Date for a one day strike - March 30th:

padocon

Strike on 30th of March.
Aren't French Orals on that day.

Fad

ASTI Website wrote:

March 30th has been designated as a day of strike action for all unions including the ASTI/ TUI and INTO against the government's unfair and inequitable handling of the economic crisis. If the strike goes ahead - and a final decision on that will be taken over the next few days - oral examinations scheduled for March 30th will be held on another day that week.

Parents and pupils can be assured that the examinations will be conducted in the usual professional and objective manner by the qualified teachers employed by the State Examinations Commission.

LC students dont really have orals, so probably this should be moved to either the Teaching and Lecturing or the Leaving Cert forum.

PurpleFistMixer

Moved to LC board. I assume you meant JC students don't have orals, Fad. : p

Saffy

day off school???

GA361

That day off is going to be a blessing in disguise. . . .
Sure won't we get another day to study!:)

Fad

PurpleFistMixer wrote: »

Moved to LC board. I assume you meant JC students don't have orals, Fad. : p

No you can have an Oral for languages at JC level, but the ASTI dont really allow it, because the department doesnt provide an examiner, so a teacher from the school has to do it. Which is open to so many problems

Stev_o

I have Irish at 2.30 on the day. Can we send in letters of complaints slating the examiners for striking thus subjecting us to unexpected trauma etc Is their a protest on the same day? If so im going down the road to egg them on just to make sure they don't come back later in the day!

Fad

Stev_o wrote: »

I have Irish at 2.30 on the day. Can we send in letters of complaints slating the examiners for striking thus subjecting us to unexpected trauma etc Is their a protest on the same day? If so im going down the road to egg them on just to make sure they don't come back later in the day!

They arent gonna come back in, any oral on that day is postponed.

Delphi91

Stev_o wrote: »

I have Irish at 2.30 on the day. Can we send in letters of complaints slating the examiners for striking thus subjecting us to unexpected trauma etc Is their a protest on the same day? If so im going down the road to egg them on just to make sure they don't come back later in the day!

What an intelligent post!:rolleyes:

The examiners who will be doing your oral exam won't be the ones at your school on the 30th of March. They'll be at their own schools.

Jay P

There's music practicals on that day in our school and anyone who has it on that day has to do it the previous wednesday instead :mad: Thankfully I'm on the Tuesday. Stupid teachers actually aren't considering us at all, in the middle of the fudging orals! :mad::mad::mad:

Fad

Jay P wrote: »

Stupid teachers actually aren't considering us at all, in the middle of the fudging orals! :mad::mad::mad:

I think the intention is to cause the maximum disruption possible.

snowflakes

At the risk of sounding stupid:o, do we all get the day off??!
Or will this only involve certain schools??

timmywex

The media will think this will be the end of the world.

Really exams will just need to go on hour and a half longer the other days or theyll fit in the extra day somewhere, just means postponing things by a day!

Fad

snowflakes wrote: »

At the risk of sounding stupid:o, do we all get the day off??!
Or will this only involve certain schools??

I'd imagine its everyone, ask in school tomorrow.

padocon

snowflakes wrote: »

At the risk of sounding stupid:o, do we all get the day off??!
Or will this only involve certain schools??

All public sector are off. So all will be off.
So Yes you will have a day off!

Fad

Hopefully my oral will be after the strike, if it gets pushed froward I'll scream!

MathsManiac

Perhaps of interest:
http://www.tui.ie/Information_for_members_re_Examinations_on_30th_March/Default.902.html

clartharlear

Stev_o wrote: »

I have Irish at 2.30 on the day. Can we send in letters of complaints slating the examiners for striking thus subjecting us to unexpected trauma etc Is their a protest on the same day? If so im going down the road to egg them on just to make sure they don't come back later in the day!

Wouldn't it be more constructive to write letters complaining about the cuts that have forced the teachers to take industrial action?

PS I initially read your post to mean that you were thinking of throwing eggs at the protesters, which made me feel very negatively towards you for a minute!

spurious

I would have thought having a school day the day before an oral would have been more useful in terms of last minute practice etc. than a weekend.

**edit**
I have just thought that through.
Damn you, alcohol, damn you to jiminy.

Stev_o

clartharlear wrote: »

Wouldn't it be more constructive to write letters complaining about the cuts that have forced the teachers to take industrial action?

PS I initially read your post to mean that you were thinking of throwing eggs at the protesters, which made me feel very negatively towards you for a minute!

Consider slowing down while reading?

bythewoods

Jay P wrote: »

There's music practicals on that day in our school and anyone who has it on that day has to do it the previous wednesday instead :mad: Thankfully I'm on the Tuesday. Stupid teachers actually aren't considering us at all, in the middle of the fudging orals! :mad::mad::mad:

Oh Fúck.

I don't know what day my french is meant to be on that week, but if it gets pushed forward I think I'll actually DIE. (Possible exageration like, but shííííííít!)

Pushing them forward would be cruel, it's hard enough doing 2 languages without doing them like, beside each other.

phasers

How do the teachers think this will help? It will only make everyone angry. Feck them and their stupid selfish strike, at least they have feckin jobs

(I wouldn't even be bothered if it wasn't on during the orals, but they're all idiots.)

Fad

phasers wrote: »

How do the teachers think this will help? It will only make everyone angry. Feck them and their stupid selfish strike, at least they have feckin jobs

(I wouldn't even be bothered if it wasn't on during the orals, but they're all idiots.)

Pretty sure its not just the teachers...........

