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The John Murray Show

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    #902
    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users Posts: 43,025 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    what other country in the world discusses the final exams in school like RTE does with the leaving cert?

    such needless pressure heaped on kids and their parents (who seem to live through them in certain circles)

    when you look back on major life events the leaving cert is not one of them


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    #903
    mrsdewinter
    Registered Users Posts: 2,126 ✭✭✭mrsdewinter


    SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »
    what other country in the world discusses the final exams in school like RTE does with the leaving cert?

    such needless pressure heaped on kids and their parents (who seem to live through them in certain circles)

    when you look back on major life events the leaving cert is not one of them

    I've wondered about that too. I mean, I find it tedious because it's been years since the Leaving was relevant to me but for all those teenagers and parents who spend years of their lives being told how much pressure there is, is it not a self-fulfilling prophecy? And all because it's cheap 'copy' - there's a huge number of teachers, career experts, exam specialists, etc, queuing up to have their say on national radio.


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    #904
    IvyTheTerrible
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,949 ✭✭✭✭IvyTheTerrible


    SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »
    what other country in the world discusses the final exams in school like RTE does with the leaving cert?

    such needless pressure heaped on kids and their parents (who seem to live through them in certain circles)

    when you look back on major life events the leaving cert is not one of them
    Oh, they go on about the Bac here in France too, it even makes it into the soaps.


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    #905
    L1011
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 67,834 Mod ✭✭✭✭L1011


    SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »
    what other country in the world discusses the final exams in school like RTE does with the leaving cert?

    Britain. US.


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    #906
    Brendan Bendar
    Registered Users Posts: 19,113 ✭✭✭✭Brendan Bendar


    L1011 wrote: »
    Britain. US.

    Throw in Japan, Aus, NZ


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    #907
    serfboard
    Registered Users Posts: 4,676 ✭✭✭serfboard


    Brendan Bendar wrote: »
    Throw in Japan, Aus, NZ
    Not forgetting South Korea:
    Many high school students wake and leave home in the morning at 5am and return home after studying well after 10 pm, then return to specialty study schools often to 2am, from Monday to Friday and also they often study on weekends.


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    #908
    Brendan Bendar
    Registered Users Posts: 19,113 ✭✭✭✭Brendan Bendar


    Have to say BrendanO'Connor is a huge improvement in the rubbish which we have had up to this.

    I could actually listen to this.


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    #909
    evilivor
    Registered Users Posts: 2,613 ✭✭✭evilivor


    Brendan Bendar wrote: »
    Have to say BrendanO'Connor is a huge improvement in the rubbish which we have had up to this.

    I could actually listen to this.

    I would agree, not a fan of Brendan in general but John Murray is so, poor.


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    #910
    IvyTheTerrible
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,949 ✭✭✭✭IvyTheTerrible


    evilivor wrote: »
    I would agree, not a fan of Brendan in general but John Murray is so, poor.
    I don't think John Murray is bad, IF he is the right genre. He was very good at presenting The Business, for example. I just don't think he is suited to "light" broadcasting.

    I was pleasantly surprised by Brendan O'Connor this morning.


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    #911
    Welsh Megaman
    Registered Users Posts: 71,943 ✭✭✭✭Welsh Megaman


    :eek:

    Didn't know the big guy was sitting in for John, may have to tune in tomorrow :)


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    #912
    honeybear
    Registered Users Posts: 5,648 ✭✭✭honeybear


    IvyTheTerrible wrote: »
    I don't think John Murray is bad, IF he is the right genre. He was very good at presenting The Business, for example. I just don't think he is suited to "light" broadcasting.

    I was pleasantly surprised by Brendan O'Connor this morning.

    Agree that John Murray was very good at presenting The Business. Feel that his current show is very lightweight.


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    #913
    evilivor
    Registered Users Posts: 2,613 ✭✭✭evilivor


    IvyTheTerrible wrote: »
    I don't think John Murray is bad, IF he is the right genre. He was very good at presenting The Business, for example. I just don't think he is suited to "light" broadcasting.

    I was pleasantly surprised by Brendan O'Connor this morning.

    I agree wholeheartedly.


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    #914
    HeidiHeidi
    Registered Users Posts: 28,858 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    IvyTheTerrible wrote: »
    I don't think John Murray is bad, IF he is the right genre. He was very good at presenting The Business, for example. I just don't think he is suited to "light" broadcasting.

    I was pleasantly surprised by Brendan O'Connor this morning.
    +1

    Can't abide BO'C on the telly on a Saturday night but I'm finding him very listenable-to in this slot.

    John Murray is just all wrong for it, I was another big fan of his thought when he was doing The Business (I like the current presenter, whose name escapes me right now, even better though).


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    #915
    Brendan Bendar
    Registered Users Posts: 19,113 ✭✭✭✭Brendan Bendar


    HeidiHeidi wrote: »
    +1

    Can't abide BO'C on the telly on a Saturday night but I'm finding him very listenable-to in this slot.

