ooops sorry about the spelling "succeed"
2008/11/29 siobhan blacklock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > hey.............. i read half or what u wrote then ................. > got bored u could of said what u wanted to say in one paragraph .. > BUT i agree with u > > i dont live near any cities so therefore i could not attend the classes.... > i bought the books and studied at home > if you are determined enough you will SUCEED! > > heading into PPC11 > > > > > 2008/11/29 J Hughes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >> > I thought everyone had left Griffith for Independent Colleges? >> > Certainly all the good lecturers are gone >> > >> > my thoughts exactly! and Griffith are still claiming prizewinners from >> > years ago... very cynical when the lecturers who taught those students >> > have left >> >> I'm coming back into the FE1 "thing" after a year in the wilderness >> working in a NGO and masters...not looking forward to it, enrolled in >> Griffith this time around. >> >> Now my point: I just can't believe this prize-winner stuff! I have >> either worked with or had class with 3 prize winners and going to a >> particular college didn't get them anything! They were first class >> honours degree graduates! They went to Griffith because they were >> just that studying type...I would put money on it that one girl in >> particular, finishing top 5 in class, getting 1st in LL.M etc didn't >> win a prize because one the "good lecturers" (which I think refers to >> P. Burke, V. Corbett, S. Dowling) taught her. >> >> Other thing is, I suppose (like most law graduates) I'd think I'd have >> a decent sense of the "whos who" in legal academia etc, and when you >> contrast the independent lecturers (all save Stephen Dowling, who is >> well known in practice) with Griffith, the latter seems incomparable. >> The only other one (aside from Dowling by reason of his book) I knew >> in Independent from reputation was Mark O'Riordan as he has a book on >> landlord and tenant legislation that was on a reading list on my LLM. >> This is on the verge of sounding really snotty, but you don't see >> papers in the DULJ / Jurist etc from those in Independent etc. >> >> I've been piecing all this "independent / griffith" stuff together >> from different places, but it seems like the "all the lecturers" left >> was old news last year....and they were replaced and (at least on >> legal academic rep standards) the replacements are, on paper, >> better. I can put it this way...I went to Griffith when P. Burke was >> in charge (as far as I know, I just really went to classes and did >> homework). In that session (summer 07) I got absolutely no homework >> back, got nothing by way of help from the office. And I'm coming >> across all these posts about how "griffith fell apart since someone >> left and took all the lecturers"?????? I just don't see it.... >> >> A colleague who went in Summer 08 for the last exams told me it had >> changed, and since I failed 4 in summer 07 (I took 8), I had a credit >> in GCD, and went back on the basis of the discount. All fine as far >> as I can see. Just like Laurs says...getting stuff back within the >> week...etc...don't need to bother going into class when its raining, >> lectures are put online on the same night etc. >> >> Anyway...I haven't gone to Independent...but like a true legal nerd, >> I'm sticking up for the Griffith lecturers because I think it is >> bordering on ignorant to simply say none of them are "the good >> lecturers".... >> >> >> >> > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "FE-1 Study Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.ie/group/FE-1-Study-Group?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
