Missing the points: Surviving the Leaving Cert

There are few experiences as stressful as having a child in the household who is studying for the Leaving Cert, writes Aileen Hickie

I still wake up once or twice a year shivering and sweat-soaked. Before you dare consider this might be hormonally related, it’s not. I’ve simply woken again from the Leaving Cert dream.

There I am in the middle of my Irish exam, and I can’t answer any of the questions on Peig and the only essay I have learned off by heart is Difhostaíocht (unemployment), which I was told was a dead certainty. ...