Comments on The Pensive Quill: Unprepared For College

Apologies for using the wrong pole. Maybe I was th...

2013-02-09T09:43:43.819Z

Apologies for using the wrong pole. Maybe I was thinking it could aid Adams vault during his distress.
Nice to have seen him scrambling down the drain though, especially if there was a bit ice lying around.

Fionnuala: "Isn't there a connection ...

2013-02-09T00:33:40.093Z
Fionnuala:

"Isn't there a connection between rats and drainpipes?"

Of course there is, its "ADAMS and Co. He is so low he could slide down inside a drainpipe with his 2ic and 3ic Kelly!. as for the Border Poll, that is a no win situation, and SF know it, People are eventually coming to their senses , they don't want SF spin doctors coming around at Election time spoofing crap from forked tongues. Like visualise it, Gerry being locked out, He just has to call his private numbers, PSNI o28.Com/Ruc sb/028.co/MI5 o2.com, or, a few of his mates hoods!!!, those same hoods are from ex PIRA families who have gone astray after watching their father, or , mother come out of prison and hit the drink, I like a drink, when I can afford it, Its now 8 years ago since they tried to force me out of my car on ardoyne Rd, They know know they made the biggest mistake of their lives when they saw what was pointed at them, I shouted, Stay were you are, I could smell there Pants for hours, and ,My car was well over weight!. Moving furniture!!! that night.

Michaelhenry Who locked him out, clearly somebody ...

2013-02-08T23:49:12.353Z
Michaelhenry
Who locked him out, clearly somebody who knows him.
Probably someone who could not listen to anymore of his economic debates or border pole shite.
Isn't there a connection between rats and drainpipes?

His mates in mi5 will have a spare set of keys

2013-02-08T19:29:52.389Z
His mates in mi5 will have a spare set of keys

Michaelhenry, Adams has his minions who are quite ...

2013-02-08T19:17:05.557Z
Michaelhenry, Adams has his minions who are quite willing to do these things for him....

Fionnuala- Gerry is on twitter and Facebook as i ...

2013-02-08T18:51:14.275Z
Fionnuala-

Gerry is on twitter and Facebook as i type about being locked out of his Dundalk office and him contemplating going up the drainpipe to get in through the top window LOL-he will get no awards if he is nicked for being a cat burglar-

AM-

" that's only coz it was his turn to buy a round "

You still have it- [ a wee bit of humour that is ]

Michaelhenry, that's only coz it was his turn...

2013-02-07T08:28:48.152Z
Michaelhenry,

that's only coz it was his turn to buy a round

@ MichaelHenry Adams will get an honoury something...

2013-02-07T01:42:33.717Z
@ MichaelHenry Adams will get an honoury something "bar none"
There are other factors than prepared for university academically and socially although its definitely a big factor especially accessing initial course on "study skills for college" totally different type of study to school.
I don't have any figures on financially how students are supported in comparison in different countries but finance plays its part especially if from low socially economic background-and also university has become a business-not about education.
we can bail out banks for billions but invest in education?

michaelhenry Don't think they hand out degrees...

2013-02-07T00:57:35.513Z
michaelhenry
Don't think they hand out degrees for bar work.
I'm sure Adams will get an honourary something or other.
Can't think what though spoilt for choice.

Belfast Bookworm- Nope- I have no degrees and no ...

2013-02-06T23:43:24.644Z
Belfast Bookworm-

Nope- I have no degrees and no intention of getting any-Another without a degree made idiots out of Fine Gael and Labour in the dail
tonight-today by telling them to leave the dail bar to debate- Not A
bad leader we have-

Fionnuala; 'leaving university with degrees an...

2013-02-06T19:22:13.105Z
Fionnuala; 'leaving university with degrees and low levels of intelligence'

Has Michael Henry got a degree then?

James; it's funny you should mention company&#...

2013-02-06T18:59:54.582Z
James; it's funny you should mention company's 'owning' prisons, the huffington post did a really interesting story a while back on the privatisation of prisons in the US and how work is being outsourced for prisoners to do.

Thinly disguised slavery.

I looked for the link there but can't seem to paste it into this post. Interesting reading.

Education is a business, simple as that. Especial...

2013-02-06T15:38:28.381Z
Education is a business, simple as that. Especially university education. It would be interesting to find out how many graduates are unemployed or underemployed here in Ireland. I wouls say the figure would shatter the perception that going to university will set you up for a better job and a better standard of life. For example, I have worked in a call centre and I tell you it was basically factory work in a office. It was mental torture, to the effect that certain jails in the US are allowing inmates work through acting as a call centre operative. After all of the qualifications I achieved Alevels were by far the hardest for me.
Belfast bookworm,
Apparently at any given time there are 2 million african americans in jail in USA, now image that, the jailhouse is also a business as well especially after privatisation in the USA. There will always be a steady flow of inmates especially if the legislation is pretty repressive in a lot of the states. Anybody know which companys run the jails? Are they linked to the defence industry, I have a suspicion they are.

alexandra and her colleagues have to be congratula...

2013-02-06T15:15:24.690Z
alexandra and her colleagues have to be congratulated for bringing more information into the public domain through this type of format.

I remember my son's primary school teacher tel...

2013-02-06T12:41:22.364Z
I remember my son's primary school teacher telling me that kids are so bolstered up these days that when the bolster is removed some crumble.
I think this is quite true, tutors and special additional equipment now seems to be the order of the day.
Props are used sometimes to over compensate for intelligence, to the extent and I am quoting Mr Lecky my son's teacher, 'In the end we don't know we if we have intelligent children or not.'
I think the end product is what the research has shown, a huge amount of people leaving university with degrees and low levels of intelligence.

With 10,000 qualified teachers registered as unem...

2013-02-06T12:07:52.774Z
With 10,000 qualified teachers registered as unemployed in the 26 counties, it's fair to say that education is waste of time for many. During the 5 yrs I spent in Dublin seondarary school, not a single employer came to the school to offer career advice or work experience. Irish people have no problems identifying parts of the globe, next stop -- Melbourne! Anybody can do a degree online, they are as worthless as a packet of toilet paper . We don't need 70,000 school leavers per annum.

I have to say the most shocking statistic among th...

2013-02-05T22:55:07.275Z
I have to say the most shocking statistic among this is the fact that African Americans are still at the bottom of the pile, still getting the rawest deal - and by such a huge gulf.

I don't even want to ask how the indigenous peoples are faring.

You state you can't blame the "Jobs Marke...

2013-02-05T22:00:48.048Z
You state you can't blame the "Jobs Market", that is the major problem for students all over the world, with today's modern technology, most of the work is being done by, either Robotics withing major industries, container ships being unloaded/loaded by computerised systems via fast rolling giant cranes, No manual work for dockers throughout the world, no manual work for those , mostly in the car industry, the population has outstripped the job markets because computers have taken over. If every student started reading computer science and then went onto university, there would still be insufficient work for them. Its called Mother nature, and, modern times.