It's more time for you to study too!

phasers

Fad wrote: »

Pretty sure its not just the teachers...........

It's more time for you to study too!

I don't care who organised it, they're disrupting my orals. God himself could have decided to strike and I'd still be annoyed. How is it more time to study? It's less time in school! I'll just be sitting at home worrying all day

Fad

phasers wrote: »

I don't care who organised it, they're disrupting my orals. God himself could have decided to strike and I'd still be annoyed. How is it more time to study? It's less time in school! I'll just be sitting at home worrying all day

Relax, its completely beyond your control, so stop moaning and get on with it. Its pretty unlikely that you'd get a huge amount done in school in those few days with all the disruption from all the orals and practicals.

clartharlear

phasers wrote: »

How do the teachers think this will help? It will only make everyone angry. Feck them and their stupid selfish strike, at least they have feckin jobs

(I wouldn't even be bothered if it wasn't on during the orals, but they're all idiots.)

Sheesh, like. The point is to make everybody angry. You really should know a bit more about the art of la Grève if you're to have any chance at French.

phasers wrote: »

I don't care who organised it, they're disrupting my orals. God himself could have decided to strike and I'd still be annoyed. How is it more time to study? It's less time in school! I'll just be sitting at home worrying all day

Well, that's just silly of you.

bythewoods

My french teacher said they wouldn't be pushed forward, examiners wouldn't go for it.
Or something. Hopefully.

I have my Irish Oral on the Thursday of next week.. I want as much time between the two as possible!

theowen

Are we expected to join in with this protest, as make banners and march. Don't think I'd mind, gets me an extra day to study for the oral

rainbowtrout

Fad wrote: »

I think the intention is to cause the maximum disruption possible.

ICTU set the date for public service workers to strike as the 30th. That date was set before the teaching unions voted on the strike.

Fad

rainbowtrout wrote: »

ICTU set the date for public service workers to strike as the 30th. That date was set before the teaching unions voted on the strike.

I'm well aware of that, all the public sector striking will cause lotsa trouble

padocon

theowen wrote: »

Are we expected to join in with this protest, as make banners and march. Don't think I'd mind, gets me an extra day to study for the oral

no no only the teachers!

omgz

yay it's a monday off!
uh.. my teachers were saying they'l make sure to give extra HW for it..
So scabbyy..

irishmonkey

Irish teacher said she wasnt in the union so she'd come in and do oral with us, but that's passing the picket line isnt it =/

thebigcheese22

There's gonna be a walk out in many colleges on the 30th to protest against fees, and kind of act in solidarity with the teachers over education cut backs, which are a ****ing disgrace :mad:

padocon

irishmonkey wrote: »

Irish teacher said she wasnt in the union so she'd come in and do oral with us, but that's passing the picket line isnt it =/

Far as I know it would have to be an official examiner from a different school.

MeetReality

And that Irish teacher would really be waisting her time when the Irish orals would be over then

Gavin "shels"

MeetReality wrote: »

And that Irish teacher would really be waisting her time when the Irish orals would be over then

Mine aren't till the 1st April.;)




Hopefully once for info comes out we'll know what the craic is, I for one will be in there protesting.

irishmonkey

padocon wrote: »

Far as I know it would have to be an official examiner from a different school.

No, like help us prepare.

And yeh, my Irish oral is either on the 1st or 2nd of April.
Most of the northside has Irish on the first week, and European language on the second, and the southside is vice versa.

Fad

ASTI Website wrote:

20th March, 2009

All ASTI members, as endorsed in a ballot of members, are directed:

1. To withdraw their services from second-level schools and colleges on Monday, March 30th, 2009.

Seems to be official now.

padocon

irishmonkey wrote: »

No, like help us prepare.

Oh, sorry for the mis-understanding.

Davidius

If only Irish was on the second week for me.

Fad

Davidius wrote: »

If only Irish was on the second week for me.

Is for me

French on tuesday shiiiiiiiiiiiit

*Runs off*

Saffy

so theres deffo no school on monday???

Conor108

TBH they've said it and now im looking forward to a 3 day weekend so even if they go 'ah actually...' and cancel it, I'm staying in and having my own strike:D

ironictoaster

I'm unsure to be happy or unhappy about getting Monday off

xOxSinéadxOx

I'm happy to have the day off but it's a bit ridiculous that they're going on strike!

padocon

I heard on the RTE news that the unions are having talks and RTE says they think that there will be no strike.

bricky10

tbh, Im annoyed!! How dare they go on strike. Most of the world are feeling the heat at the moment, theres no need for a strike, it wont get what they want!!
There is only like 2 months and a bit to our LC!!
And most importantly, they should be grateful they have jobs, instead of complaining all the time.

Sorry if i have annoyed anyone, just needed that off my chest!!

Craigsy

That week is the week of the Irish orals for me, and it doesn't really make that much of a difference if its pushed back one day. I wish people would stop giving out about the teachers, and as one person said " we should throw eggs at them". A lot of teachers don't want to strike but have to becase it was union action. So just chillax your Kaks for a mo

Stev_o

Craigsy wrote: »

That week is the week of the Irish orals for me, and it doesn't really make that much of a difference if its pushed back one day. I wish people would stop giving out about the teachers, and as one person said " we should throw eggs at them". A lot of teachers don't want to strike but have to becase it was union action. So just chillax your Kaks for a mo

If you read carefully no one actually said that.

manutd4life

the teachers in my school are saying that they dont think the strike is going ahead because it didntget a majority.i wanted a day off