Failing the leaving cert.

7sr2z3fely84g5 · 07-06-2011 03:05PM #1

Is it possible to fail it?,i never heard anyone failing it all,unless you sit in the hall and do actually nothing.

OutlawPete · 07-06-2011 03:06PM

You'll certainly fail to leave home so

orourkeda · 07-06-2011 03:06PM

It is.

HalloweenJack · 07-06-2011 03:08PM

If you get caught cheating, you fail and, afaik, can't resit the Leaving for three years.

Not entirely sure about that second part, though.

Doyler92 · 07-06-2011 03:08PM

Sergio Ancient Yoga wrote: »

Is it possible to fail it?,i never heard anyone failing it all,unless you sit in the hall and do actually nothing.

No, it's impossible to fail it.

OMG Its EoinD · 07-06-2011 03:09PM

I think a relative of mine failed it. So yes. You can.

Fago! · 07-06-2011 03:10PM

Anything's possible if you get smacked on tequila.

mikemac · 07-06-2011 03:10PM

In the old days if you failed Irish you failed your LC

Conor108 · 07-06-2011 03:12PM

Ah the memories lolzzzzz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1z_WHOnHjA4

Overheal · 07-06-2011 03:13PM

Failure measured by not getting what you're after I suppose.

Pauleta · 07-06-2011 03:13PM

2 people in my year failed it. One because he wasnt the brightest and the other because she did higher level on nearly everything and didnt meet her targets. I think they both resat it and passed. I passed and didnt bother turning up the last 5 months of school. I cant say passing my leaving cert has opened any doors for me. Everyone has their leaving cert now a days. It doesnt mean ****. The Junior Cert is the most pointless excercise out there. It may of counted for something back in the day but i only see it as practice for the leaving cert. Even college degrees are not worth that much now a days because nearly everyone has one.

Scarinae · 07-06-2011 03:16PM

What is the definition of a 'failed' Leaving Cert - failing one subject? Failing all your subjects? Failing the core subjects?

Gordon Gecko · 07-06-2011 03:16PM

Conor108 wrote: »

Ah the memories lolzzzzz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1z_WHOnHjA4

The memories indeed!

msg11 · 07-06-2011 03:18PM

Pauleta wrote: »

2 people in my year failed it. One because he wasnt the brightest and the other because she did higher level on nearly everything and didnt meet her targets. I think they both resat it and passed. I passed and didnt bother turning up the last 5 months of school. I cant say passing my leaving cert has opened any doors for me. Everyone has their leaving cert now a days. It doesnt mean ****. The Junior Cert is the most pointless excercise out there. It may of counted for something back in the day but i only see it as practice for the leaving cert. Even college degrees are not worth that much now a days because nearly everyone has one.

I think it might be more the fact there are no jobs for anyone that's causing that issue not the exams leaving/college . Do agree Junior Cert is a waste of time. It should be five years for leaving cert level stuff.

Have they done anything with Maths yet or is it still in the stone age? I failed maths, went onto do CCNA dealing with Binary day in day out had no problem as it was explained to me properly.

If it's been overhauld I might go back and get the owl Maths.

wonderfulname · 07-06-2011 03:24PM

It depends on what you intend to do with it, if you're heading to college, fail a core subject and you effectively have, if you're not going to use it for anything then if you fail every subject you've failed.

Maths has been overhauled btw, I don't know how effective the overhaul is though.

starviewadams · 07-06-2011 03:25PM

I passed about 3 subjects on my leaving,can't even remember which ones although English was definitely one of them.I un-officially quit school at the end of 5th year to work as a labourer on the sites cos it was 'easy money' according to a few of my mates.

I went back for about 2 weeks of 6th year but I missed not having money and hated being stuck in a classroom with immature little pricks and getting shouted at by arsehole teachers so went back on the sites.Was persuaded to go back in June by my uncle and sit the leaving but I knew I hadn't a hope,so on the test's that I knew I was going to fail I just made up funny stories,remember I made up a great one for my Irish paper,which was basically written in english,but every sentence had a few o fadas in them.

