Ms Amber Sheridan O'Callaghan:

Mainstream school lacks creativity. There is no place to discover what you are actually interested in. Your school often dictates your options for subjects and what areas you get to explore. You have to learn specific things and they do not cater for people's creativity and individuality. Most leaving certificate skills are not transferable to college or real life. I left school not knowing what referencing was, not knowing how taxes work and what career paths are out there. I did two PLC courses before I went into psychology. I had to. I had no idea what I wanted to do. I am not saying everyone is going to know what they want to do in their life or career but surely expanding the range of subjects and experiences available in the leaving certificate would help the young people of Ireland with these stressful decisions.