Yes, yes you can. One example, which has dawned on poor students for decades now and I think personally should stopped. It can only happen in one class... English.
This rant has come up because at the moment I am preparing for a controlled assessment on Romeo and Juliet (not coursework at home, but in class. Thank you education system...) and thanks to English I actually can't stand books/plays anymore.
Decent books which have been murdered:
To kill a Mockingbird (aka tequila mockingbird)
Frankenstein
Of Mice and Men
Romeo and Juliet
All the great books I have studied over years and have been destroyed over the over analysing of books. I personally strongly dislike English i.e I hate it so much. If you can speak it, you can do english. That is my theory. But no. You have to be able to explain the different language used and what effect it has on this character... blah blah blah
This is especially horrible when having to describe just a certain theme within a certain part of that certain book/play.... erghhh
" The bedroom was blue"- This conveys that the bedroom was a pure place which had a bright side to it no matter the darkness outside...
I'm sure whilst play writers and authors were writing it they weren't thinking of some hidden meaning for English teachers to torture students with and make them hate it for the rest of their lives.
Repeat that statement about 100 times and explain it in more detail. Put it in a page long paragraph and there, you know how to pass your English GCSE. IT MEANS IT'S BLUE!!
I'm sure if you are someone like me who hates writing essays and just rambles on for pages and pages until you have run out of things to talk about, you don't check. I never check my essays.. Yeah that is like the worst thing ever but the thing is I can't actually read my hadnwriting...
I have been moaned at by my english teachers since I was in year 3 about how illegable it is. And also I found out that it is 5% of your written assessment grade.. haha.. crying..... haha... I'm gonna lose that 5%.
Like I said at the beginning I stopped preparing for an exam to write this because I am so angry about it, and the rant is over so I must get back to the "star crossed lovers" or are they?
In response to : http://thenobodyguide.blogspot.co.uk
Sunday 10 February 2013
Monday 4 February 2013
The Great Britain
“If you've never seen an elephant ski, you've never been on acid.”- Eddie Izzard
If you haven't guessed by now, my fellow Internet friends, I am from the greatest of Britain. I would just like to say how little I actually knew about Britain. For example who knew someone from Britain was called a 'Briton'? I mean its always been ' A British person'. Also Big Ben is not a clock???? Only joking, I'm not that stupid. I guess I do know a few things, but I'm sure there are lots of details that I am missing out on. So I decided to do some research on FUN FACTS ABOUT BRITAIN. Here are my top 10 facts ( not in chronological order):
1. It is an offence to impersonate a Chelsea Pensioner
2. It is an executable offence to allow your pet to mate with a pet of the royal house without permission.
3. It is legal for a male to urinate in public, as long it is on the rear wheel of his motor vehicle and his right hand is on the vehicle.
4.Dying is illegal in the Houses of Parliaments.
5.There are more chickens than humans in England.- Wheres my chicken?
6. Winston Churchill was born in the ladies toilet during a dance.
7.Buckingham Palace was built on the site of a notorious brothel.
8.The British love donkeys! In 2006 the British public gave a total of 20m to a donkey sanctuary.
9.Placing a postage stamp bearing the monarch’s head upside down on an envelope is considered as act of treason.
10. If you find a Cab-driver in London not carrying a bale of hay overboard, he is breaking the law.
You learn something new everyday, in this case 10 things. I think those are some very interesting facts which will complete your everyday life. Who knew that if I died in the Houses of Parliament, I would be arrested and that the royal dogs need permission to go and make little puppies with a commoner?
One thing I do know is that our sense of humour can beat any country a million times over. WE laugh at every one and everything, especially our failure. But we all find the weirdest of things funny.
“Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.”- Charlie Chaplin
I think he agrees with my idea..
“I am an evil giraffe, and I shall eat more leaves from this tree then perhaps I should, so that other giraffes may die”- Eddie Izzard
I have no idea how this is funny.. but its funny. Its probably the randomness of it and how irrelevant it is to everything.
Somehow we end up laughing at ourselves and I don't care because it is funny and I am a Briton.
