No problem getting a date for the debs

Seachmall · 06-08-2008 05:48PM

Homer wrote: »

He means she's past her prime I think??

Throw a couple of rose-buds down there and we're all set.:eek:
**** it, 2000 years ago we'd all be kiddy-fiddlers :eek::eek:

I've got to seek help!

Karoma · 06-08-2008 06:02PM

For **** sake people, she's 12. Cut the sexual crap out.

Wertz · 06-08-2008 06:21PM

If this starts hammering nails in the coffin of the joke that is single sex schools then I'm all for it.
Co Ed schooling should be mandatory...the church had it's way with this country for far too long.

On the topic in question the mother sounds like she's making all the decisions without too much input from her daughter...it's all very well calling Liveline and telling everyone she's okay with it but I find it hard to believe that when school opens in september and she has to actualy go in, tht there won't be some hesitancy and second thoughts. The added cost to the school of having to provide facilities should a be a concern and TBH as it stands, if I were the parents of a boy attending, I might have a problem with this for a couple of reasons...

Seachmall · 06-08-2008 06:23PM

Wertz wrote: »

TBH as it stands, if I were the parents of a boy attending, I might have a problem with this for a couple of reasons...

Really? Why?

Wertz · 06-08-2008 06:26PM

Seachmall wrote: »

Really? Why?

One girl in a school? Distraction possibly, perhaps leading to lapse in learning...also the fact of the school having to provide extra amenities for their new pupil, where does that budget come from and does it cut into the budget of other pupils....I'm not saying I have a problem with this as it stands...I'm saying that if I were a parent, that those things would be on my mind, either rightly or wrongly...

rowlandbrowner · 06-08-2008 06:26PM

Karoma wrote: »

Cut the sexual crap out.

thats what she said

phasers · 06-08-2008 07:17PM

If one fella came into my school he'd be eaten alive.

Then he'd go back to the boys school traumatized and a fully fledged homosexual.

Cool_CM · 07-08-2008 12:03AM

A girl attending an all guys school....in Mahon?
What the hell are her parents trying to do to the girl!?

the_syco · 07-08-2008 12:33AM

javaboy wrote: »

Instantly the hottest girl in school.

Wonder how bad she'll do, as all the subjects will be thought with the male brain in mind?

Dudess · 07-08-2008 12:55AM

What's she gonna do when it's woodwork/metalwork? Oh, I suppose the home ec teacher will be cool with teaching her on her own.

Cool_CM wrote: »

A girl attending an all guys school....in Mahon?
What the hell are her parents trying to do to the girl!?

Yeah, Nagle is supposed to be a bit of a toughie environment all right. Her folks insisted Ursulines (the girls school in the area) was too far away - a 35-minute walk. Now I don't know how anywhere in Blackrock/Mahon could be 35 minutes' walk from Ursulines. Maybe they mean round trip? If so, 20 minutes' walk to and from... well maybe that might be problematic for this particular kid, who knows...

kowloon · 07-08-2008 01:06AM

the_syco wrote: »

Wonder how bad she'll do, as all the subjects will be thought with the male brain in mind?

Is our secondary school curriculum sophisticated enough to tailor subjects for anyone?

rainbow kirby · 07-08-2008 01:12AM

This reminds me of a reversed Love Hina.

Wonder how bad she'll do, as all the subjects will be thought with the male brain in mind?

Speaking as one who hated her all-girls school, I would have preferred if things had been taught with the male brain in mind - then again I did 3 sciences for LC.

castie · 07-08-2008 01:19AM

Karoma wrote: »

For **** sake people, she's 12. Cut the sexual crap out.

Ive worked for kiddies disco's. Believe me the younger they are the worse they are tbh.

Dudess · 07-08-2008 02:12AM

Doesn't make it right to trivialise it though.

Aisling(",) · 07-08-2008 02:48AM

it sounds like a cheesy teen movie

spurious · 07-08-2008 07:55AM

Dudess wrote: »

What's she gonna do when it's woodwork/metalwork? Oh, I suppose the home ec teacher will be cool with teaching her on her own.

Why wouldn't she do either woodwork or metalwork? (her autism aside).

The one real bonus of this decision which I don't think has been mentioned yet is that the schools who now currently exclude on ability may have to take all who apply or clearly state in their enrolment policy that they do not take children who are not high achievers. That alone would do a great deal to do away with the ghettoisation of weaker ability kids in certain types of schools.

Sherifu · 07-08-2008 09:06AM

Big deal.

seamus · 07-08-2008 09:09AM

Wertz wrote: »

One girl in a school? Distraction possibly, perhaps leading to lapse in learning...also the fact of the school having to provide extra amenities for their new pupil, where does that budget come from and does it cut into the budget of other pupils....I'm not saying I have a problem with this as it stands...I'm saying that if I were a parent, that those things would be on my mind, either rightly or wrongly...

Results prove that men do better in mixed-sex environments. Probably because being an idiot in front of women makes you less attractive, whereas being intelligent in front of all-male peers will get you ridiculed.

Women do better in a single-sex environment, probably because they're so easily distracted :pac::pac:

FWIW, there are apparently 17 other girls trying to get in, this was just a test case, so now there'll probably be 18 girls starting in September.

The school in question is also mixed from 4th - 6th year, it's only the junior cycle that's males only. So there should be very little in the way of having to build/provide extra facilities.

The one real bonus of this decision which I don't think has been mentioned yet is that the schools who now currently exclude on ability may have to take all who apply or clearly state in their enrolment policy that they do not take children who are not high achievers. That alone would do a great deal to do away with the ghettoisation of weaker ability kids in certain types of schools.

Only for public schools most likely. Private schools will still retain the right to exclude whoever they want. Unfortunately.

dr.bollocko · 07-08-2008 09:11AM

zuroph wrote: »

this already happened a good while back in Ard Scoil Rís in Limerick, teachers daughter was the only girl in the school.

:eek:
How do you have privy to this information?! Was about to post this.

CHD · 07-08-2008 09:15AM

Ross_Mahon wrote: »

Single sex schools are a load of ghey

Obvioulsy

Dudess · 07-08-2008 11:39AM

spurious wrote: »

Why wouldn't she do either woodwork or metalwork? (her autism aside).

Ah I was only taking the mick...

Captain Ginger · 07-08-2008 11:44AM

Sort of happened to me, when I was younger at the end of primary school the class was for girls only but for some reason I was able to attend so I did my last year in that school as the only guy.

It was a paedophiles wet dream.

Love2love · 07-08-2008 12:01PM

My friend was the only girl in her school. She got expelled from mine and it was the only school that would take her. Its not a big deal

zuroph · 07-08-2008 02:22PM

dr.bollocko wrote: »

:eek:
How do you have privy to this information?! Was about to post this.

Im...from...limerick? Didnt go there but a lot of my mates did.

Handsome Bob · 07-08-2008 03:22PM

I don't know what the parents wish to gain from it. Their daughter is going to have a very tough time and dare I say it, could be at risk of bullying or something more serious. I can understand if the parents wanted their daughter to go to this school out of convenience (maybe it's right beside them) but still, their daughter is going to be some person to make it out of there in 6 years time.