Can anyone say this isn't stupid?

[GavinZac]

What did you think he said?

its from futurama

Is breá liom go bhféidir linn cuir in iúl dar chéile gan fhios do Gavin agus a leithead!!

Give me a bit of credit, in fairness

[Erstwhile Bóz]

Forógra FG;

THE IRISH LANGUAGE
Choice at Leaving Certificate
• We will substantially reform the teaching and learning of the Irish language in line with our published
proposals in this area, including giving all Leaving Certificate students the choice to study Irish for their
final two years in school.
New Leaving Certificate Subject
• We will radically reform the Irish language curriculum, and introduce a new subject at Leaving
Certificate level, Communicating in Irish, which will focus on giving students a real fluency and facility in
the Irish language.
Language Support Corps
• We will develop a specialist Language Support Corps to help individual primary schools which are having
particular difficulties with the teaching of Irish.

Here's what was passed ag an Ard Fheis;


A thorough review of the way in which the Irish language is taught in our schools;
• The second-level curriculum to be completely updated;
• The introduction of an oral component in the Junior Certificate Irish exam;
• A new and modern Irish subject to be introduced for the Leaving Certificate, and;
• All students to be offered a choice as to whether to study Irish after the Junior Certificate examination.

Does it not seem like the last point contradicts the others, almost like they are thinking we can keep everyone happy with this proposal. For Irish lovers there is the promise of a major revamp, and for those who couldn't give a sht ; the additional funding and time put into the revamp will be offset by making Irish optional. That would be my take on it at any rate.

I really like the idea of an emphasis on conversational Irish all up along, you're putting the cart before the horse if you expect people to understand poetry etc without being able to speak the language. But I think only introducing the Communicating subject at LC level is too late.

It's a manifesto; it's going to be absolutely panacean at first glance but completely barmy under scrutiny. The bit about only introducing the "Communicating in Irish" for the last two years when, in their plan, only the top students would be lstaying on with Irish anyway seems ridiculous, though, you're right. Can't understand that one.

[kingdom hoop]

its from futurama

Cén chúis leis an '' mar sin?

Ar aon nós ní chonacthas riabh é, níl sé ar chlár TG4 in aon chor

Give me a bit of credit, in fairness

Beidh moladh tuillte agut nuair a ghlacann tú go bhfuil párt cinniúnach ag an Ghaelainn i gcultúr an dtír seo, agus é tríd mhean ár dteanga dúchais

[osarusan]

bloody germans taking over the message boards.

[kingdom hoop]

bloody germans taking over the message boards.

That bait was tasty, cheers

[SÓC]

I should not rise to yet another Gav anti-Irish thread but...

Gav ask anyone who did their leaving cert thorugh Irish would they rather modern up to date Irish langauge text books or the "free" points and I'll tell you most will go for the text books.