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Leaving Cert 2012-13 *OFF-TOPIC* (hideaway) thread
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We could go at each other for hours and still not make much leeway.Ahh, but you see, that's the thing. I see that as being how I can win the debate :P But I see no interest in derailing this thread with arguments over the ethics of tied aid (because it can have negative effects, I used that as an argument in the "Overseas aid doesn't work" motion that we won unanimously)
Still, you seem make a formidable opponent. Good luck. If you need practice, go yell at me on MSN or something :L
My topic, as in, my personal speech. The other 3 speeches dealt with different aspects of the motion. Political duties wasn't the the whole team's topic. We each took a part and dealt with it, rather than having 4 separate speeches covering the same topics. My part was our political duties; The wish of the majority of citizens in a democracy, our duty as supporters of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Principle of Reciprocity. My draft had points on our duty as signatories of the Millennium Declaration but I dropped that as it was too easily refutable.
And I agree, there are massive problems associated with Tied Aid, but the moral ethics of it don't come in to play too much with this particular motion. The proposition would have to say that untied aid is better than tied aid and in doing so, they would damage their own arguments.
You make a great opponent yourself. I wouldn't be feeling too confident if we were to come up against your school, presuming the rest of your team is at the same standard. Especially seeing as you came up with those points more or less on the spot, without recent background research done. I'll keep that in mind if I ever need to bounce ideas off someone. Thanks.
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By the way, how did you go about getting work experience? My plan is to either go to my GP and ask about contacts and the like, or else just contact the hospital directly, but both seem to be a bit iffy in the way of actually getting a decent response. If all else fails I think I'll probably volunteer in a nursing home, which isn't really the same thing, but I need something if I'm gonna apply to UCAS (if I do decide to go for it, I'm going to cover all bases.
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I just contacted the Beacon directly and they took me on for TY Work Experience...then with the RCSI - they allocated places to certain schools - my school was lucky and got a place...but that was a TY programme so I amn't sure whether they do one for 5th year. You could ask!0 -
I can't really quit though! I'll do this one but I really hope I won't get given out to yet again.. She made one of the girls cry and she does not cry easily! She constantly gives out and stops you literally every half sentence to give out
I'm proposing a motion in 3 weeks (the other one is next week) which is the harder side but hopefully it should be ok. Although tbh I'm sick of hearing about it all already!
To the person asking about work experience (sorry can't remember who), I wrote to a hospital and asked and got it. I also did the RCSI TY programme.
Whoooop for the weekend! 1 week til mid term 0 -
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iLikePiano99 wrote: »9 subjects! All honours?!!
Yep! Maths, English, Irish, French, Biology, History, Music, Applied Maths and Japanese, all honours.
Some people think I'm crazy, but in reality Japanese adds very little to my workload, and Music is fairly light in relative terms (I'm doing it in school as a regular subject). Applied Maths and History are heavy enough, but I love 'em
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Yep! Maths, English, Irish, French, Biology, History, Music, Applied Maths and Japanese, all honours.
Some people think I'm crazy, but in reality Japanese adds very little to my workload, and Music is fairly light in relative terms (I'm doing it in school as a regular subject). Applied Maths and History are heavy enough, but I love 'em
How much homework do you have a night? :rolleyes:0 -
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I get atleast 3 hours a night and that's on a good night!
I started this weekends homework at 4 and nowhere near finished.. :'( 0 -
iLikePiano99 wrote: »9 subjects! All honours?!!
Yep! Maths, English, Irish, French, Biology, History, Music, Applied Maths and Japanese, all honours.
Some people think I'm crazy, but in reality Japanese adds very little to my workload, and Music is fairly light in relative terms (I'm doing it in school as a regular subject). Applied Maths and History are heavy enough, but I love 'em
I thought my 8 honours was a heavy workload! What are you hoping to do in college?
I get about 3 hours a night during the week but at the weekends it's ridiculous - I got like 5 hours this weekend! 600 word Irish essay, an english essay and loads more. Can't wait for the mid term though!0 -
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iLikePiano99 wrote: »I thought my 8 honours was a heavy workload! What are you hoping to do in college?
I get about 3 hours a night during the week but at the weekends it's ridiculous - I got like 5 hours this weekend! 600 word Irish essay, an english essay and loads more. Can't wait for the mid term though!
Aiming for European Studies in Trinity at the moment 0 -
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