Borrowing from friend, Good Idea?

ionapaul · 07-11-2008 6:31pm

The recession / burst property bubble might change everyone's assumptions here, as to what educational and career path is best. Suffice to say that even if you are confident of making it in the world without a good LC, getting one is fairly good insurance just in case you're wrong!

Flipz4Rollz · 07-11-2008 7:51pm

I politely declined when he asked today.
Gonna have to make do with auld reliable 3euro a day until summer.
Its gonna be a long 6 months.........

Thanks for all the advice

Goodluck2me · 07-11-2008 8:59pm

cardshark202 wrote: »

Level? You have to first go to university and pick up first class honours in a meaningful course.

How do you get to a meaningful course without a good leaving cert? ldo.

phantom_lord · 07-11-2008 9:07pm

wait til you're 23? tbf getting 4-500 which should get you into most meaningful course hardly requires that much effort.

Lazare · 07-11-2008 9:38pm

phantom_lord wrote: »

what til you're 23? tbf getting 4-500 which should get you into most meaningful course hadn't requires that much effort.

Ironing.

jbravado · 07-11-2008 11:26pm

goodluck2me wrote: »

How do you get to a meaningful course without a good leaving cert? ldo.

Two of my good freinds were mongos in school-they paid to got to one of these jokeshop colleges which in turn made them eligible for masters. They both work abroad in stocks now-one in London one in Amsterdam. They are earning more than any of us who did decent leavings by a long way.

ElectraBlue · 07-11-2008 11:31pm

Flipz4Rollz wrote: »

I politely declined when he asked today.
Gonna have to make do with auld reliable 3euro a day until summer.
Its gonna be a long 6 months.........

Thanks for all the advice

Well done!

It was a tough decison to make, but you did the right thing... only play with what you can afford to play with.

You have the rest of your life to play poker! Grind away, just don't let the tedium get to you, and limit your hours!

LC is not something to take lightly, get your head down, hit the books and make the mammy proud. The main object of the LC is to gain enough points to go to college; no one gets a job out of the LC any more. College is a 'once-in-a-lifetime' experience you don't want to pass up!

zuutroy · 07-11-2008 11:50pm

College is a good route if you're a lazy fuvker. I spent 7 years in DCU doing a PhD and now I dd absolutely **** all for my weeks wages. If you get to that level of education, people just assume you're great, and you can get away with doing SFA. The higher the level of eductation you get, the less you'll have to work for your monies.

bubbleking · 07-11-2008 11:54pm

zuutroy wrote: »

College is a good route if you're a lazy fuvker. I spent 7 years in DCU doing a PhD and now I dd absolutely **** all for my weeks wages. If you get to that level of education, people just assume you're great, and you can get away with doing SFA. The higher the level of eductation you get, the less you'll have to work for your monies.

did you play in the weekly 10 euro freezeout? its where my poker career began

zuutroy · 08-11-2008 12:05am

bubbleking wrote: »

did you play in the weekly 10 euro freezeout? its where my poker career began

Nah I only discovered pokers about 1 year ago..not sure pokersoc existed in my day 97-04

H8GHOTI · 08-11-2008 12:52am

bohsman wrote: »

LC is least important exam I ever did.

Less important than the Junior Cert?

dK1NG · 08-11-2008 3:18am

zuutroy wrote: »

College is a good route if you're a lazy fuvker. I spent 7 years in DCU doing a PhD and now I dd absolutely **** all for my weeks wages. If you get to that level of education, people just assume you're great, and you can get away with doing SFA. The higher the level of eductation you get, the less you'll have to work for your monies.

Please God.

Almost there, then I can relax for the rest of my life.:o

bohsman · 08-11-2008 4:15am

H8GHOTI wrote: »

Less important than the Junior Cert?

I wouldnt count that as an exam, its right up there with that online iq test I did at some point.

oleras · 08-11-2008 5:46am

H8GHOTI wrote: »

Less important than the Junior Cert?

Inter Cert surely...........whats the age profile here ?

hotspur · 08-11-2008 9:43am

oleras wrote: »

Inter Cert surely...........whats the age profile here ?

You have to be about 32/33 to have done the Inter Cert I think. Which is the age at which you get laughed at on this forum by young fresh faced bucks like BCB

oleras · 08-11-2008 10:37am

hotspur wrote: »

You have to be about 32/33 to have done the Inter Cert I think. Which is the age at which you get laughed at on this forum by young fresh faced bucks like BCB

Up a few more, but not too many mind !!;)

edit to add...........i saw BCB doing his netwebcastthingie........fresh faced ? well, there was a lot of face......

