I'm an unemployed teacher, get me out of here!

I seem to have become obsessed with Reality Shows - including Strictly Come Dancing, I'm a Celebrity, and The Apprentice.  Perhaps I can disguise this obsession by claiming it is research for Media Studies?  No, you aren't buying that, are you?

My school placement is over *sobs*, and I am having a couple of days off before launching into full-scale job-seeking mode.  I have one more day at University, then I am officially an unemployed teacher.

I was talking to my mother yesterday, and she and I both said we had always considered that I am, and always have been, a teacher.

It's all a bit scary, to be honest! I haven't been to a proper job interview (except as the interviewer) for about 10 years, and I am not sure the ego is ready for the knockbacks!

Oh well, it is better than eating Kangaroo bits!

'All right Mr. De Mille, I'm ready for my close-up' - Norma Desmond

'Do I have to?' - Me!

BBC White City, 10:30 hours, lights, camera, ACTION!

Myself and several of the PGCE students attended a workshop during half term week on using film in teaching.  We learned experientially (with more guidance, I suspect, than 17 year olds might need) by 'scripting', filming and editing our own short programme.  Our keepers host and tutors for the day were Becky, Xav and Riz (spelling of names unknown, but guessed).

The group I was in, Sam Claire and Lauren, had a hysterical day filming a ridiculous satellite channel film piece about Hagrid's 'beard double'.  We also made a stop frame animation as the title sequence.  I never want to see it again but we had fun making it and learned a lot about using camera, microphone and editing technique.

It was part of a BBC initiative called 21CC - check it out -  http://www.bbc.co.uk/21cc/