Already nailed their orals....

I mean studying through a global pandemic when you don't even have a proper study environment isn't exactly an unfair advantage.

Ah, the old "I can only study in perfect conditions that I will never have" mantra, I've seen that time and time again. Shut your bedroom door, put in some ear buds, and study. There's no other way to do it.

Also being in school and around friends, doing activites etc. act as motivators.

No they don't, they are disctractions. Welcome distractions from stressful study times, but they are not motivators.

Instead we are in isolation.

You're young and very likely connected to your friends digitally, which is how you've communicated with them on a regular basis for many years now. You are the least isolated demographic. Compare that to people in their 60's who now never get to see or hear from the majority of their friends.

To say its an unfair advantage is naive.

No, to say that it isn't is just outright selfish and ignorant. Like seriously, what is the proposed alternative? Cancel the exams and kept everyone back a year? Oh or just let everyone get their first choice course with no points, what a splendidly stupid idea that could never work.

Regarding the passes in subjects, I haven't passed nor got any marks for any subject that is going to be in my top 6. That is the case with many students

Ok, but you realise there are some people now who have Irish, French, German, Music, History, and a science subject that are sitting on around 200-250 points already without ever lifting a pen?

The bad students are at a disadvantage because they are bad students. The middling students, which is the majority of students have the biggest disadvantage, because they now don't need to worry about failing their harder exams except maths. If anything the top students are seeing very little advantage because they put the work in, and were going to get those marks anyway.

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