If you haven't guessed by now, my fellow Internet friends, I am from the greatest of Britain. I would just like to say how little I actually knew about Britain. For example who knew someone from Britain was called a 'Briton'? I mean its always been ' A British person'. Also Big Ben is not a clock???? Only joking, I'm not that stupid. I guess I do know a few things, but I'm sure there are lots of details that I am missing out on. So I decided to do some research on FUN FACTS ABOUT BRITAIN. Here are my top 10 facts ( not in chronological order):
1. It is an offence to impersonate a Chelsea Pensioner
2. It is an executable offence to allow your pet to mate with a pet of the royal house without permission.
3. It is legal for a male to urinate in public, as long it is on the rear wheel of his motor vehicle and his right hand is on the vehicle.
4.Dying is illegal in the Houses of Parliaments.
5.There are more chickens than humans in England.- Wheres my chicken?
6. Winston Churchill was born in the ladies toilet during a dance.
7.Buckingham Palace was built on the site of a notorious brothel.
8.The British love donkeys! In 2006 the British public gave a total of 20m to a donkey sanctuary.
9.Placing a postage stamp bearing the monarch’s head upside down on an envelope is considered as act of treason.
10. If you find a Cab-driver in London not carrying a bale of hay overboard, he is breaking the law.
You learn something new everyday, in this case 10 things. I think those are some very interesting facts which will complete your everyday life. Who knew that if I died in the Houses of Parliament, I would be arrested and that the royal dogs need permission to go and make little puppies with a commoner?
One thing I do know is that our sense of humour can beat any country a million times over. WE laugh at every one and everything, especially our failure. But we all find the weirdest of things funny.
“Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.”- Charlie Chaplin
I think he agrees with my idea..
“I am an evil giraffe, and I shall eat more leaves from this tree then perhaps I should, so that other giraffes may die”- Eddie Izzard
I have no idea how this is funny.. but its funny. Its probably the randomness of it and how irrelevant it is to everything.
Somehow we end up laughing at ourselves and I don't care because it is funny and I am a Briton.
Friday 1 February 2013
You can't get away
Everyone knows what they are....
As soon as you set your eyes on it, they never leave...
There is no escape to...
The world of the Social Network.
Facebook, Twitter.. Tumbler are all websites which the majority of the world has heard of, unless you live in a country which has no Internet. The extent to which Facebook, Twitter, and other social platforms have taken over people’s lives, people live life glued to screens. I am one of those victims who spend every waking moment on facebook, looking at pictures, making statuses and liking. I can't actually remember a time when I didn't used to come home and turn on my laptop and go on facebook. Yes does sound bad, but does it also have its advantages?
I mean you get to talk to your friends for free. You can talk to people from all over the world without going through the hassle of skyping or phoning lots of different numbers. Also helps us reconnect with old friends from childhood. Is that not a good thing?
The use of social networking sites allows us to be updated with the latest news and events going on; breaking news always get sent sites like a house on fire and millions of people can see it within a few minutes.
However, the things we do on these websites, especially teenage girls, just make me think what is our generation doing in life?
I think girls have been the most affected by facebook, especially on the comments of photos. First of all there are the photos, and yes I may be being a bit hypercritical as I do, do the 'selfie'. The picture which takes days to prepare for. You need the perfect background, make-up, hair, clothes.... and don't forget effects. The process to make one picture, which ends up looking nothing like you, it astonishes me.After the photo is taken there are the comments from the other girls. Even if you are an arch enemy of her you are obliged to like the photo and comment 'OMG you're such a stunner xxxxx'. You honestly can't get more two-faced than that. Then there's always those comments such as 'so beautiful <3'..' Go get ugly xx' and your like what do I reply.... The same response is always, 'So do you xx' and inside you're thinking what else am I supposed to say?.
Unlike girls, boys are very upfront with their emotions and comment going 'That's cool' or ' you are so gay' and boys don't take offence. Girls would get really insecure about comments so we need to be complimented.
I have much more to say about the work of social networking sites, some good, some bad. Well best be going of to take a selfie now.
As soon as you set your eyes on it, they never leave...
There is no escape to...
The world of the Social Network.
Facebook, Twitter.. Tumbler are all websites which the majority of the world has heard of, unless you live in a country which has no Internet. The extent to which Facebook, Twitter, and other social platforms have taken over people’s lives, people live life glued to screens. I am one of those victims who spend every waking moment on facebook, looking at pictures, making statuses and liking. I can't actually remember a time when I didn't used to come home and turn on my laptop and go on facebook. Yes does sound bad, but does it also have its advantages?
