Has anyone identified the name of the text? Mad the NT just ran with this based off of a tweet and the opportunistic and performative outrage of a non successful local election candidate who spent years arguing in the comments section of the journal. I don’t doubt the book exists, just to off putting how lazy an established media source can be when they’re hungry for engagement.
pathlast2022 on
Supposedly the gaelic version didnt have the family A in it . But cant 110% confirm
johnfuckingtravolta on
The Irish da has some seriously hairy ballbag on him. Even his jeans cant contain that jungle.
thats_pure_cat_hai on
Ah, the book we discussed here last week has made the news
_WhoisMrBilly_ on
(Yeah, it really IS THAT BAD)
The ‘Health and Wellbeing’ book is used to teach children Personal and Health Education (SPHE) in the first three years of secondary school.
Because few people on Reddit read the articles:
– Family A:
>We do not like change or difference. All of our family members are Irish. We do not have a single relation living abroad, or anyone from another country in our family. We have a family business and it is expected that we will join it when we finish school. Noirin would like to be a yoga instructor but my dad said it is not a proper job and she must stick to what she knows. We eat Irish food and have potatoes, bacon and cabbage every day because it is Irish and it is our tradition. Our holidays are spent touring Ireland. We all play Irish musical instruments and go to the Fleadh every summer. Seán wanted to learn the drums and steel guitar but mam said no because there are lots of great Irish instruments.
We love sport but we must only play hurling, handball or Gaelic football. No foreign games are permitted. It is okay for us to watch television programmes that are made in Ireland like Ireland’s Fittest Family and The Late Late Show but our parents complain that RTE is showing more and more ‘imported trash’ every day. The only movies we get to see are Irish ones, none of that Hollywood rubbish for us. We get told off if we mix with people with a different religion from ours as they would be a bad influence on us.
Family B
>We love change and difference. We find other cultures new and exciting. Our favourite dinners are curry, pizza and Asian food. During school holidays we go camping in Europe and visit the galleries to see the wonderful paintings there. We like different types of music from Reggae and Hip Hop to classical. We have relations in London and Australia and our family is part Irish, part Romanian and part Dutch. We are a sports mad house and play hurling, soccer and rugby. Mom is a mad Liverpool fan and we sometimes go to Anfield to support them. Our parents are really interested in education but have told us that college does not suit everyone and that it is important to follow a career doing something that we love. My eldest brother, Flor, is partially sighted and travelled to Baltimore in the US for specialist treatment. This was paid for by fundraising in our community and by the Irish-American group in Maryland. He is now a volunteer with the Red Cross in Syria. My sister, Kim, went on a student exchange to France last year and loved it so much she stayed for a few extra months working as a ski instructor. Most years we house swap with a family in a different country. It is a great way to meet people and learn about other cultures and societies. It makes you realise that, when you get to know them, people are more alike than different.
OkHighway1024 on
It’s like the book version of those awful.”Oirish ” films that the yanks make.
A--Nobody on
Is Newstalk seriously claiming this as their exclusive story?? Fuck they really are getting more and more pathetic every day.
Allsortsofserenity on
Family B enjoy ski holidays and camping in Europe.
Family A are far too thick and poor for any of that besides, how would they manage without cabbage and bacon?
ecoli3136 on
If you’re ok with this you are a disgrace in my opinion.
BoruIsMyKing on
No other culture would allow this crap. Get rid of it now 👍
SnooChickens1534 on
There seems to be a huge amount of white guilt taught in academia in western society .
sanghelli on
Thank you taxpayer funded education system for attempting to indoctrinate schoolkids against their native people 😀
Adventurous-Bet2683 on
That is Irelands far left for ya – dehumanizing a group is ok if its driving the message for multiculturalism
Well done lads. Like the rest of the western world, slowly grooming the next generation to despise themselves for being native in their own country.
Select_Cartoonist_39 on
Bring back Ann and Barry.
Professional_Elk_489 on
There was a family with rather large heads… chapter 1
Irishwol on
Is this AI shit?
Geryfon on
Honestly thought it was a sketch someone did for a skit first time I saw it, feckin unbelievable that it’s actually a bloody textbook in school. Completely inappropriate nonsense.
High_Flyer87 on
It’s very hard not to think there’s a strange agenda in this country lately.
Peter Sutherland and Simon Coveney in the thick of it. RIP to the former whose intentions may have been noble, in practice not working out too clear.
I think, based on these books real discussion is needed. What is our direction. I’m saying this as someone whose life partner is from South America. Our island and culture is too small not to be overwhelmed quickly.
Doesn’t help that fucking power tripping Elon Musk sack of shite pitting all sides against each other..
SeaofCrags on
Its incredibly insulting, and frankly completely illiberal to portray something like this, parts of which a lot of Irish people identify with.
All part of the completely non-Irish Ireland that Varadkar always envisioned during his tenure, one where Irish history, culture, and identity is only occasionally rolled out for cheap marketing to American tourists.
MrStarGazer09 on
I don’t get it. Like, who the hell thought this would be a good idea? Basically, trying to teach kids to hate their own culture and heritage.
