Well done OP, on bringing up this topic. 
Good luck to everybody that's getting there results tomorrow & hopefully it's what ye'd expected & more. If it's not, it's far from the end of the world for you.
Your still a good person, with a good leaving cert, bad leaving cert or NO leaving cert.
I'm going to sound like a sad bastard from here on. 
I didn't do my leaving cert. Over time, at time's I do wish I did have it. I do go back to start 4th year for 2 or 3 weeks. Left the week of the junior cert results. As I got a job, as I though I'd be doing an apprenticeship, that never happened, over the 3 year's I worked there. It was used against me a few time's, while working there. Worked in a few different places, they didn't work out. Finally got a place that I was going to do an apprenticeship in, worked there for nearly 4 year's. Started an apprenticeship in cabinet making within that period. When to Limerick for the first college part. Within 3 month's of finishing that part. I was sacked(really) from there. Never finished my apprenticeship after that, as my Dr told me that I should try something else. At time's again I do wish I did finish my apprenticeship.
Moving on, me & work, had a serious falling out. It's a love hate relationship between the two of us to this day still.
To get me out of the house, while inbetween job's. I was "working" full time for an uncle on his farm(any other waste of time). I did go to college as a mature student. Haven't worked in anything, was related to it. Did the green cert aswell(another waste of time now). Over the year's I've copped(eventually) on that the so called 9 to 5 job, possibly isn't for me. What is? Still trying to figure that out. 
I would be incline to say to the young people of today, try to do the leaving cert or at least do 4th year. As while during the year on work experience you might find something you like or find out that you actually hate something you liked. Don't do the leaving cert, do it, don't go to college or whatever. The leaving cert isn't the be all & end all. That it's implied to be. Also your life could go 100% the way you want it to, if it doesn't, what about.
Right, rant over.
Good luck to everybody tomorrow, whatever the outcome is.
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A mate convinced me to go to college for a year, for the craic. A different academic environment, I loved it and worked very hard!
Sin é!
Mr.
Missy xxx
I haven't used latin or Irish since I left school and yet I still remember the opening line of Peig and the story of her feckin cow stuck in the feckin ditch 
