General Chit Chat Thread

Ciderswigger · 05-09-2014 2:44pm

kevin12345 wrote: »

I think they're out Monday at 9am. As far as I know they are having an exam board meeting today.

A friend rang and Student Services said that they'd be out at 2.30 today.... so far, nothing. :mad::(:rolleyes:

Edit: I got them at 5.30. TMI - Typical Mary I!

care_bear · 16-09-2014 5:11pm

Is there any place in the college for students to leave suitcases on a Friday instead of dragging bags upstairs for lectures before heading to the train station? It would be ideal if there was such a place.

kittycati · 16-09-2014 7:03pm

care_bear wrote: »

Is there any place in the college for students to leave suitcases on a Friday instead of dragging bags upstairs for lectures before heading to the train station? It would be ideal if there was such a place.

Dunno if they are big enough for you but few used to use the lockers in foundation building or tailteann

Poxyshamrock · 16-09-2014 9:56pm

The ladies who man the reception desk are absolutely lovely so you might ask them and see if they would mind it for a couple of hours!

MISU Office · 17-09-2014 12:39pm

Poxyshamrock wrote: »

The ladies who man the reception desk are absolutely lovely so you might ask them and see if they would mind it for a couple of hours!

We can't take cases in at the Union Reception due to health, safety and security reasons. We understand the main reception is the same. We advise students that they are free to leave them in the Student Lounge which is covered by CCTV. The Prez and Vice Prez will look into the possibility of a luggage room in the college for a Friday.

Un Croissant · 19-09-2014 12:29am

I've heard it's possible to do your FYP on your elective (mine is a geography module) can anyone confirm?

Poxyshamrock · 19-09-2014 11:52am

The best person to ask may be the head of the geography department. I know it's possible to do your FYP on electives such as TEFL, IT and Gender Studies.

131spanner · 23-09-2014 5:36pm

Un Croissant wrote: »

I've heard it's possible to do your FYP on your elective (mine is a geography module) can anyone confirm?

If I remember right from talking to lecturers last year, you can do your FYP on almost anything, but having it relevant to one of your subjects / electives is best as it'll be easier to get help from your supervising lecturer.

Not 100% on that, but that's the gist I got

Poxyshamrock · 29-09-2014 6:32pm

Did the library get done up recently?

angeldaisy · 29-09-2014 7:05pm

Well the reception got a facelift! Looks nice but nothing else has changed

Poxyshamrock · 29-09-2014 8:57pm

Ah okay! Yeah, I spotted a photo if it on the MIC Facebook page. It does look nice!

angeldaisy · 29-09-2014 8:58pm

Poxyshamrock wrote: »

Ah okay! Yeah, I spotted a photo if it on the MIC Facebook page. It does look nice!

Guessing the plans to build a new one is waaaay down the line now though!!

Iranoutofideas · 29-09-2014 8:59pm

Poxyshamrock wrote: »

Did the library get done up recently?

Hopefully.

With a bulldozer.

Dark.Horse · 29-09-2014 11:25pm

Seems so! Also you need a student card to get in now! Getting very sophisticated so they are!

Poxyshamrock · 27-11-2014 9:43pm

It's awfully quiet here these days! Does anyone have any news? :pac:

I see they've started working on the bike station for the Coke Zero Bikes outside the main gate! Anyone sign up for it?

Insect Overlord · 27-11-2014 11:39pm

I've had a busy few weeks around the place! No exams for me this year though.

Poxyshamrock · 29-11-2014 9:03pm

Handy out! Does no exams mean loads of assignments though? :pac:

kevin12345 · 01-12-2014 9:19pm

Aaaand Moodle is down. :mad:

Iranoutofideas · 07-12-2014 1:47pm

Forum seems dead these days. Are the SU promoting it at all?

Poxyshamrock · 09-12-2014 3:09pm

Not a clue! Forum seems to get a lot of one off posters who rarely return. Many might think it's just a Q&A kinda thing.

