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Most Leaving Cert students availing of grinds but little evidence of gain for higher achieving students
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Cork Lives: Corkonians Abroad: Housing crisis led me to live in Abu Dhabi echolive.ie/corklives/arid-4…
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Speaking to someone who works in mental health today who said the stress people are under from money problems is at a level unseen before. 2 yrs of lockdown, job losses & constant rising cost of living. Not sure our Gov even realise the damage they're doing to their own people
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@NormaFoleyTD1
@hybridlc2022
And the examiners couldn't turn up for orals, how convenient when a lot of them have family and holidays planned, no planning once again and covid is still out there and ignored by education..examiner standby is needed obviously.
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My time capsule narrative for the Irish census. Forgive the awful handwriting. Arthritis in my hands doesn't allow for lovely penmanship anymore. Ah, well. Point made, I hope. May 2122 be a damn sight better! #Disability #carers #unpaidcarers #Census
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What a magnificent lady. I wish we could clone her! Every word she speaks is well researched, honest and true.
We've used three private member's motions in less than a year. Used promised legislation - used every possible democratic procedure on Government to have a debate. And when we have the debate, not a single female TD from Government side comes to participate @catherinegalway #NMH
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The best way for Norma Foley to experience her "vision" of the Leaving Cert is to try and persuade the people of Kerry to vote her out and send her back to her old job (teaching) in 2025.
Know anyone in Kerry?
Of course she'll probably try & scab a gig in the Senate if she loses
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4 weeks ago Cathy brought killian to an appointment that he waited over 3 years for .
This appointment was to finally see what was wrong with him, why he kept taking such frequent asthma attacks and stopping breathing .
After she sat in the hospital for hours she was told that no
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For trying to make the LC22 easier shes made it the most chaotic and uncertain year yet
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@NormaFoleyTD1 @MichealMartinTD it's real the virus is still here. Biology teacher out this week for leaving cert. How in God's name can students even do the already adjusted leaving cert. Teaching is not happening with more cases than ever. Address this please
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The Dept of Education had 2 long years to reform that hated, cruel institution; the Leaving Cert. After 24 months watching how other countries do it differently, they took the longest possible time to come up with the solution at the latest possible hour; the, uh, LEAVING CERT
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Very stressed #LC student in this house this morning. #COVID19 still causing havoc in schools as teachers & students miss classes due to symptoms/close contacts. - no online learning available. It’s disastrous & so, so unfair on them. #LeavingCert2022
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The irony also being that this dithering at the expense of students wellbeing is actually heightening the usual attention that is overly paid to a set of exams. A set of exams!!!!
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We must have a hybrid Leaving Cert this year by @ppdcuioe colleague Professor Gerry McNamara ⬇️
irishtimes.com/opinion/we-mu… via @IrishTimes
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"We have to be fair and conscious and outside of the book work a huge ask has been made of them. Even with restrictions gone, they will still have their masks on and be in cold classrooms with windows open. We are not back by any stretch to normality for students." #HybridLC2022
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I don't agree with the narrative that teachers awarded inflated grades to Leaving Cert students. Teachers' grades reflect the incredible effort & work by our students -perhaps it's the LC Exam which has systematically deflated the efforts of thousands of students over many years?
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Thanks to Dr Niall Muldoon and the team at @OCO_ireland for continually supporting the student voice!
'It's frustrating that, just 5 months out from the beginning of the exam period, we are once again debating the way forward for the Leaving Certificate students.'
Read the full statement from Dr. Niall Muldoon in relation to Leaving Certificate 2022 here:oco.ie/news/statement-from-t…
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to whom it concerns,
PLEASE do not pick the option that is just of convenience to you and the current system.
PLEASE don’t disregard the voices of thousands of students who have very publicly shown what they believe to be fair aswell as td’s,teachers and parents. #HybridLC2022