Are we finally appreciating the value of Spanish Students?

Noopti · 15-07-2011 10:32AM

It's the "stand in massive groups at the bus stop, taking up the entire footpath forcing people to walk out on the road" that pisses me off.

Eve_Dublin · 15-07-2011 10:41AM

antodeco wrote: »

Can you speak Spanish? Fecking huge turnon so it is!

Spanish with a Dub accent.

wild_cat · 15-07-2011 10:41AM

Noopti wrote: »

It's the "stand in massive groups at the bus stop, taking up the entire footpath forcing people to walk out on the road" that pisses me off.

You've never had 50 of em get on a bus when you're already late for work. I got so angry one day I nearly wrote a letter to Griffith college to ask if they'd consider getting a private bus service to ferry them about as due to the vast amount of them they were adding an extra 10 to 15 minutes onto my journey between talking and looking for lost bus cards.

antodeco · 15-07-2011 10:57AM

Eve_Dublin wrote: »

Spanish with a Dub accent.

Hmmm...

/strokes chin

EDIT: My own chin!!

Barna77 · 15-07-2011 11:08AM

Eve_Dublin wrote: »

Spanish with a Dub accent.

+1

joseph brand · 15-07-2011 11:08AM

The amount of them that get caught stealing in Penneys, (the wife works there), ye wouldn't think it.

holystungun9 · 15-07-2011 11:50AM

black francis wrote: »

In fairness I've never heard him say a bad word about anyone from Equatorial Guinea.

Don't even get me started on those cnuts.

Emiko · 15-07-2011 12:01PM

Barna77 wrote: »

+1

+ Juan

prinz · 15-07-2011 12:02PM

No nationality of summer student pisses me off more than the Spanish. Loud, rude, obnoxious little runts.

Chairman Meow · 15-07-2011 12:34PM

If they want to get thier tits out around me, fine. Theyre welcome. Other than that tho, **** them. Irritating bunch of gob****es.

Richard Hillman · 15-07-2011 01:29PM

No doubt they are a tad bit annoying like all teenagers but are very well behaved. Could you imagine if we sent our runts over to spain for the summer, there would be carnage. Its bad enough when adults go to spain and smash the place up but our teenagers would be a lot different to the Spanish that come over here.

Teyla Emmagan · 15-07-2011 01:33PM

They would be fine if they were forced to go everywhere in groups of no more than 3. Most of them are like a pack of loud, thick, slow moving sheep once they go outdoors.

booboo88 · 15-07-2011 01:46PM

Eve_Dublin wrote: »

You think a grown man shagging a kid is alright? If you're a kid, grand. If you're not, the get off Boards and get a life. Convince yourself it's alright. It really isn't. I work with these chidlren. They're kids.

in fairness, he highlighted the part he was referring to, i.e not moving out until in their 30's:rolleyes:

ejmaztec · 15-07-2011 01:52PM

It's a great pity that by the time these kids reach their early twenties, they've all got faces like crocodile-skin handbags from being out in the sun too long. One minute they look 16 and the next 75.

Eve_Dublin · 15-07-2011 03:43PM

booboo88 wrote: »

in fairness, he highlighted the part he was referring to, i.e not moving out until in their 30's:rolleyes:

...and I apologised.

plein de force · 15-07-2011 04:04PM

It seems like getting on any form of public transport in a civilised fashion is an alien concept to them.

they're as tight as a nun's cnut too. one 2ltr bottle of coke between about 20 of them

french, german, portuguese etc. they're grand though.

stovelid · 15-07-2011 04:08PM

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

Most of them are like a pack of loud, thick, slow moving sheep once they go outdoors.

Just like any bunch of kids of any nationality visiting any country.

the_monkey · 15-07-2011 04:12PM

Don't think it's adding much business to the economy to be honest, I know how tight they are - I worked with a guy here who spent €30 (yes thirty) a month - FACT.

The rest he saved - stuck in a bank.

He lived at home - no rent/mortgage (they don't give ANYTHING to their parents here even if they earn more :mad::mad::mad:)

His food - again all made my Mammy - he didn't have to pay.

Parasites

DEFTLEFTHAND · 15-07-2011 04:17PM

the_monkey wrote: »

Don't think it's adding much business to the economy to be honest, I know how tight they are - I worked with a guy here who spent €30 a month - FACT.

The rest he saved - stuck in a bank.

He lived at home - no rent/mortgage (they don't give ANYTHING to their parents here even if they earn more :mad::mad::mad:)

His food - again all made my Mammy - he didn't have to pay.

