Girl's secondary schools Sth Dublin - Cluny

[KanyesVest]

Does anyone know anything about St Joseph's Cluny? Can't believe I'm worrying about where to send dd, she's only going into senior infants!

Mine will be commuting. No digs.

That's exactly why there should be more mixed schools. I was in an all girls school, when it came to our pre-debs, none of knew anyone to ask! We were depending on girls with brothers and cousins to help us out, so ridiculous! DH was in a boys boarding school, 'going out' with a girl meant writing letters to a girl you had barely met who was in a girls boarding school! And this was only 25 years ago.

My dc are in a mixed school, see the opposite sex warts and all, and aren't particularly interested. Phew!

I'm hoping the 10 years of crèche and primary will dispel the opposite sex mystery. From talking to a friend who is an educational psychologist, it seems a lot of girls do better academically in all girls secondary schools, particularly in science and maths.

I went to an all girls primary and imo that is more valuable as a formative experience than an all girls secondary.

I never spoke to a boy in 6 years and still struggled to know who to ask to my debs!
At my school, only the popular pretty girls spoke to the handsome popular boys. There was no mixing lower down the food chain. It just made us feel ugly and invisible. Parents believ3 that it"s all so fluid. An6way. My own daughter has to do debating through irish if she wants to meet boys. Proper order.

'DH was in a boys boarding school, 'going out' with a girl meant writing letters to a girl you had barely met who was in a girls boarding school! And this was only 25 years ago.'

It was all so formal and chaste!

'My own daughter has to do debating through irish if she wants to meet boys. Proper order.'

Memories!

Knees knocking together as you stood up and tried to sound as authoritative as possible 'Chathaoirleach..........'

Oh the lengths we had to go to for a snog and a fumble.

And then I discovered Wesley disco.

Lol. {Fear}

Wesley

The one word that makes south county Dublin parents break out in a cold sweat 😄

I think it's closed now, for renovations possibly. I bet someone's mum has the builder on a retainer for 'unavoidable delays' !

I thought you were talking about Wesley College....I hadn't heard it was that bad !!!

I have seen the kids going to wesley disco and I was shocked. The outfits. They could fit their outfits in to a sandwich bag. Who lets their kids go to it?!

In my day it was jeans and a Levi hoodie and a dab of Body Shop lip balm.

You only have to watch blockbusters to see how things have changed.

My mum used to think the plural of disco was 'disco' and arguing with her about shenanigans that went on became really, really farcical as a result. I learned during one fight discussion on the pros and cons of New Year's Eve plans that she used to pile into a crowded car and travel to the Top Hat in Dun Laoghaire from the south end of Carlow for dances..

The place to be was McGonagles in my day, though Wesley was really popular.

Wesley is a rite of passage! I only went once and was horrified, and thankfully my boys felt the same. I was pretty relieved about that. I have collected a friend's son when he was put in the 'drunk room'...the shame. I know I won't be quite so blasé if dd wants to go. I'm sure a lot of the horror stories are urban myths but I don't really want to test that theory.

I am the squarest person on this thread, I went to discos in church halls supervised by stalwarts of the parishes of Dalkey/Killiney and Glenageary. Not much danger. No wait, code red for slobbery kissers.

I know what you mean about urban myths. I think there are middle aged men out there who savour the myths too much.