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Urgh… I hate being ill. Lying there, watching television and not being able to breathe is not one of my strong points. Because of this, I become a rubbish patient; the type of Student who would turn up at a lecture  with a horrible, contagious illness-confident to learn, but spreading the lurgy among everyone in [...]

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Ineptitude

Today has been a good day. I have discovered a new cheese that I like (Wookey Hole Cheddar, which becomes a taste explosion once you remove it out of the fridge for an hour or two). I have also found a cheap, still new-looking book of Calvin and Hobbes cartoons, and my horrible ‘almost-like-a-hangover-in-it’s-refusal-to-go-away’ caffiene [...]

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Adventures in Classroom Assisting

So, back to the school. I am currently learning a new set of names and personalities, with a view to actually know all of the children’s names in my class before July this time. I haven ‘t been back for a few weeks, so helping these children still feels rather new. Because this morning’s weather [...]

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As requested, this is my notice, ending my employment.

Right, after numerous hints (some more obvious than others) that something big was going to happen to me, I can now tell peeps that: I am going back to work for Christmas! At the place I worked for Christmas last year! Huzzah! If the exclamations do not give it away, I am awfully chuffed about [...]

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Another thing to add to the ‘Things that people don’t tell you when you are unemployed’ list

For the record, let’s just say that it is 21. 21. When you start working, you are exhausted by the end of the week. This is nothing really to complain about here. My saturday job needed me to work this week to cover someone else’s shift. Because I am no longer on the dole, I [...]

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Today

I drove with a passenger in the back of the car and with the radio on, and no-one died! Huzzah! Of course, I did not expect anyone to die. The only things I expect to die while I am learning to drive is my Instructor’s belief that I will pass next time, and my dignity [...]

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Ooooooooooh-arrrrrrrrrrrr!

This short conversation elegantly sums up my current problem with living in the middle of nowhere: Graduatecalling: “I told you I lived in a rural area!” (*points out tractor*) Sushiknight: “This makes [the town we both grew up in, until I stopped living there] look like a metropolis.” This is the reason why I desperately [...]

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I could have been a contender!

Me: “Dad! Dad!” Dad: “What?” Me: “I can’t believe it! They have given the Chris Evan’s Drivetime Show to Simon Mayo! Simon BLOODY Mayo!” Dad: “Which one’s he?” Me: “The boring one! The boring, beige one who makes Aled Jones sound interesting!” Dad: “Oh yeah, him. You don’t like either of them much, do you?” [...]

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Runnin’ slightly late into this debate

Speaking as a Brit who spends an unhealthy amount of time watching news channels/Mr Tumble on CBeebies, the American Chicken Licken ‘Skyisfalling,skyisfalling’ debate on reforming/socialising healthcare to all is badly affected by those who choose to only get their news from ‘news’ channels from ‘sources’ such as Glenn Beck. Please don’t diss nationalised healthcare, as [...]

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Escaping into academia…

… By hook or by crook. A few months ago I spoke of my idea to go to Australia, to work, have wacky adventures and add another accent to my repertoire (I have one of those voices which makes me people feel that I am copying them).  Now, because I have a holiday booked and [...]

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