The people who developed this curriculum seriously need to be sacked. If that depicted an African family or English family or family from any other nation, it would immediately be condemned as racist.
What special kind of an idiot would you have to be, to be racist against your own country 🙄🤦🏻♂️ Is that dope Norma Foley behind this?
crowbtw on
Is it just me or is this book actually racially stereotyping Family A? Wtf
Hour-Agile on
I’m really relieved mainstream media is picking this up and it’s not being relegated to the Daily Mirror and Twitter because it might be deemed “far right” for us to take offence to harmful stereotypes on our own culture. No one is asking other cultures to deny their heritage and be less “insular”.
Fern_Pub_Radio on
I wish someone could tell me – who wrote this , have they been asked to explain it but above all then – which senior civil department in dept of education reviewed this and allowed it through ? Like they are paid huge money, do very little but even an amoeba would have spotted this was naff? Does anyone know the author names and civil servant names responsible ? Worst Clvil service department during Covid was education – what do they do in there ?
cat_turned_to_smoke on
This is the way the world is going, really turning me hard conservative. Sad state of affairs. Fuck all the woke posturing cunts who lap this shit up.
Alsolz on
And they specifically didn’t include those family A/B pages in the Irish translated books for Gaelscoils. They knew exactly what they were doing.
serviceowl on
Poisonous, dangerous, racist rubbish. Almost a parody of the small-minded, mean-spirited outlook of out of touch liberals. The book should be pulled immediately from the curriculum, all copies destroyed and the authors put on a black list.
StakeknifeBBQ on
How the average r/NI nationalist portrays themselves
Rambostips on
It’s quite refreshing to the ultra liberals on reddit, not liking the stew they cooked. Wait until you hear the rest.
Dear-Ad-2684 on
I’m actually fuming. My dad trained with the council of Europe in multiculturalism in the 90s under the banner all different all equal. I had an all different all equal sticker in my room as a child. My dad would hit the roof if he seen this. I’m actually outraged. What a way to sow division and hand an own goal to the far right. Because this is exactly what racism thrives on. Who df wrote this garbage
North_Activity_5980 on
It’s not a problem though.
Joellercoaster1 on
Shoulda just put Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman as the parents.
SoLong1977 on
Crass anti-Irish/pro-multiculturalism propaganda.
Khdurkin on
Someone on the last thread said it was AI and I think they’re right.
ParanoidPragmatist on
Ah yes, when someone tries super hard to be anti racist that they loop back around to being racist.
senditup on
It appears we’ve imported that particularly stupid concept from America/the UK of severe cultural cringe and being embarrassed and ashamed of our heritage and history. Let’s crush the culture war stupidity before it takes hold even further.
An_Irate_Hobo on
Wow I really didn’t think it was going to be that bad, but goddamn it really is!!
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If its real then it is a bit stupid.
Jesus that’s fairly bad to be fair wtf
Farcical.
The book, that is.
GAA is kinda state enforced tho 😂
We discussed the screenshots [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/ireland/s/nUTu1Efd7y) a few days ago.
Has anyone identified the name of the text? Mad the NT just ran with this based off of a tweet and the opportunistic and performative outrage of a non successful local election candidate who spent years arguing in the comments section of the journal. I don’t doubt the book exists, just to off putting how lazy an established media source can be when they’re hungry for engagement.
Supposedly the gaelic version didnt have the family A in it . But cant 110% confirm
The Irish da has some seriously hairy ballbag on him. Even his jeans cant contain that jungle.
Ah, the book we discussed here last week has made the news
(Yeah, it really IS THAT BAD)
The ‘Health and Wellbeing’ book is used to teach children Personal and Health Education (SPHE) in the first three years of secondary school.
Because few people on Reddit read the articles:
– Family A:
>We do not like change or difference. All of our family members are Irish. We do not have a single relation living abroad, or anyone from another country in our family. We have a family business and it is expected that we will join it when we finish school. Noirin would like to be a yoga instructor but my dad said it is not a proper job and she must stick to what she knows. We eat Irish food and have potatoes, bacon and cabbage every day because it is Irish and it is our tradition. Our holidays are spent touring Ireland. We all play Irish musical instruments and go to the Fleadh every summer. Seán wanted to learn the drums and steel guitar but mam said no because there are lots of great Irish instruments.
We love sport but we must only play hurling, handball or Gaelic football. No foreign games are permitted. It is okay for us to watch television programmes that are made in Ireland like Ireland’s Fittest Family and The Late Late Show but our parents complain that RTE is showing more and more ‘imported trash’ every day. The only movies we get to see are Irish ones, none of that Hollywood rubbish for us. We get told off if we mix with people with a different religion from ours as they would be a bad influence on us.
