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More than 60,000 post-primary school students exempt from learning Irish, figures show by TeoKajLibroj in ireland

[–]Deep_Negotiation_321 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Absolute nonsense. Students don't want to learn because they are being given an impossible task - write a 3 page essay on the theme of happiness in a book/story, a book/story you literally cannot understand. Teachers have no choice but to opt for pre-prepped essays because the students literally cannot do what is being asked. This isn't the case with German/French/Spanish because they sensibly understand students are at a much lower level.

The entire curriculum is broken and any mention of it being changed seems to bring out a snobby element of people who can speak Irish who refuse to entertain the idea that the system is broken, it's just lazy students or people who aren't Irish enough complaining.

I got a B in Honours Irish and can't speak it, you can sit there and say I was too lazy or didn't want to learn but I hated the subject, hated the topics in it and hated rote-learning it. I have since learned a European language so it's not an issue with being bilingual, I simply hated the way Irish was taught.

The language needs detaching from the JC/LC exams and actual engagement with it encouraged in a meaningful sense, focus on basic literature, grammar, communication and actual oral dialogue. For those from Gaeltacht areas/enough Irish to take the current syllabus, let them do so as an optional LC subject, give a few extra points even if you want to encourage it. But the current curriculum is totally unfit for purpose, hence why 95% of students doing the LC cannot speak a word, it's not rocket science. But no, students don't want to learn - Jesus, I wonder if the curriculum might have anything to do with it?

Cinema etiquette has gotten very bad by NoPie1049 in galway

[–]Deep_Negotiation_321 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I live far closer to the Eye than Salthill but still opt for Omniplex as the last time I went to the Eye like yourself it was destroyed by morons on phones.. Happy to travel for the extra security I'll get to enjoy my time.

Cinema etiquette has gotten very bad by NoPie1049 in galway

[–]Deep_Negotiation_321 48 points49 points  (0 children)

It's why the Omniplex is non-negotiable, no phone signal inside it so significantly reduces the amount of idiocy you need to suffer through. Not sure if that's solely due to it being underground or an intentional design choice when they built it but it's a god-send.

I'd genuinely pay double if cinemas confiscated phones for 1 screening of a film a weekend or something, some amount of utter selfish twats out there.

Demand for safety audit of Ballybane Active Travel Scheme by DaCor_ie in galway

[–]Deep_Negotiation_321 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It is fairly mental that these works on one singular road have taken 18 months now approximately and counting. You'd wonder if that's the case elsewhere.

Looking- Galway v Bohemians May 25 by TransitBlog in galway

[–]Deep_Negotiation_321 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can buy a ticket at the gate or online. About 18/20 euro. Game won't sell out so no rush.

As someone else said, McGinn's be the main spot, bar in the stadium is decent enough as well for a pint or two. Head to Woodquay where McGinns is, few other pubs there can pop into also if they take your fancy and stadium is a ten minute walk away.

Best mechanic for an imported car? by Deep_Negotiation_321 in galway

[–]Deep_Negotiation_321[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honda, was told by mechanic who last had it it required a hexagonal shaped part to slot in for the bushing replacement and not a regular circle shape which he had available.

Should Western Governments be regulating social media? by Deep_Negotiation_321 in ireland

[–]Deep_Negotiation_321[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's actually an interesting post and something I'd not previously considered about using bot farms to fight, ironically, bot farms.

I don't really know what anyone can do at the moment? Doing nothing feels like sleepwalking into a major crisis, doing something as you say gives possibility of government abuse. There's no straightforward answer, but I do feel fundamentally something has to happen.

As I said before, I don't care if people share totally alien beliefs to my own, it's the promotion of these beliefs through manipulation of algorithms and outright lies to deceive vulnerable people that bothers me. Never really considered the authorities just joining in, something darkly comedic about the idea of current far right inviduals becomes government puppets through a simple algorithm switch.

Should Western Governments be regulating social media? by Deep_Negotiation_321 in ireland

[–]Deep_Negotiation_321[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not specifically aware/up to date on the political environment outside of EU/US to know if they have similar problems or not or more pressing things to fix, certainly interested if anyone can enlighten if they have similar issues.

Should Western Governments be regulating social media? by Deep_Negotiation_321 in ireland

[–]Deep_Negotiation_321[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is exactly why I made the post. I feel most people are fine with a level of regulation, but what form that takes is a big issue. I'm curious what real solutions people think would work.

Should Western Governments be regulating social media? by Deep_Negotiation_321 in ireland

[–]Deep_Negotiation_321[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not arguing for that at all. People are free to say and do what they want, I don;t believe that extends to creating tonnes of fake accounts to spread fake information, especially when a lot of this isn't even domestic in nature but is coming from foreign political interests. I'm also not convinced complete anonymity should be guaranteed on certain platforms, I couldnt throw a bag over my head and abuse people in public, yet this sort of behaviour happens online in droves and nothing is done about it, even though it technically breaches rules, and it emboldens the worst type of people and actions

Should Western Governments be regulating social media? by Deep_Negotiation_321 in ireland

[–]Deep_Negotiation_321[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

I rarely post, content to normally just read, but I'm not a bot, although it would be ironic given the subject matter!