Leaving Cert Subjects
Megan McEvoy, Dancer
What subjects did you take in school and how have these influenced your career path?
Aside from English, Irish and maths I did music, French, art and chemistry. I did business studies until the Junior Cert but dropped it then. Although I didn't enjoy business studies I really wish I had kept it on as had I known that I'd be self-employed in the future it would have helped me greatly in terms of tax, loans, self-marketing and starting a business.
Essentially I am now running a small business by being self-employed. While I didn't use French and ended up living in Spain for 4 years I do feel having had a second language in school made picking up Spanish easier for me and I was really willing to learn it. Music of course has helped greatly in my career as there is nothing worse than a dancer who has no sense of musicality. Music has always played a big part in my life and many teachers have commented on my strong sense of musicality through dance.
Kerri Martin, Training Development Officer
What subjects did you take in school and how have these influenced your career path?
To be honest, in secondary school, I thought I was going to be a teacher so at that time social care wasn’t on my radar. We didn’t have CSPE or SPHE when I was in school. I think it was more life experience that influenced my career path.
