I can haz general discussion?

LeixlipRed · 07-12-2010 1:39pm

Haha, brilliant. It's only a Holy Day when it doesn't get in the way. Fecking Catholics

philologos · 07-12-2010 2:24pm

XxMCRxBabyxX wrote: »

We still have College tomorrow even though it's a holy day right?!
My friend heard that we don't but he's the only one that I've heard that off!

We've never had a day off for any holy days (in Catholicism) bar Christmas and Easter at least as I thought?

We didn't get off for All Saints Day (Nov 1st) either. I guess because holiday has long since been divorced from "holy-day".

LeixlipRed wrote:

Holy Day? Man, I wish I was in primary school still

Excuse my ignorance but did they actually give you a day off for December 8th in RCC primary schools?

Michellenman · 07-12-2010 2:28pm

Jakkass wrote: »

Excuse my ignorance but did they actually give you a day off for December 8th in RCC primary schools?

Yup

Jimmy Iovine · 07-12-2010 2:31pm

Can't believe that Example is playing in the SU in February. This better not be some sick joke haha.

A huge improvement on having S-Club 3 or The Venga Boys again anyway.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAgegxdVdFU

LeixlipRed · 07-12-2010 2:32pm

Yeh, they did. Loads of them every year. Brilliant it was!

Michellenman · 07-12-2010 2:32pm

Jimmy Iovine wrote: »

Can't believe that Example is playing in the SU in February. This better not be some sick joke haha.

A huge improvement on having S-Club 3 or The Venga Boys again anyway.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAgegxdVdFU

I would come home to see them!

philologos · 07-12-2010 2:44pm

Michellenman wrote: »

Yup

LeixlipRed wrote: »

Yeh, they did. Loads of them every year. Brilliant it was!

I missed out on a great childhood clearly! :P

banquo · 07-12-2010 2:46pm

Not a joke. Example are playing.

Jimmy Iovine · 07-12-2010 2:54pm

banquo wrote: »

Not a joke. Example are playing.

Brilliant. Any idea when the tickets will be going on sale? I presume the week we come back after the exams

squishykins · 07-12-2010 3:48pm

Jakkass wrote: »

We've never had a day off for any holy days (in Catholicism) bar Christmas and Easter at least as I thought?

Yeah we got off on all the days on that calendar in primary, I also did in secondary :P

banquo · 07-12-2010 3:55pm

Jimmy Iovine wrote: »

Brilliant. Any idea when the tickets will be going on sale? I presume the week we come back after the exams

Don't have a sale date yet as far as I know. You'll know when I do!

LeixlipRed · 07-12-2010 3:57pm

Convenient timing for clubs & socs council this Thursday. Couldn't make it up if you tried.

Michellenman · 07-12-2010 4:44pm

''third-level registration fees will be increased to €2,000 annually. Families with more than one child in college will pay a reduced fee of €1500 for the second and subsequent children.''

John · 07-12-2010 5:49pm

Jakkass wrote: »

Excuse my ignorance but did they actually give you a day off for December 8th in RCC primary schools?

The December 8th day off was great as it was the day after my birthday so it always felt like a present. They stopped doing it before I finished primary school if I remember correctly.

banquo · 07-12-2010 6:35pm

Alt_Grrr · 07-12-2010 7:33pm

Jakkass wrote: »

We've never had a day off for any holy days (in Catholicism) bar Christmas and Easter at least as I thought?

We didn't get off for All Saints Day (Nov 1st) either. I guess because holiday has long since been divorced from "holy-day".

Excuse my ignorance but did they actually give you a day off for December 8th in RCC primary schools?

We got most of those days off,
and as an added Bonus, if you lived in Naas or the surrounding area you got the week off school (Both in Primary and Secondary) for the Punchestown Irish National Hunt Festival.

Which is practically a holy week in Naas.

ontour · 07-12-2010 7:38pm

Does anyone know if the non adjacent grant changes is being brought in as 45km each way or return

Alt_Grrr · 07-12-2010 8:05pm

ontour wrote: »

Does anyone know if the non adjacent grant changes is being brought in as 45km each way or return

I think its neither,
Its the distance from your house to the university as the crow flies, (A straight line).

Nothing to do with road distance or journey times or even the availability of public transport.

Aldebaran · 07-12-2010 8:14pm

Alt_Grrr wrote: »

I think its neither,
Its the distance from your house to the university as the crow flies, (A straight line).

Nothing to do with road distance or journey times or even the availability of public transport.

