Posted by Mike
on April 30, 2012, 8:50 pm, in reply to "Re: School Requirements"
166.20.224.11
Thanks Scott
All the Best
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: Ah, yes, in that case she'll be fine. She
: should definitely take the 4th year
: transition course if it's offered at her
: school. That's the year of Irish schooling
: not directly tied to exams. There tend to be
: lots of projects, field trips, extras like
: speech and safety and first aid courses,
: etc. etc. Each school is somewhat different,
: but it's a great year when the kids really
: bond and its a non-pressurized year for your
: daughter to make friends and settle in. My
: two daughters loved that fourth/transition
: year as did all their friends. It also gave
: them a year to grow - the girls enter 4th
: year as hormonally charged youngsters and
: end it as young ladies. It's the sweet 16
: year.
:
: Then comes the two year course aimed at
: Leaving Certificate and your daughter be in
: pretty much the same boat as the rest of
: them. She might need an exemption from irish
: language classes and if she's taking science
: courses like physics or honours level math,
: then she may need some extra tutoring if
: she's a bit weak going into these elective
: subjects.
:
: But, again, she'll be no different than all
: the rest of the kids and should do fine.
:
: Scott
:
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: Thanks Scott
:
: Sorry for the confusion, basically was
: asking if the three years in the Ireland
: School system would be enough to pass the
: leaving exam or should we research
: additional courses to bridge the gap...
:
: It appears that we would be fine based on
: your response.
:
: Thanks
:
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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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: We are thinking of moving to Ireland and
: will
: 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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