LIVELINE Thread - (05/10/11 to 14/02/2012)

JonathanAnon

Complete silence from the ASTI today ? Probably wont hear from them until the next discussion of increments when they will be playing the poor mouth.

syklops

"Why should I have to pay 3 times than other parents, just because I have 3 children?"

AngryBollix

If Joe told me he couldnt afford the fees he'd get such a kick in the bollix for himself

dulpit

syklops wrote: »

"Why should I have to pay 3 times than other parents, just because I have 3 children?"

I was thinking the same...

IvyTheTerrible

nosey guy wrote: »

Lay off the gear there kevin,you might remember the words you are trying to spit out.

Lots of brits in ireland thesedays.

And that's a problem why?

nosey guy

Just noticing a lot more enthusaism on the boards on a monday..

As the week progresses,and grinds you down,it really is hard to take.

Keep the faith people ,keep the faith.

scargill

what happens if a parent decides not to pay?
does the child not get to sit the mock?

syklops

Ah, the 3:54 ad break.

Chances of a balanced discussion occurring falling into minus figures.

dulpit

This overweight ad wrecks my head too... All I want now is a doughnut...

sudzs

syklops wrote: »

"Why should I have to pay 3 times than other parents, just because I have 3 children?"

3 twins?? :pac:

nosey guy

IvyTheTerrible wrote: »

And that's a problem why?

Who said there was a problem,its a statement of fact.

Maybe call joe about my post there.

dulpit

Oh and the music they use to advertise Mooney makes me want to shoot the radio...

Skid

'I'm not overweight, I just have big bones'

It sounded much better when Cartman said it

AngryBollix

dulpit wrote: »

This overweight ad wrecks my head too... All I want now is a doughnut...

Are those big bones in your womans belly

Stripey Cat

syklops wrote: »

Ah, the 3:54 ad break.

Chances of a balanced discussion occurring falling into minus figures.

Imagine if this was still going on at five to four...

Lapin

Joe is going home this evening clutching two short straws and is gonna get the 3 twins to draw lots over which one gets to do the leaving.

mickydoomsux

The free money you get from the government for having a child can go towards paying these school charges.

syklops

Well you dont have to do Transition Year, so you dont have to pay the TY fee.

That said, TY was the most valuable year I did, so I would say definitely do it.

AngryBollix

I have principles Joe.

I wont be paying that principle to the principal

pc7

Get rid of your NTL, kids mobiles, play stations, DS lites etc and see if you can afford it in these tough times. I hate that Joe never asks this kind of question.

syklops

Stripey Cat wrote: »

Imagine if this was still going on at five to four...

Sorry Im an hour ahead. But yeah, imagine a 2 hour liveline :eek:

Skid

Could the Schools not arrange a swap where School A corrects School B's exams and vice versa, no fee necessary?

AngryBollix

RTE is supposed to be a public service Joe.

Is that why you get paid 400k per year

syklops

pc7 wrote: »

Get rid of your NTL, kids mobiles, play stations, DS lites etc and see if you can afford it in these tough times. I hate that Joe never asks this kind of question.

Or what kind of car the drive.

"Its only an 08"
"An 08 what Mary?"
"An 08 Mercedes SUV"
"Well could you not downgrade it?"
"But I need that car Joe, I need it"

syklops

Skid wrote: »

Could the Schools not arrange a swap where School A corrects School B's exams and vice versa, no fee necessary?

But its meant to be marked by a professional. Its meant to be a simulation of the real exam.

Sure at the end of the exam why dont they just get them to swap with the student next to them and call out the answers.

europa11

Skid wrote: »

Could the Schools not arrange a swap where School A corrects School B's exams and vice versa, no fee necessary?

Unfortunately, that would be a common sense arrangement which does away with the perk of giving the papers to retired and student teachers and anyone else 'suitably qualified' to collect off this lucrative nixer.

dulpit

syklops wrote: »

But its meant to be marked by a professional. Its meant to be a simulation of the real exam.

Sure at the end of the exam why dont they just get them to swap with the student next to them and call out the answers.

But even the leaving certificates are marked by teachers, so swapping them between schools (or marking them in-house) is not that big a difference...

syklops

dulpit wrote: »

But even the leaving certificates are marked by teachers, so swapping them between schools (or marking them in-house) is not that big a difference...

Alright I got nothing.

Maybe its stuff like this that An Bord Snip nua should have been suggesting.

suzie987

Lapin wrote: »

All streets named after Daniel O'Connell are disasters.

My mother's maiden name is O Connell. Her father was dead years before I was born. Most O Connell streets have a statue of the man himself. My mam decided to tell my sister and I that Daniel O Connell was our grandfather.

Every time we went to a town/city with his statue we would wave out the car window to "Grandad". Even worse we would then proceed to go to school the next day and very proudly tell the teacher and rest of the class that we saw our grandfather's statue at the weekend . . .

delta_bravo

europa11 wrote: »

Unfortunately, that would be a common sense arrangement which does away with the perk of giving the papers to retired and student teachers and anyone else 'suitably qualified' to collect off this lucrative nixer.

Mock papers are not lucrative really. The student may pay €7 for a paper to be corrected, the corrector will only get €2-3 (varies on subject, english will pay a little more). Then less tax its not really something I would personally have any interest in doing.

I am a recently qualified teacher and applied to correct and was rejected by one company as I needed more than 3 years experience apparently (The state exams commission doesn't even require that). The common complaint of the mocks being badly marked is that teachers often burden themselves with far too many papers and don't put the time into them because the pay is so crap.