The Pursuit of Schols

Domhnall McGlacken-Byrne | Contributing Writer On completion of the last of my third year Christmas exams this year, I passed the afternoon getting a haircut, having a shower and returning to my beloved Tetris (at which I was dismayed to learn I had grown quite rusty). The cynic in me wryly observed that this already guaranteed these Christmas holidays to be significantly more productive than the last, which I spent ineptly preparing for the academic graveyard known as the Foundation Scholarship Examinations. As I type this in early January, it was this time last year that I reached the lowest depths of my studying frenzy: … Continue reading The Pursuit of Schols