Mr. Darragh Rawson:

I would be like Annie in that I would not test overly well sometimes. It was the same with YSI this year. None of us would do anything by ourselves. If there was an interview, we went in twos and threes. We refused to go by ourselves. As a group, we can make our point. If one person forgets something, the others can help out. When we go in to sit a State exam, we are on our own. Someone who is sick, for example with a headache, has to sit an exam that could be the difference between becoming a doctor or becoming a blocklayer. The points we get can dictate the rest of our lives. In Northern Ireland they have personal statements, where students can say how they are in communities. We found with YSI that some of us like speaking in public but others do not. Some people prefer the quiet approach. I think the examination format for the leaving certificate, with everyone all by themselves, is very harsh. I would like to see some form of teamwork brought into that.