Teacher By Day, Teacher By Night

I remember well the times when I was a child and I would take part in the nativity play. I will always remember watching myself as one of the wise men trying to remember the speaking lines and singing a number of Christmas carols in the church across the road. Even now I can not begin to think how stressful it would be for the teacher. Miss Kerry Hardman looks surprisingly relaxed for a teacher who normally looks like she just needs a rest. “Christmas may be a really busy time of the year, but it’s also really exciting. I think some of the excitement from the children at Christmas has rubbed off onto me”.




This picture shows Kerry relaxed after a hard days work.

Kerry is smiling as she finally makes her self comfortable and sits down. I knew that with it being near to Christmas she would have lots of work to do so I felt that it was best to organise the quietest time for her. As I prepare the questions, I can sense that she is feeling nervous about what questions I may be about to ask her.

I start the interview by asking her how her day has gone. “ It’s brilliant being in school before Christmas”. She also adds “You start to really get into the Christmas spirit around October where you have Christmas rehearsals, party days, and other Christmas activities” although she does say that while doing this it is very hard to “try and keep on timetable as much as possible”. I now want to ask the most important question. What made her go into the teaching profession. It could be many different reasons but she tells me “I always wanted to be a teacher since I was 12”. She also explained that it is the chance to help the children to learn the relevant skills needed to push them forward when they move onto further education. This seems like a fair point. So what are these key skills you may be asking? Maybe you have already guessed. They are of course “reading, writing, numeracy, socialising and gaining their independence”. So surely every child deserves a chance to be pushed to their full potential. Lets be honest It is only at this age that you can help change the childs future. If they are not given the support or guidance then they will turn their backs on the education system.

“I think some of the excitement from the children at Christmas has rubbed off onto me”

Kerry then went on to say that she was prepared when it came to choosing a University that suited he ambition. St Alfred College (Also known as Winchester University), where she studied hard for four years and was finally awarded with a BA (Bachelor of Art) honours in education with a QTS (Qualified teacher status) in English which was her specialised subject. Whilst at Winchester She says “I had to do teaching placements every year”. This is surely a good thing as it helps the student gain as much experience of what it is like to be a teacher. This does make me think that this would be great idea for other subjects to have work placements involved as well.

I then go onto asking whether she went straight into teaching. She tells me “I joined Supply and demand in order to get to know the schools in the area better”. She adds that “working in different schools was really tough”. Although this is a great opportunity to see what works and what doesn’t so that you can learn how to improve as a teacher.

“We strive for inclusive learning environment for all”.

I feel it may be best to move onto current work and so I ask Kerry about her first proper teaching post. She tells me that she was put forward by ‘Supply and Demand’ who felt that she was a ‘suitable’ candidate for the vacancy. That was just a placement filling in for teacher off with sickness. She then was hired as a teacher in school in Poole. This was her first ever permanent teaching post. She has been teaching Year 2 class for the last four years. She tells me that she ‘loves’ this year group because you can see ‘real growth with the children Academically and Independently.’. I then decide to ask her whether she would like to change year groups. Kerry replies “Year Three would be interesting and so would Year one but nothing lower”. It must be the idea of working with children to young to talk and hold conversation that must put her off.


This is a picture of Kerry working at school.

I decide to move away from asking about her opinion and look to what does a day in the life of a teacher involve. If like me, you can’t really remember much of what you learnt when you were in Year 2 then this may jog your memories. The day starts at 8am. This then moves onto the job of the teacher which includes using resources, writing assessments and being organised throughout the day. The morning involve learning core subjects like English and Maths and visits to the library. While in the afternoon the focus is on other topics like R.E and PE. Then after school is time for the teacher to have ‘non contact time’ to get on with the work load.

Kerry also believes that the children enjoy learning and states that they follow the code “We strive for inclusive learning environment for all”. This may be something to keep with her when she decides to push on in the next ten years where she says she would love to be year leader or mentoring skit students (teaching course).

I decide to wrap it all up by asking one last question. What advice would you give to young people wishing to become teachers. She tells me that they should “ be prepared” and that “the children only have one opportunity to learn so only do it if your hearts in it”. I wish her good luck with the rest of the Christmas activities and hopefully the children will enjoy their time before Christmas at school as well.

