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#NorCanRuralEd One of the local primary schools on Achill will close in the next 4 years.It'll be like blowing out a candle in a dark room.

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#NorCanRuralEd "For the three years prior to 2011 we lost 330,000 jobs - we're now creating a thousand jobs a week":Ireland - excellent!

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#NorCanRuralEd This isn't just about emigration, it's about rural depopulation, and no-one's doing anything about it" Coach McNamara Achill

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#NorCanRuralEd "We're edc'ting our youth to emigrate.94% of sec'd'ry sch'l leavers on Achill (Ire's largest isl'd) go to univer +nevr return

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#NorCanRuralEd " Last year 250 people a day, most in their 20s and 30s, packed their bags and left Ireland - many highly educated."J. Murphy

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#NorCanRuralEd Where is there a rooted femininity or is that just where we're headed as we get away from this rooted masculinity.# balance?

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#NorCanRuralEd In what ways am I/you/we contributing to a rooted masculinity.

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#NorCanRuralEd Mutual reconstitution of rootedness/routedness: result: there is no single coherent rural masculinity to invest in or resist.

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#NorCanRuralEd Irish towns 'routedness': "We found dances that came down from places as far away as Poland and Norway."

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#NorCanRuralEd A rooted masculinity was being inscribed thru cultural symbols that were routed and vice versa # same everywhere isn't it?

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#NorCanRuralEd "shared mgmt arrangements' across schools lower costs, provide better value for money and so reduce pressure for closure.

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#NorCanRuralEd Another attraction for head teachers to the rural was innovation options and involvement with the local community.

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#NorCanRuralEd Head teacher attractions to rural schools included knowing all the children and teamwork and relationships.

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#NorCanRuralEd 'Listen to the people on the ground; they have all the sol'ns in the world.' What kinda head cuts off its own feet?

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#NorCanRuralEd Think outside the classroom and into the school yard and then into your community. # think outside the box.

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#NorCanRuralEd Plant a garden with the children on your school grounds - please.

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#NorCanRuralEd Please lets see the school yard as connected to the classroom and not something separated from it.

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@jasminehare Something tells me that we'd have to survey a large number of schools and still it would be surprising to find one child.

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#NorCanRuralEd "Perhaps schools should be like my refrigerator, the true purpose of which is to display photos and artistic efforts"# invite

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#NorCanRuralEd yes, we need Project H in N.S. and any other initiatives that link the school to the practical/community.# stay in N.S.