The School

paddy978

Is on RTE again tonight.I think its good.Anyone else looking forward to it?

Orlaladuck

Haven't seen it yet - what's it about? (Other than a school haha)

Conor108

It follows a school throughout a year in 3 episodes.

It was good, I liked it. I'll watch it tonight if I have time between homework!.....O'Keefe:mad::mad:

Orlaladuck

Well there's always the RTE player .
Good luck with the h/w! I'm happy I don't have school tomorrow because otherwise i'd have a horrible looming chem test =[

paddy978

Good tonight,the journals part was like my school!

Orlaladuck

I watched the first ep today and honestly all I could see was how scruffy the uniforms looked no matter how much the teacher gave out to them. It's essentially just like every other school really.

Conor108

Dammit! forgot about this! Oh player it is so tomorrow

a2dolan

i watched it, really liked it.

Lawliet

That school is so obsessed with journals and uniforms...

a2dolan

Ya its a bit too strict, but still funny.

Seloth

Sending people home because of uniform,why do teachers do that :mad:

D'yeah want them to get an education or not like.

AJ STYLES

boring i was watching family guy

MoyVilla9

Looking forward to an Irish program on RTE? Surely not.

D.R cowboy

Yea I seen it too! the uniforms were manky plus most of them did not want to be there looks like a rough school would hate to have to go there like I would not feel safe

Plus the musical looked a bit crap too , over all a crap show pity it was not shout in a proper school tho

Also if RTE put the hardy bucks on T.V I'm totally not paying my license

implausible

D.R cowboy wrote: »

Yea I seen it too! the uniforms were manky plus most of them did not want to be there looks like a rough school would hate to have to go there like I would not feel save

Plus the musical looked a bit crap too , over all a crap show pity it was not shout in a proper school tho

Looks like a rough school:eek: And here was me thinking how great it was that they picked a normal typical school! What wasn't 'save' about it? A few young fellas fighting or the fact that you might get hit by a snowball?!

Would you care to define what 'a proper school' is?

NufcNavan

D.R cowboy wrote: »

Yea I seen it too! the uniforms were manky plus most of them did not want to be there looks like a rough school would hate to have to go there like I would not feel save

Plus the musical looked a bit crap too , over all a crap show pity it was not shout in a proper school tho

Also if RTE put the hardy bucks on T.V I'm totally not paying my license

Wind up merchant??

Orlaladuck

That IS a proper school and it's not even that rough =/. That school pales in comparison to what I'd consider to be a 'rough' school. As far as musicals go - do you have any idea how Expensive it is to put one on? They can go up to 10,000 if you get a well-known one so they're probably opting for a cheaper, lesser-known one which was in the beginning stages. But dear, you've got to start living in the real world - once you leave secondary school you're going to be faced with all sorts of people from schools like that, try opening your eyes, you're Way too sheltered.

PunkFreud

Orlaladuck wrote: »

As far as musicals go - do you have any idea how Expensive it is to put one on? They can go up to 10,000 if you get a well-known one so they're probably opting for a cheaper, lesser-known one which was in the beginning stages.

I hardly think "We Will Rock You" isn't a well known one, being on the West End for the last 10 years. A school in my town has musicals every year, the last two I remember were "Les Miserables" and "Jesus Christ, Superstar." What would you class as a well known one? High School Musical, I presume.

Also, I'd like to add that I think the show is a very accurate depiction of school life. The vice-principal is hilarious, she's almost a caricature.

Orlaladuck

My mistake, I didn't realise it was the Queen one at all..really should have picked up on that from Bohemian Rhapsody actually >.<. Jesus Christ Superstar is cheaper to do than you think, as well known as it is. Also going by musician friends who saw Les Mis in West end last year they said it was Freaking Awful - the actors would 'die', lie down for a minute then walk out mid-way through song and that their own school performance did a better job on it.
Also I was thinking more along the lines of Wicked,Little Shop of Horrors, Oliver(though I'd say that'd be a lot cheaper to stage than I'm assuming.) etc. I'd say Phantom but I really don't know how a school would get a boat on stage =/. HSM is pure and utter crap as is most stuff that comes out of the disney channel these days is. I was merely pointing out how they can be quite expensive to do, I know our school as well as a few other local schools do musicals most people have probably heard the name but none of the music or anything.

The V. Principle is obsessed with the uniform it's almost creepy though =/.

ayumi

is there anywhere were i could watch the past episodes

Crow92

Google "Rte player" and then search the word school,
They have episode 1+2 up, watched them last night, I really liked it.

At the start felt they were a little ott with the uniforms but it teaches the students there are rules they must follow, you couldnt just break any rules ya like,

Orlaladuck

That's a good point. I've just personally never seen how wearing a uniform benefits your education but that's it =/. What's the 2nd ep like?

goldenlady131

not as good as the first but still worth watching. it's a cool idea for a show cuz' it actually depicts irish school in a realistic manner. And yeah IDK how uniform benefits either but rules are rules.

Professional Griefer

Yeah, its rather good alright. Remind me alot of my old school, only difference being it wasn't a mixed school.

But isn't the whole point of uniforms so as all students can be equal. I don't really know but that was the excuse thrown at us for ages.

Crow92

Theres loads of reasons

-Looks nice for the schools image....(supposibly)
-It cancels and competition between students concerning clothing which also good because parents arent hassled for money and children arent in competition with A&F and penny's finest..(socks:P)
-Teaches dicipline...(imo)

goldenlady131

yep plus its a whole lot easier because you don't have to decide what to wear everyday.