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    #1832
    smiles_1998
    Registered Users Posts: 336 ✭✭smiles_1998


    S_Hick12 wrote: »
    I don't know if we even need books :|
    We have to get three :) still haven't gotten them though! :D


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    #1833
    coolerboy
    Registered Users Posts: 589 ✭✭✭coolerboy


    smiles_1998 wrote: »
    We have to get three :) still haven't gotten them though! :D

    Are You two going to ty.you are so lucky I am not allowed to do it as my parents think it is a WASTE of TIME


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    #1834
    S_Hick12
    Registered Users Posts: 148 ✭✭S_Hick12


    coolerboy wrote: »
    Are You two going to ty.you are so lucky I am not allowed to do it as my parents think it is a WASTE of TIME

    Yep, I've been told that TY really brings you out of your shell/gives you more confidence. But look on the bright side, you'll be finished school and we'll be preparing for the leaving cert :(


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    #1835
    pizzamad
    Registered Users Posts: 119 ✭✭pizzamad


    For TY we have like 6 books...english,irish,maths,french,IT and work experience hahahahaha


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    #1836
    coolerboy
    Registered Users Posts: 589 ✭✭✭coolerboy


    S_Hick12 wrote: »
    Yep, I've been told that TY really brings you out of your shell/gives you more confidence. But look on the bright side, you'll be finished school and we'll be preparing for the leaving cert :(

    Im like the smallest in my year so really doesnt make a difference


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    #1837
    coolerboy
    Registered Users Posts: 589 ✭✭✭coolerboy


    pizzamad wrote: »
    For TY we have like 6 books...english,irish,maths,french,IT and work experience hahahahaha

    For fifth year im doing 8 subects so I have like 15 books


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    #1838
    smiles_1998
    Registered Users Posts: 336 ✭✭smiles_1998


    coolerboy wrote: »
    Are You two going to ty.you are so lucky I am not allowed to do it as my parents think it is a WASTE of TIME
    I was going to skip it but I'm not mad on the people going into fifth year so I decided to just do TY :) I will no doubt be bored stupid by Christmas but sure...:D


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    #1839
    spurious
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,188 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    You get what you put in to TY. It's different in that if you sit around waiting for things to happen (or the teachers to 'do something Ken!') they won't.

    Suggest things, research trips and costs, initiate ideas among yourselves. That's part of the point of it and if you do that you'll have a great experience.


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    #1840
    Mr Rhode Island Red
    Registered Users Posts: 746 ✭✭✭Mr Rhode Island Red


    spurious wrote: »
    You get what you put in to TY. It's different in that if you sit around waiting for things to happen (or the teachers to 'do something Ken!') they won't.

    Suggest things, research trips and costs, initiate ideas among yourselves. That's part of the point of it and if you do that you'll have a great experience.

    The Ty's of 2011 and 2012 in our school did loads; Sports teams, debating teams, young scientist, young enterprise competitions, mini-companies etc. They were always doing something. Really enthusiastic bunch that got on with the teachers like a house on fire.

    Last years TY's were a completely different kettle of fish. The majority of them had no motivation to do anything. There was no debating team, enterprise teams, or half-decent mini-companies. Very little sports happening on their part either.

    Our business teacher (also a TY co-ordinator) really started to get fed up with TY's landing at her classroom door during our business class on a Monday morning (in fact, most mornings of the week) looking for permission slips to go downtown and "lodge/withdraw money for the mini-company" and other "productive" things Hang around the town and frequent the coffee shops

    But some of the students in my year have great intentions to make TY what it was like before, engaging and busy; always having something to do. We have a petition of interest for the re-ignition of the debating team and hopefully get the help of the PE teacher to start a lads' basketball team, if we're lucky


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