I mean you get to talk to your friends for free. You can talk to people from all over the world without going through the hassle of skyping or phoning lots of different numbers. Also helps us reconnect with old friends from childhood. Is that not a good thing?
The use of social networking sites allows us to be updated with the latest news and events going on; breaking news always get sent sites like a house on fire and millions of people can see it within a few minutes.
However, the things we do on these websites, especially teenage girls, just make me think what is our generation doing in life?
I think girls have been the most affected by facebook, especially on the comments of photos. First of all there are the photos, and yes I may be being a bit hypercritical as I do, do the 'selfie'. The picture which takes days to prepare for. You need the perfect background, make-up, hair, clothes.... and don't forget effects. The process to make one picture, which ends up looking nothing like you, it astonishes me.After the photo is taken there are the comments from the other girls. Even if you are an arch enemy of her you are obliged to like the photo and comment 'OMG you're such a stunner xxxxx'. You honestly can't get more two-faced than that. Then there's always those comments such as 'so beautiful <3'..' Go get ugly xx' and your like what do I reply.... The same response is always, 'So do you xx' and inside you're thinking what else am I supposed to say?.
Unlike girls, boys are very upfront with their emotions and comment going 'That's cool' or ' you are so gay' and boys don't take offence. Girls would get really insecure about comments so we need to be complimented.
I have much more to say about the work of social networking sites, some good, some bad. Well best be going of to take a selfie now.
Wednesday 30 January 2013
Problems with reality
After doing a post on Politics and stuff and I thought maybe I should go onto the first world problems in life.
The problem with reality... well there are lots of things that make life seem dull and boring. For starters '"The real trouble with reality is that there's no background music." That quote basically sums up my whole life. There are just perfect moments in life where music just seems to make everything more dramatic. Just like on the bus when you have your ipod in.. and an emotional song comes on (mostly by Adele or Ellie Goulding); you juts rest your head on the window looking out into the rain in deep though... pretending you're being filmed about the deepness of your life. BAM you've missed your stop because you were thinking to deeply about life, so it ends up in a panic trying to get off the bus. I think that has happened to me too many times... that's probably not a very good thing....
I think music in the background would make everyones emotions even more dramatic and probably more people would confess to their problems.... Interesting
But, best of all would be if you suddenly broken into SONG, just like a musical.. Well my life is sort of already like that, even one word could set me off into a song.Me and my friends just live our life in hope one day life will become a musical such as "Mamma Mia" or "Les Miserable" so we don't look like weirdos when we break out into song in the middle of the street... but nothing can stop us. As you have probably guessed by now, I'm not a very normal person and sometimes life can get a bit boring. So you sort of just have to JAZZ it up a bit.
"Life isn't worth living unless you're willing to take some big chances and go for broke" I found this quote which has hardly anything to do with what I was just talking about, but it's so true. Taking big chances just gives you some excitement in life ( only if it had background music), because that would just make those significant moments in life so much more compelling.
The problem with reality... well there are lots of things that make life seem dull and boring. For starters '"The real trouble with reality is that there's no background music." That quote basically sums up my whole life. There are just perfect moments in life where music just seems to make everything more dramatic. Just like on the bus when you have your ipod in.. and an emotional song comes on (mostly by Adele or Ellie Goulding); you juts rest your head on the window looking out into the rain in deep though... pretending you're being filmed about the deepness of your life. BAM you've missed your stop because you were thinking to deeply about life, so it ends up in a panic trying to get off the bus. I think that has happened to me too many times... that's probably not a very good thing....
I think music in the background would make everyones emotions even more dramatic and probably more people would confess to their problems.... Interesting
But, best of all would be if you suddenly broken into SONG, just like a musical.. Well my life is sort of already like that, even one word could set me off into a song.Me and my friends just live our life in hope one day life will become a musical such as "Mamma Mia" or "Les Miserable" so we don't look like weirdos when we break out into song in the middle of the street... but nothing can stop us. As you have probably guessed by now, I'm not a very normal person and sometimes life can get a bit boring. So you sort of just have to JAZZ it up a bit.