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A Day In The Life Of Scenic Bournemouth

Introduction

The subject I chose for my photo collection was different views of Bournemouth. I decided to mix together scenery from both Hengistbury Head, Christchurch Mudeford, Hurn, Boscombe and Isle Of Wight. These are some of the main places in Bournemouth with connections to the beach and tourism. The pictures are edited to show exactly the main representation of the photo.

First Picture of Boscombe Pier.



Second Photo of Isle Of Wight- The Needles



Third Picture of Christchurch Cathedral



Fourth Photo is of Mudeford Seafood Stall



Fifth Photo is of Hengistbury Head Train (Main feature of Beach area)



Sixth Photo is of Hurn airport at night. (Travelling to or home from Bournemouth)




These photo's make up the tranquil side of Bournemouth away from nightclubs and busy shops and busineses. Bournemouth is well known for being a tourist town and the beaches are the main reason why.

John Keynes has been hailed as both the saviour and destroyer of the capitalist system. Why?

John Maynard Keynes is well known as a British Economist whose ideas and thoughts helped to shape the economic policies of the British Government from 1939 to 1979. Keynes’ ideas influenced the economy and helped to change the economic recessions and depressions. His thoughts are named as the Keynesian economics and follows the idea that when some micro-economic-level actions are taken collectively by a large proportion of individuals it will lead to insufficient performances in the economy. In other words, the economy operates below its potential output and growth rate. This is often referred to as general glut. Keynes was inspired by the work of Adam Smith (1723-1790) and elaborated on Smith’s theories and ideas on Economics.

Adam Smith was the founder of economics, as we know it today. His thoughts have ultimately helped to shape contemporary ideas relating to the market economy and the role of the state in relation to it. Smith also founded an intellectual framework that explained the free market and laissez-faire. Both of these are connected with the underlying theme of economic growth. Smith's analysis is not confined to showing the interrelation between the different elements of a continually maintained system. It also explains how the system can generate the continual accumulation of wealth. And since, according to Smith, this process is most successful when left to the play of natural forces, his analysis leads him to urge governments to let well alone. There is also the idea of using ‘supply and demand’, which always has to be equal as both are the two sides of the same set of transactions, while discussions of "imbalances" are a muddled and indirect way of referring to price. However, in an unmeasurable qualitative sense, demand for an item such as goods refers to the market pressure from people trying to buy it. They will "bid" money for the item, while in return sellers offer the item for money. When the bid matches the offer, a transaction can easily occur. In reality, most shops and markets do not resemble the stock market, and there are significant costs and barriers to "shopping around”.

Smith is also well known for his expression of ‘The Invisible Hand’, which he used to demonstrate how self-interest guides are the most efficient use of showing the resources in a nation's economy, with public welfare coming as a by-product. He states that it simply encourages businesses to provide what consumers want and at the same time it discourages government involvement. He believed that the only responsibilities of the government should be to define property rights, set up honest courts, impose minor taxes and subsides to compensate for well defined and narrowly specified “market failures”.

Smith also believes that you can not achieve a stable economy all the time, this is due to inflation in the market. The market will constantly go up and down, depending on the amount of money people continue to put into the system. In every society an average rate both of wages and profit in employment of labour and stock is naturally regulated.

Keynes argued that it was the demand that created the supply. If total demand rose, firms would respond to the extra demand by producing more and employing more people. However a fall in demand would lead to less output and rising unemployment. His central point was that an unregulated market economy could not ensure sufficient demand. Keynes states that this makes it harder for the economy to work because when people are low on money then they start to budget, which means that less money is being circulated into the economy. This will consequently have a gradual effect on businesses losing money and ultimately take a negative financial toll on the economy as a whole.

The way to combat this problem is in what Keynes calls “the multiplier effect.” This is the idea that an initial amount of spending (usually by the government) leads to increased consumption spending and so results in an increase in national income greater than the initial amount of spending. In other words, an initial change in total demand causes a change in total output for the economy that is a multiple of the initial change. This than means that people will spend money and then by doing so will give others money to help the economy keep afloat.

