Just as the title would suggest, I’m a filthy college drop out. I started in UCD last week and, 3 days in, decided to withdraw from my course. Which was the 6 Year Medicine degree. I handed back my student card and decided I’d never set foot in the place again. UCD and I are [...]

…I’m a Doctor! Today has been the much awaited CAO offers day. My lack of nerves in the run up to the actual Leaving Certificate Results was made up for, infinite times, last night as I gritted my teeth and crossed all of my fingers, hoping against hope I’d be offered Medicine today. I’m not a [...]

It’s just a mere week until the Leaving Cert Results… Nervous Yet? Now, not to worry anyone but this day shall decide your future. Will you be getting your course of preference? Will you be repeating? Will you meet all your matriculation requirements? Will you be branded a success or a failure? In just 7 [...]

Today, June 22nd, is a day almost every Medicine hopeful had marked off in their calendars as The Most Important Day Ever. I say almost every Med-Head, because I rang a friend of mine this morning, about 3 hours after I’d looked at my own results, to see how he’d fared, and he didn’t even realise they [...]

Tuesday, at 5pm, I officially finished my Leaving Cert. I walked out of those school gates, knowing I’d never ever have to return and I’ve got to say- it felt great. I apologise for the gap before posting- I was getting very drunk. Very very drunk. Chemistry This year’s Chemistry Paper was delightful.  I was genuinely extremely pleased with [...]

Thus far, I’ve sat 9 Leaving Cert Papers. I’ve done 2 orals, 2 aurals, and a pretty awful Geography project. I’ve also done all of this and more last year. I’ve pretty much done it all again. Almost. All that remains is Chemistry. I ought to be delighted. Ecstatic. Excited. Proud. But I am not. I’m [...]

French. How I’ve hated it for all these years. How it’s made my blood boil, my stomach churn and my head ache. As of about 1pm this afternoon, I can safely say, I will never EVER be using it again. That’s it- our awful relationship has come to an end and I for one am [...]

I’m just out of my Irish Paper 2 exam, and I’m feeling very emotional. Today was the last day I’ll ever have to speak/use Irish- EVER. (Unless of course I decide to do the Leaving Cert for a third year in a row, which I can safely say will NOT be happening. No matter what. [...]

According to my latest facebook status, I’ve forgiven the SEC for their previous shortcomings. As you may be able to tell, I’m in a particularly jovial mood. Finally, I found a paper that suited me just perfectly- Irish Paper 1. Higher Level. BEAUTIFUL. Like most other Irish students across the country, I wrote a rote-learned essay about [...]

On Wednesday evening, after the shocking news about the English paper 2 fiasco, I got a text telling me not to panic, that I’d look back on the whole idiotic mix-up and laugh at how flustered I’d gotten. Let me tell you all, there has been no laughter as of yet. This afternoon, there was no “Ah sure, [...]

Finally, the 5th of June has arrived – a day I’ve very much so been looking forward to since I first registered myself to vote a good few months ago. I got up this morning after what felt like only a short nap with a big grin on my face, thinking, it’s voting time. Many of my [...]

The cancellation of English Paper 2 has still left me immensely angry. It’s an example of total incompetence on behalf of the SEC, and it raises an awful lot of questions, namely, why the hell were those papers actually IN the exam hall in Louth yesterday? Why does Louth even exist? Also, an exam on a [...]

As I’m sure everyone knows- English Paper 2 has been cancelled. What a mess! Just like Elizabeth said in her post, it sounds like it would’ve been my perfect paper- Bishop, Cultural Context, the theme of Deception. I’m actually so unbelievably upset and freaked out now. What am I going to do? Should I go in tomorrow [...]

It’s currently June 2nd 2009. It’s also 2.30am, and I technically have a Leaving Cert to sit tomorrow. My second Leaving Cert. Maybe repeating wasn’t the best idea ever, in hindsight. I’ve never overdosed on caffeine to this extent before in the entirety of my existence (About 4 Red Bulls, 2 cups of tea, a coffee [...]

For thousands of Leaving Cert Students all across the country, school is officially finished. Forever. Copious amounts of alcohol have been consumed, shirts signed, teachers thanked, pranks eloquently executed. All that’s left now is the final hurdle- these damn Summer Exams. This is it. The Leaving Cert’s here. Well, almost. After six painful…[Read more]

Simmering Rage. It’s all I feel these days. I’m sure I’m not alone in feeling almost nothing but angst, frustration, annoyance, resentment and vehemence as the dreaded Leaving Cert draws ever closer. I can’t quite explain why I feel so very tumultuous and irascible, I’m usually not quite this ill-tempered and downright crabby, but the feeling’s [...]

Friday began like every other school day- with a tired cranky Jennie being dragged out of bed just before 7am. It also ended just like every other day should- with a drunken Jennie drinking tea in her kitchen with friends, after a great night out seeing one of my favourite bands, Delorentos, for almost the 20th time [...]

The Leaving Cert is now literally just around the corner. Can you smell it? Touch it? FEEL it? Me, I can almost taste it; it’s but a baby’s breath away at this stage. I can’t decide whether to be extremely happy that we’re almost done, or extremely freaked out that it’s so close, so, naturally, I’ve [...]

Ah, how I love Easter. There’s nothing quite like having time off school. Except, of course, having time off from school which involves daytime television, messed up sleeping patterns, alcohol almost every evening and of course, the whole chocolate aspect. (Even though absolutely nobody gave me an Easter egg this year. Not even my Mother. Thanks [...]

There are various things in this world which I simply do not like. Things that grate on me, things I detest. Milk, for example. It just doesn’t taste right. There’s also the colour orange. It makes me feel aggressive. Could I forget people who spell the word “College” as “Collage”? Please, they don’t deserve free [...]