Tuesday 29 January 2013
Politics Politics Politics....
Its the craze that has been going on since before I can remember. Politics are everywhere you go; in the newspapers... TV.... bus Advertisements....
You would think that people were experts on the whole democracy and parties thing, but I'm not going to lie but I have no idea what they are going on about most of the time, because it looks boring. Yes people say its important and blah blah blah, but I have never been able to watch a MP talk about anything that I am actually interested in. In fact does anyone know what they are actually arguing because all I hear is a bunch of excuses and posh mumbling about how their opponents are calling them a chicken.
In a few years I am going to have to vote.. that few years is being debated right now. ( See I do know a thing or two about things) and I really need to get myself on terms with the idea of being parties with different ideas on how to run the country. To be honest they all seem to act the same way when they get voted in, which is put England in an even deeper hole.
Making a decision on which box to tick is going to be tricky, I can just imagine. I am the worst person to make any type of decision; I can't even choose which drink I want so I just make both!
How am I supposed to choose who runs the country??
Well I do have a few ideas which spring to mind:
1. Just don't vote, one vote won't make a difference.
2. Pick the one who looks the fittest and wouldn't mind seeing them on the TV every morning.
3. ip-dip-do.
4. Actually listen to what they say and make a reasonable decision.
5. Take advice from friends or family who know what this stuff is.
6. GREEN PARTY!!!!
One day I will look back on this and see what I actually do. Who knows I might actually know something about how the country is run.
This recent outburst on politics is probably because loads of people are doing speeches on it and I'm just there like.... O.o so why don't I express my opinion and find out a bit more. So I googled some people and this is what it came up as:
Searched " Michael Grove Education Policy"-"We are reforming our schools system so that every parent has the choice of a good local state school for their child, teachers have the powers they need to keep discipline in the classroom and the exams system is rigorous, respected and on a par with the world's best."
Looked at BBC NEWS because I am so smart:
Headlines-
You would think that people were experts on the whole democracy and parties thing, but I'm not going to lie but I have no idea what they are going on about most of the time, because it looks boring. Yes people say its important and blah blah blah, but I have never been able to watch a MP talk about anything that I am actually interested in. In fact does anyone know what they are actually arguing because all I hear is a bunch of excuses and posh mumbling about how their opponents are calling them a chicken.
In a few years I am going to have to vote.. that few years is being debated right now. ( See I do know a thing or two about things) and I really need to get myself on terms with the idea of being parties with different ideas on how to run the country. To be honest they all seem to act the same way when they get voted in, which is put England in an even deeper hole.
Making a decision on which box to tick is going to be tricky, I can just imagine. I am the worst person to make any type of decision; I can't even choose which drink I want so I just make both!
How am I supposed to choose who runs the country??
Well I do have a few ideas which spring to mind:
1. Just don't vote, one vote won't make a difference.
2. Pick the one who looks the fittest and wouldn't mind seeing them on the TV every morning.
3. ip-dip-do.
4. Actually listen to what they say and make a reasonable decision.
5. Take advice from friends or family who know what this stuff is.
6. GREEN PARTY!!!!
One day I will look back on this and see what I actually do. Who knows I might actually know something about how the country is run.
This recent outburst on politics is probably because loads of people are doing speeches on it and I'm just there like.... O.o so why don't I express my opinion and find out a bit more. So I googled some people and this is what it came up as:
Searched " Michael Grove Education Policy"-"We are reforming our schools system so that every parent has the choice of a good local state school for their child, teachers have the powers they need to keep discipline in the classroom and the exams system is rigorous, respected and on a par with the world's best."
Looked at BBC NEWS because I am so smart:
Headlines-
Thursday 29 November 2012
Christmas Time!!
This isn't going to be a long blog post, but I feel I need to do one after I haven't done one in such a long time. Of course I have to talk about the exciting event of Christmas!
