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Apr. 19th, 2002 11:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
beandelphikiOkay, some of you reading my journal may have already seen this in Lester's journal, or know about it already, but our school's drama/tech teacher, Ms. Eberle, has decided to resign over Bill 12.
I was so shocked to hear the news. I suppose I had counted Ms. E as the kind of teacher who would never leave her students. I guess I really don't know her at all. Now that I think about it though, it makes a lot of sense that she would rather hold to her principles, and it makes sense that she would leave to go travel.
In a way, this doesn't really affect me much, because I am leaving this year as well; and yet, I cannot envision Q.E. without Ms. E. It will be a very different place without her there. It saddens me greatly that Bill 12 may be causing things like this. It infuriates me how much power the government has over the lives of the people in a supposedly democratic society. What happened to accountability to the people? I worry what will happen for Lester and Roach and Owen and all the other younger techs next year.
On the other hand, she does want us all to exchange emails. I'm so happy she wants to keep that kind of personal contact with us. And I hope Lester can convince her to take his lj code, so we can keep up-to-date on her travels.
On a more personal note, this is how my interview for Mount Royal went:
I wore the new sweater and khakis my mom and I bought Wednesday night, and I must say I looked spiffy-keen, even if I did feel like some kinda priss. And I carried my stuff in my sister's leather art folder. :)
I had to take the math test right there, filling out my application. But, no matter, it was just fractions and boring stuff like that. Measuring a line...bah. One girl came in though, and began on the right foot by complaining, "Math...I can't do math!" to the listening receptionist. No competition there. *derisive snort*
The only thing that bothers me, really, is the form I had to fill out asked for my gr. 11 marks...which are pretty crappy, I was SO depressed last year, unable to focus, etc. As a result my marks are less than exemplary.
They (a man and a woman) asked: Why am I interested in the theatre, what made me choose tech as a life-long career, what do I like about lighting specifically (since I mentioned my plan to be a lighting designer in my cover letter), can I use a computer, what are my specific strengths, can I handle math and science. I think that's about it. I'm not gonna bother to write down my answers unless anyone really cares, which I doubt.
And they told me all about the course. Only 20 PEOPLE are accepted!! I'm quite scared now. The chances of me, Fae and Pat all getting in look slim.
The other thing that bothers me is that the course is so demanding that there is NO time to get a job, so how will I get the money to go to university? And what about transition money? I know that everything is now covered in Canada, but the only place to go for good bottom surgery is Europe, really, and that requires much moolah. I'm not even totally sure about tech as a career.
I should have chosen journalism...
I was so shocked to hear the news. I suppose I had counted Ms. E as the kind of teacher who would never leave her students. I guess I really don't know her at all. Now that I think about it though, it makes a lot of sense that she would rather hold to her principles, and it makes sense that she would leave to go travel.
In a way, this doesn't really affect me much, because I am leaving this year as well; and yet, I cannot envision Q.E. without Ms. E. It will be a very different place without her there. It saddens me greatly that Bill 12 may be causing things like this. It infuriates me how much power the government has over the lives of the people in a supposedly democratic society. What happened to accountability to the people? I worry what will happen for Lester and Roach and Owen and all the other younger techs next year.
On the other hand, she does want us all to exchange emails. I'm so happy she wants to keep that kind of personal contact with us. And I hope Lester can convince her to take his lj code, so we can keep up-to-date on her travels.
On a more personal note, this is how my interview for Mount Royal went:
I wore the new sweater and khakis my mom and I bought Wednesday night, and I must say I looked spiffy-keen, even if I did feel like some kinda priss. And I carried my stuff in my sister's leather art folder. :)
I had to take the math test right there, filling out my application. But, no matter, it was just fractions and boring stuff like that. Measuring a line...bah. One girl came in though, and began on the right foot by complaining, "Math...I can't do math!" to the listening receptionist. No competition there. *derisive snort*
The only thing that bothers me, really, is the form I had to fill out asked for my gr. 11 marks...which are pretty crappy, I was SO depressed last year, unable to focus, etc. As a result my marks are less than exemplary.
They (a man and a woman) asked: Why am I interested in the theatre, what made me choose tech as a life-long career, what do I like about lighting specifically (since I mentioned my plan to be a lighting designer in my cover letter), can I use a computer, what are my specific strengths, can I handle math and science. I think that's about it. I'm not gonna bother to write down my answers unless anyone really cares, which I doubt.
And they told me all about the course. Only 20 PEOPLE are accepted!! I'm quite scared now. The chances of me, Fae and Pat all getting in look slim.
The other thing that bothers me is that the course is so demanding that there is NO time to get a job, so how will I get the money to go to university? And what about transition money? I know that everything is now covered in Canada, but the only place to go for good bottom surgery is Europe, really, and that requires much moolah. I'm not even totally sure about tech as a career.
I should have chosen journalism...