The Leaving Cert kicked off with English Paper I and Bono turned up

“My name is Bono and I am a rock star.”

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AS WE ALL know, the Leaving Cert kicks off with English Paper I – and this year when students opened the exam they were met with a photo of U2′s ever-present leading man Bono.

And the Leaving Cert students then encountered one of his speeches.

It started with “My name is Bono and I am a rock star”.

State of English paper 1 pic.twitter.com/sV70K7Juom
— Ellen Coyne (@ellenmcoyne) June 3, 2015

Source: Ellen Coyne/Twitter

Which was welcomed by some

"My name is Bono and I am a rockstar" - starting the leaving cert in style 😂🙌🏻
— lucie (@strxight_up) June 3, 2015

Source: ♛ 1989 ♛/Twitter

But not others

First U2 imposed themselves on our iPhones, now Bono has infiltrated the #leavingcert, the man will do anything to stay relevant!
— Darragh Mowlds (@DarraghMowlds) June 3, 2015

Source: Darragh Mowlds/Twitter

Still, life lessons were taken from the speech

All I learned from English paper 1 is that Bono is as obsessed with the clash as I am the strypes, he can relate them to any topic
— CLIONA MURPHY (@Top_Francophile) June 3, 2015

Source: CLIONA MURPHY/Twitter

And creative solutions put forward as well

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The very fact that Bono was asking questions in the Leaving Cert was noteworthy

Doing Eng Paper 1 and Bono starts to ask you serious life questions that you weren't prepared for.#leavingcert #Paper1 #Becausewecanwemust
— Conor G (@Conoriam) June 3, 2015

Source: Conor G/Twitter

There were plenty who were only delighted to see the U2 frontman

Bono got me through that exam #leavingcert
— C H L O E (@chl0elauren) June 3, 2015

Source: CloClo/Twitter

Go on, Bono

BONO LAD YOU INSPIRED ME #leavingcert
— M I C H A E L D (@YABOYMICHAELD) June 3, 2015

Source: Michael D/Twitter

Here are some scenes from the day:

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Pictured Patrick Barker from Kildare and David Stack from Navan do some last minute revision at O'Connell's Secondry School in Dublin Source: Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland
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Pictured Examiner Dermot Sheehan hands out the English Paper one to students at O Connoll Secondry School in Dublin.Source: Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland
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Pictured (LtoR) Darragh Clarke Hagen, Benny Flood from Louth Aisling Walsh from Drogheda and Alisha Kelly from Louth do some last minute revision.Source: Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland
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Pictured (LtoR) Michael Fnglas from Lexlip and Sian Kieran from Finglas do some last minute revision ahead of their first Leaving Cert Exam English Paper.Source: Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland
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Trinity School Ballymun in Dublin. Source: Leah Farrell/Photocall Ireland
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Trinity School Ballymun in Dublin. Source: Leah Farrell/Photocall Ireland
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This article was originally written by David Elkin for DailyEdge.ie. Additional reporting Christina Finn

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The Leaving Cert kicked off with English Paper I and Bono turned up