DCUlad · 07-06-2011 03:30PM

There is no such thing as a "failed Leaving cert"

The main objective for most people sitting the leaving cert is to obtain enough points for entry into their choosen college/further education course.
Therefore, people who do not make the minimum points requirement for their choosen course could be said to fail in their ambition to gain entry to the specefic course.

Alternatively, people may wish to enter the world of work straight from the leaving cert. In which case employers may look at Leaving cert subjects to judge literacy or numeracy levels. Here a fail in Mathematics or English may hamper your chamces of gaining employment. In this case you fail the subject.

OMG Its EoinD · 09-06-2011 08:11AM

DCUlad wrote: »

There is no such thing as a "failed Leaving cert"

The main objective for most people sitting the leaving cert is to obtain enough points for entry into their choosen college/further education course.
Therefore, people who do not make the minimum points requirement for their choosen course could be said to fail in their ambition to gain entry to the specefic course.

Alternatively, people may wish to enter the world of work straight from the leaving cert. In which case employers may look at Leaving cert subjects to judge literacy or numeracy levels. Here a fail in Mathematics or English may hamper your chamces of gaining employment. In this case you fail the subject.

Exactly , you see people crying at 500 points yet you see people who got 200 jumping with joy. All relative to what you need I spose.

Esoteric_ · 09-06-2011 08:46AM

My ex failed spectacularly, he got a grand total of 45 points.

I got really good grades (As in hons papers and some Bs and Cs, all hons), with no work.

My boyfriend didn't even do his leaving cert and is pretty successful.

Guill · 09-06-2011 09:23AM

LyndaMcL wrote: »

My ex failed spectacularly, he got a grand total of 45 points.

I got really good grades (As in hons papers and some Bs and Cs, all hons), with no work.

My boyfriend didn't even do his leaving cert and is pretty successful.

But but but but......

cocoshovel · 09-06-2011 09:32AM

All my schools teacher's kept telling us if we fail maths (ie under 40%) you fail the entire leaving cert.

Mr X11 · 09-06-2011 09:34AM

I failed it and it was'nt the higher level.

ondeball · 09-06-2011 09:40AM

When I did it it used to be if you failed Maths, English or Irish then you failed the Leaving Certificate, at any level.

Not sure if this has changed or not though.

DanTheMan91 · 09-06-2011 10:45AM

I was also under the impression that if you failed Maths, you failed the Leaving Cert.

ItsAWindUp · 09-06-2011 11:27AM

HalloweenJack wrote: »

If you get caught cheating, you fail and, afaik, can't resit the Leaving for three years.

Not entirely sure about that second part, though.

Six years I think, and that goes for any State Exam, including driving test.

Pherekydes · 09-06-2011 11:29AM

What happens if you pass Maths but fail everything else?

I know someone who got 5 pts (in the entire LC).

Ray Palmer · 09-06-2011 11:45AM

DCUlad wrote: »

There is no such thing as a "failed Leaving cert"

.

If you fail to pass any subject you certainly would call that failing the leaving cert.

Truley · 09-06-2011 12:22PM

The girl that sat beside me for the Leaving Cert got a grand total of 0 points. Every exam she looked through the papers, wrote her exam number in the answer book, sealed the answer book and waited 30 minutes before being allowed to leave. She was probably coerced into doing it by her parents. As far as I am aware she went on to do a FETAC and is working away now. Leaving Cert isn't for everyone and I wish more people could accept that. It's just an exam.

Tar.Aldarion · 09-06-2011 12:25PM

not getting what you want is failing I suppose. My course went from high 500s down to 300 in the years before I was doing it so it is an easier exam for some than others, depending on what you want to do.

Spunge · 09-06-2011 12:45PM

You can get into a lvl 5 fetac with only 5 ordinary D3s (which is like 25 points).
From there you can get into a degree and get an Honours degree.

So even if you get like 25 points you could still get a 1.1 Honours Degree

John Mason · 09-06-2011 12:50PM

when i was in school, a long time ago, you had to pass 5 subjects in order to pass.

Failing the leaving cert.

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