However, Marx argues that in order to maintain profit, you do need to pay people less than what they produce. This is why Marx rejects the idea of the multiplier effect. Marx states that if the worker makes widgets for £1 and then sells them for £2 straight away there is a problem. The worker can not buy the widget, which means that sales cut widget production, which then leaves the worker unemployed.

Keynes cited a solution to the problem when he suggested that more money be printed and circulated. This may seem like a good idea, as it will stop any chance of people struggling with money problems and having to budget. Keynes argued that increases in the money supply would not inevitably lead to increases in inflation. Increasing the amount of money in circulation may instead lead to a decrease in the velocity of circulation of that money. In other words the average speed of circulation of money would fall because there was more of it about.

Alternatively, the increase in the amount of money in circulation may lead to an increase in the number of transactions taking place, because as we have seen Keynes disputes the assumption that the economy will find its own equilibrium. It may be in that position there is insufficient demand for full-employment equilibrium. In that case increasing the money supply will fund extra demand and move the economy closer to full employment.

Gonzo Journalism: Video Blog

Last day of work experience and was told that I would be heading to Wimborne in East Dorset. So left Daily Echo office and continued walking to the car with fellow employee with camera and notepad in hand. We got into the car and drove from Bournemouth all the way to Wimborne using the satnav to guide the way. After about 30 minutes in the car we finally arrived at the house of East Dorset MP Nick King. We parked in his driveway and knocked on his door where we were greeted by his mother. She said we could park there until her husband came back from work. We walked into Wimborne and interviewed people on the street about what their opinion on the general debate between Clegg, Brown and Cameron. Most people were not willing to give much away instead telling us that that ‘Car park ticket expiring’ or ‘need to catch a bus’. We got some people to open up about their opinion which came mainly in the form of older generation with few younger people having an opinion at all. We finished up talking to people on the street. Many people had decided that they would be voting for Liberal Democrat to stay in power. East Dorset was the only area in the south to have Lib Dem council leader. This meant that straight away it was going to be tough job for Nick King to overcome this type of pressure.

After lunch walked back to Nick King house. It was easy to find this house as the fences were covered in posters saying ‘Vote for Nick King as your conservative MP, You deserve a change’. The posters were covering the fences of his house and being that it was a corner house on busy road there’s no doubt that people driving past or walking would take notice. Finally arrived at the house again and was let in by his mother who was awaiting us with coffee. We entered the house which felt much more like a mini factory. Two dogs were running around with their tongues out hoping that we were there to feed them. We sadly were not there for that. We met around ten members of family or employees, it was hard to take in everyone name. We drank coffee and ate some freshly made cookies which made the dogs get very excited when a single crumb fell to the floor. Nick King brother was there to be friendly trying to promote his own business which is a cabaret club in Bournemouth town, an area I tend to avoid if I can. When looking around the house it had hardly any room to sit around. Every inch apart from kitchen surfaces were covered in boxes of leaflets with vote for Nick King on the front. The only noise that was constant was the sound of the printers on overload as more and more constantly pumped out. Luckily were enough people to sort them out otherwise that would be very chaotic.

After waiting for around thirty minutes talking to his mother, sister and brother, Nick King came slyly through the back door nearly hitting me with the door. He was pleasant man balding hair and short as he greeted the two of us. He joked about being on time something he states was not his best quality. He decided that it would be best to enjoy the sun so we went outside and set up camera equipment. We talked bit bout what he was up to and he said he had come back from meeting which involved all the local MP’s in the area. He told us that he believes that Conservative deserve to get in power in May but that Nick Clegg did seem the most convincing on the night of the debate. He handed us one of his leaflets which I took although had no intentions to vote for both reasons that I am strongly against Conservative government and also because he was not an MP in my area. We discussed that we were doing a one minute manifesto on local MP from each of the Dorset areas that adventure would be East, West, North and South Dorset. We also discussed how people were still thinking about voting Liberal and how he felt about changing peoples minds. He responded that he has what it takes to be more public man and allow people to feel at ease to talk to him if they have any problems.

