A friend of mine in Dublin got his phone confiscated in school today, and this got me thinking about the whole should-phones-be-confiscated-in-school argument. I think it all depends on the circumstance. Obviously, if someone is texting during lunch, it should be taken off them. But, what if someone rings them? Again, depends. Students should obviously [...]
So, for English homework, we have to write an essay/speech on The recession will be good for the Irish in the long run She also said we could take either side of it. I’m not sure which side I’d actually be on, but I think I’ll write that it will be. We’ve never had something [...]
For the (from my point of view) crummy posts of the last week-and-a-half. We lost our debate last night :(. If I heard correctly, it was only by 20 pts, but I’m not certain. We did well, I mean, I can’t single out any one thing that cost us it. One thing I did notice [...]
I played drums in my double music class again. I’ve done it once before and the kit’s condition, er, hasn’t improved. For some reason, it wasn’t even set up. The 3rd tom was upside down! I was playing along to the rest of the class. That old Irish tune, the one that goes: Well I [...]