Parents are intervening too quickly to solve their teenagers’ problems. Not every squabble is about bullying
An ideal test is fair but challenging and allows students to demonstrate their learning. Patently, this maths paper did not meet these criteria. Students typically prepare by practising past papers. Student after student has declared that practising past papers was no help, despite the State Examinations Commission’s statement that the examination had the same “format, structure and style” as previous years.
Let’s look at the whole question of resilience and coping. Sitting the Leaving Cert is in itself an exercise in resilience. There were additional challenges for this cohort. They did not get to sit any junior cycle exams and missed out on most of transition year. Participation in a full TY programme hasMore importantly, these Leaving Cert students experienced that weird, distorted online existence generated by the pandemic for months at a time.
For example, some parents had begun to frame every normal teenage squabble or falling-out as bullying. The preferred solution often seemed to be public flogging of the alleged perpetrator. Post-pandemic, the levels of premature intervention are even more noticeable. Sympathetic listening ears that allow students to find their way to their own solutions, on the other hand, reduce anxiety levels.
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