*JC 2013/2014 Off-Topic Thread*

DublinArnie

pizzamad wrote: »

Ahhhh no, i was watching the VMA's

Same here! *highfive*

laurap123

Hey guys do any of ye know if Religion is compulsary for the JC?

I've been an atheist for almost a year now and I think it doesn't seem fair to sit an exam for something you've zero beliefs in. Also some of the stuff our teacher says regarding 'god' and the likes is just brainrot and ridiculous!

spurious

laurap123 wrote: »

Hey guys do any of ye know if Religion is compulsary for the JC?

I've been an atheist for almost a year now and I think it doesn't seem fair to sit an exam for something you've zero beliefs in. Also some of the stuff our teacher says regarding 'god' and the likes is just brainrot and ridiculous!

Are you in a religious run/owned school? Their house, their rules.

The examination subject is not compulsory.

DublinArnie

laurap123 wrote: »

Hey guys do any of ye know if Religion is compulsary for the JC?

I've been an atheist for almost a year now and I think it doesn't seem fair to sit an exam for something you've zero beliefs in. Also some of the stuff our teacher says regarding 'god' and the likes is just brainrot and ridiculous!

I'm atheist and I still did the exam.

You have to do it if it's an exam subject in your school. It's a lot like history and most of it is common sense (well, for me it is) so you have nothing to worry about if you put the effort in.

Mr Rhode Island Red

Not back till wednesday. I say wednesday because it has a nicer ring to it than "tomorrow"

smiles_1998

Mr Rhode Island Red wrote: »

Not back till wednesday. I say wednesday because it has a nicer ring to it than "tomorrow"

It really does doesn't it?

CiCi123

Mr Rhode Island Red wrote: »

Not back till wednesday. I say wednesday because it has a nicer ring to it than "tomorrow"

I'm back Wednesday too!:) When I got up this morning my mom said "oh its your last day of freedom, you'll be back in ..." and I just said do Not mention the "S" word :eek: How could she be so cruel??!!!

Eims14

I'm back today but only for a 2hours and then I'm not back till Friday.I was fine with going back until this morning I know what I'll be like next monday

nanook5

I won't be able to sleep tonight :eek:

I only just got up

DublinArnie

nanook5 wrote: »

I won't be able to sleep tonight :eek:

I only just got up

I hope you have fun tomorrow ...

nanook5

DublinArnie wrote: »

I hope you have fun tomorrow ...

My brain won't......or my body

OiOshawott

I would say do homework everyday and study as often as you can, but I done neither.

positivealf

laurap123 wrote: »

Hey guys do any of ye know if Religion is compulsary for the JC?

I've been an atheist for almost a year now and I think it doesn't seem fair to sit an exam for something you've zero beliefs in. Also some of the stuff our teacher says regarding 'god' and the likes is just brainrot and ridiculous!

Well what's ridiculous is not even trying to understand how the world religions work considering they have a big impact on our lives, nobody's forcing you to believe God. I'm sure many other atheists like Arnie have done religion for JC, a majority of it is common sense.

nanook5

positivealf wrote: »

Well what's ridiculous is not even trying to understand how the world religions work considering they have a big impact on our lives, nobody's forcing you to believe God. I'm sure many other atheists like Arnie have done religion for JC, a majority of it is common sense.

I'm atheist and I really enjoy religion

DublinArnie

nanook5 wrote: »

I'm atheist and I really enjoy religion

I like religion because our religion teacher is sound. She makes the class enjoyable and we still get the work done. We spend most of the class talking about various of non-related topics, she loves talking about her two lovely small kids :pac: teachers like this make school fun!

OiOshawott

Is everybody here an atheist or is that just me.

DublinArnie

OiOshawott wrote: »

Is everybody here an atheist or is that just me.

I'm a humanist.

Humanist - Atheist who searches for meaning of life without religion.

laurap123

spurious wrote: »

Are you in a religious run/owned school? Their house, their rules.

The examination subject is not compulsory.

It's a community school so not really religious I guess it caters for all?

laurap123

DublinArnie wrote: »

I'm atheist and I still did the exam.

You have to do it if it's an exam subject in your school. It's a lot like history and most of it is common sense (well, for me it is) so you have nothing to worry about if you put the effort in.

