HUNDREDS of Killarney teenagers have today commenced their Leaving and Junior Certificate examinations with English Paper 1 providing their first big test.
There was great excitement, mixed with a certain degree of tension, at the gates of St Brendan’s College, Killarney Community College and St Brigid’s Presentation as the Class of 2014 arrived for the eagerly awaited 9.30am start.
Junior Cert students had English Paper 2 in the afternoon and that will be followed by Irish Papers 1 and 2 on Thursday, Geography on Friday morning and Mathematics Paper 1 on Friday afternoon.
For Leaving Cert students this Wednesday afternoon is all about Home Economics, Scientific and Social, Thursday morning is reserved for Engineering and attention will turn to English Paper 2 that afternoon.
On Friday the Leaving Cert students will concentrate on Geography in the morning and Mathematics Paper 1 in the afternoon.
Careers guidance experts have advised against eve of exam cramming and instead they urge the students to get a good night’s sleep, eat well and get a little exercise or fresh air, if possible.
Here, to lighten the mood and ease the tension a little, KillarneyToday.com presents 10 of the most amusing answers ever given to exam questions but, we hasten to add, we don’t encourage Killarney students to attempt to answer their questions in similar fashion.
10 hilarious exam answers
Name six animals that live specifically in the Arctic
A: Two polar bears and four seals
What do you do to change centimeters to meters?
A: Take out centi
Give one reason why people might want to live near power lines?
A: They get their electricity faster
Where was the Irish Proclamation of Independence signed?
A: At the bottom
James works in an office. His computer is a stand-alone system. What is a stand-alone computer system?
A: It doesn’t come with a chair
Explain the term ‘free press’?
A: When somebody irons your clothes and doesn’t charge you
How could living very close to a mobile phone mast cause ill health?
A: You could walk into it
What is a fibula?
A: A white lie
What did Mahatma Gandhi and Genghis Khan have in common?
A: Unusual names
Give a brief explanation of the term ‘hard water’?
A: Ice
