-
Sorry (Not Sorry) To Bother You
-
The Ups, The Downs and the Loops: Navigating the Rollercoaster of Teaching in a Secondary School.
Will this Student Teacher thrive or dive as he delves into the unknown of an all-female secondary school?
-
The Work Placement Blogs
A Blog Entry by Ciara Captain I’ve always been told that I ‘land in muck and come up smelling of roses’ in relation to my patterns with luck. This was one of those moments. I had only gone and secured my work placement. When I reflect over the past few weeks, I find myself using…
-
Playing it by ear on placement!
What do you want to be when you grow up? Well, my answer is simple, a teacher. As I got older and somewhat wiser it didn’t change. Ever since I can remember I have wanted to teach, from helping with the Sunday school memory verses to trying to teach my brother to hold my violin.…
-
“Those who can, do: those who can’t, teach”; Listen here, George Bernard Shaw…
When I tell people of my dream vocation, a secondary school teacher, they often scoff the stereotypical George Bernard Shaw quote, “Those who can, do: those who can’t, teach”[1]. I wish Shaw, and all those who scoff at my career aspirations had stood beside me in my fifth week of placement in St. Malachy’s College,…
-
Love, Laugh, Live Sound
“They tend not to be looking specifically for great engineers, rather good all-rounders with a broad set of skills.” Jon Burton. (2012). How To Become A Pro Live Sound Engineer- Sex, Lies & Gaffer Tape. [Online]. SoundOnSound. Last Updated: Nov. Available at: https://www.soundonsound.com/people/how-become-pro-live-sound-engineer [Accessed 16 November 2023]. I like the above quotation that I came across…
-
Prepping for the Future
Finding a job placement was a challenging task but proved to be very enlightening as to the reality of job searching within the film industry. Multiple CV drafts and countless rejections later I did manage to land an interview which led to a placement, but it was a long journey which upon reflection taught me…