November 25th

Well, what a deliciously scrumptious day I've had!

It went like this:

Music

English

Biology (Bio-lo-gi :D)

Psychology

Then I went home an hour early to go and see Thomas. This was the deliciously scrumptious part. And I'm NOT just talking about that bakewell tart, although that was also scrumptious.

So I got to Thomas' (silently noticed the carpet...), had a brief cup of tea, and then sat down rather promptly to begin our musical endeavours.

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You shall have to watch the videos which Tom is hopefully editing and posting soon. Try to guess the number of takes we did.

This day really has been delectable. I don't know why. It's just been...excellent.

I am on top of the fricken' world right now. :) ♥

Nick, Nick, Nick, how I have neglected you. You beautiful, beautiful man. We SHALL go to see the river man, tell him all we can, some day ♫

Peace.♥

November 24th

*coughs*

I'm ill.

*coughs again*

I would talk about my day, but I think I'll have a rant instead.

Basically, there is this Person X. Person X is a teacher. Or, to put it more plainly, Person X likes to think they are a teacher and they actually can't teach for toffee. I shall present you with an example.

So, we have coursework to do. A comparison essay (I think quite a few people may know who I'm talking about now...). So we go along, going through each of the themes, choosing our essay theme. We make one venn diagram, which Person X doesn't check. Person X sets us homework; to complete the introduction and two paragraphs of the essay for the following week. Come that day, I 'forget mine'. I send Person X an email saying I haven't got it and apologising profusely. Person X replies: 'If you have any notes bring those. It is important to see the process of self assessment - perhaps bring an old essay.'  That's quoted, by the way.

So we come to the lesson. Person X does not ask for the homework. She does not ask to see it. She does not ask us whether we have done it. She does not even mention the damn homework. The lesson is on something completely unrelated to the coursework. So much for 'the process of self-assessment'.

She then asks for the whole essay to be in tomorrow. No draft, no nothing, as far as I am aware.

Not only is this a gross neglect for the needs of our class, it gives the impression that she is careless and uncaring about her position. Asking us to complete an essay with the amount of preparation we have done (for the record, one venn diagram) is unrealistic and frankly ridiculous. Moreover, she is unenthusiastic and dull, which consequently slides over to us, making us unwilling to work and very, very bored. She is not up to scratch to teach an A Level class. The A does, after all, stand for 'advanced'.

I know that people might say 'Just shut up. Just shut up, stop complaining and get on with it.' But, you see, I can't do that. I'm lazy, and I will be the first to admit that. I forget homework, I end up doing essays at two, three, four o'clock in the morning because I've procrastinated all evening. If I fail my exam down to my laziness, because I didn't work hard enough, then that will be entirely my fault and I can come to terms with that. But if I fail my exam because of bad teaching, because it has not been explained, or explained well enough, or just not been mentioned at all, I cannot accept that. That's just not good enough.

If I can get a few more people to back me, then I'll go to Miss Sherry and say something a lot like what I have just said. Anyone willing?

It might snow soon. ♥

November 19th

A two day post?* YES.

So yesterday was a good day. My free was awesome.

BAA BAA _________ SHEEP.

Insert your own word, provided it's not rude, lewd, crude, racist, homophobic, generally offensive or mildly controversial.

Jess + (phoebe's confusion + caffiene) = Aimee.
Yeah, I called Jess Aimee. Slightly embarrassing. Sorry Aimee. I mean Jess.

Oh my goshhhh, Children In Need today. PLEEEASE donate something, it's for a worthy cause and it's also fun to watch on telly. If you haven't watched it, iPlayer it! :D

So, my day:

Woke up three times during the night
Consequently didn't get up on time (as usual)
Got to school
Got changed (into my pyjamas, it was mufty day)
Free
Biology
English
Break, where we chucked my sheep around for a bit*.
Psychology
Senior Vocal Group (a record number of attendees today. 96, I believe)
Music. Minus the music. We moved sets around for the production. BUT Tommy's cake made it worthwhile. My turn next, how can I beat that? Hmmm...
Starbucks
Home
Children In Need.
Blog.

*That's a toy sheep, not a real sheep. His name's Mo. Little Mo, to be precise. Yes, he is named after Mr Moth. You had to be in Berlin to understand.

Today was a good day, up to the point where MY BIKE WAS STOLEN.
I feel like a complete idiot, because I was the one who left the key in the fricken' lock.
That's what you get.

THIS IS AN ONION.

G'night all :) ♥

November 16th

Does it want to get any foggier? I couldn't see eighty yards ahead of me when I left school today :)

TODAY I LEARNED...that I can't teach.

I was in the Year 9 bottom set English class, trying to help them, and failing miserably. It doesn't help that the boy wasn't trying either. But I didn't know how to explain it to him. MAJOR FAIL -_-

But anyway, I also learned that I don't have chlamydia! YAY!

BUT

You know when something doesn't go your way, but you know you can do it because you've done it before, and you're doing everything you've done before but it's still not going right?

Feels like that, doesn't it? But we like this picture more. It reflects the current situation:

I love the look of winter. BLOG SOON ♥

November 14th

It's late, so no proper blog today. I just wanted to share this:

Made me laugh a tad bit more than I should have done :)

Oh yeah, we passed 250 views yesterday. Just thought you might want to know. Hello to my readers in the UK, the USA, Switzerland and Brazil!

:D xx ♥

November 13th

Wowee! We passed the 200 views mark last night.

WOOP WOOP

I have been BUSY today! Sorting sorting tidying sorting tidying sorting sorting...I found all my primary school stuff under my bed and got all nostalgic and fuzzy. Then I threw most of it away.

TAKE THAT, KEY STAGE TWO MATHS.

And then I had fish and chips for dinner. Nom nom :D

Then I had a conversation with Lily about love. I say conversation, it was more of a debate, entitled 'Love is worthless on the basis that it does not last forever. Discuss.' I wholeheartedly disagreed. I think I won.

THIS IS A PIRATE:

This is NOT a pirate:

Whatever your opinions on the matter, it IS Robert Louis Stevenson's 160th birthday today! Happy Birthday, you scurvy dog. Don't drink all the rum at once.

BLOG TOMORROW. Remember to wear your poppies like good citizens ♥

November 12th

Well, Remembrance Day was a fiasco.

Extremists are the scum of the Earth. For ANY religion.

However, it seems I can't say these things any more, because the Muslim protesters are MUCH more entitled to 'freedom of speech' than I, a humble British citizen and a loyal subject of Her Majesty the Queen.

I don't care if I offend anyone. I will stand in silence on Sunday. I wore my poppy yesterday. I was one of only two students who wore a poppy at the GCSE presentation evening. I will wear it on Sunday. And I will be proud of the men and women who died for our country and continue to die. Every. Single. Day.

We shall have no more on the subject.


An interesting day today. It started much like the picture on the right. I have TWO quotes of the day, both from Mr Stephenson:

'Choir is not a democracy. Choir is a DICTATORSHIP. The dictator is a combination of me and SNOW PATROL.'

Stevo: 'So, can anyone think of any other style of music that uses modes?'
Nick: 'Reggae?'
Stevo: 'REGGAE MON!'

So, what happened?

Free - did my Music homework.
Biology
Psychology
English
Senior Vocal Group
Music
Ascot
Starbucks
Came home, watched the Simpsons, had tea.
Started writing a song
Realised it sounded a lot like another song
Contemplated scrapping former song
Started blogging.

Thomas, do you read the Daily Mail?
Perhaps a better question is do you believe what you read in the Daily Mail?
I refer you to this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eBT6OSr1TI

Might call Anthony in a minute.

BLOG SOON ♥