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BLOGWATCH:Ordinary-level maths Paper 1 served only to further my belief that the lead-up to the Leaving Cert is much more intense than the actual exams themselves.

I’m not saying it’s not stressful, as I know that some people are under a lot of pressure, but in my experience the pres/mocks were much more melodramatic than today’s events. No one was hyperventilating at school this morning, there were no exclamations of joy or groans of dismay following the paper, just a casual, "Ah sure that was grand, wasn’t it?” here and there. I’ve come to think that by the time the 17th rolls round I won’t have even realised that the Leaving started, never mind the fact that it will be over by then: Grace – leaving-cert.net