Every year up to 65,000 students sit the Leaving Cert and while many of them revel in studying and getting the best grades they can, others find the whole process laborious and boring and can’t wait to leave school and get on with their lives.
Rickwang Tientcheu can relate to this as he found himself “drifting” and losing interest, particularly during the Covid years when many classes were online.
Thankfully, he managed to find something he was passionate about and this not only encouraged him to focus on getting good exam results, but also motivated him to apply to third-level education and work towards a positive future.
“To be honest, I wasn’t mad into studying in the years leading up to my Leaving Cert,” he says, “but then I started reading a book on business and investing and I got hooked – that is when things started to change for me and I began thinking bigger – about how people build things, create opportunities, and make an impact.
“That’s what led me and my friend Bogdan Postolachi to start a digital marketing business when we were still in fifth year.
“It started off as just a side project, but it actually took off.
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