TommyGunne · 08-11-2008 3:36pm

Leaving Cert is important but its not the end of the world. I certainly wouldn't be busting my balls studying in November. Just do a little to keep up with the course. You do have to go out and have hobbies

It certainly isn't the most important exam you'll do. I've had plenty more important and I'm only in 3rd year.

Also, people that ever-exert themselves for the leaving cert tend to underperform in college. I've heard plenty anecdotal evidence from professors/lecturers that people who come from grind schools struggle a lot more than people who come from bad schools. Thats kinda obvious though. There are plenty of courses at the moment whose points required are ridiculously low compared to the level of intelligence needed to complete them well. If you struggle to get into one of these you're in trouble.

The LC is way overrated. You can get into pretty much any profession you like with any degree. It doesn't really matter what degree you do as long as you do well in it.

thedini · 08-11-2008 3:51pm

hotspur wrote: »

You have to be about 32/33 to have done the Inter Cert I think. Which is the age at which you get laughed at on this forum by young fresh faced bucks like BCB

yea 1990 I think it was

5starpool · 08-11-2008 4:27pm

hotspur wrote: »

You have to be about 32/33 to have done the Inter Cert I think. Which is the age at which you get laughed at on this forum by young fresh faced bucks like BCB

If you did the inter cert you are old, junior cert not old.

thedini wrote: »

yea 1990 I think it was

1992 was the first year of the junior cert. I did it that year.

Ace2007 · 08-11-2008 4:42pm

what course are you aiming to get into after the leaving?
after all if its CA then anyone can get into that with any sort study(just look at cooker)
but if it is something that needs 500+ points then just forget about poker for 8 months,

all in all - don't borrow money to play poker(doesn't matter if you are friends - play poker with money you can afford to lose) - i think in 3 years playing poker i've lended money twice - once to someone i knew well(from poker) and got it back and another time to someone - never got that back.

O and dom - no matter what way you paint the pic - your still old

5starpool · 08-11-2008 4:46pm

Ace2007 wrote: »

what course are you aiming to get into after the leaving?
after all if its CA then anyone can get into that with any sort study(just look at cooker)
but if it is something that needs 500+ points then just forget about poker for 8 months,

all in all - don't borrow money to play poker(doesn't matter if you are friends - play poker with money you can afford to lose) - i think in 3 years playing poker i've lended money twice - once to someone i knew well(from poker) and got it back and another time to someone - never got that back.

O and dom - no matter what were you paint the pic - your still old

Maybe age is the reason I can spell so it might come to you in time I guess. Whatever you say about typing fast and not rereading posts before you post doesn't apply when you use the 'word' lended in a sentence.

RoadSweeper · 08-11-2008 6:26pm

STI test is the toughest exam many people do.

thedini · 08-11-2008 9:47pm

RoadSweeper wrote: »

STI test is the toughest exam many people do.

HIV test IMO a friend of mine, a guard was stabbed with a needle.

CourierCollie · 08-11-2008 9:57pm

thedini wrote: »

HIV test IMO a friend of mine, a guard was stabbed with a needle.

HIV's an easy one. The one where they need to take a swab from inside the shaft of your penis, thats nasty.

thedini · 08-11-2008 9:59pm

CourierCollie wrote: »

HIV's an easy one. The one where they need to take a swab from inside the shaft of your penis, thats nasty.

obviously the result

CourierCollie · 08-11-2008 10:05pm

Thanks for removing the personal abuse. Agree on the waiting for results part quite nerve wracking sure enough.

thedini · 08-11-2008 10:07pm

CourierCollie wrote: »

Thanks for removing the personal abuse. Agree on the waiting for results part quite nerve wracking sure enough.

whatever

hf4z6sqo7vjngi · 08-11-2008 11:59pm

5starpool wrote: »

If you did the inter cert you are old, junior cert not old.

1992 was the first year of the junior cert. I did it that year. [/QUOTE]

Ah memories, must be same age then Dom:p

KevIRL · 09-11-2008 12:20am

Winter Miniature Suntan wrote: »

5starpool wrote: »

If you did the inter cert you are old, junior cert not old.

1992 was the first year of the junior cert. I did it that year. [/QUOTE]

Ah memories, must be same age then Dom:p

haha, same here. Was a right pain in the arse getting stung for exams during the 92 Euro Champs and again with the Leaving Cert in 94 and the World Cup

Borrowing from friend, Good Idea?

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