? You should qualify as a mature student and would have an entrance exam/pre-interview before to see if your suitable. What would you hope to achieve by repeating your leaving certificate?

    Well I enquired about this and due to the high volume they receive for mature students the only way that would make me stand out is having an exceptionally good leaving cert. I got just over 110 when I did it originally. So I would like to repeat the full lot and show the determination I have.


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    BetterThanThou
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    You could sit the leaving cert as an external candidate, and study on your own. Only issue is that with the science subjects, I believe you need a teacher to sign off on your work on the projects. As far as I know, the teacher that signs off on your work doesn't necessarily have to be your own teacher, perhaps you could arrange an agreement with your local secondary school for one of their teachers to sign them off.


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    spurious
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    You could do a PLC that has an access route to the course you want. Some (not many, but some) people on PLC courses have not got a Leaving.


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    Nono Toure
    Registered Users Posts: 312 ✭✭Nono Toure


    A friend of mine did his LC again at 27. He got on fine. Best of luck.


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    robman60
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    There's no real reason why you couldn't go back to a school. Even though the social side might be tough as you'll have 10 years on most of them. Even if it is, you'll still have your own friends to outside school hours.


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    chickcharnley
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    the original poster has raised an interesting point; repeating the leaving cert is your only option to help ensure that you get onto a high points course as the mature option is oversubscribed and the selection process is often dubious (people getting on courses because they know someone etc) I myself repeated on my own as an external candidate and got 570; at the time I couldn't afford to go to a private repeat school although I would have liked to; my advise forget about access courses and the like as places from this route are reserved for state organised/favoured cronies; knuckle down do some work contact local teachers to get help on certain subjects any more advice pm me


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    Eazzah
    Closed Accounts Posts: 70 ✭✭Eazzah


    There's a few lads repeating in my school who are 30+. They get on well with us and we have a good laugh all while getting work done. I don't see anything wrong with being 27 and repeating.


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    spurious
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    Eazzah wrote: »
    There's a few lads repeating in my school who are 30+. They get on well with us and we have a good laugh all while getting work done. I don't see anything wrong with being 27 and repeating.

    Are you in a mixed or single sex school?


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    Eazzah
    Closed Accounts Posts: 70 ✭✭Eazzah


    spurious wrote: »
    Are you in a mixed or single sex school?

    Mixed.


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    spurious
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    I know some schools (well, parents mainly) would have issues with 27 year old men being in the same class as 16 year old girls. It's a pity the OP isn't in an area that has specialist adult LC colleges.


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    Quazzie
    Registered Users Posts: 28,870 ✭✭✭✭Quazzie


    spurious wrote: »
    I know some schools (well, parents mainly) would have issues with 27 year old men being in the same class as 16 year old girls. It's a pity the OP isn't in an area that has specialist adult LC colleges.

    just men or women too?:confused:


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    spurious
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    Quazzie wrote: »
    just men or women too?:confused:

    Adults. It was men the poster referred to as being in their school.
    Actually they said 'lads' but usually I think that means men.


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    phoebo
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    spurious wrote: »
    I know some schools (well, parents mainly) would have issues with 27 year old men being in the same class as 16 year old girls. It's a pity the OP isn't in an area that has specialist adult LC colleges.

    Wow we have men in their thirties in some of our classes and I never even thought about it that way.. I've never heard of any parent having a problem with it either


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    chris241111
    Registered Users Posts: 47 ✭chris241111


    BetterThanThou wrote: »
    You could sit the leaving cert as an external candidate, and study on your own. Only issue is that with the science subjects, I believe you need a teacher to sign off on your work on the projects. As far as I know, the teacher that signs off on your work doesn't necessarily have to be your own teacher, perhaps you could arrange an agreement with your local secondary school for one of their teachers to sign them off.

    No, them days are over thank god, no science subject bar ag science and home ec needs signing off on.


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    doc11
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    spurious wrote: »
    I know some schools (well, parents mainly) would have issues with 27 year old men being in the same class as 16 year old girls. It's a pity the OP isn't in an area that has specialist adult LC colleges.

    What about the teachers? All female?


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