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  1. Farnham_Red

    Farnham_Red Administrator Staff Member Admin

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    Its a stupid idea - if you like maths and are decent at it by all means carry on to 18 and beyond.
    I did and I was pretty good at it and needed it for my chosen career in electonic engineering. Even now use some of the additional advanced maths in my job, for example fourier transforms.
    But the vast majority will have learnt all they need by 16, and if they haven't got it at 16 they are unlikely to improve having been forced to take another 2 years of it instead of a subject they enjoy and want to do.

    Why would someone who wants to work with modern languages for example need to do more maths
    Its actually easier to construct a case to force people to learn another language rather than force continued maths although I would oppose that as well. It would have been really useful for me if I had leant German and possibly Italian but fortunately in my field everyone speaks English, which is just as well as for the majority of my working life I have been working with foreigners in Europe, and still do! despite the best efforts of the Brexiteers
     
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    Scoff -thanks.
    Googled this and it seems 31% of people of Ireland - low earners, unemployed, retirees etc. - qualify for the Medical card which gives them free Health Care.
    I would guess most people would opt to take out medical insurance through their jobs
     
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    I didn't know the school leaving age was 18.
     
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