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Govt. seeks to attract more Indian Students to Ireland

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  • #32
    kona
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,522 ✭✭✭kona


    Femme_Fatale wrote: »
    Even though arts is required for teaching?

    Your mask isn't staying on - you're just pissed off at foreigners being let in here, despite all the contributions they'll make as students and tax-payers on their part-time jobs.

    I couldnt give a **** about foreigners, as much as you reeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaallly want to make it look like Im trying to be racist or whatever.

    A requirement along with a Hdip.
    Teaching?! are you ****ing serious? 9-4 , work only half the year?? no wonder arts is a requirement, lazy bastards.

    Come back when your doing 7 years in college 9-5 then go into something like being a doctor. Or Engineering.

    My career guidance teacher diverted people who didnt know what to do with themselves into art courses.
    When I was in college at 9 am these clowns in arts are in at lunchtime for a few hours to learn to write Hello world for their exam. Joke course.

    BUt thats way off topic, these places Id imagine are for real courses and research such as science and engineering, sectors that this country is taking in billions in tax from.


  • #33
    Femme_Fatale
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,628 ✭✭✭Femme_Fatale


    kona wrote: »
    A requirement along with a Hdip.
    Teaching?! are you ****ing serious? 9-4 , work only half the year?? no wonder arts is a requirement, lazy bastards.
    Not seeing your point (other than bitterness towards people charged with educating classrooms of children - and the hours are short/holidays long for the pupils, not the teachers, who also have out-of-class work) - you said arts is useless, it is not.
    Come back when your doing 7 years in college 9-5 then go into something like being a doctor. Or Engineering.
    Not everyone is interested in the above or capable of it.

    The rest of your nonsense about arts is just provocation for the sake of it.


  • #34
    JohnMearsheimer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,302 ✭✭✭JohnMearsheimer


    I did my post grad at Cardiff University in the UK. Because I was from Ireland I was classed as an international student and I was put into a block of flats for international students. I ended up in a flat with 7 Indians (6 fellas, 1 girl). Our block was mostly Indians and Pakistanis. It was a culture shock for me to say the least!

    A lot of them had domestic servants back in India and had no idea how to cook or clean for themselves. One of my room mates was chauffeur driven to college back in India every day. I spent a lot of my first few weeks showing people how to use the washing machine.

    The girl and one of the guys in the flat started going out. After 3 months of seeing her the girl's father contacted the guy's father trying to arrange their marriage. I got a phone call from the guy on my Christmas break from India asking whether or not I thought he should marry her. Strange stuff.

    I paid £3,000 in fees for my post grad as I was an EU student. The Indians were all doing MBAs and were paying £15,000 each to the university in fees alone. The local economy benefited from accommodation, food and general living expenses incurred by the students. The money would add up nicely within the economy. Cardiff University has an office in India that actively recruits Indian students. I can see why the Irish government are going after them.

    A UK education is highly prized in India. I'm not sure how valued an Irish education is there.


  • #35
    Diemos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,417 ✭✭✭Diemos


    kona wrote: »
    the indians are ahead of us in most things, why should we import them to study when thousands of irish all ready here are either emmigrating or stuck on the dole?

    Name one thing that they are ahead of us on, other than population size.
    I'm genuinely curious.

    I have worked with a lot of Indian people, some have been brilliant, most have been lying charlatans. I worked with useless Irish people too btw but not on the same level.

    (I'm generalising here but I'm basing it from my observations)
    Their treatment of female co-workers, especially Indian females is horrific. I have seen female team leads and managers openly ignored during meetings. Training female co-workers is like pulling teeth.


  • #36
    Femme_Fatale
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,628 ✭✭✭Femme_Fatale


    newmug wrote: »
    This is a mistake. A big mistake.
    How is it a mistake, a big mistake? It's not very christian to be so unwelcoming.


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  • #37
    MadsL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,299 ✭✭✭✭MadsL


    clairefontaine wrote: »
    Who the hell would pay 16-30k a year for Trinity or UCD?

    Yeah, pesky 61st best university in the world, with clinical speech therapy degrees....


  • #38
    Ruu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,622 ✭✭✭Ruu


    BBJBIG banned for that little outburst.

    Mod


  • #39
    JONJO THE MISER
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 12,333 ✭✭✭✭JONJO THE MISER


    Aww yes more Indian students so they can stay on for years working illegally in ireland, ive lived with some indians, nice chaps if you a guy but dont be a woman, the most arrogant and touching up women ive ever seen, ever wonder why bouncers keep a close eye on Indians in pubs and normally wont let them into nightclubs??