Ciderswigger · 09-12-2014 3:18pm

When you see the traffic the UL one gets, you'd think it would be great to have something similar for Mary I. The only promotion of boards.ie I ever saw was on a social media page in the college diary. Pity really.

Insect Overlord · 09-12-2014 3:25pm

2009 and 2010 was the time when the forum should have been set up. There were 5 or 6 of us in the college who posted very frequently, and it would have been a perfect core group to establish a sense of community/entice back the one-off posters. Alas, most of that group moved on before the forum was set up, and not enough n00bz have taken their places! :P

dambarude · 09-12-2014 10:23pm

I check in here from time to time but I've moved on from Mary I so have quite little to contribute!

Un Croissant · 27-02-2015 9:20pm

Hel...hello?

Is anyone here one of the regular heads in the computer rooms after 6?

Talib Fiasco · 27-02-2015 9:23pm

I was in there one evening this week until about half 8. I am normally in the main lab area.

Un Croissant · 27-02-2015 9:25pm

Talib Fiasco wrote: »

I was in there one evening this week until about half 8. I am normally in the main lab area.

Can't deal with the heat in there.

I favour the brown computer room I have to say. But I won't go near the place before 5, usually.

Talib Fiasco · 27-02-2015 9:29pm

Un Croissant wrote: »

Can't deal with the heat in there. I favour the brown computer room I have to say. But I won't go near the place before 5, usually.

It was chronic hot there during the day the week before last. I had to nearly embarrass myself by opening every window it was that bad. It's grand in the evening. I go to the quiet room when it comes to the time when assignments are due but for light work I am easy going and the main lab is grand to keep an eye on who's out and about :pac:

Not a fan of the wooded floor labs...too many Mary I women wearing heels and thumping up and down the place creating elephant noise!

Un Croissant · 27-02-2015 9:37pm

Talib Fiasco wrote: »

It was chronic hot there during the day the week before last. I had to nearly embarrass myself by opening every window it was that bad. It's grand in the evening. I go to the quiet room when it comes to the time when assignments are due but for light work I am easy going and the main lab is grand to keep an eye on who's out and about :pac:

Not a fan of the wooded floor labs...too many Mary I women wearing heels and thumping up and down the place creating elephant noise!

It is a great place for seeing who's who

And don't get me started on the talking. I knows it's not the library, but **** me.

Un Croissant · 10-03-2015 8:19pm

The computer room is busy tonight. The b.eds must have an assignment

Gobn · 04-05-2015 11:23am

Hi. Does anyone know if the IT labs are open today? It being a bank holiday and all?

buyer95 · 19-06-2015 1:17pm

I was unable to do 2 exams at Christmas due to a family bereavement. I rang the college, explained my situation and I was granted the I grade prior to the exams. I was happy with this, knowing I would do the exams in August and that they would not be capped.

This morning I woke up to a letter from the college telling me that I had failed to meet the requisite grade levels required and would have to do repeats. I couldn't believe it, but on closer inspection the reason for this was that the 2 exams I missed, Maths and Irish were what were pulling me below the QCA 2.0 cut off point. Well infact it was just Irish, my maths grades were above 2.0 even though that only included 3 of 4 exams. I am quite annoyed with the aggressive air of the letter, and the heavy handed writing "bad grades below," I did well in every other area, and the only reason I am below the cut off point is because of a I grade.
It is quite obvious that this is a generic email sent to all misfortunes who have to repeat an exam or 2 in August. I would have appreciated atleast an acknowledgement of the fact that my issue was not the fault of my own. Being forced to read " I regret to inform you that at a recent meeting of the Academic Council Grading Committee, it was decided that your academic performance has not reached the required standard and you may not proceed until this is rectified," with your bowl of cornflakes is not a pleasant experience.

Ciderswigger · 19-06-2015 5:50pm

buyer95 wrote: »

I was unable to do 2 exams at Christmas due to a family bereavement. I rang the college, explained my situation and I was granted the I grade prior to the exams. I was happy with this, knowing I would do the exams in August and that they would not be capped.

