Posts categorised ‘News’

1. 7th March

   A Mess

   It is midday, I’ve had like…five hours sleep, I haven’t brushed my hair and I have that horrible taste on my tongue that’s always there when you wake up from a sleepover…

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2. 14th February

   4 Minutes

   In Politics on Friday (my last ever lesson!), we got distracted, as usual. We somehow managed to get from the precise role and title of all Cabinet ministers to an…

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3. 8th February

   To sleep, perchance…

   Though I could do without the dreams.

   I have entered a vicious cycle of non-work, whereby I go to bed way too late, therefore fall asleep in lessons/when I should…

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4. 22nd January

   Bright and Shiny!

   I have a had a really good day.

   And before you so much as think it, that wasn’t even sarcasm. After a fairly shitty week in which not once have…

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5. 7th January

   Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself…

   I have finished my Latin lessons for this week.

   I’m not sure this has ever happened to me before. Okay, so it’s partially due to the double snow day and…

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6. 6th January

   Il neige

   I think it’s a sign of the times (ie the point in our school careers) that it’s been snowing all day, that for once school has been OFFICIALLY cancelled (as…

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7. 31st December

   Annus Mirabilis

   2009 has been nothing if not surreal. As Dickens (Katie will be thrilled that I have conceded to quote him) would point out, it has been the best and worst…

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8. 8th November

   The Ingrate Age

   …Such was entitled a section of vocab in that dreaded volume of phrases pretentious, useless and nonsensical, Mot à Mot.

   It was meant to be describing the difficult period…

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9. 1st November

   Une pensée…

   Je viens d’envisager une situation dans laquelle je serais le chef suprème du monde.

   Je suis en train de parler avec Mehdi sur MSN, et il me disait qu’il devenait distrait…

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10. 24th October

    Pyjama Days

    As any relatively hardworking student will, I’m sure, agree, there is nothing quite so nice when the weekend — or in this case, half term — arrives as a pyjama…

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11. “C’est ma vie. Bienvenue!”

    La citation ci-dessus, donnée par mon prof de français, la merveilleuse Mme T, me semblait assez opportune. Pourquoi ? Voici mon premier article en français ! Pour ceux qui ne me connaissent…

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12. 26th September

    Procrastinators: Leaders of Tomorrow

    I have never much been one for procrastination.

    At least, not with subjects that I actually enjoy. However, the sudden appearance of various slightly irritating but admittedly necessary Little Tasks…

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