The leaving cert saga is drawing to a close

Dear all,

The leaving cert exams start this week. Some of you may be correcting these exams, some may even be supervising the exams in your own school (how this is acceptable is beyond me).

It is thanks to Norma's algorithm that I must sit three exams. Expecting us to sit exams having been out of school for 9 months, is an insufferable ask.

We have been forgotten about. The algorithm was not meant to score political points for addressing educational inequality. In scrapping standardization these grades lost all credibility.

I start with English on Saturday and I implore whomever corrects my exams to take these extenuating circumstances into account.

I know it is the SEC's plan to ensure there is as little fluctuation as possible between our calculated grades and leaving cert grades. You as chief examiners have the power to change this.

I wish all my fellow students the best of luck in these exams. We paid the price so that the underserving may attend college.

My own teachers have been great in giving of their time to prepare me for these exams and I know the majority didn't want this.