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8/22/2013

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This year, I decided that I would start the process in becoming a high school teacher. I always knew that I would eventually teach, and loved the idea of it as a kid (probably just as much as drawing and playing around with computers). In some way though, I knew that I couldn't teach straight out of high school. I didn't feel like there was enough of me to give back into students with my only experiences being school. 

The best teachers in our high school had lives outside of their work. They worked in their industry and they worked up the ladder and experienced their fields independently of text books and classrooms. They had a better outlook on what was expected of the students. They knew that regurgitating information wasn't what it was all about and they never sweat the small stuff.

So although I never really thought about what industry I would gain my experience in (at the time, it was split between journalism, law, and graphic design) I knew that I would take that and become a teacher. 

So years later, end of last year after my usual birthday fuck-I'm-old panic attack I decided it was time to work back towards what I wanted to do. Lots of calls and information fishing later, I found I needed a degree to be considered as a high school teacher. 

I thought about what I liked to do. Design. Build things. Figure out how things work. I knew for sure I couldn't be an art teacher. I hated art as a theory. Law and journalism were out years ago. How could I teach design and not limit my job prospects in small towns who provided the basic / limited curriculum? 

I discovered Industrial Design, which really is Design and Technology with an honours year. 

So at the end of the day, I'll be a qualified D&T teacher, technical drawing teacher who will be able to pull their weight within the department regarding computers, a bit of engineering, etc. The goal here is to be valuable as I'm hearing there's lots of competition. 

Now, how's my first experience of university going? Well, different. My previous experience has been mostly hands on, industry work. Any training has been short, to the point and concentrated. University is completely different. 

They drip feed information slowly over the course of weeks and weeks. I think, condensed the theory could be learnt and retained within a few weeks. The project side is a little different, but first year and second year projects are quite simple and straight forward. I'm already 2 units ahead due to prior experience and learning credits and I'm progressing quite nicely through the two most hands on units for first year - Engineering and Design concepts and Materials Technology. 

I have to say, it's really strange going back to school with folk who have just barely come out of school. The mindset is so different. The way they approach the work and take the information is exactly like high school and they're just preparing to regurgitate it back. 

Last week in Materials Design, we were commissioned into making a little amulet from aluminium. Any information that would provide of value to any of the students is passed along in the coming weeks. The thing is, no one else is taking it upon themselves to learn independently of the lecture material. 

These kids will be D&T teachers too one day (most of the course is made up of students preparing for high school teaching). Part of me hopes that there will not be any competition between myself and them when it comes to finding work. 

Anyways. Easy to say now but there doesn't seem to be any issue with any of the work. Except for Friday, I have a 9am lecture and then the follow up workshop isn't until 4pm. I'm a bit far from home by car to be driving back home, so I spend the day at the campus. Extra fun considering that I'm having to go to the library and fill time with books I can find that will semi-relate to future material.

I'll give the other students a bit of credit; fresh out of high school means their math, physics and engineering studies is fresh in their minds. When the memory has been prompted I'm not too bad, but I'm reading what I can to touch base and get up to speed. 

I have to say, I'm having flashbacks to year 7. I entered high school not knowing anyone (with the exception of a couple of girls who found joy in giving me grief) and so I spent a lot of time in the library reading, writing. My grades were phenomenal. 

On a side note, I have to mention that I did in fact, yell at the entire EDC lecture in the second week because they would not stop talking. To the point the lecturer couldn't be heard. Several prompts and they wouldn't shut up. So I yelled, "ARE YOUR EARS PAINTED ON? SHUT IT!" I thought I had cemented my time at university as a loner. Yeah, I was the mature age student who yelled at everyone. 

And you know what? My little EDC group didn't ditch me. The following week, they sat beside me - the first 5 seats in the front row. Heh. 

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Bizzare Theory

8/14/2013

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It has been such a long time since I've visited here. I thought I'd post something I found within a Reddit post. Some 'bizarre' theories some are convinced of, and hold quite tightly (no matter how silly).

Molly Hooper was behind Moriarty's crimes. Moriarty was an actor, but he was working for Molly the whole time.

God loves humans so much that he gives us free will and that is the explanation for many questions such as why God lets bad things happen to good people. It also explains why God doesn't make appearances either.
If you knew for sure that there was an omnipotent being judging you, it kinda takes the free will out of choosing to be good. If there was absolute scientific proof that God exists, can you imagine how that would change society?

"James Bond" is a codename, like "Q". When one dies or retires, the next agent to get promoted to MI6 gets the name along with the tag "007"

That we're dead. And when we "die" here, we're actually born and start living the lives we were meant to live.
I've thought this ever since I was little kid but everyone thinks it's weird.

The thing that sometimes crosses my mind is when you see these pictures of portraits from like, the 17th/18th century, and they look exactly like Johnny Depp, or Bruce Willis, or other famous people. Part of me really wants to believe that there is some kind of societal elite that have some method of either prolonging their lives indefinitely, or some kind of familial hierarchy that ensures their genetically-perfect offspring are always in the public eye.
Either that or there's some major vampire shit going down.


Magic. Telekinesis. Basically that living entities have 'the force' (a living force of will) that can interact with everything else in unlimited ways. Obviously not many have mastered it... There is simply too much mention of bizarre otherworldly shit throughout history.
That we are physically incapable of living in peace. We evolved brains as problem-solving tools. If there is no conflict, we will manufacture one.

Déjà vu is caused when the same event happens in multiple universes at the same time.

That all of the visible universe is microcosm in relation to a much larger system. If matter is infinite, as it seems to be, then it would stand to reason that it would look something like a fractal, self similar, repeating through infinity. Stars resemble atoms, with the planets revolving around them resembling electrons. Galaxies resemble molecules and galaxy clusters resemble cells. I know that the physics don't match entirely, and I'm sure to get a bunch of messages why I'm wrong, but given how we now know things that at one time seemed positively absurd, i always feel it's always prudent to assume there is still much to learn.

I'm the only "real" person in this world. Everyone else is just a reflection of my mind.

Santa Claus is real. The rules are simple. You have to be a good kid for an entire year or else you won't get any presents. If you tell a lie, use foul language, hit a sibling or perform any other "naughty" deeds, then you are off the Nice List. In reality, Santa doesn't need to deliver presents to the millions of kids around the world. There are probably only 2 or 3 that can ever meet the strict criteria.
TL:DR - The Nice List is extremely short.


Pretty convinced there is are large, ape-like creature living in isolation in the Taiga, perhaps at one time in more of mountainous Asia/NA as well. These creatures gave rise to the legend of Bigfoot and the Yeti. They may already be extinct but I think at least a few were alive until recently on the evolutionary time scale.

And my favourite...
I believe that consciousness is sort of like a radio signal that you are able to "tune in to" the more complex your brain is. Animals and the like tune in on the most basic level, interacting with, and reacting to, their environment, and humans tune in a little more completely, leading to philosophy, science, etc, and that Nirvana actually exists and is a state of complete harmony with the universe, and is possible for all living beings to reach.
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