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A compulsory question on the higher-level home economics paper, which focused on how âhealth and wellbeingâ and âresponsible livingâ influence our food choices, has received a negative reaction from students. The question is worth a quarter of the overall grade.
âStudents are usually given a table which they can write about,â said Margaret Kinsella, ASTI subject representative and a teacher at Bunclody Vocational School in Co Wexford.
âThis year, they were given an infographic and they just werenât expecting it. They were asked about health and wellbeing and then, separately, about responsible living. They found the concepts ambiguous and hard to separate between.â