A Chara, - If a foreign, non-Anglophone refugee sat the Leaving Certificate through English, and was marked out of 105 per cent, it would be considered reasonable, as the challenge for the refugee was greater. So too would be their achievement.
If somebody from the Gaeltacht (Irish-speaking district) sat the Leaving Cert in English, and was marked out of 105 per cent, it would be considered equally as reasonable.
If somebody from the Galltacht, (English-speaking districts) sat the Leaving Cert through Irish, and was marked out of 105 per cent, it would be considered equally as reasonable.
Therefore, the issue is not the principle of weighting, but who is weighted or compensated. - Is mise, Proinsias Mac An Tuile,
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Ballycroy, Co. Mayo.