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05-15-2009, 12:11 AM
Stargazer86

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Originally Posted by Niamh

I'm going for a paranormal ghost hunting weekend and i'm so excited! :banana: thought i'd boast about that! :D

That sounds like fun!! You should write a blog about it when you're all through
05-15-2009, 12:13 AM
librarius_qui

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Originally Posted by Stargazer86

That sounds like fun!! You should write a blog about it when you're all through

(if ever she survives :eek: !!)
05-15-2009, 12:22 AM
Stargazer86

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Originally Posted by librarius_qui

(if ever she survives :eek: !!)

Of course she will :lol: Do you believe in the paranormal? Has anyone started a thread on the paranormal?
05-15-2009, 12:24 AM
JBI

3.618 GPA for this term - only one B, one half course B+ and the rest A- to A+ :). Been a good year - sitting right in the comfort zone right now, just a few more years to go, keeping everything above 3.3 and I'm set.
05-15-2009, 09:48 AM
kasie

Congratulations, JBI - how many more years and what will you be when you graduate? (MA or what, I mean, not just happy. :D )
05-15-2009, 11:19 AM
JBI

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Originally Posted by kasie

Congratulations, JBI - how many more years and what will you be when you graduate? (MA or what, I mean, not just happy. :D )

I'm still in undergrad, and will probably take 5 years to finish it, just so I can pack in extra courses, and a chance to study in foreign countries, to boost my language proficiency. But after that, if my GPA continues going this well, I'll probably go for the masters, and then for the Ph. D. After all, in things like English my GPA has been like 3.8 - it's the other things that pull me down - so if I just wanted to do English, I wouldn't have trouble, but language courses tend to have very, very few people in the 80+ percent range, because they are required to cut you for every spelling, grammar, and diction mistake, including drawing an accent the wrong way. So yeah, a long way to go, though I'll do better next year, definitely, as I will work a lot harder, and not need to deal with as many stupid courses.
05-15-2009, 11:33 AM
Scheherazade

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Originally Posted by SleepyWitch

I had the briefing day and interview at the training agency on Monday.
there was
* a written English test (1hr)
* briefing (1hr)
* a group discussion task (1hr)
* oral Spanish test (5 mins)
* individual interview (30 mins)

I hardly managed to wedge in a word sideways in the group discussion because there was a French girl who talked nonstop. So I might have come across as a bit shy. The Spanish test was cool. I think I did great considering I've only been studying it for 3 months and this was my first time actually talking Spanish to anyone.
The interview went alright. I just kept talking. Of course, half of it was crap and I could have given better examples, but it's always like that in retrospect. Plus, I wasn't shy or nervous at all. Normally I'm a bundle of nerves in oral exams, so I think this went really well even if my answers weren't 100% perfect.
If I get accepted in this round, there'll be another round in June where the schools interview us.

That sounds rather intensive. Was Spanish one of the requirements?

I wouldn't worry about the group discussion; those who tend to dominate are not considered well usually and the crunch point is the interview, usually. They usually look at how you carry yourself rather than the actual answers you give.

An IT Consultant friend of mine was given a programme to fix as a part of his inteview (apparently it was not possible to "fix" it) but they just wanted to see how the candidates handled it (ie whether they got annoyed, frustrated etc as well as their technical approaches).

Interesting stuff.

Let us know, please, as soon as you find out! We are all rooting for you! :)
05-15-2009, 11:16 PM
librarius_qui

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Originally Posted by Stargazer86

Of course she will :lol: Do you believe in the paranormal? Has anyone started a thread on the paranormal?

haven't you ever watched horror movies?? like ... "The Fearless Vampire Killers"!! :eek:

( :D )
05-16-2009, 04:52 AM
SleepyWitch

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Originally Posted by Scheherazade

That sounds rather intensive. Was Spanish one of the requirements?

I wouldn't worry about the group discussion; those who tend to dominate are not considered well usually and the crunch point is the interview, usually. They usually look at how you carry yourself rather than the actual answers you give.

