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Post by Terragon Scrufftail on Sept 16, 2009 20:17:10 GMT
One English teacher really annoyed me a few years back by spending more time focusing on Marlowe and Shakespeare's sexuality than the actual text. Found innuendo and implications in everything. Shakespeare's sense of humour and wit is pretty awesome though. This year the class has decided that he's the poet we'd most like to hang out with at a party while we'd let John Clare teach nursery/kindergarten classes. Can't say I'm a fan of John Clare, there's not a great deal you can say about his work in an essay: childlike images, nature, naive/innocent view of the world, describes rather than over-developing/complicating ideas... think that's about it, or maybe I'm just being cynical because I've been 'overdosing' on English literature (if that's possible, lol). But anyhow. I think a drama program is pretty much a requirement for me. It's why Canterbury University is so appealing; their drama society looks so awesome!! No... I lie, that's not the only reason. Their English Lit.+Linguistics courses are said to be good though I'd need to look in greater detail before making any real decisions, of course. Schools' Shakespeare Festival, good memories lol. The festival at Tulane Uni', does one theatre society perform a series of the plays or various groups? It sounds like a great idea. *Places a 'Geordie's Shakespeare Festival Ticket' collecting tin by the door.* Edit: Well I'm a genius... just realised that the drama society I thought belonged to Canterbury University, UK, belongs to Canterbury Uni' in New Zealand. I have no idea how I managed to miss that. Kinda embarassing, lol.
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Post by Geordie Brushtail on Sept 17, 2009 5:39:28 GMT
ROFL Silly Terragon...and I appreciate the thought, but the Tulane Shakespeare fest is sadly over <cries>
I think the cast is taken from the drama students at the school. I know the guy who performed Petruchio in Summer '08 is one of the professors; we talked to him after the show because my friend Jill was obsessing over how cute he was. Didn't see it, myself...
Anyway, when I was at school in Missouri, that's where they got the actors and stage hands. Sometimes you need to perform/work backstage in order to pass the classes. I remember having to play a tap-dancing widow in a commedia del'arte style production.
Also got to work backstage for a traveling production of Bram Stoker's Dracula; it was a small college town, so our amphitheater was the only place to put on a production. Most of the people who chose to do so were more interested in flirting with the guys on the set than in actually being useful in helping with the production.
Where are you at school now, Terri? Please name a college or I will feel really old...
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Post by Terragon Scrufftail on Sept 17, 2009 20:08:15 GMT
lol, All sounds familiar. We have a team of three or four guys from my year group and the final year above who sort out lighting and stuff now, saves time teaching newbies, I guess lol. I'm at the college that's linked to the high school (senior school in British-speak) I went to in Hampshire, UK, but in terms of University, I'm thinking either Ox'Bridge, Manchester or Canterbury if they'll have me, as all run similar, highly spoken of courses. Footlights drama at Cambridge sounds absolutely amazing, but I'm gonna have to do a heck of a lot of work for the exams at the end of this year and get decent predicted grades at the beginning of next to stand much of a chance.
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Post by Dannblood on Sept 17, 2009 22:29:59 GMT
Geordie!
My brother is now teaching German, and I can speak some. He was just told yesterday by his German teacher.
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Post by Geordie Brushtail on Sept 18, 2009 5:56:13 GMT
I wouldn't that one would need to be told that they can speak another language...maybe I'm misinterpreting what you're saying; could you rephrase please?
That sounds pretty cool, Terri. I take it you're thinking University for a graduate program, or are you considering a transfer?
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Post by Dannblood on Sept 18, 2009 19:29:34 GMT
Sorry,
Here's what I'm saying, my brother will probably be teaching me... The host family that he was staying with in Germany is coming to America in two more years, so we need to get ready, so I was thinking, maybe I could teach you some... Like when I learn some I'll teach some to you... I already know some...
I saw your one post saying you were disappointed about not being able to learn German...
The thing is I would only be able to teach you the basics and all of that until my brother teaches me the rest...
It is up to you. ^^
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Post by Terragon Scrufftail on Sept 21, 2009 20:01:43 GMT
Glad to hear you're keen to learn German, Dannblood, and it's great that your brother's able to teach you. I'm hoping once I've finished college I'll be able to learn a little Arabic from my brother as the local university's cut back a lot on its evening linguistics courses. I enjoy German a lot, partly because it's the smallest class in the yeargroup because there's only eleven of us taking German and a second language, so we cover a lot more work despite the fact that our teacher tends to go off-topic (at least we now know what to do if one becomes stuck in a lift (elevator) in Holland). Also like the language a lot, though the grammar gets a little interesting, not a big fan of the accusative tense (whatever that really is, lol... hmm, I actually should know that, having taken Latin&Greek but not to worry ;D). Anyhow, it's good to hear that you're learning it 'cause very few people of your age are studying it in England at the moment, most opt for French or maybe Spanish. Let me know how it goes. Good weekend, everyone?
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Post by Geordie Brushtail on Sept 22, 2009 4:18:52 GMT
Unfortunately, I'm not sure how well that would work. I have no gift for languages other than English, apparently. I did enjoy German, and still remember some of the stuff I learned in my one semester, but I'm afraid my problem has more to do with not being able to "think" in the language. I have a flair for pronunciation, though...
Arabic, huh? It would be cool to learn that. Then I could read the 1001 Nights in the original...course, I could say the same about Italian and the Comedia Divino or Japanese and the Tale of Genji....so many literary opportunities, so little time. And then there's reading Goethe if I learned German...
My weekend was all right. Spent it reading for school, mainly, and playing D&D on Sunday. And playing with my son, of course. He's got more than 4 times the energy I do...Maybe my energy raised to the fifth power? In any case, he wears me out.
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Post by Dannblood on Sept 23, 2009 17:10:36 GMT
Ohh...
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Post by Geordie Brushtail on Sept 23, 2009 23:23:15 GMT
I do appreciate the offer, btw, don't get me wrong. I just have enough trouble with hands-on instruction, so online instruction would probably not work out well.
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Post by Terragon Scrufftail on Sept 27, 2009 21:25:48 GMT
Started the first thread on the Guild of Archivists board, set during the Californian Gold Rush. Any other ideas for alternative-era RPs? I rather like the idea of RPing something involving the Brighton Pavilion, it's an amazing place, but as the majority of members are American it might not make a great deal of sense to everyone.
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