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For anybody to make a public comment about 'slow learners' is a display of ignorance. For the Minister of Education to make this comment, in the Dáil, when reading from a prepared script is unforgivable and unacceptable.It is a matter which warrants a public apology at the very least from Ruairi Quinn. It is an insult to all pupils nationwide who often struggle to learn in the traditional method but who make great strides when given access to good teaching AND ENCOURAGEMENT!
absolutelygobsmacked 5 days ago
Ruairi,
your facts are wrong
only 71% of the budget is spent on teachers salaries and pensions. Along with all the admin staff and other staff.
Your reference to 'slow learners' is an insult.
People who find it difficult to learn, who learn more slowly than others, are not responsible for their difficulties. It is not something of which they should be ashamed. Using the term as an insult suggests that it is something of which people ought to be ashamed.
Is mise...
thirdmantackle 6 days ago
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Isn't he brillant. Blame the past goverments , blame the banks + the IMF and the current money markets .He is the one cutting . He just sees numbers and not children and is not shutting schools but just increasing the numbers needed to keep a teacher. Sounds like one of those less than legal land lords increasing the rent. It is a way to incerase the Labour vote in the years ahead as we will have had to move the cities as the will be nothing left in rural Ireland .
MrYamat 2 weeks ago
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MrYamat 2 weeks ago