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Fri Feb 04 2022 - 00:01

Sir, – People seem to think predicted grades are a new thing. They are not. Back in 1964, a teacher predicted that I would fail Latin in my Leaving Certificate examination. He was spot on. – Yours, etc,

JOHN McDWYER,

Carrick-on-Shannon,

Co Leitrim.

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