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Literary Society Trip
Procrastination
Sixth Form Extension Programme
Literary Society Trip
On the Monday after Field Day, while many troops were returning home from an enjoyable(?), and fun(?) army overnight exercise, I found myself waiting outside the May Hall for a Literary Society meeting. But what would happen in this meeting? Would we sit around the Library discussing our favourite novels by Dickens? Or perhaps a group reading of War and Peace? No, instead we were going to the Cinema to watch the new adaptation of Pride and Prejudice. The Minibuses arrived and it was immediately obvious that they were not of the “modern” variety. Or to be more precise, the minibus I was in was not of the modern sort. In fact there were holes in the seats and also the remains of what seemed to be the Trent Noughts and Crosses Championship scratched in the seat backs. Despite, this however we got to the Showcase successfully and ventured into the cinema. After buying our tickets, we went immediately went to the sweet counter where we were shocked to find that the humble Mars Bar, only 35p in the Wortley Vending Machine™, was an astonishing 90p. Following this shocking discovery we went into the cinema with over extremely over priced food and drink. We waited eagerly for the film to start…and waited…and…waited. After an endless stream of adverts and then trailers, the film finally began. Now, I’ll admit that before the film started, there was only one reason why I was going to see it and it wasn’t the beautiful scenery or the actor playing D’Arcy. However, as I got into the film, I stopped watching a certain actress and instead watched the plot. Without wishing to give away the story but suffice to say, that it was very romantic and very emotional (for some more than others). In fact, a certain Stephen Beckett was so overcome by emotion that he burst into tears (allegedly).
Afterwards, though, everyone agreed it was a good film and well worth a watch. Thanks must go to the English Department for organising the trip.
Patrick Dunford
Procrastination
There is a skill that I have been developing since the start of this term. When one fills ones timetable to the extent that you have to fill a space in your timetable called “Gem Time”, there are times in the week when you have to succumb to the urge to waste time. For me, this time was in my normal Monday morning study period, where my will to work and (at some points) move flew out the window. So I decided to use my time productively. Firstly, I must admit, I did attempt to do some biology revision. Respiration is key to life, however learning about it often suppresses my will too (sorry Miss Matthews). So with that occupying at least five minutes of my time I checked my e-mails again for the third time in three minutes. I would like to now tell you that I get a lot of e-mails from a wide range of people, however with this the case, and I chose one of the millions of e-mails I get from our beloved head of school (telling me what to do) and found that I had some Prefectorial homework to do. I decided that being as keen as I am, I would put lots of effort into creating the prettiest and most accurate timetable ever.
Really it is beautiful.
With the help of my good friend Stephen, we created a monster. We even found a picture which states “Danger: Hot Work in progress” (if anyone would like to take a guess at what Cold work is, please feel free to e-mail me). It is colour co-ordinated and even has a word art title. If these were being marked, I would expect to get an A, since I spent the remainder of my study period creating it. When I printed it off, I sat and marvelled at the art work that I had just created. It was in black and white though, so I coloured it in. Colour Printers would have been a marvellous invention at this point.
So, all this procrastination made me procrastinate. Why do we procrastinate? (For all those who don’t think I can get the word procrastination into this paragraph one more time, you will see that I have won.) By the way, I can imagine that many of you are giggling at the word procrastination, as it should like a word that all those sex education videos have told you is “perfectly natural”, so I will inform all of you that I was not doing anything wrong by procrastinating, yes girls can do it too, if you want to really know what it is, then I suggest you use a dictionary.
The best ideas and thoughts come to me while I am supposed to be doing something else. For instance, the best poetic lines that I ever come up with I often compose during hockey matches because due to the brilliance of the first team, I often don’t have much to do. It is then unfortunate that I do not have a pen and paper to jot down these little gem’s down. Or on a Sunday, I manage to procrastinate my out of doing any revision, most recently I decided do some brother/sister bonding and make tee shirts for the Cavendish football team.
So there you have it. An article on the thing I love most (apart from Fairytales). I hope you enjoyed this journey and have spotted the ultimate irony that lies within, yes dear, dear readers, I have just procrastinated my way through an entire Bulletin Session.
Gemma Lowe Year 13
Sixth Form Extension Programme - On Wed 16th November, Simon Stephens, the Royal Courts’ writer-in-residence came to Trent to give a dynamic talk about his experiences as a playwright; the talk included extracts from his plays excellently read by four of Trent’s most talented drama students which captivated the audience.
On Friday 25th November, we are hosting a moot with international lawyer Ian Meakin; who specialises in arbitration. Students will be acting as lawyers, solicitors and jury, in what promises to be a thoroughly entertaining evening
Daniel Itzhak
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