He now works for the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), an executive agency of the Department of Health in the United Kingdom which is responsible for ensuring that medicines and medical devices work and are acceptably safe.

Valuable lessons I learned at the CBS Ennistymon 

I started in the CBS in September 1999, as a socially awkward twelve-year-old and went into my first day with a nervous excitement. New school, New subjects, slightly longer days and the chance to meet new people.  I think looking back on my experience there, I can say that a lot of the valuable lessons learned within the four walls of the mono have stayed with me throughout my time at university as well as in my working life. 

It prepared me to meet deadlines, via the homework assignments and projects we were given throughout the five years, it provided lessons on how to develop an effective study method which has supported me with me right throughout some difficult exams both at the CBS, in university exams and my professional exams. The CBS and the teachers there provided me with valuable lessons on how to manage my time effectively in order to be able to get my school work completed effectively but also allowed time to get involved in hobbies and other interests outside of school and in my case this was usually playing pool with mates or playing video games (usually FIFA at which I was absolutely horrendously terrible…..but I have improved slightly… instead of losing games 10 - nil I only loose by at least half that as a thirty year old.)

My time at the CBS allowed me to develop myself as a person, and it was here that I developed an exceptional group of friends that have also remained with me to the present day even though we all veered in different directions at the end of our time at the mono. The friendships we forged there were strong enough that they still provide valuable support and wise advice anytime I may need it. This process of building friends up/ getting to know new people is also a skill and although it wasn’t developed in the confines of a classroom I believe the environment at the CBS played an important role in allowing me to develop this aspect of self.

Secondary school is an experience, and while it is a challenging experience at certain times, it should also be an enjoyable one.  It provides us all with valuable lifelong lessons. I am very grateful for the education I received at the CBS in Ennistymon while I was a student there, and the lessons I learned and experiences that the CBS provided for me, have created the person that sits in front of this computer today, and without my education there, I can safely say I wouldn’t be here only for it