While the old idioms and adages remain, Star Trek was seriously cool. And very lens-flarey, which is fine; it reminded me of Mass Effect’s visual style – no bad thing. I won’t review it, but suffice it to say that it was one of the most fun sci-fi films I’ve seen in a while.
Had some great news today; I’ve been waiting to hear back from Leicester University about my application to do a French PGCE teaching course, and this afternoon I got a letter telling me I’ve made it to the interview stage… Now these things usually come back to bite me on the arse, so I’m not getting my hopes up, but it’s a good start. The interview day’s on the 11th of June, so got a bit of time to get myself back into French mode – it’s been a year since I’ve *really* focussed on the language, so better start greasing the old cogs with garlic butter and wine…
Got a load of documents that they sent me to read about why nobody’s bothered with taking Modern Languages any more that’re filled with charts and graphs ranging from the useful and interesting, to…
To be fair, my decision to study languages was greatly influenced by free lasagne and chips.
So does the future begin here? We’ll see.
Tags: Interview, Modern Languages, PGCE, Pointless Graphs, Star Trek
Digital Metaphor 
May 22, 2009 at 9:34 pm |
There’s no way to resist free lasagne and chips. It sounds like a perfectly good reason to choose a profession, IMO.
Yes, I do like your blog! I had to wade through a bunch to find one worthy, but it was definitely worth the effort. 🙂
Good luck — I hope it all works out in your best interest, arse biting or no.