No quitten we're whelan on to chitchat 11

Pinsnbushings

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121868831#Comment_121868831

Fair play to her I'd say, will serve her well long term.. just try to ensure she does go on and get some further education at some stage.. as apart from apprenticeship, level 7 or 8 is entry level now really

Kevhog1988

I genuinely only chose quantity surveying as a cousin of mine told me to put it on the cao as I hadn't a clue. In fairness to her it's the best career advice I received as the course did suit how my brain works etc and I've made a decent career out of it. The career guidance teacher was poor enough in my school tbh.

green daries

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121869104#Comment_121869104

We sorta had one whenever she managed to get into work. 🫣

Hard Knocks

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121869355#Comment_121869355

With us she came for 2 weeks in leaving cert and each pupil had 20-30 mins. Chatting a few students recently and it looks like there’s no improvement. Personally I think after the junior results students should be brought in and told if you think you want to go to college to do Engineering this is the subjects you will need, Business these are needed etc Then during transition year send the students out for 1/2 weeks placement in that field

kollegeknight

Biggest problem I see with career advice in schools is it’s an add on- the career guidance teacher usually is the counsellor too and already busy.

i think teachers should take a more active role offering experiences of careers in their areas to students.

i suppose it’s easy for me from an engineering background but I’ve built up a decent rapport with students by chatting and listening to them.

I’ve set up short courses for them with Fet in welding. Plumbing, electrical, paving and now hair and nails. What we trialed originally is being spread out across the county, but saying that the 2 week courses didn’t come from me- fet developed a one day course from chats we had and then they pushed it further.

I bring them to engineering events- my 5th and 6th years visit the engineering dept in LIT annually.

in my previous school, I had a decent notice board with flow charts on how to get to different careers with different pathways to each to suit different studnets.

also if something and it interests me, I see how I can introduce it to students.- one stands out but my brother went to a blacksmith for a weekend and I rang the blacksmith and asked would he do a demo for a group of students.i persuaded funding so they had to pay nothing- of 20 students- two now do smithing as a hobby. One girl I brought started working with repousse and made a crown out of copper roses- she curated an art gallery-she would be there anyway but it added a bit of depth and opportunity.

Sheep breeder

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121872782#Comment_121872782

Agree with what your saying here but a lot depends on the principal in the school what type they are, in our twos school the principal is all about wearing the right colour shoes, the school jacket and jumper etc, and talks with vegans and any other groups is the high priority And not into what the teachers do in class and there is a huge difference in a good teacher and one the doesn’t care, in the leaving cert cycle the good teacher is encouraging the students to do well and help them along if they want help. But it should be compulsory to do transition year and doing the leaving at a young age is hard with out the extra year to mature. Our first when to college this year after the leaving before the transition year she didn’t know what she wanted to do and after the year she had made her mind up what she wanted to do and worked to getting the points. The other is in fifth year and she has decided what she wants to do with the advice from her transition year teachers.

Siamsa Sessions

Parents should also be leaving room in their school-leavers mind for changes in career and swapping college/training courses.

You don’t want your son/daughter flip-flopping every other week but neither do you want them thinking choices made at 17-18 are for life.

Grueller

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121873820#Comment_121873820

My advice there would be to get some degree if already in the system. I know a PE teacher that went back and did an 18 month computers course. Went to Intel and loves life now.

Sheep breeder

A neighbour son done pharmacy and after a couple of years went and done teaching and has worked in England teaching and now teaching in Australia.

whelan2

Teaching can be a very difficult job dealing with parents of darling children.

whelan2

Hope the mammies are having a lovely day

farmersfriend

Carrot cake made for me here, yummy

Lime Tree Farm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121876063#Comment_121876063

Also called Passion cake.

Castlekeeper

Just listening to the man lately and I'm wondering are Jim Sheridan and Liam Brady the same person...

Siamsa Sessions

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121882652#Comment_121882652

New film project - My Left Foot 2

Castlekeeper

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121882939#Comment_121882939

😄

Brilliant 👏

zetecescort

Charlie Bird RIP. One of those voices of my youth reporting on all the biggest stories. Did so much for raising awareness and money for his illness

patsy_mccabe

Cork have now won more Oscar's than All Irelands in the last decade.

blue5000

100% more Oscars than any other county for best actor. Hope to see more pesky blinders soon. He doesn’t look 47 at all does he?

Grueller

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121886976#Comment_121886976

I'd say he's not out in the rough weather rooting and tearing either.

148multi

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121885075#Comment_121885075

Well he's the first irish man that the brits are praising for building a bomb

patsy_mccabe

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121890246#Comment_121890246

😊....

patsy_mccabe

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/O4T6-6BruRY

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Bleating Lamb

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121890330#Comment_121890330

He must only have had Jersey bred sucks in the back!............no weight.

tanko

Oh dear, the results of the referendums hasn’t gone down well with some, better shut down any discussion of what happened, embarrassing stuff.

Suckler

Jesus Christ will it ever stop raining?

I’ll be going in to the bottled water business soon.

Siamsa Sessions

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121893185#Comment_121893185

Remember the only thing bottled water companies make is plastic bottles 😂

patsy_mccabe

Alex Ferguson and Harry Redknapp both had winners today at Cheltenham.

Castlekeeper

I like horses but I can't see the fascination with horse racing. Gambling addicts aside, is the attraction just social climbing aspirations towards the willy waving "kings"?

Say my name

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121894146#Comment_121894146

The gambling is 90% of it. Then there's the breeding, the selling of a foal, yearling, two, three year old. The buying of same. The selling again of same. The hunt scene and the point to points. The hunt balls. The race days and then the gambling again. It all makes no sense. But there's huge money made by the gambling industry and the various one's involved that are guarrenteed money in the industry. Those that don't, aspire to become rich.