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fabfouremily said
Sorry it sounds like you’ve had a bit of a crap day, mmm.

I’ve had another one of those days when I don’t really know what to do myself and when I do try and get some work done I just get distracted. So, I made some nice dinners to go in the freezer for the next few weeks, painted my nails, dyed my hair, read some of my new book (I’m trying to learn how to play poker) and applied for some jobs (yes, I’ll soon be a jobseeker, as I think I’m taking a year out of study). Not the most productive day but I don’t think I could’ve acheived much more.

We’ll (hopefully) be going to college at the same time then yayyyy
I finished the book I started last night- this morning (A Clockwork Orange, I thoroughly recommend). I’m currently waiting for ‘The Fault In Our Stars’ to arrive in the post as I have been hearing nothing but praise about it and then I shall start the ‘A Song of Ice and Fire’ series. I also wrote an English short-story that may/may not get into our school’s year book (It’s its 21st birthday and I’m thinking of buying it Jagerbombs) wrote a 6 page answer on Robert Frost’s poetry and did a bit of study. A slightly-productive day.

Nope I don’t sit my massive-important-if-you-fail-this-exam-you-fail-life exams until June 2015 (hence don’t expect to see my around here a lot from Sept. 2015-June, I’ll pop in every now and again and I’ll tell y’all to pray for me/sacrifice something to ensure I do well and get 450+ points to go to college.
I would love to go working in Germany for a year though to become more fluent in the language.
Blah I hate growing up-making decisions at 17 that will affect my whole life *grumble grumble*

^^^ You have to do them, the Irish education system is a b*tch in that they want the most pressure to put on you unlike the English exams (at least) that are more student friendly. I shall now try and explain the education system.
In Ireland when you’re 15-16 you sit an exam called The Junior Cert you do about 10-12 subjects ranging from Higher Level to Foundation Level and they all take place in June. These exams count for f**k all unless you’re leaving school early, which few do because of the current economic situation.
When you’re 17/18 you do an exam called The Leaving Cert. You do 6-9 subjects ranging from HL to Foundation again. These are compiled of your 2 years of study that you did after sitting your junior cert. All exams take place in late June i.e you don’t get to sit say English in November and geography in March, it doesn’t work that way unfortunately. A pass grade is 40%+ and the grade system goes A1, A2, B1, B2, B3, C1…E, F, NG (no grade). An A1 is worth a 100 points. Your top 6 grades are used to calculate your points. The maximum you can get is 625 points (that’s if you sit HL maths). I can get 600 points because I do 6 HL subjects and 1 Ordinary Level subject. An ordinary level A1 is worth 60 points. The course you get in college depends on how many points you get e.g Veterinary medicine-570/625 points- very hard to get. Another delightful twist is if you fail maths but you get 550 points you won’t get to go to college because you have to pass maths to be accepted into most universities. Also a foreign language is compulsory for nearly all colleges as well.
Now what happens if you don’t your preferred college choice? I hear you cry. Well, you have to repeat your Leaving Cert year AGAIN even if you just missed out on your course by 5 points (and now you can not sit the exam a month or 2 later again