Seriously? Bad news for me if this is the case.

ontour · 07-12-2010 8:25pm

Im 42kms one way

how do I find out what distances they'd be using... very very bad news for me

Also will I get the rest of my cant or just the remainder now for the rest of this year? I was due 1080 in Jan or Feb

Alt_Grrr · 07-12-2010 9:08pm

ontour wrote: »

Im 42kms one way how do I find out what distances they'd be using... very very bad news for me Also will I get the rest of my cant or just the remainder now for the rest of this year? I was due 1080 in Jan or Feb

According to the Budget:

Student Support Scheme - 4% reduction in rates of
grant, consistent with the % reduction in all DSP
working-age payments; limit mature students benefits
to those payable to ordinary students; and reduce
proportion of students qualifying for the non-adjacent
rate by changing qualifying criteria from 24km to
45km.

from
Summary of
2011 Budget Measures - (Policy Changes) (PDF)

I'm not sure what the story is with when this cut will apply...
Its not good for a lot of Maynooth Students.

squishykins · 07-12-2010 9:32pm

I only got accepted for the grant there last week, it said at the top of the letter that any changes in the budget wrt the grant come into effect in Jan.

Liber8or · 07-12-2010 11:43pm

Can someone tell me where Room 61 is please?

philologos · 07-12-2010 11:47pm

along by the swimming pool in the building opposite rhetoric house.

philologos · 07-12-2010 11:48pm

Alt_Grrr wrote: »

We got most of those days off,
and as an added Bonus, if you lived in Naas or the surrounding area you got the week off school (Both in Primary and Secondary) for the Punchestown Irish National Hunt Festival.

Which is practically a holy week in Naas.

There must have been a limited amount of days that schools can be allowed to take off though?

I guess we must have taken off days extra at other parts of the year to make up for these? (I went to CofI schools)

squishykins · 08-12-2010 1:20am

Jakkass wrote: »

There must have been a limited amount of days that schools can be allowed to take off though?

I guess we must have taken off days extra at other parts of the year to make up for these? (I went to CofI schools)

Yeah you're right, every school has to take the same amount of days off. It's like only two hundred and something days we spend in school a year.

A Changer · 08-12-2010 3:29am

Alt_Grrr wrote: »

We got most of those days off,
and as an added Bonus, if you lived in Naas or the surrounding area you got the week off school (Both in Primary and Secondary) for the Punchestown Irish National Hunt Festival.

Which is practically a holy week in Naas.

I enjoyed this in Primary and Secondary school. Though the Department have been chipping away at it the whole time. I used to get a week off in Primary school, but by the time I got to Sixth Year, we were only getting two days. Though they often...conveniently...scheduled a staff meeting to give us three days.

I'm not sure when we made these days back. I think it was at the end of the year, before the exams in Secondary. Still, it was a nice pre/post-Easter break. :pac:

Alt_Grrr · 08-12-2010 9:54am

A Changer wrote: »

I enjoyed this in Primary and Secondary school. Though the Department have been chipping away at it the whole time. I used to get a week off in Primary school, but by the time I got to Sixth Year, we were only getting two days. Though they often...conveniently...scheduled a staff meeting to give us three days.

I'm not sure when we made these days back. I think it was at the end of the year, before the exams in Secondary. Still, it was a nice pre/post-Easter break. :pac:

A Staff Meeting actually counts as a day in School according to the Department of Education.

amyputz wrote: »

Yeah you're right, every school has to take the same amount of days off. It's like only two hundred and something days we spend in school a year.

No, they don't have to take the same number of days off, but they have to meet the minimum number of days that the school has to be open.

Jakkass wrote: »

There must have been a limited amount of days that schools can be allowed to take off though?

I guess we must have taken off days extra at other parts of the year to make up for these? (I went to CofI schools)

Doubtful, Again, Schools like to have a number of days they can close in reserve in case of... I don't know... snow... just in case. And not All RCC schools will take every holy day off, but you get the majority off in some.

So the scared week of Punchestown Races was generally the whole week when I was younger, but as I got older and the rules changed with regards to the number of days schools could close for things like holy weeks/horse racing, so they had to scale it back to a lean 2-3 days.

Which was treble, as one of my Maths Teachers put it "How else are you going to learn about probability?"

Seren_ · 08-12-2010 12:58pm

College is stressful and overwhelming ;_; and I really should know that by now, I'm in fourth third year ffs!!

Daemos · 08-12-2010 1:39pm

Your Text Here wrote: »

College is stressful and overwhelming ;_; and I really should know that by now, I'm in fourth third year ffs!!

Tell me about it. I should be writing an essay, but my brain is in "couldn't give a sh1t" mode. Time to snap out if it methinks.

I can haz general discussion?

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