What you up to in TY?

PurpleFistMixer

We're doing some Sudoku in maths, just to pass time in the double class we have. It's so fun!

Although apparently the japanese for 'maths' is actually Su Gaku.

Diarmsquid

PurpleFistMixer wrote:

We're doing some Sudoku in maths

That souned reasonable at first, but isn't Sudoku nothing to do with Maths? (apart from the fact that they use numbers)

Flashling

*MmmPie* wrote:

And I shall make sure to bring a gigantic suitacse with me btw...

Yay! All those years at contortionist school will finally pay off!

PurpleFistMixer

Diarmsquid wrote:

That souned reasonable at first, but isn't Sudoku nothing to do with Maths? (apart from the fact that they use numbers)

It uses logic and problem solving apparently. It's fun, anyway!

And it encourages people to learn how to count from 1-9.

philologos

PurpleFistMixer wrote:

It uses logic and problem solving apparently. It's fun, anyway!

And it encourages people to learn how to count from 1-9.

lol twas playing some myself in maths isnt the most fun thing ever but hey w/e floats your boat as I say

Dathai

Im doing Travel and tourism( basically plan a holiday and give a day by day activities journal including all the fees), philosophy, Northern Ireland studies, photography, Russian, Media Studies, Mini Company, Home Economics and some other stuff.

Ravelleman

I got very very little out of Transition Year. I'm in 5th year now and I'm glad to be free of the cr*p involved with it. It feels so good to just do some good honest work instead of bluffing my way through the likes of a 3 month long module on Spanish culture. What's the point? I learned nothing! I was forced to do an introduction to Accounting despite the fact I did Business Studies for three years beforehand. I was forced to do ordinary level maths for a year despite the fact I got an A at higher level in the JC).

Despite what people have said, my Irish, English and Maths have declined as a result of TY, even though we continued to do the subjects throughout. My French wasn't hurt because the teacher made no concessions for TY and continued to teach French like he does with every year.

I did my DATs in TY too. They told me absolutely nothing I didn't already know. I did my ECDL. Over half of the information they gave me is completely useless to me (except of course copy and paste which came in handy for a number of the more pointless projects)! But at least I know my joke qualifications make me better than those who didn't do TY.

And it's not even like I didn't put any effort into the year. During the year I took part in some 20 extra cirricular activities (that's what's on my wonderful TY certificate, though the number is actually larger), I won several prizes at our TY prize giving and will be getting a certificate for distinction (the best one might I add) later on this year at the school prize giving.

Whew. It feels good to get that off my chest.

jennyq

I was kinda skeptical going into TY (I only really did it because nobody I knew wasn't), but I really like it so far! We're learning Spanish, & doing a module on Driver's Theory too. Instead of the Form & Fusion competition our school's art teacher (who's also a yoga teacher & dietician) is going to do different modules with us, starting with 6 weeks of yoga which isn't really art but will be fun anyway. Our musical is going to be Grease too. We do Construction & Cookery too, each for half the year (the two classes swap over after Xmas). We also do Hotel & Catering, & we're thinking of entering some projects for the Young Social Innovator's Award. We haven't heard about any trips so far, except for one to Mountjoy & the National Concert Hall (strange, I know. Apparently they tell you not to touch the walls in Mountjoy).

Diarmsquid

We went into town yesterday.
We were selling sticky plasters for the Order of Malta.
Charity work.
It was actually good fun. Annoying people the whole way up Grafton Street untill they gave you money.

Strokesa

We get to do form and fusion after all! Well, not the proper one, just for 10 schools, but still!! Is anyone else here doing it??

philologos

My school is doing it too but i didnt chose that module

EvilPixieOne

I'm kinda regretting dong TY now. I mean it was good for the first while but even the teachers in my school see it as a doss and I'm forgetting everything I used to know and learning NOTHING (never thought I'd complain about not having to learn...)

philologos

its gonna be hard to get back to study next year

memphis

I would have done TY during the academic year of 97/98 and while I enjoyed doing it at the time I think its the biggist dose of a year ever. Now that I'm in my mid 20's I realise how pointless it was for me to do it.

By doing an extra year in school I was 19 before sitting my leaving cert. I also did a poor leaving most likely due to the fact that I got lazy from doing TY. I was the same after leaving when I went to college. I lacked motivation, had no interest in study, and eventually packed in my course.

I have since gone back to college, and am currently a student, but in my personal opinion if it wasn't for Ty I'd have graduated from college ages ago and be out working in a well paid job by now.

Because of TY, I had a break in the routine, wasn't doing much study and that, so then when I went into 5th year I wasn't interested in study like I had been up til 3rd year.

philologos

You will never know that TY caused that unless you had not done TY you never know you could be the exact same had you skipped it

BlueRollingPin

There's quite a lot to do for TY in my school. We've got twenty modules lasting five or six weeks each. Some of them are legal studies, self defence, leisure, bridge, first aid, film studies and key boarding (incredibly interesting, as I'm sure you all can imagine). We also have the option of doing a musical with another school which I'm sure will be fun, although I don't know what one we're doing yet.

