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The Daltaí Boards » Archive: 2005- » 2007 (September-October) » Archive through September 07, 2007 » Schools/Scoltacha « Previous Next »

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Lughaidh
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Username: Lughaidh

Post Number: 1885
Registered: 01-2005
Posted on Sunday, September 02, 2007 - 01:03 pm:   Small TextLarge TextEdit Post Print Post

Haigh!

I've a question about the Irish school system: what's the name of the school you attend to when you are between 15 and 18 in Ireland? Meánscoil? ardscoil?

Go raibh maith agaibh

Learn Irish pronunciation here: www.phouka.com/gaelic/sounds/sounds.htm & http://fsii.gaeilge.org/

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Bearn
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Username: Bearn

Post Number: 334
Registered: 06-2007


Posted on Sunday, September 02, 2007 - 01:20 pm:   Small TextLarge TextEdit Post Print Post

Where i went we have 3 schools under one umbrella; when I was in the girl's school it was a Meánscoil

le díol

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Róman
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Post Number: 1041
Registered: 03-2006
Posted on Sunday, September 02, 2007 - 03:49 pm:   Small TextLarge TextEdit Post Print Post

quote:

when I was in the girls' school it was a Meánscoil



I ndáiríribh? An cailín tusa, nach ea?

Gaelainn na Mumhan abú!

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Aonghus
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Post Number: 6104
Registered: 08-2004


Posted on Sunday, September 02, 2007 - 03:56 pm:   Small TextLarge TextEdit Post Print Post

Lughaidh
Bunscoil ó 4-5 go dtí 12
Meánscoil ó 12 - 18 (Ard Teist)
Tá scrúdú ag thart ar 15-16 ar a dtugtar an Teastas Soisearach, mar sin bíonn dhá thréimhse san Meánscoil, ach scoil amháin a bhíonn ann.

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Bearn
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Post Number: 337
Registered: 06-2007


Posted on Sunday, September 02, 2007 - 05:41 pm:   Small TextLarge TextEdit Post Print Post

"I ndáiríribh? An cailín tusa, nach ea?"

No, local politics has meant my 'school' was 3 because been such a rich country, proper schools come way down the list. Further more, when I was there we were separated from girls (all boys class) and were in the 'good' class but had lessons in the technical school which was supposedly for the 'blue collar' chaps, but in the Leaving Cert I don't think the points results were much different between good and bad. In fact I did as much blue collar subjects as one could (woodwork and metal work etc and no science). I was not allowed (actually debarred) by the nun in charge of science from doing it as a subject, yet my MA is in research methodology, so that's the way things are

le díol

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Suaimhneas
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Post Number: 317
Registered: 08-2006
Posted on Sunday, September 02, 2007 - 06:17 pm:   Small TextLarge TextEdit Post Print Post

Adscoil is often used in the title of schools e.g. Ardscoil Ris in Marino Dublin,perhaps pretentiously, but it would still be officially a meanscoil

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Domhnall_Ó_h_aireachtaigh
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Post Number: 271
Registered: 09-2006


Posted on Monday, September 03, 2007 - 03:12 am:   Small TextLarge TextEdit Post Print Post

"I was not allowed (actually debarred) by the nun in charge of science from doing it as a subject, yet my MA is in research methodology, so that's the way things are"

I'm surprised at the wide latitude she enjoyed. Are there no government-mandated minimum requirements for science education?

I went to Catholic schools from Kindergarten through graduate school and there's no way they could have gotten away with something so blatant, although the nun who served as "guidance counselor" did do her best to rule you in or out of certain subjects even if you wanted to take them.

I wanted to take Algebra 2/Trig during my sophomore year and she refused to let me, saying that I belonged in plain old Algebra II. Nothing would convince her to sign me into the class I wanted, so I meekly accepted her advice and let her sign my schedule for Algebra II only. As soon as I got her signature, I immediately changed it back to what I originally wanted, submitted it, and took the class.

Ah, the good old days of low-tech, easily erasable, pen-and-paper recordkeeping.



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