The past three weeks have probably been the most fun I have probably had at school since Nursey were you played with Lego and were occasionally asked to spell "Duck" until your heart was content.
All the new people who have come into the school have simply now melted into the rest of Year 12 and it is hard to tell apart new from old, eveybody is so nice to one another. :)
This informal teaching and conversation with the teachers is something which has made me actually look forward to school that little bit more. As well as, of course, the "Free's" we get. As the homework hasn't hit us hard yet most people are actually finding a Free boring - it was the case for me today about 45 minutes into my 1 hr 15 min free I actually caught myself thinking "I'm bored - when does geography start?"
I now love the way homework is handled - especially in Media Studies - a simple E-mail to Mr. V or Mrs. F will surfice, and finally! Some people in this school who actually know how to enlarge a screen on Youtube without logging off their computer.
The Media Diaries we are doing for Mr. V will seem interesting - at the end of year or two year period of Media Studies. However I do find myself putting "Do Media Diary!" at the top of a list and slowly watch as other homework slowly push this "To Do" all the way to the bottom of the priority pile.
This blog website is now begining to look it could belong to someone who knows what they're doing on this website and - just like the new facebook - will take some exploring to do before i get totally used to the site. One thing that could turn out to be tiresome is having to link everybody else's blogg one at a time. :(
I'm in "Reeves" and it couldn't be better - for me anyway. For House music we're doing "Alright" by "Supergrass" and I find that me and the rest of the year 12 are struggling even at singing in just one octave.
In Young Enterprise I left one group for another, call me a traitor, but i know who will actually work in this whole thing and I'm going to stick to the people who you can rely on to get the job done. What I then didn't expect is to then become co-MD of the whole 12 person group...this concerns me slightly.
I have a feeling I'm in for many nights spent with a pen in hand and the desk lamp still on at 11.30 at night. This year is going to be fun.
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I like this post :)
Totally agree about the new people. I mean, what new people? xxx
Hi James,
Thank you so much for your kind and enthusiastic words. And to Bobbi too for endorsing your sentiments. It's important for us that you engage in what we're studying and don't see school as just a series of set interactions during the school day. That isn't how university will be, and of course we're studying what most of you consume on a daily basis. We'll start looking at practical skills next week, which will be excellent! Can't wait.
Hi Mr.V ,
I may have accidently lead you down the wrong track. I would like to explain to you that I don't see lessons and school like that believe me I know this year will and the next will probably be the hardest I've ever worked and will do in good grace. By practical work do you mean camera work and photoshoping?
That's exactly what I mean. It's important now you're in the sixth form that you really start to take responsibility for your own learning, and begin to see yourself as a curious researcher, rather than a pupil waiting to be told what to think. That isn't how you'll need to think at uni or in the workplace. It's key to how I teach sixth formers, that they are empowered to make their own choices and draw their own conclusions. Think of me as more of a facilitator.
We'll wrap up looking at audiences and institutions next week and then move on to preparing the preliminary filming task for your Foundation Portfolio. Probably not much Photoshop but lots of storyboarding, scripting and using DV camcorders.
Looking foward to it!!
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