    John Murray is just all wrong for it, I was another big fan of his thought when he was doing The Business (I like the current presenter, whose name escapes me right now, even better though).

    Seems everyone knows that, except RTE


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    #916
    BarryD
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,917 ✭✭✭BarryD


    Brendan Bendar wrote: »
    Have to say BrendanO'Connor is a huge improvement in the rubbish which we have had up to this.

    I could actually listen to this.

    Can't say I agree - I find his voice monosyllabic. There's some dry wit there but it's hard work for me on the whole!


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    #917
    Brendan Bendar
    Registered Users Posts: 19,113 ✭✭✭✭Brendan Bendar


    BarryD wrote: »
    Can't say I agree - I find his voice monosyllabic. There's some dry wit there but it's hard work for me on the whole!

    Monotone I think you mean and you are right, however disregarding this morning which I didn't hear, the content seems to be a bit above what John was foisting on us, or maybe we should blame the producer.:)


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    #918
    BarryD
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,917 ✭✭✭BarryD


    Brendan Bendar wrote: »
    Monotone I think you mean and you are right

    That's indeed the word I was thinking of :)


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    #919
    BarryD
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,917 ✭✭✭BarryD


    Was that Sinead O'Connor on this morning advocating a peaceful occupation of the island of Ireland, except she'd call Ireland something else? Sinn Féin said she was nuts etc. Poor old Brendan was having trouble getting a word in. Hmmm... explains a few things.


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    #920
    my friend
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,129 ✭✭✭my friend


    BarryD wrote: »
    Was that Sinead O'Connor on this morning advocating a peaceful occupation of the island of Ireland, except she'd call Ireland something else? Sinn Féin said she was nuts etc. Poor old Brendan was having trouble getting a word in. Hmmm... explains a few things.

    It was it.


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    #921
    Woodville56
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,643 ✭✭✭Woodville56


    Yep, that was Sinead all right ! More of the usual banality from her. And to think that we pay a licence fee to RTE to fund this type of drivel, not surprised SF ran a mile from associating with her !


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    #922
    jimmyw
    Registered Users Posts: 3,383 ✭✭✭jimmyw


    Why does anyone have this wan on any show, she talks such rubbish.She gets these hairbrain ideas in her head and she expects everyone to just forget about all the downsides and impracticalities and go and just do them willy nilly.

    Feck sake!:rolleyes:


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    #923
    Brendan Bendar
    Registered Users Posts: 19,113 ✭✭✭✭Brendan Bendar


    jimmyw wrote: »
    Why does anyone have this wan on any show, she talks such rubbish.She gets these hairbrain ideas in her head and she expects everyone to just forget about all the downsides and impracticalities and go and just do them willy nilly.

    Feck sake!:rolleyes:

    Total walloper,in my opinion


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    #924
    bobbyss
    Registered Users Posts: 5,193 ✭✭✭bobbyss


    Your one this morning talking about 1916 sounded just like Anne Doyle. Nice prog however.


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    #925
    P. Breathnach
    Registered Users Posts: 12,089 ✭✭✭✭P. Breathnach


    bobbyss wrote: »
    Your one this morning talking about 1916 sounded just like Anne Doyle. Nice prog however.
    Catriona Crowe of the National Archives. Wonderful voice.


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    #926
    bobbyss
    Registered Users Posts: 5,193 ✭✭✭bobbyss


    What's all this business of celebrating 1916 in 2015? I though all of that was going to happen in ... 2016?


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    #927
    P. Breathnach
    Registered Users Posts: 12,089 ✭✭✭✭P. Breathnach


    bobbyss wrote: »
    What's all this business of celebrating 1916 in 2015? I though all of that was going to happen in ... 2016?
    It's celebrated at Easter every year.

    I think the intention is to have coverage right through the hundredth year, which starts at the 99th anniversary. Hence the title of the commemoration: the road to the rising.


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    #928
    bobbyss
    Registered Users Posts: 5,193 ✭✭✭bobbyss


    Enjoyed what I heard this morning. Never heard of that novelist before however. Who was she and what was the book called?


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    #929
    Welsh Megaman
    Registered Users Posts: 71,943 ✭✭✭✭Welsh Megaman


    bobbyss wrote: »
    Enjoyed what I heard this morning. Never heard of that novelist before however. Who was she and what was the book called?

    'What Becomes Of Us' by Henrietta McKervey


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    #930
    jordata
    Registered Users Posts: 1,206 ✭✭✭jordata


    Anyone listening to Louis Le Roc at the moment?? Weird weird interview. Bad taste with kids off school. Bad taste either way. Yeuch.


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    #931
    IvyTheTerrible
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,949 ✭✭✭✭IvyTheTerrible


    jordata wrote: »
    Anyone listening to Louis Le Roc at the moment?? Weird weird interview. Bad taste with kids off school. Bad taste either way. Yeuch.
    Yeah, and John INSISTING on getting details of the torture was quite disturbing. Not a nice interview at all.


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