Family B
>We love change and difference. We find other cultures new and exciting. Our favourite dinners are curry, pizza and Asian food. During school holidays we go camping in Europe and visit the galleries to see the wonderful paintings there. We like different types of music from Reggae and Hip Hop to classical. We have relations in London and Australia and our family is part Irish, part Romanian and part Dutch. We are a sports mad house and play hurling, soccer and rugby. Mom is a mad Liverpool fan and we sometimes go to Anfield to support them. Our parents are really interested in education but have told us that college does not suit everyone and that it is important to follow a career doing something that we love. My eldest brother, Flor, is partially sighted and travelled to Baltimore in the US for specialist treatment. This was paid for by fundraising in our community and by the Irish-American group in Maryland. He is now a volunteer with the Red Cross in Syria. My sister, Kim, went on a student exchange to France last year and loved it so much she stayed for a few extra months working as a ski instructor. Most years we house swap with a family in a different country. It is a great way to meet people and learn about other cultures and societies. It makes you realise that, when you get to know them, people are more alike than different.
It’s like the book version of those awful.”Oirish ” films that the yanks make.
Is Newstalk seriously claiming this as their exclusive story?? Fuck they really are getting more and more pathetic every day.
Family B enjoy ski holidays and camping in Europe.
Family A are far too thick and poor for any of that besides, how would they manage without cabbage and bacon?
If you’re ok with this you are a disgrace in my opinion.
No other culture would allow this crap. Get rid of it now 👍
There seems to be a huge amount of white guilt taught in academia in western society .
Thank you taxpayer funded education system for attempting to indoctrinate schoolkids against their native people 😀
That is Irelands far left for ya – dehumanizing a group is ok if its driving the message for multiculturalism
Normal bad
[Health and Wellbeing SPHE 3 (incl. FREE e-book) (edco.ie)](https://www.edco.ie/Health-and-Wellbeing-SPHE-3-incl-FREE-e-book/Default.5561.html) is the book apparently.
Well done lads. Like the rest of the western world, slowly grooming the next generation to despise themselves for being native in their own country.
Bring back Ann and Barry.
There was a family with rather large heads… chapter 1
Is this AI shit?
Honestly thought it was a sketch someone did for a skit first time I saw it, feckin unbelievable that it’s actually a bloody textbook in school. Completely inappropriate nonsense.
It’s very hard not to think there’s a strange agenda in this country lately.
Peter Sutherland and Simon Coveney in the thick of it. RIP to the former whose intentions may have been noble, in practice not working out too clear.
I think, based on these books real discussion is needed. What is our direction. I’m saying this as someone whose life partner is from South America. Our island and culture is too small not to be overwhelmed quickly.
Doesn’t help that fucking power tripping Elon Musk sack of shite pitting all sides against each other..
Its incredibly insulting, and frankly completely illiberal to portray something like this, parts of which a lot of Irish people identify with.
All part of the completely non-Irish Ireland that Varadkar always envisioned during his tenure, one where Irish history, culture, and identity is only occasionally rolled out for cheap marketing to American tourists.
I don’t get it. Like, who the hell thought this would be a good idea? Basically, trying to teach kids to hate their own culture and heritage.
The people who developed this curriculum seriously need to be sacked. If that depicted an African family or English family or family from any other nation, it would immediately be condemned as racist.
What special kind of an idiot would you have to be, to be racist against your own country 🙄🤦🏻♂️ Is that dope Norma Foley behind this?
Is it just me or is this book actually racially stereotyping Family A? Wtf
I’m really relieved mainstream media is picking this up and it’s not being relegated to the Daily Mirror and Twitter because it might be deemed “far right” for us to take offence to harmful stereotypes on our own culture. No one is asking other cultures to deny their heritage and be less “insular”.
I wish someone could tell me – who wrote this , have they been asked to explain it but above all then – which senior civil department in dept of education reviewed this and allowed it through ? Like they are paid huge money, do very little but even an amoeba would have spotted this was naff? Does anyone know the author names and civil servant names responsible ? Worst Clvil service department during Covid was education – what do they do in there ?
This is the way the world is going, really turning me hard conservative. Sad state of affairs. Fuck all the woke posturing cunts who lap this shit up.
And they specifically didn’t include those family A/B pages in the Irish translated books for Gaelscoils. They knew exactly what they were doing.
Poisonous, dangerous, racist rubbish. Almost a parody of the small-minded, mean-spirited outlook of out of touch liberals. The book should be pulled immediately from the curriculum, all copies destroyed and the authors put on a black list.
How the average r/NI nationalist portrays themselves
It’s quite refreshing to the ultra liberals on reddit, not liking the stew they cooked. Wait until you hear the rest.
I’m actually fuming. My dad trained with the council of Europe in multiculturalism in the 90s under the banner all different all equal. I had an all different all equal sticker in my room as a child. My dad would hit the roof if he seen this. I’m actually outraged. What a way to sow division and hand an own goal to the far right. Because this is exactly what racism thrives on. Who df wrote this garbage
It’s not a problem though.
Shoulda just put Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman as the parents.
Crass anti-Irish/pro-multiculturalism propaganda.
Someone on the last thread said it was AI and I think they’re right.
Ah yes, when someone tries super hard to be anti racist that they loop back around to being racist.
It appears we’ve imported that particularly stupid concept from America/the UK of severe cultural cringe and being embarrassed and ashamed of our heritage and history. Let’s crush the culture war stupidity before it takes hold even further.
Wow I really didn’t think it was going to be that bad, but goddamn it really is!!