Leaving Cert-what age are you?!

Well a lot in my class are. If you don't do TY and started school a bit early then it's very possible.

MooShop

that means you would need to start primary school when you were 3 and not turn 4 until july, back when i started svhool you werent allowed to start if you were under 4, i've never heard of a 15 year old doing the leaving, anybody else know someone that did the leaving when they were 15???

I started primary school when I was 5, so that means if you're still 4 by the end of June you will do the LC at 15, that is as long as you don't do TY. Or did I skip a year without anyone telling me?

randomfella

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Well a lot in my class are. If you don't do TY and started school a bit early then it's very possible.

*sniff snifff

i smell something there.... its strong, almost overpowering...

randomfella

do the math

Assuming ur b-day is in september.

Start school at 5
Junior 15
Leaving 17

Start school at 3 - that would just be going 3 aswel the year after being 2. Doesn't sound right to me AT ALL. NEVER heard someone do it like that.
Junior 13
Leaving 15

Even if u skip years in primary, they hold u back for the leaving til' ur 16. OR so i'm told.

Yes, but you're not taking into account if your birthday is during the summer months. Mine is in July. I started school when I was 5, and I will be 16 when I do my Leaving. But I will be 17 when I start college.

You see?

randomfella

no i don't see. IF u started school at 5, same as me, u should have been 15 doing junior cert? Correct?

No. I was 14. I was 15 in that July though. What month were you born, if you don't mind me asking?

randomfella

6/9/1987 is my birthday.

I started school -/9/92

Went into secondary after 8 years

-/9/00

Junior 03
LEaving 05

U sure u didn't skip a year.

There's the problem! You did your JC when you were 15, which is right, but I wouldn't have turned 15 til the July, as I was born 17/07/88. When we both started the next year though, we both would have been the same age.

randomfella

yeah i was never great at maths.

*hides in the corner

wait. U need to explain it again. IF u were 5 starting school that was

in 93

then u entered school in 01

did ur junior in 04

and leaving in 06

where am i going wrong?

Math is my strongest subjuect actually.

But you could be right. I don't know. All of this study is wrescking my head!

randomfella

randomfella wrote:

yeah i was never great at maths.

*hides in the corner

wait. U need to explain it again. IF u were 5 starting school that was

in 93

then u entered school in 01

did ur junior in 04

and leaving in 06

where am i going wrong?

Like I said, you could be right. I can't get my head sraight at the mo.

[Edit: Also, I started school in 00. Now my head hurts. Thanks a lot! ]

Scarinae

You sure you didn't start school at 4, and turn 5 during the summer? My birthday is in August, I started school when I was 5, I was 15 doing the JC, I did TY, now I'm 18 doing the Leaving and 19 going into college - if I'd skipped TY I would have done the Leaving at 17 and been 18 going into college...

You're probably right! I can't really remember.

Thanks.

Shyster

what did i start when i asked that question?!...at least its not as bad as the north/southsiders one...

Oh yeh! I was just thinking about starting that..............

Shyster

damnit some of us dont understand...we only go up to the big smoke once a year for the all-ireland!!
northside southside its all the same to me why cant we all just get along

STOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Don't start talking about it here! We might have 2 thread about it then.

Shyster

grrr.....its an epidemic! so ur young doing the leaving eh?!

I'm thinking about doing it alright. I suppose you're doing it too?

Shyster

thats the plan, unless of course i have a major breakdown....which isnt likely seeing as im on here so long...

Or if you get knocked down by a clown on a segway...........

MooShop

randomfella wrote:

do the math

Assuming ur b-day is in september.

Start school at 5
Junior 15
Leaving 17

Start school at 3 - that would just be going 3 aswel the year after being 2. Doesn't sound right to me AT ALL. NEVER heard someone do it like that.
Junior 13
Leaving 15

Even if u skip years in primary, they hold u back for the leaving til' ur 16. OR so i'm told.

totally agree with you there, i was just gone 4 starting school so i was 16 doing the leaving and even at that i was very young

Funkstard

i didn't read the thread. can you or can't you do the leaving at 15?

Scarinae

Apparently you can, as long as you're 16 before you go to college... I don't know if that's true though

Tuesday_Girl

randomfella wrote:

do the math

Assuming ur b-day is in september.

Start school at 5
Junior 15
Leaving 17

Start school at 3 - that would just be going 3 aswel the year after being 2. Doesn't sound right to me AT ALL. NEVER heard someone do it like that.
Junior 13
Leaving 15

Even if u skip years in primary, they hold u back for the leaving til' ur 16. OR so i'm told.

I have never heard of anyone either starting school having just turned 3 and/or doing the leaving at 15.

I started school having just turned 4, and had to fight on a number of occasions not to be kept back a year cos I was so young. I did the leaving at 16.

There's only, eh, 2 people in my class who are 15, so perhaps they turn 16 before the LC starts?

Deleted User

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Yes, since we still have the good looks AND are able to get 560 points on our mocks!

Thats for sure, up the 16yr olds!

Lynibeth

I'm 18. There are a few 16 year olds which in my opinion is a bit young... And there are a few 19 year olds too. :cool: