• Question: what did you do at school ?

    Asked by LKSL!!! to LauraAnne on 3 Nov 2016.
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      LauraAnne Furlong answered on 3 Nov 2016:

      In Ireland, we do exams called the Junior and Leaving Certificates that are similar to GCSEs and A-Levels here in the UK. I did 11 subjects for my Junior Certificate (Irish, English, Maths, French, German, History, Geography, Science, Religion, Business Studies, and a subject called Civic Social and Political Education which teaches you about things like law, development, rights and responsibilities, the environment). I used to play a lot of hockey in school and Wednesday was the day most matches were played so I ended up missing a lot of Home Economics, Art and Music classes so I didn’t do those for exams as that’s when they were on. I did Irish, English, Maths, Business Studies, Accounting, Physics and French for my Leaving Certificate – I didn’t really enjoy essay writing in English and preferred subjects with numbers!

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