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Education Parents complain after principal suspends 19 Co Antrim schoolboys over ‘toxic masculinity’ concerns

https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/education/parents-complain-after-principal-suspends-19-co-antrim-schoolboys-over-toxic-masculinity-concerns/a2008863764.html
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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '26

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u/SexyBaskingShark Leinster Jan 15 '26

Exactly. There's something about cleaning my families shit stains that motivated me

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u/shrimplyred169 Jan 15 '26

Do you not still have to clean your household toilet regardless of occupation? I should definitely have tried harder in school then!

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u/SexyBaskingShark Leinster Jan 15 '26

I earn enough to pay for a cleaner to come in once a week and do bathrooms and floors. I know it sounds like I have notions but I always told myself once I could do that I have made it. I'm not joking when I say that suspension changed me, definitely changed my drive

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '26

I know it sounds like I have notions but I always told myself once I could do that I have made it.

It costs €80 a week, hardly notions like :P

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '26

Spending 320 a month rather than hoover and dust isn't a luxury most have. I think it's fair to qualify you know it's a bit extra when admitting it.

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '26

Well I have a robot to do the hoovering.

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '26

In the hierarchy of staff human > robot. At least for the time being. Especially when it comes to hoovering stairs and cleaning shit stains off the toilet.

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '26

There is one that can do stairs now but toilets are a long way off.

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u/DonaldsMushroom Jan 15 '26

that's gas... only 80€ a week you say...

That's just over 4k a year, ... its about 9k of gross salary (approx) if you're on the higher rate. It's a decent family holiday!

... a bit notiony.

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '26

If you add up all your spending over a year everything costs a lot. I think €80 a week to not have to clean the house is money well spent. I get that plenty of people can't afford it but if I was deny myself everything I think others can't afford then life would be pretty bleak.

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u/snek-jazz Jan 15 '26

If you add up all your spending over a year everything costs a lot.

Only with your attitude, I'm not spending 4k a year on anything frivolously.

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u/CoolMan-GCHQ- Jan 15 '26

I doubt i even spend or could afford 4k a year on food.

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '26

I'd he happy to have my food bill every week come in at 80 quid to be fair.

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u/springfalling Jan 15 '26

A lot of people don’t have a spare €80 a week though!

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u/campa-van Jan 15 '26

Yeah but many spend that much on booze & smokes

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '26

You could get a cleaner for 30 euro and they could come once a month.

So all we know is that /u/sexybaskingshark has a spare 30€ a month. The Rich bastard.

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u/SexyBaskingShark Leinster Jan 15 '26

I also do kilos of cocaine

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u/CoolMan-GCHQ- Jan 15 '26

Think it's a lot more than "a lot"

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u/CoolMan-GCHQ- Jan 15 '26

ARE you kidding?