I'm doing the Form and Fusion competition within the school - It's just groups of art students compeating against each other which makes for an interest art class with all the groups glaring at each other suspiciously

Taffy89

I really enjoyed TY..Form and Fusion ROCKED..our school came second last year. Think the trip up to the point for that was brilliant..
We had three trips away to the gaeltacht,Dublin and an adventure camp..
Another main part of out TY was a musical that Tys put on every year which was really enjoyable.
We had good modules too like pyscology, grooming and deportment photography, first aid, self defence etc..
We also took part in PAL public acess to law which was good
I dont think that it was TY that makes 5th year so hard..I think its the fact that the course is extremely different from junior cycle. Like from September to NOvember you've probable leant the same amount you did in the WHOLE JC!!
Do TY is my advice I think it will make your CV way more colourful!!

BlueRollingPin

Cool, it's sounds like you had a really good time. I wish we did a pyscology in my school - It seems like such an interesting subject. What does grooming and deportment involve?

Steve_o

i did TY in 2001 and it was ok for a while <the relaxed approach> But i got bored of doing sweet f*** all everyday, would have much rathered goin to 5th yr in hinds sight and gettin it over with!!

Fenny

I'd love to do Psychology as a TY module, it sounds really interesting. Mostly everything's the same, except a lot more of a doss. We do a little bit of Leaving Cert maths and lots of sudoku, our Irish teacher is teaching us primary school Irish (as in, all about the irregular verbs and stuff :P), and the extra modules we have are ECDL, Science (we're doing forensic science for now, but apparently we're going do a little bit of medicine, too), global issues, mental health, spanish, etiquette, driving lessons and the musical in February (it's Les Miserables). There's some other stuff I'm forgetting, but that's the general gist.

I'm half-loving TY, half-hating it, because although it's good craic and mostly interesting, sometimes it seems just so pointless and boring. Apparently after the Christmas it gets insanely busy, so here's hoping. (For the moment though, roll on fifth year!)

Taffy89

Pyscology was really interesting but our musical started halfway throughout our module of it and we missed loads of classes...
Grooming and deportment was brilliant..Two women came from a model agency and gave us loads of tips on hair,make up , clothes etc..well as its an all girls school it went down really well..!!

PurpleFistMixer

We've been doing Sudoku. So fun. Only nobody can pronounce the damn word.

Diarmsquid

Anyone doing Classical Studies?
We are and I got to admit, it's one of my favourite subjects. We do have a cool teacher who knows what he's talking about and apparently we're doing the more interesting side of Classical Studies. All our disscussions eventually lead to the war on Iraq and we've seen a great documentary that shows how easy it is for you to make someone kill another person.
very interesting. I'd love to do it for LC, but I didn't do it for the JC and I wouldn't have enough to build on.

BlueRollingPin

Everybody in my year has taken up Classical Studies - I really like it, we're learning about Gladiators at the moment. It's so interesting, and we get to watch parts from the films "Sparticus" and "Gladiator" as an added bonus. I find the way you took such an interest in the documentry, about getting people to kill people for you, quite concerning... What age are you now? You should already know! *shakes head disaprovingly*

Our school also gets speakers to come into us and talk to us about health issues such as drug and alcohol abuse. Tomorrow I've a speech on healthy eating.

PurpleFistMixer

On the topic of getting people to kill for you, you'd never believe the kind of things psychologists have discovered as regards obedience experiments...
(Look here or here for more info.)

Diarmsquid

PurpleFistMixer wrote:

On the topic of getting people to kill for you, you'd never believe the kind of things psychologists have discovered as regards obedience experiments...
(Look here or here for more info.)

They were both in the documentary; 5 steps to Tyranny was the name of the documentary. The Milgram experiment was an example of step 2 and the Stanford prison was part of step 5, as far as I remember.
quite scary really.

PurpleFistMixer

Terrifyingly enough, the first time I heard about the Milgram experiment, I thought the 'learners' were actually killed...

philologos

im not too interested in psychology... Careers day put me off it as the talk the psychologist gave us was so boring

PurpleFistMixer

I did a course in psychology. One night I had to write a 10 page field report. That put me off the thought of studying it in college, but the subject itself is fascinating. I think it makes understanding philosophy a lot easier as well.

Flashling

No it doesn't. Psychology is a psuedo science! With our philosophical minds we can take it down! Who's with me?!

Sorry, remains from CTYI brainwashing.

But diarmsquid, you don't have to do classics as a junior cert subject to do it for the leaving. I'm not even sure it is a junior cert subject...And it's not too late to take a subject up for the leaving anyways, I'm taking up three or four!

(it's not too late, is it?)