bored! sorry...it was long...:) completely agree though re being no substitute for work. i'm really in it to update myself on law i've missed since undergrad etc.
J On Nov 29, 2:17 am, "siobhan blacklock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
