Comments on: Irish Education or American, You Decide http://www.jamesconnors.com/irish-education-or-american-you-decide/ unleash.your.inner.geek. Wed, 06 Jul 2011 11:03:53 +0000 hourly 1 By: An Essay on the Value of a Degree — jamesmconnors(dot)com http://www.jamesconnors.com/irish-education-or-american-you-decide/comment-page-1/#comment-15 An Essay on the Value of a Degree — jamesmconnors(dot)com Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:13:51 +0000 http://www.jamesmconnors.com/?p=24#comment-15 [...] I wanted to throw a link up to send you all over to my www.jamesmconnors.com blog to check out the latest post.  It is a short essay about the value of Irish educational systems in comparison to American systems.  You can find the article at http://www.jamesmconnors.com/pontification/irish-education-or-american-you-decide. [...] [...] I wanted to throw a link up to send you all over to my http://www.jamesmconnors.com blog to check out the latest post.  It is a short essay about the value of Irish educational systems in comparison to American systems.  You can find the article at http://www.jamesmconnors.com/pontification/irish-education-or-american-you-decide. [...]

]]> By: brookem http://www.jamesconnors.com/irish-education-or-american-you-decide/comment-page-1/#comment-18 brookem Sat, 24 May 2008 18:03:43 +0000 http://www.jamesmconnors.com/?p=24#comment-18 hmmm... i guess it's a toss up. while it would be great to earn a degree in three rather than four years, i wonder if there is something lost by not being able to take some gen.eds. granted, some of them are really dull and boring but are just required as part of the curiculum, but they are also a good way to see and learn about other fields and get a better sense of what one might want to do as a career.... hmmm… i guess it’s a toss up. while it would be great to earn a degree in three rather than four years, i wonder if there is something lost by not being able to take some gen.eds. granted, some of them are really dull and boring but are just required as part of the curiculum, but they are also a good way to see and learn about other fields and get a better sense of what one might want to do as a career….

]]> By: srah http://www.jamesconnors.com/irish-education-or-american-you-decide/comment-page-1/#comment-17 srah Thu, 22 May 2008 12:34:51 +0000 http://www.jamesmconnors.com/?p=24#comment-17 I'm not sure if this is exactly the case in Ireland as well, but in Britain, students are prepared in their subject in high school before going on to college, so while their degrees only last for three years, the students come in at a higher level than US undergraduates do. We usually consider the year 1 courses to be equivalent to 200-level classes here in the States, for example. Hope you're enjoying Ireland! I’m not sure if this is exactly the case in Ireland as well, but in Britain, students are prepared in their subject in high school before going on to college, so while their degrees only last for three years, the students come in at a higher level than US undergraduates do. We usually consider the year 1 courses to be equivalent to 200-level classes here in the States, for example.

Hope you’re enjoying Ireland!

]]> By: An Essay on the Value of a Degree | James In Dublin http://www.jamesconnors.com/irish-education-or-american-you-decide/comment-page-1/#comment-16 An Essay on the Value of a Degree | James In Dublin Sun, 04 May 2008 13:47:19 +0000 http://www.jamesmconnors.com/?p=24#comment-16 [...] An Essay on the Value of a Degree May 4, 2008 8:47 am | I wanted to throw a link up to send you all over to my www.jamesmconnors.com blog to check out the latest post.  It is a short essay about the value of Irish educational systems in comparison to American systems.  You can find the article at http://www.jamesmconnors.com/pontification/irish-education-or-american-you-decide. [...] [...] An Essay on the Value of a Degree May 4, 2008 8:47 am | I wanted to throw a link up to send you all over to my http://www.jamesmconnors.com blog to check out the latest post.  It is a short essay about the value of Irish educational systems in comparison to American systems.  You can find the article at http://www.jamesmconnors.com/pontification/irish-education-or-american-you-decide. [...]

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