Was just wondering anyways, I would like to drop it so I'd have extra classes to focus on maths which I'm struggling with. I'll probably end up doing it as I've been getting As in class tests.

laurap123

positivealf wrote: »

Well what's ridiculous is not even trying to understand how the world religions work considering they have a big impact on our lives, nobody's forcing you to believe God. I'm sure many other atheists like Arnie have done religion for JC, a majority of it is common sense.

I know nobody's forcing me but I'd rather spend three classes focusing on subjects I'm struggling with than learning about something I've no interest in/ won't be doing after JC. I have a ridiculous quote from my teacher "God knows everything you think about" thats what made me wanna drop tbh because that's brainwashing students haha.

nanook5

laurap123 wrote: »

I know nobody's forcing me but I'd rather spend three classes focusing on subjects I'm struggling with than learning about something I've no interest in/ won't be doing after JC. I have a ridiculous quote from my teacher "God knows everything you think about" thats what kmade me wanna drop tbh because that's brainwashing students haha.

That's hilarious haha

laurap123

nanook5 wrote: »

That's hilarious haha

Talk about LOL, our teacher is chaplain so she's a real god lover. Absolutely deluded she is!

nanook5

laurap123 wrote: »

Talk about LOL, our teacher is chaplain so she's a real god lover. Absolutely deluded she is!

I got really frustrated with my religion teacher once. He was talking about the universe and he said something along the lines of "Looking up at the other planets in OUR atmosphere" :mad:

I just thought , he doesn't have one clue what he's talking about !!! :rolleyes:

But he's a sound man haha , he doesn't say God is real or God isn't , he lets us choose

laurap123

nanook5 wrote: »

I got really frustrated with my religion teacher once. He was talking about the universe and he said something along the lines of "Looking up at the other planets in OUR atmosphere" :mad:

I just thought , he doesn't have one clue what he's talking about !!! :rolleyes:

But he's a sound man haha , he doesn't say God is real or God isn't , he lets us choose

At least he sounds reasonable, guess I'll have to grin and bear my teacher! Now 7 o'clock start tomorrow woop woop!

nanook5

laurap123 wrote: »

At least he sounds reasonable, guess I'll have to grin and bear my teacher! Now 7 o'clock start tomorrow woop woop!

6 o clock for me :-) A nice refreshing shower

nanook5

Well today was fun...........

5 New teachers :eek:

Now my new religion teacher is the chaplain yay! :rolleyes:

Mr Rhode Island Red

Well, had my first day of 3rd year today. School was so disorganised so we had 6 free classes (out of 9).

What a bombardment of clichés from the teachers:
JC- You get out what you put in
JC- Do your best, after that you can't do anymore
JC- Fail to prepare, prepare to fail.

I must have heard stuff along those lines at least 10 times today.

To end on a positive note, well for me anyway...DIDN'T GET A BOTTOM LOCKER! WOOP!:D

nanook5

Mr Rhode Island Red wrote: »

Well, had my first day of 3rd year today. School was so disorganised so we had 6 free classes (out of 9).

What a bombardment of clichés from the teachers:
JC- You get out what you put in
JC- Do your best, after that you can't do anymore
JC- Fail to prepare, prepare to fail.

I must have heard stuff along those lines at least 10 times today.

To end on a positive note, well for me anyway...DIDN'T GET A BOTTOM LOCKER! WOOP!:D

Top locker FTW *Highfive*

Eims14

1st day back yesterday.Omigod they were so serious they were telling us to hit the ground running and that we have to create good habits to succed succesfully everyones was so serious.And then we went off to classes and they wanted to start work again!!It wasn't even a proper day we aren't back properly til Friday I didn't even bring a bag with me .In other news TOP LOCKER!!

nanook5

Eims14 wrote: »

1st day back yesterday.Omigod they were so serious they were telling us to hit the ground running and that we have to create good habits to succed succesfully everyones was so serious.And then we went off to classes and they wanted to start work again!!It wasn't even a proper day we aren't back properly til Friday I didn't even bring a bag with me .In other news TOP LOCKER!!

First irish class of the year the first words that came out of the teachers mouth was "We're going to start with a sceal...."


Best thing today was pe