The manifesto began after plugging in the mini microphone on his shirt collar and after four takes he finally decided that he was happy with it. It was noisy background but luckily the noise of cars and lorries did not get recorded in the background. His manifesto followed the lines of ‘we believe in the strength and importance of family, of deregulated business, of healthcare that is delivered on a local level, of policing that is comprehensive, of a society that places social justice and respect at the top of its agenda. We firmly believe in free speech, the encouragement of creativity and enterprise, and the promotion of charitable causes, whether in terms of social housing or other local initiatives to give to those who need it most. Furthermore, we believe in a foreign policy that favours international development over unnecessary conflict’. He also said jokingly that everyone Is fed up with Gordon Brown so why wouldn’t they vote for him.

Finally we had what we wanted and he said thankyou to the both of us shaking our hands. He asked us who we were voting for in the election we both said we were still deciding, as best not to say it was Tories.

Tom Wolfe And New Journalism

How and when the term New Journalism began to refer to a genre has not been clear. Tom Wolfe, a practitioner and principal advocate of the form,wrote in at least two articles in 1972 that he had no idea of where it began. Trying to shed light on the matter, literary critic Seymour Krim, offered his explanation in 1973.

I'm certain that [Pete] Hamill first used the expression. In about April of 1965 he called me at Nugget Magazine, where I was editorial director, and told me he wanted to write an article about new New Journalism. It was to be about about the exciting things being done in the old reporting genre by Talese, Wolfe and Breslin. He never wrote the piece, so far as I know, but I began using the expression in conversation and writing. It was picked up and stuck.

But wherever and whenever the term arose, there is evidence of some literary experimentation in the early 1960s, as when Norman Mailer broke away from fiction to write Superman Comes to the Supermarket A report of John F. Kennedy's nomination that year, the piece established a precedent which Mailer would later build on in his 1968 convention coverage (Miami and the Siege of Chicago) and in other nonfiction as well.

Wolfe wrote that his first acquaintance with a new style of reporting came in a 1962 Esquire article about Joe Louis by Gay Talese. “ ‘Joe Louis at Fifty’ a wasn't like a magazine article at all. It was like a short story. It began with a scene, an intimate confrontation between Loius and his third wife...” Wolfe said Talese was the first to apply fiction techniques to reporting.

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Wilhelm Reich

Wilhelm Reich's discovery of orgone began with his research of a physical bio-energy basis for Sigmund Freud's theories of neurosis in humans. Wilhelm Reich believed that traumatic experiences blocked the natural flow of life-energy in the body, leading to physical and mental disease. Wilhelm Reich concluded that the libidinal-energy that Freud discussed was the primordial-energy of life itself, connected to more than just sexuality. Orgone was everywhere and Reich measured this energy-in-motion over the surface of the earth. He even determined that its motion affected weather formation.

Not everyone liked the theories Wilhelm Reich suggested. Wilhelm Reich's work with cancer patients and the Orgone Accumulators received two very negative press articles. Journalist Mildred Brandy wrote both "The New Cult of Sex and Anarchy" and "The Strange Case of Wilhelm Reich". Soon after their publication, the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) sent agent Charles Wood to investigate Wilhelm Reich and Reich's research center, Orgonon.

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Albert Camus

Albert Camus

He is often cited as a proponent of existentialism, the philosophy that he was associated with during his own lifetime, but Camus himself rejected this particular label. In an interview in 1945, Camus rejected any ideological associations: "No, I am not an existentialist. Sartre and I are always surprised to see our names linked..."

Specifically, his views contributed to the rise of the more current philosophy known as absurdism. He wrote in his essay The Rebel that his whole life was devoted to opposing the philosophy of nihilism while still delving deeply into individual freedom.

Existentialism is a term applied to the work of a number of 19th- and 20th-century philosophers who, despite profound doctrinal differences, generally held that the focus of philosophical thought should be to deal with the conditions of existence of the individual person and their emotions, actions, responsibilities, and thoughts. The early 19th century philosopher Søren Kierkegaard, posthumously regarded as the father of existentialism, maintained that the individual is solely responsible for giving their own life meaning and living that life passionately and sincerely, in spite of many existential obstacles and distractions including despair, angst, absurdity, alienation, and boredom.

Counterculture (also written counter-culture) is a sociological term used to describe the values and norms of behavior of a cultural group, or subculture, that run counter to those of the social mainstream of the day, the cultural equivalent of political opposition. It is a neologism attributed to Theodore Roszak.

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