I have got to say Christmas is the time I wait for every year as it is a time where people are happy and celebrate the birth of Christ and get presents all together. People have a count down until Christmas, but I'm like when does Christmas begin? For some it maybe the school holidays; not being at school spending times with family and friends. For me I feel like it all begins in late November when all the shops put all the Christmas decorations up and the sales ( the very good shopping sales) begin. Also today in London Victoria Station people were singing carols and I just wanted to join in with the Christmas spirit. The also has an affect, although I hate the cold and most of the time I freeze to death, I kinda like it. Wearing big warm jumpers and knitted hats, gloves and scavles just are so warm and big and nice. the whole idea of wrapping up and going into the snow and having fun is such a beautiful feeling.
Finally I would like to talk about presents! I always find it hard finding the perfect gift for people and I suppose that is one of the joys of Christmas is knowing giving a present to someone is such a nice gesture. Along with presents you also go shopping or make them handmade, which makes your dull boring weekends packed with exciting things to do. This year I feel like this Christmas is going to be the best one yet, I hope so :)
Merry Christmas!!
I have got to say Christmas is the time I wait for every year as it is a time where people are happy and celebrate the birth of Christ and get presents all together. People have a count down until Christmas, but I'm like when does Christmas begin? For some it maybe the school holidays; not being at school spending times with family and friends. For me I feel like it all begins in late November when all the shops put all the Christmas decorations up and the sales ( the very good shopping sales) begin. Also today in London Victoria Station people were singing carols and I just wanted to join in with the Christmas spirit. The also has an affect, although I hate the cold and most of the time I freeze to death, I kinda like it. Wearing big warm jumpers and knitted hats, gloves and scavles just are so warm and big and nice. the whole idea of wrapping up and going into the snow and having fun is such a beautiful feeling.
Finally I would like to talk about presents! I always find it hard finding the perfect gift for people and I suppose that is one of the joys of Christmas is knowing giving a present to someone is such a nice gesture. Along with presents you also go shopping or make them handmade, which makes your dull boring weekends packed with exciting things to do. This year I feel like this Christmas is going to be the best one yet, I hope so :)
Merry Christmas!!
Wednesday 26 September 2012
Manic Times
It has been a few weeks since I last did a post, and since then my life has been so manic and stressful now that school has started. Lets just say since I have started school I have been snacking more, been lazying around more and doing about 5 billion pieces of home work each night! Well maybe not 5 billion, more like 4 or 5.... Which is in actual fact still quite a lot, as they expect you to have every hour of the day to do homework which is due for the next day! In the consequence of having lots of homework I then stay up until about 11pm working and having no time to read a book or do anything I like. I finally get to sleep at about 11:30 and 6 and a half hours later I wake up feeling horrible and knackered. 6 and a half hours sleep is not enough I tell you, not enough. Then I go into school looking literally like a zombie, who cannot concentrate on the boring teachers who talk about GCSE's all the time and bllaaaaaaahhhhhh about exams.
Which then of course you have slept through the whole lesson catching up on lost sleep from the night before, but the teacher thinks you are just not trying and say you should get some more sleep.... and then give us an essay due for the next day?! Do they not understand ALL teachers give us homework not just you. Common sense is missing from some peoples brains...
Moving on to a different subject... well its related but not completely , I must say days have been going faster now that school has started, not say that I enjoy school, but now I mostly have double lessons which go extremely fast. Also maybe because I have so much work that time goes by, so quickly. When I was typing that I was thinking of that song 'Time goes by,by,by... so slowly..'. I love quoting songs or even burst out into song when someone quotes something from them without realising, which gives them a lovely surprise of my terrible singing.
Well that is it for today's post and I will try and do more posts more regularly as i learn to contain the amount of work I have. :D
Which then of course you have slept through the whole lesson catching up on lost sleep from the night before, but the teacher thinks you are just not trying and say you should get some more sleep.... and then give us an essay due for the next day?! Do they not understand ALL teachers give us homework not just you. Common sense is missing from some peoples brains...
Moving on to a different subject... well its related but not completely , I must say days have been going faster now that school has started, not say that I enjoy school, but now I mostly have double lessons which go extremely fast. Also maybe because I have so much work that time goes by, so quickly. When I was typing that I was thinking of that song 'Time goes by,by,by... so slowly..'. I love quoting songs or even burst out into song when someone quotes something from them without realising, which gives them a lovely surprise of my terrible singing.
Well that is it for today's post and I will try and do more posts more regularly as i learn to contain the amount of work I have. :D
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