Leaving-cert Bloggers - Class of 2009

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Name: Jennie

Skills: Compiling Lists, Appreciating Pi, Using Sesquipedalian Turns of Phrase, Writing.

Bio: There’s no denying that there’s a lot to Jennie. She’s no ordinary young adult, but one aglow with an incandescent wit far beyond her years! Although profoundly interested in and enthusiastic about her schoolwork (for the most part) she has no qualms about taking it easy from time to time, spending hours engrossed in books, listening to some pretty questionable alternative music and wasting time on t’internet. The Leaving Cert’s definitely a topic she knows a lot about seeing as she’s a repeat, but nonetheless it’s still as daunting as ever.

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Name: Elizabeth

Bio: Hey, my name is Elizabeth and I’m doing my Leaving Cert in Muckross Park College in Dublin. After going through many career choices (a shepherd when I was three to a vegetarian restaurant when I was six to an acrobat when I was fifteen) I’ve finally decided medical research is my calling, so I’m hoping to do medicine in Trinity next year. This blog will be my take on the leaving cert as I try to get enough crazily high points to hopefully nab one of those oh so hard-to-get places in medicine. It will be a constant battle between my wish to study something interesting in college and my will to stay in bed and do nothing. It’ll be a tough year and sacrifices will have to be made (my precious 9 hours of sleep are under severe threat lately) but I’m hoping it’ll be worth it in August.

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Name: Jane

Bio: Jane is a girl on a mission, with a license to learn. While academics are her number one priority this year, she has many outside interests which include: dart-ticket collecting, cactus planting, instrument-playing and most importantly this blog. She hopes to study medicine next year, so that in the future, she can help those who need it the most.

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Name: Paul

Bio: I Iive in Donegal, I’m grumpy (about school). I have terrible spelling. I like short snappy sentences. I’m into a lot of things; programming, computers, communications, ham radio. If it has to do with packets or voice I’m into it, telecommunications, VOIP and all that jazz. I play the drums; I play in a band in Derry called ‘Redro’. That’s about the height of it. I like to look on the funny side of life, and not take things too seriously, unless it’s very annoying, like school for instance. I’m hoping to go on and get a degree in computers and network communications. Great fun, I only need 180 points or so. But I want to try and get more, I have been told to expect 430 if I work - we’ll see how that goes.

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Name: Grace

Bio: Grace is a disgruntled leaving cert student from Cork City, who would rather spend her time procrastinating about procrastinating than studying. She also likes to listen to music and is currently obsessed with Debussy, Radiohead and John Lennon…simultaneously. Future aspirations include journalism and happiness.

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Class of 2008

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Name: Colin Lowry
Skills: Web design, writing, music, life.
Bio: Colin Lowry is also a young Web designer with a talent for writing. In his spare time Colin enjoys playing the piano and drawing, while using that extra study time for school as a opening to learn more about computers.

Current Status: Still looking for that winning formula!

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Name: Kevin Holler
Skills: Web design, Photography, Project management
Bio: Kevin Holler is a young web designer who is currently doing his leaving certificate. In his spare and study time Kevin likes to do anything computer related. He has been building and designing websites since the age of 14 and continues to do as his experience and knowledge grow.

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Name: Amy Flynn
Skills: Photography, Art, “ability to eat people in one bite”
Bio: unavailable

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