This morning I woke up to a letter from the college telling me that I had failed to meet the requisite grade levels required and would have to do repeats. I couldn't believe it, but on closer inspection the reason for this was that the 2 exams I missed, Maths and Irish were what were pulling me below the QCA 2.0 cut off point. Well infact it was just Irish, my maths grades were above 2.0 even though that only included 3 of 4 exams. I am quite annoyed with the aggressive air of the letter, and the heavy handed writing "bad grades below," I did well in every other area, and the only reason I am below the cut off point is because of a I grade.
It is quite obvious that this is a generic email sent to all misfortunes who have to repeat an exam or 2 in August. I would have appreciated atleast an acknowledgement of the fact that my issue was not the fault of my own. Being forced to read " I regret to inform you that at a recent meeting of the Academic Council Grading Committee, it was decided that your academic performance has not reached the required standard and you may not proceed until this is rectified," with your bowl of cornflakes is not a pleasant experience.

I finished up last year so maybe I'm wrong but I had to get 2 I grades for a bereavement a few years ago and I'm pretty sure I got the same letter. It's a standard letter saying that you haven't met the QCA. Even though it says that you have to do repeats, for you it just means that you have to sit the I grades. Basically its nothing that you didn't already know. Its just that the letter is a generic one and they don't allow for the wording to be changed to suit an I grade.
To be honest I didn't find it to be 'heavy handed', but they have to phrase it in a way that people are aware that they still have to sit exams. What you have in bold is true, you may not proceed. If you are that unhappy about it perhaps a phone call to Student Services would help?

buyer95 · 03-09-2015 5:31pm

Hi guys, I don't know if anyone will be able to help me with this, but I thought this would be the place to ask. Last Christmas I got an I grade in 2 exams, and sat these exams for the first time during the repeats. I understand that if you fail a repeat you fail that module and thus cannot go onto next year. However as this was my first time doing the exam does it still mean if I fail the exam that I cannot go on? Is there any proceedure for this? I am a B.ED student heading into 3rd year (hopefully.)

Poxyshamrock · 03-09-2015 10:09pm

I think if you fail it, you will have to repeat the module/year again.

buyer95 · 03-09-2015 10:57pm

Ok thanks. I think I'll ring the SU tomorrow to ask for sure.

Copa Mundial · 13-09-2015 2:45am

Gym opening hours? Please and thanks

Poxyshamrock · 22-09-2015 12:46am

What are they building by the back of the canteen?

MISU Office · 22-09-2015 9:22am

Poxyshamrock wrote: »

What are they building by the back of the canteen?

New recycling centre/bin compound with bike shed area also

The Sun King · 24-10-2015 11:49am

So the damn gubberment will only continue BTEA for a PME or a HDip.

What is the use of a HDip, can anyone tell me? Seems like more undergraduate modules..

buyer95 · 28-11-2015 8:27pm

Just wondering if students can apply for a grant for the gaeltacht? We're heading there in january

Andre 3000 · 15-12-2015 10:03am

Are you allowed to lock some stuff in the tailteann lockers over night?

Insect Overlord · 15-12-2015 1:16pm

Andre 3000 wrote: »

Are you allowed to lock some stuff in the tailteann lockers over night?

Officially, I doubt it, but in practice you should be grand! I don't remember ever seeing all of them in use.

christinaxx · 27-04-2016 9:11pm

Hi, I need a hand i'm currently waiting to be interviewed on a mature basis at mary I. i want to do this course as i want to go on and become a primary teacher after.. basically what im trying to ask is if you were a prior student for liberal arts and went on to do the primary school teaching what type of subjects did you pick i think i have to pick irish as one of my subjects as i quoted in my personal statement that i was receiving grinds to build up my irish as its been a number of years since i completed my leaving cert! i've heard that the irish spoken in these classes was fluent which i'm really nervous about! if someone could get back to me with some information it would be greatly appeciated! sorry that i cant post my own forum this is my first time using this, dont know what i'm doing and iv been a member since 2010 haha. thanks again ..

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