Jess Casey: Students face toughest test with exam uncertainty

Almost 1,700 students contacted the 'Irish Examiner' this week when we asked them this week to share how they feel about the Leaving and Junior Cert exams. Here's what some had to say, writes Jess Casey

Mark Berney at Gorey Community College, County Wexford holding a copy of his Leaving Cert results with 9 A1s printed on it.

"Nothing about life right now is normal, so how can we be expected to sit a normal Leaving Cert? The worst-case scenario for me is walking into an exam in June feeling so worried and at a disadvantage like I'm being set up for failure after all the learning time we've missed."

That's according to Amélie Rose Patterson, a Leaving Cert student from Donegal. She is one of almost 1,700 students to contact the Irish Examiner when we asked them this week to share how they feel about the Leaving and Junior Cert exams.