Leaving Cert Results

[TreatyStones]

@gilgamboa

A cousin of mine told me that recently about that place. he is a sparks and was back there during the shut down and was asking about a job there. TBH I didnt actually believe him when he told me how much the money was? how come so much

Not sure to be honest. Anyone in there on a full, permanent contract (lab assistants, line operators, janitors etc ) makes great money. It’s a highly unionised place and it operates 24/7, so the basic wages are good but then when the shift allowance is factored in they make savage money.

[balbec]

Alcan or Wyeth?

[TreatyStones]

The latter, although I gather the wages in Alcan are decent as well.

[Watch_The_Break]

Yeah if you’re lucky the money is ridiculous in some of those jobs. There just isn’t enough of them.

[backinatracksuit]

My mother in law was telling me about a girl who was working in 'White’s ’ out in Askeaton, I hadn’t a clue what she was on about for a while.
Would that pronunciation be common enough in West Limerick?

[TreatyStones]

@backinatracksuit

My mother in law was telling me about a girl who was working in 'White’s ’ out in Askeaton, I hadn’t a clue what she was on about for a while.Would that pronunciation be common enough in West Limerick?

West Limerick people wouldn’t be overly concerned with diction.

[backinatracksuit]

True for ya. I did myself no favours by repeating it back with the correct pronunciation when I copped.

[ciarancareyshurlingarmy]

Ah FFS that place is in a time warp all of it’s own. The only comparable spot is the old ESB

[anon61956325]

Might have missed it, but did you have results this year?

[anon7035031]

I agree, don’t need much Math for the soft sciences. There’s a reason why you have to take at least one calculus class though in any STEM undergrad course. Without a good foundation in Math, students really struggle in the hard sciences, or won’t go that route even though they are capable. A lot of people have a hard time with Math mostly because of the shit way it is taught.

[Steven_Naimsith]

@anon7035031

I agree, don’t need much Math for the soft sciences. There’s a reason why you have to take at least one calculus class though in any STEM undergrad course. Without a good foundation in Math, students really struggle in the hard sciences, or won’t go that route even though they are capable. A lot of people have a hard time with Math mostly because of the shit way it is taught.

FFS
MathS

[anon7035031]

Neither abbreviation is correct or incorrect you utter pedant.

[Steven_Naimsith]

Have you ever heard an Irish person say Math?

[anon7035031]

Are there only Irish people in the English speaking world?

[PhattPike]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnlv1wd13fY

[balbec]

And spelling

[PhattPike]

Outside of statistics, I didn’t really understand most of the maths I encountered in college. I would estimate I attended about 5% of the maths lectures I was supposed to attend over the four years I did, possibly even lower. However there were handy past papers available for all the exams, with the correct answers also given - plus the questions didn’t change a whole pile. So a week or so of reverse engineering from these answers, with liberal use of Google, saw me through in good fettle.

[myboyblue]

It’s mathematics ye cunts

[caoimhaoin]

Ya, thats a fair summation.
To work quickly on the basics to understand more complex stuff the hard scientist really needs a formulatic mind with a well round set of parameters and standards that he/she can easily use to assess something.

The conflict with something like Sports Science is it needs soft and hard evidence. Not everyone can balance the 2.

[Little_Lord_Fauntleroy]

Sports science isnt a real subject