Parasites

I remember reading a piece about a 32 year old Spanish guy who tried to sue his parents for kicking him out of the family home. He argued that it was the parent's responsibility to provide him with food, shelter and finance as they had brought him into this world.

Richard Hillman · 15-07-2011 04:54PM

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

I remember reading a piece about a 32 year old Spanish guy who tried to sue his parents for kicking him out of the family home. He argued that it was the parent's responsibility to provide him with food, shelter and finance as they had brought him into this world.

I see his point but it was him that won the race to the unfertilised egg and that was no accident.

Spread · 15-07-2011 05:25PM

aligator_am wrote: »

Also, I should add that recent research shows that the Irish aren't in fact Celtic but rather from northern Spain! I know many have suspected this for a while bt it seems we're no longer Celts lol.

What about Los Celtinas?

Eve_Dublin · 15-07-2011 06:33PM

ejmaztec wrote: »

It's a great pity that by the time these kids reach their early twenties, they've all got faces like crocodile-skin handbags from being out in the sun too long. One minute they look 16 and the next 75.

Yeah, the Spanish are bet down by the time they hit 20

This is a nation of rides, my friend.

entropi · 15-07-2011 07:11PM

ejmaztec wrote: »

It's a great pity that by the time these kids reach their early twenties, they've all got faces like crocodile-skin handbags from being out in the sun too long. One minute they look 16 and the next 75.

There's a saying I heard from my mam "Do You look at the fireplace when You're poking the fire?" :pac:

Barna77 · 15-07-2011 08:17PM

plein de force wrote: »

they're as tight as a nun's cnut too. one 2ltr bottle of coke between about 20 of them

Botellón

black francis wrote: »

In fairness I've never heard him say a bad word about anyone from Equatorial Guinea.

They are ruled by a dictator... Is that good or bad?

tommieob · 23-07-2011 03:24PM

Does anyone know exactly how much these students parents pay to send them here for a month? I think local families get around €650 pm to take them but how much are the facilitators getting? I can't imagine they are bringing them here for the good of their health.

Eve_Dublin · 23-07-2011 03:43PM

tommieob wrote: »

Does anyone know exactly how much these students parents pay to send them here for a month? I think local families get around €650 pm to take them but how much are the facilitators getting? I can't imagine they are bringing them here for the good of their health.

Spanish salaries are crap. I'm working in a Summer camp in Spain and will be getting about 1400 before tax and I'll be taxed 200 of that. These guys would be getting even less I reckon (because board and food would be included) and as far as I know, you might have to pay for your own flights in a lot of cases.

Google Gold · 23-07-2011 03:53PM

I would not like to see ten's of thousands's of foreign students come full time no matter what. We would dishonour our country by doing so. They've imo always been a grand lot, Not on boards long so iv'e yet to read a
negative word about Spanish students.
They do contribute. But this is the only way for non-national students to do so.
Come one summer & leave the same.
What sane person would like to see Ireland turn into an international hub for student's

Namlub · 23-07-2011 03:59PM

Google Gold wrote: »

I would not like to see ten's of thousands's of foreign students come full time no matter what. We would dishonour our country by doing so. They've imo always been a grand lot, Not on boards long so iv'e yet to read a
negative word about Spanish students.
They do contribute. But this is the only way for non-national students to do so.
Come one summer & leave the same.
What sane person would like to see Ireland turn into an international hub for student's

I don't mean to alarm you but quite a few foreign students come here full time.

tommieob · 23-07-2011 03:59PM

Eve_Dublin wrote: »

Spanish salaries are crap. I'm working in a Summer camp in Spain and will be getting about 1400 before tax and I'll be taxed 200 of that. These guys would be getting even less I reckon (because board and food would be included) and as far as I know, you might have to pay for your own flights in a lot of cases.

Hi Eve_Dublin, thanks for the reply. However, I am more interested to know how much the Irish people who are responsible for the Spanish students while they are here get. I have no problem with them coming here, but I reckon someone must be making a packet of money from this. As an addition, they generally come from very wealthy backgrounds so I don't think money is a problem. The parents of the guy we have are a vet and a solicitor. As for them spending money, they guy we have is certainly keeping the local shops in business with the amount of junk food he buys!

Kevin Duffy · 23-07-2011 04:03PM

Google Gold wrote: »

I would not like to see ten's of thousands's of foreign students come full time no matter what. We would dishonour our country by doing so. They've imo always been a grand lot, Not on boards long so iv'e yet to read a
negative word about Spanish students.
They do contribute. But this is the only way for non-national students to do so.
Come one summer & leave the same.
What sane person would like to see Ireland turn into an international hub for student's

Eh, what?

Are we finally appreciating the value of Spanish Students?

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