tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44411726345879088392024-03-13T17:24:31.519+00:00Jennaby Jenna, a third year student of Criminology and Criminal Psychology.University of Greenwichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05879701446496502511noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4441172634587908839.post-23715753273776459902015-03-13T16:38:00.000+00:002015-03-20T16:39:51.984+00:00The Randomness Ensues…<div class="MsoNormal">
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long. It has been possibly the most stressful month of my life but all the
stress is now over. When I last blogged, I had just been to a couple interviews
for my PGCE. Well…after four nerve-wracking interviews and plenty of panicked
waiting, I found out on Friday that I have been accepted! Very exciting knowing
that from September, I am going to be training at UCL to become a Social
Sciences teacher. It is going to be a really difficult year financially and
there will be little time for much else than studying BUT it is all going to be
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weeks of lectures, two coursework submissions and three exams between me and
graduating. Definitely looking forward to a break – I feel like it’s been
non-stop for three years but I’m really going to miss this place…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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back out of London with the Kitten to the greener pastures of Surrey. I adore
living in London but I’m excited to be a tourist coming here again. I’m ready
to have a garden and my family around me for BBQs and have my niece round to
ride her bike, it’s been a long time waiting for this - much excite! </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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brain being bogged down by dissertation work, I shall leave you with an excerpt
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mapless, lacking bits of knowledge - then, the Moon breaks through, lights up
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which path to take or people are telling you what is best for you: be true to
yourself and do what makes YOU happy. It’s not necessarily a bad thing to not
know what is coming next. A path will open for you. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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University of Greenwichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05879701446496502511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4441172634587908839.post-34804358204097874692014-12-23T10:23:00.000+00:002014-12-23T10:23:18.065+00:00Busy Bee!<div class="MsoNormal">
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there’s a bit of a gap to fill. To catch you all up…I applied about two weeks
ago for my teacher training programmes. The last couple days, I’ve actually
been at the interviews I was offered. The two I’ve been to are School Direct
programmes so I would train to be a teacher whilst working in the school full
time. The interviews were really intense. I had to do A Level papers to prove
my subject knowledge, teach a lesson to Year 12s, give a presentation and have
a standard interview. Two very stressful days and now the wait begins…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">…I really
hope that I do get on to the teaching programme this time but if not, I would
happily stay at Greenwich a bit longer and do my Masters in Psychology instead.
I’ve loved my time here and I’m not sure I’m ready to enter the real world just</span>
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">yet anyway!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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news…my kitten (now officially cat </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">L</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">) turned one whole year old last week.
He was treated like a king with tuna and shrimp but is now ignoring me for
abandoning him for two nights (don’t worry, he was looked after by his other
human)! Fickle. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to be away though, to spend some time with my parents. Coursework deadlines have
been so insane lately that to take a break was just what I needed. I even got
to see my best friend for a couple hours between interviews. Final year is
non-stop so I’m really looking forward to a few days of eating and drinking way
too much at Christmas. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I also might
get a chance to catch up on my films and TV. Even though it’s technically part of
my dissertation to analyse horror films, it’s definitely a good excuse to put
my feet up with some popcorn. I’m going to be looking at how fear and violence
are portrayed in three subtypes of horror films. Hopefully it won’t be as
boring as it sounds…at least the watching of the films won’t be. No doubt I’ll
be cowering behind my sofa for most of the Christmas break- between the
shovelling of popcorn. My dissertation/I finally have a break media list
involves a bit of Scream, a lot of Freddy and a pinch of Chucky. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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looking forward to a bit of Supernatural action over the break as well. I’ve
been banned from watching Season 10 for now until it ends but I’ve asked Santa
for all sorts of SPN geek spec presents. Here’s hoping I’ve been good enough
this year to get that Misha Collins t-shirt I’ve been eyeing up! And if you
don’t know what SPN is, here’s a little bit of education:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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time chickadees and if I don’t see you before, Merry Christmas and a Happy New
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University of Greenwichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05879701446496502511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4441172634587908839.post-63888731409008877842014-11-11T10:00:00.000+00:002014-11-11T10:00:04.520+00:00So my first blog…here goes! <div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I’m Jenna, I study BSc (Hons) Criminology and Criminal
Psychology and I finally made it to my last year! So now the stress begins all
over again with Teacher Training applications and filling out the dreaded UCAS
form. It’s not as bad as I thought it would be but I am struggling with what to
say in my personal statement. See, I know what I should put, but I don’t know
how to make myself stand out. I’ll keep you posted with how that goes anyway :)</span></div>
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at college, I had no idea what I wanted to do but then an amazing lecturer
(Auntie Linny) helped show me the way. After that, while I love Criminology, I
wanted to promote education in the way she did. Later, I might help people on
the shrink couch but until then, teaching is definitely for me! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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unrelated note: I am a cat person. I’m not a crazy cat lady by any means but I
love animals, especially cats. I have a little male hairless sphynx kitten that
is absolutely mental and takes a lot of my time- he’s a huge attention seeker.
Even though I like exotic house cats, I’ve been looking into going back abroad
to do Big Cat Conservation in Costa Rica. Last summer I went to Morocco to work
in orphanages and with “street kids”. It was an incredible experience and something
I would always recommend but I think this time I might work with animals. They
say “<em><span style="background: white;">never work with animals or children</span></em><span style="background: white;">”, well I’d quite like to prove a point and work with
both :)</span></span></div>
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