A friends daughter was doing the leaving this year and during the exams there was a sudden death in the family. This necessitated both parents leaving the country for about 3 days. The daughter subsequently failed one exam and did very badly on another (A3 in mock to C3). Both exams were held on the day of the funeral.
My understanding was that extenuating circumstances like this were catered for and the students paper would be marked somewhat along the same lines of as if she had taken the paper in Irish (10% of marks not received would be added to the result - 40% becomes 40% + (60/10) = 46%), or something like that.
The principal told the parent that no such arrangement existed and it wouldn't matter which family had died, even the mother.
Was I completely wrong or did such an arrangement exist? I seem to remember some hullabaloo on Joe Duffy a few years back about people getting extra points because their dog had died. Was it discontinued due to abuse or was it just an urban myth?
My understanding was that extenuating circumstances like this were catered for and the students paper would be marked somewhat along the same lines of as if she had taken the paper in Irish (10% of marks not received would be added to the result - 40% becomes 40% + (60/10) = 46%), or something like that.
The principal told the parent that no such arrangement existed and it wouldn't matter which family had died, even the mother.
Was I completely wrong or did such an arrangement exist? I seem to remember some hullabaloo on Joe Duffy a few years back about people getting extra points because their dog had died. Was it discontinued due to abuse or was it just an urban myth?