Julie Jay: We must teach children that nothing in life is guaranteed

This week, there was a bit of a furore among parents, students, and teachers about a short story appearing as a question in studied texts on the higher level Junior Cert.

Teachers with a social media presence did their best to assuage the fears of students who had been caught short when asked to write about a short story they had studied, an option which, though part of the syllabus, hadn’t previously featured on the Junior cert exam.

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