Hey all!
I did my first day of work experience today. It was, without a doubt, much better than I thought it would be. Seeing as I'm "working" at a primary school, I thought there would be lots of small children biting my ankles.
Surprisingly, I received no injuries throughout the day. The worst thing that happened was I got a blister from sharpening lots of pencils. No wait - scratch that. Lots of small children took it upon themselves to call me "Spanner", "Dictionary" and a newer one "Thesaurus". Those names I can laugh off, but I ended up laughing directly at a small child that called me a 'Douchebag'. I couldn't help it!
I also realised how big I had gotten. Or, to look at it differently, how small I was in primary school. I thought Hordle's field was about one third of the size of Highcliffe's, when really, it is about the size of the tennis courts + the humanities huts. It was quite astounding really.
On the topic of childhood memories, I had a mini blast from the past. I walked into the school grounds - nothing. I walked into the library and BOOM! I remember a child burping fantastically loudly in the library and that child being told off. I then recalled maths lessons with my year 3/4 teacher...she gave us biscuits. It was great.
I also got to witness the year 6 production. It was good, for the age we're talking about. It was based on lots of different countries, then a child would walk out and read some facts about said country. A song would then play and the children would sing/perform a routine based on that country.
Well, that's my first day wittled down to a few hundred words. Hopefully there'll be more good times to come!
Monday, 12 July 2010
Sunday, 11 July 2010
The End of Year 10
Last Friday was the last day of Year 10, as the title may have given away.
It felt no different to any other day, if I'm completely honest. I went in to school on the bus, partook in all my lessons as usual, and went home. If anything, it was slightly worse than a normal day, as we couldn't play football at lunch! The fatal flaw being the lack of a football...and if you've ever tried playing football without a football, it's not much fun.
Everyone was saying "Yeah! Last day of purple! Yeah! Lets wreck our reasonably expensive school jumpers! Yeah!". Why would you do that? There is no point whatsoever in ripping your jumper, except from looking like a twat, and wrecking a jumper. If you didn't want it, you could of given it in to Student Support, I'm sure they'll need them. I kept mine because my little sister may need one if she loses her current one. Basically, ripping/cutting/making origami out of your jumper is stupid, and a waste.
It's not even the summer holidays yet. Sure, we're not at school, but we've still got 2 weeks of work to do, so why say it's summer? 'Cos you're a fool, that's why!
A slightly skeptical view on things so far, but that's because this has been my worst year at Highcliffe. I'm not going into details, because complete strangers may read this, so...yeah.
Well, hopefully you're having a better time of it than I.
It felt no different to any other day, if I'm completely honest. I went in to school on the bus, partook in all my lessons as usual, and went home. If anything, it was slightly worse than a normal day, as we couldn't play football at lunch! The fatal flaw being the lack of a football...and if you've ever tried playing football without a football, it's not much fun.
Everyone was saying "Yeah! Last day of purple! Yeah! Lets wreck our reasonably expensive school jumpers! Yeah!". Why would you do that? There is no point whatsoever in ripping your jumper, except from looking like a twat, and wrecking a jumper. If you didn't want it, you could of given it in to Student Support, I'm sure they'll need them. I kept mine because my little sister may need one if she loses her current one. Basically, ripping/cutting/making origami out of your jumper is stupid, and a waste.
It's not even the summer holidays yet. Sure, we're not at school, but we've still got 2 weeks of work to do, so why say it's summer? 'Cos you're a fool, that's why!
A slightly skeptical view on things so far, but that's because this has been my worst year at Highcliffe. I'm not going into details, because complete strangers may read this, so...yeah.
Well, hopefully you're having a better time of it than I.
Sunday, 27 June 2010
World Cup Match - England VS Germany
Ok, just so everyone knows, I'm not a football expert, quite the opposite, but these are just my views really.
Yes, I was annoyed that we didn't get that last goal. I think that, if we had, the team *may* have rallied, and gone on to score however many more goals. However, it did not count, even though we have the technology to prove it should have.
We, as a team, did not deserve to win. We have only managed to get through the world cup through luck. From Rob Green's cock up, to losing against algeria and now losing against Germany. We have played pretty abysmally throughout the tournament, and we were bound to go out sometime, the way we were playing.
Did anyone else notice that we wasted heaps of chances? The amount of times Gerard (SP?) shot to no avail, the amount of long shots and terrible passes? Well, I sure did.
Don't get me wrong, I would have loved England to get through, but it just didn't happen. The media over-hyped it (as per usual), put all the pressure on Rooney, and look what happened. We lost.
Yes, I was annoyed that we didn't get that last goal. I think that, if we had, the team *may* have rallied, and gone on to score however many more goals. However, it did not count, even though we have the technology to prove it should have.
We, as a team, did not deserve to win. We have only managed to get through the world cup through luck. From Rob Green's cock up, to losing against algeria and now losing against Germany. We have played pretty abysmally throughout the tournament, and we were bound to go out sometime, the way we were playing.
Did anyone else notice that we wasted heaps of chances? The amount of times Gerard (SP?) shot to no avail, the amount of long shots and terrible passes? Well, I sure did.
Don't get me wrong, I would have loved England to get through, but it just didn't happen. The media over-hyped it (as per usual), put all the pressure on Rooney, and look what happened. We lost.
Saturday, 29 May 2010
Back in the Blogging spirit!
Well, recently, I've seen a "dry patch" of blogs. The mist recent one was Niall's Walker's Crisps blog, which is great by the way!
What a terrible change in the weather! There we all were, all psyched up for summer, then, quick-as-a-flash, back to the rain. Always the way eh? It happened in April/March, and it happened again. It's quite funny how, at the slightest bit of sun, Britain is ready to strip right off to get some of them UV rays!
