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Leaving Cert. Bonus.

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  • 21-08-2019 11:54pm
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    policarp
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    What has Mammy and Daddy given to their successful leaving cert students this year as a reward for their results?
    In my day it was a watch or a piece of jewelry.
    Nowadays it seems to be a trip to Ibiza or Megaloof.
    Grand Tour? Or What?


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    jcorr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 232 ✭✭jcorr


    policarp wrote: »
    What has Mammy and Daddy given to their successful leaving cert students this year as a reward for their results?
    In my day it was a watch or a piece of jewelry.
    Nowadays it seems to be a trip to Ibiza or Megaloof.
    Grand Tour? Or What?

    Oh give me strength


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    policarp
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    jcorr wrote: »
    Oh give me strength

    Why?
    Different eras have different criteria.
    In my day foreign travel wasn't affordable for most .


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    KevRossi
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    Got a day off from making hay and silage. Around lunch time it was decided that I was badly needed.

    We got nothing in the 80s, we expected nothing. Got put through college when times were financially very very hard on my parents and I'm forever grateful to them for that.


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    policarp
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    KevRossi wrote: »
    Got a day off from making hay and silage. Around lunch time it was decided that I was badly needed.

    We got nothing in the 80s, we expected nothing. Got put through college when times were financially very very hard on my parents and I'm forever grateful to them for that.

    That's your era.
    nowadays children or "Kids" expect more from their parents.
    The Grand Tour was a trip around Egypt, Italy,Greece and maybe Spain.
    This was an educational "Holiday". "Year Out".


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    Leg End Reject
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    Got a "well done" and life carried on. :D
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    policarp
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    Well done.
    Any bonus?


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    This is it
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    I got a watch myself in 2004, still have it, still love it. I've no issue with incentive being provided. It's hard to understand at 17 what the leaving cert means. We all say that it isn't the be all and end all, and that's true, but it is important and can determine a lot.

    My little fella is only starting school but come the time I'll have no issue with providing some incentive to try give him an extra push, though I hope he won't need much.


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    Leg End Reject
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    policarp wrote: »
    Well done.
    Any bonus?

    No, it was before the time you were rewarded for doing something ordinary. It was just another milestone.

    Do you buy babies presents when they walk or say their first word? Where does it begin and end?
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    piplip87
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    A job to help pay for collage.


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    twowheelsonly
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    I got a phone call with my results and a 'Well Done'. I was just turned 17 but had flown the nest that summer and started work in Tipp. Folks, and school, were in Cork. It's not far now but in 1981 it was a two hour drive or more and there was no mobiles or internet etc. I didn't expect anything and I got exactly what I expected !!!


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    gozunda
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    policarp wrote: »
    What has Mammy and Daddy given to their successful leaving cert students this year as a reward for their results?
    In my day it was a watch or a piece of jewelry. Nowadays it seems to be a trip to Ibiza or Megaloof.Grand Tour? Or What?

    A kick up the arse and told to start working full time ...


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    gozunda
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    piplip87 wrote: »
    A job to help pay for collage.

    A second job to pay for spelling lessons before you got there ...

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    simongurnick
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    Had to dig the foundation to a sunroom with a pick axe the next day
    Did speed for the first time the night before. Twas a rough day.


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    Witchie
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    The year was 1992, I finished my exams, went to Nirvana at the Point on the Friday and went backpacking in Belgium, Netherlands and Germany for a few weeks with a mate. I had saved some of the money myself but my parents contributed as a "well done" on getting through the exams.

    I had been very ill and being bullied in the last few months before my exams so it was a bit of a mental health gift really.


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