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Poll: Did your Leaving Cert have an impact on how your life turned out?

Does it matter?

TODAY, ANOTHER BATCH of students take on the State exams.

They will have been told all sorts of things, among them that the Leaving Cert doesn’t matter.

But, what’s your experience? Did your exams get you the course that got you the job that you always wanted? Do you still use anything you learned?

We’re asking: Did your Leaving Cert have an impact on how your life turned out?

Poll Results:

Yes (6560)

No (5725)

Don't know (1134)

Yes
No
Don't know

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