WHAT STUDENTS ARE SAYING ON THE BLOGS:Im absolutely gutted, it was a horrible paper. I knew Longley and Boland off by heart and they didn't come up. I knew Kavanagh but couldn't write a whole answer on ordinary to extraordinary. Then Eliot turned out to be a disaster. The rest of the paper wasn't any better. - Dancingqueen:) – boards.ie
Brutal . . . absolutely frigging brutal . . . damn boland!!
Sophsxxx – boards.ie
Heard the poets: Yeats, Rich, Kavanagh and Eliot . . . hope nobody relied on Boland too much!
RH149 – boards.ie
Paper 2 is over. The relief as you finish. Dunno how anyone could repeat.
Endac –Twitter
Paper 2 was dreadful – thanks for putting in new questions that we’ve never done before and for putting in the hardest poems ever.
Katiemc95 – Twitter
Absolutely raging about Boland! Still, managed 4 pages on Yeats out of the dregs of my memory . . . wasn’t TOO bad.
Neon-Circles – boards.ie
I know so many people that were relying on Longley and Boland. Oh lord.
Soccymonster – boards.ie
While harsh, the decision to put Rich on paper II might signal the intent of the State Exams Commission to move from 90% predictability to a policy of hamstringing those who rely on guesswork rather than hard work.
LutherBlissett – boards.ie
I AM so HAPPY!!!! only did Yeats and Kavanagh and the Yeats question was a dream. Sooo happy I actually did a dance at my chair when I saw my poets . . . You could almost hear the groans of the whole country when Boland didn’t turn up! There will be murder
Blerdiii – boards.ie
YAY FOR ELIOT! Not so yay for not having enough time to finish ANY of my answers.
Saowall – Twitter
I spent the first 20 minutes contemplating eating my paper.
Seanaor – boards.ie
ADRIENNE RICH?????? ADRIENNE RICH?
Lollypodxo - Twitter
Of course young people should take the Leaving Certificate seriously, and of course preparation is a good idea. But the treadmill of memorising is not necessarily the best way of preparing for what is to come . . .
Furthermore, the weight of parental expectations can do significant psychological damage at a time when students are already somewhat vulnerable.
I just wish that parents would relax a little more and let their children find their own way of handling this phase in their lives. Their role is to be supportive, not overbearing. It is time for parents to stop turning into horrific monsters during this period in a young person’s life.
DCU president Ferdinand
Von Prondzynski – http:// universitydiary.wordpress.com
