Posted by Scott on April 30, 2012, 7:08 pm, in reply to "School Requirements"
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Hoo boy. I don't know what kind of genius you're raising, but the standard leaving certificate course is two years and, if your child is testing at the higher/honours level, that is roughly equivalent to end of second year college in America.
My free site at http://www.movetoireland.com has oodles on this. Go to the School button and click on the high school page. Take a look at some of the sample exam questions, or check out http://www.skoool.ie for more test examples.
However, your question is worded kind of ambiguously. If your daughter will be here in Ireland for three full years, two of which will include that final two year course leading to the Leaving Certificate, then she should do fine.
In other words, if she takes the course, and she does the work, she should pass at either foundation, pass or honours level. The vast, huge majority of kids who attend class manage to pass and get into university.
But, if you're asking whether your daughter can just leap in and take the exam and expect to pass - no way. The exams are too specific, there are NO multiple choice answers, and the whole process takes weeks with essays, math work, formulae, and a good working knowledge of whatever subject shes taking absolutely needed.
Shakespeare? Then she'd better have the particular play studied that year well digested with at least a dozen quotes ready to throw at the exam. She'd better be able to write for 3 hours about this and several of the poets studied over the course of the two years - and plenty of quotes from them as well. And that's just one small example.
Scott
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: have a child with only three years of
: secondary schooling in Ireland. With this
: be sufficient to obtain adequate points on
: graduation testing? Are there any special
: courses of interest we should focus on to
: prepare for University entrance?
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