Leaving Cert papers found challenging but fair

AS students began into the drudgery of the 2007 State exams, there were no controversial questions on yesterday’s English papers.

The higher level Leaving Certificate papers were challenging but fair, according to Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland English spokesperson Sheila Parsons. She felt that the morning paper did not have too extensive a choice in some questions but students probably found something to suit them and would have been glad to find two composition choices which allowed them to be humorous.

The afternoon paper might not have been as easy as it first seemed, she said. In the prescribed poetry section, for example, students were asked about poets they generally like but the questions were crafted to challenge students as they had to sit back and evaluate things.