Absolutely agree. Only thing is I enjoy a whiskey on a Friday night. Iâll have to defer it to Saturday night in order to be 100% for Saturday morning. But the invoice will demand a bottle of teachers for the consultation
Youâve a problem, pal.
Go onâŚ
Go on Harry. No advice e is bad advice in this predicament
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I havenât drank anywhere close to a bottle in ten years. A bottle would last at least a year in this house.
Theyâll get 8 years of slave labour out of them then rather than 4 
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Itâs not a bad idea. We were just talking about it early- the Leaving Cert is blown way out of proportion, itâs absolutely ridiculous. Itâs a relatively important exam, I suppose, but the hype and pressure surrounding it is disgraceful imo.
Obviously you want to do as well as you can, and on the day of the results, under-performing is a serious blow but itâs not the end of the world, as it is sometimes portrayed.
Even if you do really well and somehow pick a course that actually suits you, what then? Stuck in a job for the rest of your life? I know a lot of people who didnât go to college straight after the Leaving, and others who did a course they didnât like and ended up doing poorly but they are all fairly well-adjusted people and getting on well all the same.
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@ironmoth a lot of courses reopen if they donât fill. Alternatively if she gets into the college with the course she wants you can sometimes transfer in to the course from another one if thereâs a drop out.
A lot of IT courses you can do two years get your feet or whatever and start in second year of a similar degree. Same length of time but if sheâs eager to get off to college thatâs an option. I think the disappointment of not going off to college when you were built up for it/all your mates are going is the big thing for youngsters rather than not actually getting the course or the points or whatever.
I always thought the gap year was a good idea in England. Youâre way too young to be deciding what to do with your life at that age. I nearly think young ones should fuck and off and relax for five years after school figure out what they want, work a few different jobs etc and go back as a mature student get all the grants etc. And have a few bob saved up.
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Yes, thatâs fine in theory. But when youâre talking about Finance/Business/IT/Law etc, these are fields where youâll find it hard to break in without the right degree or results. Not having a degree at all is another thing again. You might know what youâre doing, but those professions value the concrete qualification over potential knowledge.
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Anyone who drinks that piss shouldnât be giving advice on anything.
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You get a degree as part of these apprenticeships. I thought I mentioned that above. You do both work and college, funded by employer
Id be surprised if you qualified as an accountant for example thru one of these schemes, degree or no degree, that you wouldnât be highly employable subsequently
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Plenty examples. Kerry group, some banks, semi states run these. The practices had the same but was cut back in the past 10/15 years
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Correct. Theyâve been doing it for a while now. Excellent way of getting a foothold into the world of going to work whilst studying at the same time.
When the students on placement come into work, yeah youâd have good craic ribbing them about how easy they have it and all the âback in my dayâ stories but they get some opportunity all the same. I had to wait until I was in my late 20s before I set foot into a pharma company whereas these kids are getting 4-12 months experience that will stand to them so early in their careers.
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Ye are becoming the 51st state, I did warn about this trend.
If you are no good at Math, you have no business in science.
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Maths.