From Leaving Cert disappointment to EP stage
KK Lewis, a singer-songwriter, performed at Electric Picnic seven years after her disappointing Leaving Cert results. She missed her first-choice college course but discovered her passion for music during a gap year, learning guitar and busking.
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This inspiring story highlights the importance of resilience and pursuing one's true passions despite initial academic setbacks, offering a message of hope to students facing similar disappointments.
KK Lewis took to the Electric Picnic stage almost seven years to the day she received her "doomsday" Leaving Cert results.
The singer-songwriter missed out on her first choice college course and decided to defer her third choice - Children's Nursing at Trinity College Dublin - for a year.
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