April 8, 2018
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Comments Off on Frohe Ostern! – Week 4 Reflection in Stuttgart
Although I am on my easter break this week, I still feel that it is necessary to write another weekly reflection, because I am still gaining a lot of learning in culture and language with my host family. Furthermore, this time has allowed me to explore the town of Kirchheim unter Teck more. On the […] Continue reading
February 27, 2018
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Comments Off on LfL – Section 1
This post contains the information needed in section 1 of the portfolio. This section of the Learning from Life portfolio should be completed prior to going on placement, which will allow a strong basis for continual reflection points during the placement. Audit of Skills Rating of skills (1=Not very developed; 3= very developed) Skills and […] Continue reading
February 17, 2018
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Comments Off on Fake-ish News
Something that has recently been brought to my attention, yet again, is the idea that social media has made us less sensitive to the issues that are plaguing our world day in and day out. Of course, the tragic shooting at Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida has brough this to light. I for one […] Continue reading
February 6, 2018
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Comments Off on Year of the Woman
This year marks 100 years since women gained the right to vote in the UK. This was a monumental point in history. The suffragettes forged the way for us to make this world an equal place. If we all exercised our right to vote we could achieve true equality; not even just on the bases […] Continue reading
January 30, 2018
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Comments Off on Year One Half Done – The Moment That Made Me Think
If I was asked to describe my first semester in University, I would do so by describing it as not what I expected, but eye opening and thought provoking nonetheless. I anticipated starting my Higher Education by delving straight into the pedagogy of teaching, however instead I was obliged to undertake two interdisciplinary modules with CLD and Social […] Continue reading
January 26, 2018
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Comments Off on This is not a disclaimer.
After reading some friends’ blogs (Kara and Blaze) I decided that it was time to do my own, extremely belated, “National Coming out day” post. You can probably guess what my main point is going to be, you have probably read a number of blog posts about how straight people don’t have to ‘come out’ […] Continue reading
January 24, 2018
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Comments Off on Health and Wellbeing
The main messages sent in Suzanne Zeedyk and John Carnochas videos, was all to do with the importance of early brain development in children. Both videos explained that babies are born prematurely compared to most mammals. Because of this baby’s brains are not only more fragile but also more flexible. They are not fully developed, …
January 16, 2018
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Comments Off on (16.01.18) Don’t wind yourself, miss!
Today we had an input on voice management and how important it is to use your voice correctly. When I sluggishly walked in to the lecture theatre at 9 this morning, I had no idea what I was going to learn. I guess I had never really put much thought into it. I guess that […] Continue reading
November 14, 2017
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Comments Off on A Poor View on Society
After a recent lecture on Socio-Political Perspectives on Poverty, I realised how wrong I was about the ‘type’ of people who find themselves in the ‘lower class’ bracket of society. Before going to the lecture, I was asked to write down my views on those who experience poverty; their characteristics, lifestyle, attitude to life etc. […] Continue reading
November 12, 2017
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Comments Off on Disability
Describing my friendship group growing up almost resembled telling one of those jokes your Dad tells of an Englishmen, Scotsman and an Irishman walking into a bar. There we were: a black friend, a Muslim friend, a lesbian and a wheelchair user. It was like diversity Pokemon and we had collected them all. Jokes aside, […] Continue reading
November 7, 2017
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Comments Off on The importance of the ‘+’
If there is one thing I’ll always care about it’s the LGBTQ+ community. A community on the rise without a doubt but one that is still far too under represented in almost all aspects of our daily lives. Our hetero-normative world is often guilty of overlooking such a vibrant part of our society and even […] Continue reading
November 2, 2017
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Comments Off on Ciao, adios, we’re done.
(Before reading, please be aware that this post strongly discusses my views on western feminism. All views are my own- I completely appreciate if you don’t support them.) Boys,I could tell you that I love being a female. I could boast day and night to the apparently ‘strong’ species that you are, exclaiming that being … Continue reading “Ciao, adios, we’re done.” Continue reading
October 27, 2017
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Comments Off on Poverty = Lack Of…
I don’t have a smart phone; I am poor. I live in a house with running water, a washing machine, a fridge, a freezer; I am rich. Different people would assess my situation in different ways. At this point we have to look at two different kinds of poverty: absolute poverty and relative poverty. Giddens […] Continue reading
October 23, 2017
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Comments Off on Boys will be boys?
There’s so much talk nowadays about gender. Binary, non-binary, fluid, female, male, the list seems never ending especially when the majority of us have been brought up knowing only two and those two have been so separated that we find it difficult to see how they can merge. A few weeks ago there was an […] Continue reading
October 18, 2017
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Comments Off on Finding your voice
Our first lecture in the values module looked at the themes ’empathy and the sociological imagination’. Before this input, we were asked to look through various materials and one video, a talk by Clint Smith, in particular has stuck with me over the last few weeks. Sharing your thoughts and opinions is a struggle that …
October 12, 2017
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Comments Off on National Coming Out Day.
With yesterday being National Coming Out Day, now seems a better time than ever to discuss my story. Here goes… I’m straight. From a young age, I did not feel like there was something very different about how I acted or who I liked. I was not worried about sharing who I really was for […] Continue reading
October 12, 2017
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Comments Off on I know the caterpillar is hungry but do I need to know why?
Another fun filled expedition with my Ruby to delve into the world of science. This time it was another impromptu discussion brought up by the world around us. The location was the cycle path along by Barry Buddon (army base), a lovely contrast of environments: golf and a train track on one side and gunfire […] Continue reading
October 9, 2017
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Comments Off on (3.10.17 Values) Be the rainbow.
Gender or sex? These terms are up for discussion. What defines a person, it’s certainly not a colour, right? Last week we not only had an input on feminism and the importance it has in our society but we attended a workshop that got us questioning the very idea that we have adopted subconsciously. Are […] Continue reading
October 9, 2017
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Comments Off on It makes you think…
The Values: Self, Society and the professions module is not one I thought I’d ever find myself doing. At school I mainly studied scientific subjects as I found myself on the numerical side of the 50:50 Maths vs. English divide. I truly believed that this was because I was better at Maths and Science than […] Continue reading
October 8, 2017
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Comments Off on Better late than never…
Last week I clicked on our required reading to find out that it was about gender and how it is now seen to be nothing more than a social construct. I was ecstatic! These are topics I have always found extremely interesting and relevant. I read through it with joy and couldn’t wait for the […] Continue reading