Anyhow, my last post was about my Physics exam (and Zak EverNden (spelled right this time!)). It didn't go as well as I would have liked, but it could of gone a lot worse. I think!
In my opinion, the exams went in this order, from best to worst:
- Biology,
- Chemistry,
- And physics.
Coincidently, that is the order the exams were taken!
What a terrible change in the weather! There we all were, all psyched up for summer, then, quick-as-a-flash, back to the rain. Always the way eh? It happened in April/March, and it happened again. It's quite funny how, at the slightest bit of sun, Britain is ready to strip right off to get some of them UV rays!
Anyhow, my last post was about my Physics exam (and Zak EverNden (spelled right this time!)). It didn't go as well as I would have liked, but it could of gone a lot worse. I think!
In my opinion, the exams went in this order, from best to worst:
- Biology,
- Chemistry,
- And physics.
Coincidently, that is the order the exams were taken!
Thursday, 27 May 2010
Zak Everden (Splet properly this time!)
What.A.Rascal.
English being a prime example of his Rascality. I was there, playing Gratiano in The Merchant Of Venice, all psyched up and ready to roll, when Zak began to make me laugh. In one instance, granted, it was not his fault. He was merely turning a page in a strange way with a black rod based thing. However, this one was so funny that it made me laugh whilst I was reading out loud, which didn't embarrass me in the slightest *sarcasm*. The line was something along the lines of "Lorenzo and his group of infidels", and Zak told me to say it in a - to quote - "Terrorist voice". This genuinely cracked me up, and it took every ounce of my being to control myself.
Ah well, Zak is great.
Onto other things; my current exams.
As a studier of the separate sciences, I have had to partake in two exams so far. For every one of these exams, I have had to learn three modules, and remember a lot of them. Thus far, I have had two, Biology and Chemistry. Biology, I found, was reasonably easy. I think the revision I put in helped me a lot. Chemistry, however, was not as good. It wasn't "bad" as such, just not as good.
Tomorrow, I have to complete a Physics exam. This, I am not looking forward to. I do not think I will do badly, I just think I will not do as well as in the other two, as Physics is my weakest of the three sciences. I am predicted a 'B', whereas in my other exams I am predicted "A's".
Ah well, after this, I will let myself have the half term to relax, and not do much revision, and then when I return to school, it will be back to revising, but for maths.
English being a prime example of his Rascality. I was there, playing Gratiano in The Merchant Of Venice, all psyched up and ready to roll, when Zak began to make me laugh. In one instance, granted, it was not his fault. He was merely turning a page in a strange way with a black rod based thing. However, this one was so funny that it made me laugh whilst I was reading out loud, which didn't embarrass me in the slightest *sarcasm*. The line was something along the lines of "Lorenzo and his group of infidels", and Zak told me to say it in a - to quote - "Terrorist voice". This genuinely cracked me up, and it took every ounce of my being to control myself.
Ah well, Zak is great.
Onto other things; my current exams.
As a studier of the separate sciences, I have had to partake in two exams so far. For every one of these exams, I have had to learn three modules, and remember a lot of them. Thus far, I have had two, Biology and Chemistry. Biology, I found, was reasonably easy. I think the revision I put in helped me a lot. Chemistry, however, was not as good. It wasn't "bad" as such, just not as good.
Tomorrow, I have to complete a Physics exam. This, I am not looking forward to. I do not think I will do badly, I just think I will not do as well as in the other two, as Physics is my weakest of the three sciences. I am predicted a 'B', whereas in my other exams I am predicted "A's".
Ah well, after this, I will let myself have the half term to relax, and not do much revision, and then when I return to school, it will be back to revising, but for maths.
Tuesday, 4 May 2010
Zak Everndern
Today in English, I was asked to write a post about/of/including Zak. I am now doing this with pleasure.
Zak is awesome. I find him genuinely hilariously funny, he never fails to make me laugh in English, or any lesson we share. He's brilliant!
Zak is awesome. I find him genuinely hilariously funny, he never fails to make me laugh in English, or any lesson we share. He's brilliant!
Thursday, 29 April 2010
Exams, Exams and wait.....more exams!
Last week, I had a few exams, that spanned across most of the week, apart from Friday.
They were OK, but I messed up slightly. I was lead to believe that we were going to have a Triple Science exam. I really want to get a good grade in my sciences, so I spent most of my time revising for that. In doing so, I shunned my other topics like Italian, Maths, RE and Catering.
If I'm honest, I did alright alright in my exams, but not exceptionally well. I got 69% in my Catering (which equates to a B, I am told) I got a low C in my maths, unfortunately. However, I will revise a lot in time for my Module Two exam, so I will boost up that grade. I also got 57 marks in my English Language, which is a high B. Those are the only results I have received so far.
I think I'll do well in my Italian, and I'm not too bothered about RE.
Ah well, it'll be alright in the end...I hope.
They were OK, but I messed up slightly. I was lead to believe that we were going to have a Triple Science exam. I really want to get a good grade in my sciences, so I spent most of my time revising for that. In doing so, I shunned my other topics like Italian, Maths, RE and Catering.
If I'm honest, I did alright alright in my exams, but not exceptionally well. I got 69% in my Catering (which equates to a B, I am told) I got a low C in my maths, unfortunately. However, I will revise a lot in time for my Module Two exam, so I will boost up that grade. I also got 57 marks in my English Language, which is a high B. Those are the only results I have received so far.
I think I'll do well in my Italian, and I'm not too bothered about RE.
Ah well, it'll be alright in the end...I hope.
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