Archive for the ‘This could go horribly wrong…’ Category
7
May
Posted by graduatecalling in Not actually employment related, Stunned, This could go horribly wrong.... Tagged: cameron, clegg, conservative, day off, Finding a job, finding a proper job, Good Lord! I finally may be on to something!, Gordon Brown, hung like a horse, hung parliament, labour, lib dem, Not actually employment related, not actually job related, ooooh! distracting, politics, the economy. Leave a Comment
Last night, when I toddled off to bed after realising that I was so tired I couldn’t understand what people were saying on the tv, I honestly thought that any idea of a hung parliament was next to nil. After all (I considered as I brushed my teeth), the press had been going on about [...]
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27
Mar
Posted by graduatecalling in *grumblegrumble*, A Small Plea, Academia, This could go horribly wrong.... Tagged: Admissions Office, applications, career options, employment, Finding a job, getting all of the information in the world, Haiving a mare, PGCE, PGCEs, wrong.. Leave a Comment
This week, my Mum came out with this classic, naive sentence about University Bureaucracy: “It’s only an Admissions office error! It will be fine!” After my fine establishment finally confirmed my place on the course (despite the length of time it took, my CRB and everything else effortlessly breezed through and got a nice tick [...]
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2
Mar
Posted by graduatecalling in better luck next time, Not actually employment related, Stunned, This could go horribly wrong.... Tagged: career options, day off, driving, driving test, failing 3rd time, failing 4th time, failing driving test, ooooh! distracting. 3 Comments
1st: 4 majors, 13 minors. 2nd: 2 minors… and I can’t remember how many minors (for some reason, that entire test has become a mental blank to me, bar the drive home and moments of panic in the manouvers) 3rd: 1 major, 7 minors, 4th: 4 majors, 3(?) minors! The words, ‘I am so pissed [...]
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15
Dec
Posted by graduatecalling in A Small Plea, better luck next time, Finding a job, list, Stunned, This could go horribly wrong.... Tagged: Christmas job, Christmas Temp, customers, customers being right, day off, Finding a job, finding a proper job, full time work, Good Lord! I finally may be on to something!, graduate, looking for jobs, ooooh! distracting, selling, shop work, the economy, tills, working, working as a christmas temp, working in a shop, Working over Christmas. 1 Comment
You can go to work, walk past a busy shop floor full of people whilst wearing your work top, and never get asked a question. However, the moment that one person queries you for something, you have 4 or 5 people try to interrupt you. You develop a personal relationship with the till.In fact, you [...]
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3
Oct
Posted by graduatecalling in Stunned, This could go horribly wrong.... Tagged: classroom assistant, classrooms, Finding a job, finding a proper job, graduate, Oh Dear, PGCE, primary school teaching, school, schools. 1 Comment
Let me set the scene: It’s wednesday morning at the school and two kids are discussing the finer points of rhyming the word ‘sink’ in their english lesson. As I walk past, one child goes: “Let’s ask an adult” and they turn to look at me. It takes me at least five seconds to realise [...]
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24
Sep
Posted by graduatecalling in Stunned, This could go horribly wrong.... Tagged: assistant, BSL, child herding, classroom assistant, dealing with peeps under four foot tall, makaton, school, sign language, young kids. Leave a Comment
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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11
Jul
Posted by graduatecalling in Finding a job, list, Not actually employment related, This could go horribly wrong.... Tagged: australia, Finding a job, finding a proper job, Good Lord! I finally may be on to something!, graduate, looking for jobs, ooooh! distracting, unemployed, unemployment, visa. 4 Comments
I’m currently considering buggering off to Australia for a year on a holiday visa, after giving it some consideration last night. Here are the pluses and advantages to this idea: Advantages: I like Australia. I went out there a couple of years ago and had a really great time exploring Melbourne, almost drowning off the [...]
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8
Jun
Posted by graduatecalling in Not actually employment related, Stunned, This could go horribly wrong.... Tagged: Diversion, Finding a job, finding a proper job, Good Lord! I finally may be on to something!, graduate, ooooh! distracting, seed report!. Leave a Comment
I couldn’t resist, and also it gives me a chance to not talk about the presentation I am currently making. So, currently sprouting away like the eager seedlings that they are, I now have sprouting some beetroot, carrots, butternut squashes, and lettuce. The tomatoes are being belligerent and not doing anything, but I’m guessing they [...]
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5
Jun
Posted by graduatecalling in A Small Plea, Finding a job, list, This could go horribly wrong.... Tagged: Finding a job, finding a proper job, Good Lord! I finally may be on to something!, graduate, interview, ooooh! distracting, steiner education, steiner schools, unemployed, unemployment, waldorf, waldorf schools. 2 Comments
*runs about shouting “ohmygod!Ohmygod!Ohmygod!” doing that hand flapping movement and screaming like those girls in the jackets in Grease… who’s name I can’t remember and I know that I will at about 3am tomorrow morning* I’ve got 2 second stage interviews! I’m stunned, as I didn’t expect to get both of them, particularly after I [...]
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