School – Francesca's Thoughts

01/04/2015

In Defence of Media Studies

Heads up: this is not an April Fool. Thought I’d better add a disclaimer in case of people thinking I’d spend 500 words taking the piss… I only got two A*s at GCSE, and I say ‘only’ because I went to a grammar school, and as far as senior management were concerned I was too Continue reading

April 2015, Complaints, Government and Politics, School

BBC.co.uk, GCSEs, GCSEs and A-level subjects culled by Ofqual, Indifferent Ignorance, Media Studies, Media Studies qualifications, Ofqual might not be as shit as I thought it was… possibly, School, subjects snobs, taking ‘soft’ school subjects

22/05/2014

A Poem About Leaving School

I have graced the hallways of my school for seven entire years, roughly the equivalent of the time it takes to get to the front of a queue in the post office. Typically students bring in notebooks into which other students write farewell messages of good luck and sappy happiness. I forgot to get a Continue reading

Fuckin’ Idiots, May 2014, School, Scriptures

‘Jesus Christ Superstar’, 2007, acrostic poetry, arty stuff, Benedict Cumberbatch, GIFs of John Watson, Gordon Brown, Indifferent Ignorance, Jimmy Saville, Leonardo DiCaprio may never receive an Oscar, rhymes, School, students, writing

04/11/2013

Popcorn Versus Pumpkins

So it’s November, and we’ve got men growing creepy moustaches and writers attempting to put together an entire novel together in thirty days and I’m pretty sure the Stoptober failures victims not-quit-people have bought their weight in tobacco in the last few days. The last of the Hallowe’en sweets are being eaten/discarded and Strictly‘s getting sparklier. Continue reading

COFFEE, Complaints, November 2013, Videos

Bradley Cooper, cold, half term, Halloween, Indifferent Ignorance, Moustache, Movember, November, porcupines are very cute, pumpkins, School, Teddy Bear the Porcupine, YouTube

06/09/2013

The Six O’Clock News: Back to School

Since this is most readers’ first week back at school (shout if you’re in another country though, or not a student!) I thought I’d do something on school, new terms, starting afresh etcetera. Back to work: 10 Worst Things About Post-Holiday Blues I love how sarcastic this Sean Coughlan guy is. One of my favourite Continue reading

(All Hail) Creation, Indifferent Ignorance, Magazines, Newspapers, School, The Six O’Clock News, THE WORLD *head in hands*

‘The Guardian’, BBC News, Huffington Post, Indifferent Ignorance, LA school’s uniform code, Magazines and E-zines, online magazine, Rookie Mag, School, SexyMandarin, The Six O’Clock News