WesternPeople: Student takes brave step with Japanese exam
WHILE more and more students across the region are taking on French and German as exam subjects every year, one brave Headford student decided to take a step further onto the international stage, in sitting the Honours Leaving Certificate Japanese Exam Paper...and doing exceptionally well! A number of years ago, the Presentation College in Headford became involved in the Modern Language Initiative and, through work with the Department of Education and the Japanese Embassy, began to offer the language to their Transition Year students. One local lad was so taken aback by the language (and its 26 alphabets!) that he found he was hungry for more...