Today was maths and Irish - a tale of two papers. We started off with the rigours of maths, followed by the slightly more relaxed atmosphere of Irish.

Going to an all-Irish school, I do have a slight advantage, although like any other exam it's still quite difficult. We also had our first aural test today, which provided a few moments of comic relief with speakers on the tape trying to sound natural and speak clearly and slowly at the same time, which always sounds a little bit false.

I think a highlight of this exam was the translation of kayaking as kayakadoireacht, which deserves a prize for originality if nothing else. The aural exam also contained the famous long pauses, which gave everyone a chance to shuffle papers and giggle.

There wasn't as much giggling in the maths exam in the morning. Normally paper 2 is reckoned to be more difficult however after a tough paper 1 yesterday they decided to take it a little bit easier. As part of the probability question we were asked to state the number of possible combinations for a four-digit pin number which may sound familiar to anyone who has ever stood at a bank machine trying to calculate the odds of guessing their number.

The essay in the Irish paper 1 surprised by asking us to write about an mhilaois nua and the comprehensions dealt with Inez McCormack, the secretary of the ICTU, and an Irish brigade who fought for the Mexican army against the army of the US. The freedom fighters and the socialists gave the paper a certain rebellious feel.

In the essay, care had to be taken not to put in any German words as studying for two languages has its own disadvantages. There's more Irish on Monday with paper 11 which contains almost everything - drama, prose, poetry, language history and more poetry. After that I have a short break before leaving Irish behind and moving on to the world of Wursten (sausages) and Lederhosen (leather trousers).

Over the weekend, I'll try and look ahead and think about what life will be like after the 23rd of June. I'll do my best not to do too much study but a little always helps.

Daithi Mac Sithigh, a student at Colaiste Rathin, Bray, Co Wicklow, was in conversation with Catherine Foley.