Suzanne Harrington: All the Leaving Cert does is tell kids who struggle in exams that they’re rubbish

Outdated and unfair, it's time we left the Leaving Cert in the past. 

Leaving Certificate students filling in their exam number on the answer booklet before receiving their first exam paper at Douglas Community School, Cork. Picture: Denis Minihane.

Shout out to everyone who has just done their Leaving Cert, which — checks notes — ends Tuesday. 

This is where, traditionally, you throw your school books in the river and get teenage drunk, after weeks of being pressure-cooked, invigilated, caffeinated.