  • #40
    AlmightyCushion
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,351 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    JohnMearsheimer wrote: »
    One of my room mates was chauffeur driven to college back in India every day.

    Feckin' hell, from Cardiff to India. That's one crazy commute.


  • #41
    Nodin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 46,938 ✭✭✭✭Nodin


    AlmightyCushion wrote: »
    Feckin' hell, from Cardiff to India. That's one crazy commute.



    ...should have seen it when he was using a rickshaw.


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  • #42
    Nodin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 46,938 ✭✭✭✭Nodin


    kona wrote: »
    3rd level costs 50million per year?:rolleyes:

    Post grads here pay thousands too, Undergrads pay almost a grand just to register too.

    Id rather give the places to people who will stay in Ireland and contribute back into the economy, over 40 years Im sure id see my 50 million.

    Instead they import students, and let a generation of Irish leave.


    Why is there the notion that its Irish students or Indian students?


  • #43
    For Forks Sake
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,487 ✭✭✭✭For Forks Sake


    Diemos wrote: »
    Name one thing that they are ahead of us on, other than population size.
    I'm genuinely curious.

    Curry recipes.


  • #44
    camel jockey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 909 ✭✭✭camel jockey


    srsly78 wrote: »
    Why would they want to come here? Surely they have all heard about how bad our health system is.

    Why would students care about that?


  • #45
    diomed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,744 ✭✭✭diomed


    I'm expecting business courses in corner shop administration.


  • #46
    Tar.Aldarion
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,119 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    clairefontaine wrote: »
    Who the hell would pay 16-30k a year for Trinity or UCD?

    There are several thousand in trinity, which is 10s of millions in fees every year.


  • #47
    kona
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,522 ✭✭✭kona


    Diemos wrote: »
    Name one thing that they are ahead of us on, other than population size.
    I'm genuinely curious.

    .

    Space exploration


  • #48
    hansfrei
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 915 ✭✭✭hansfrei


    Diemos wrote: »
    Name one thing that they are ahead of us on, other than population size.
    I'm genuinely curious.

    I have worked with a lot of Indian people, some have been brilliant, most have been lying charlatans. I worked with useless Irish people too btw but not on the same level.

    (I'm generalising here but I'm basing it from my observations)
    Their treatment of female co-workers, especially Indian females is horrific. I have seen female team leads and managers openly ignored during meetings. Training female co-workers is like pulling teeth.

    Foreigners are always better than us. They'll probably have to hire Polish teachers to teach these Indian students. Hire a load of Dutch interpreters and Turkish student relations managers too.


  • #49
    Femme_Fatale
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,628 ✭✭✭Femme_Fatale


    JONJO THE MISER wrote: »
    Aww yes more Indian students so they can stay on for years working illegally in ireland
    Based on?
    ive lived with some indians, nice chaps if you a guy but dont be a woman, the most arrogant and touching up women ive ever seen, ever wonder why bouncers keep a close eye on Indians in pubs and normally wont let them into nightclubs??
    You've lost me - are you talking about women or men in the last bit?


  • #50
    goose2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,798 ✭✭✭goose2005


    Gran Hermano wrote: »
    We will have the same problem as the UK, foreign 'students' signing up for dodgy courses just so the can work 20 hours a week here on a student visa.

    That ship sailed years and years ago, there are thousands of Chinese here to do 'English' courses


  • #51
    Bog Standard User
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 847 ✭✭✭Bog Standard User


    goose2005 wrote: »
    That ship sailed years and years ago, there are thousands of Chinese here to do 'English' courses

    how long does it take a chinese person to say wah u want!!! oh nuber 32 iz very very good, you pay now
    just joking in case you are chinese. slagging each other is part of irish culture...welcome to ireland


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  • #52
    goose2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,798 ✭✭✭goose2005


    Bog Standard User wrote: »
    how long does it take a chinese person to say wah u want!!! oh nuber 32 iz very very good, you pay now
    just joking in case you are chinese. slagging each other is part of irish culture...welcome to ireland

    lacist


  • #53
    old hippy
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,441 ✭✭✭old hippy


    Was wondering how soon the thread would descend into so called jokes about Asian people. Thanks for not disappointing.


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