An IT Consultant friend of mine was given a programme to fix as a part of his inteview (apparently it was not possible to "fix" it) but they just wanted to see how the candidates handled it (ie whether they got annoyed, frustrated etc as well as their technical approaches).

Interesting stuff.

Let us know, please, as soon as you find out! We are all rooting for you! :)

Thanks, Scher. Yep, it was pretty intensive considering there are staff shortages and they are desperately looking for MFL teachers.
Spanish was not exactly a requirement. It would be neat if we were able to teach another language apart from our mother tongue, but it's not a must. The purpose of the test was to assess our level so they could tell the schools about it.
05-17-2009, 08:52 AM
librarius_qui

I wonder how's Niamh doing ... :rolleyes:
05-21-2009, 03:20 AM
SleepyWitch

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Originally Posted by Scheherazade

Let us know, please, as soon as you find out! We are all rooting for you! :)

wooohooooo, I got invited to the second round! :banana::banana::banana::banana: You've got to be there 5 days of the week because there are different activities every day. :alien:
05-21-2009, 09:31 AM
Nightshade

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Originally Posted by SleepyWitch

wooohooooo, I got invited to the second round! :banana::banana::banana::banana: You've got to be there 5 days of the week because there are different activities every day. :alien:

YAY :thumbs_up:thumbs_up
05-21-2009, 07:06 PM
Virgil

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Originally Posted by SleepyWitch

wooohooooo, I got invited to the second round! :banana::banana::banana::banana: You've got to be there 5 days of the week because there are different activities every day. :alien:

Congratulations Sleepy. And good luck the rest of the way. I'm pulling for you. :)
05-22-2009, 03:23 AM
SleepyWitch

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Originally Posted by Virgil

Congratulations Sleepy. And good luck the rest of the way. I'm pulling for you. :)

thanks, Uncle Virge :)
05-22-2009, 05:39 AM
Niamh

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Originally Posted by SleepyWitch

wooohooooo, I got invited to the second round! :banana::banana::banana::banana: You've got to be there 5 days of the week because there are different activities every day. :alien:

thats ace! weldone!
05-22-2009, 06:54 AM
Scheherazade

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Originally Posted by SleepyWitch

wooohooooo, I got invited to the second round! :banana::banana::banana::banana: You've got to be there 5 days of the week because there are different activities every day. :alien:

Way to go!

And has this got anything to do with the military? Sounds like a boot camp more than an agency! ;)
05-22-2009, 07:04 AM
seanlol

i was named captain of my hockey team as the youngest player
05-22-2009, 08:36 AM
SleepyWitch

thanks Niamh and Scher :)

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Originally Posted by Scheherazade

Way to go!

And has this got anything to do with the military? Sounds like a boot camp more than an agency! ;)

heheh :) well, to be fair, this time there's only one interview with a panel of representatives from different schools. The first day is a "briefing", then there's the interview on either the second or the third day, a visit to the school on the fourth day (I have no idea how I'll get there in time if it's a school in e.g. Sheffield), and the last day is a "debriefing".
It sounds like the KGB or MI5 :)

congrats, seanlol! would that be ice hockey or field hockey?
05-22-2009, 08:56 AM
Virgil

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Originally Posted by seanlol

i was named captain of my hockey team as the youngest player

Alright. You must be good. :)
06-09-2009, 12:16 PM
SleepyWitch

Guess whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat!
I got a place at a school :banana: I have to visit the school on Thursday.
yipeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
06-09-2009, 01:33 PM
kasie

Congratulations, Sleepy Witch - every success in the future.
06-09-2009, 07:29 PM
Scheherazade

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Originally Posted by SleepyWitch

Guess whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat!
I got a place at a school :banana: I have to visit the school on Thursday.
yipeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

This calls for some Green & Black's! :D

http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/3272/greenandblack.png
06-09-2009, 08:45 PM
Virgil

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Originally Posted by SleepyWitch

Guess whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat!
I got a place at a school :banana: I have to visit the school on Thursday.
yipeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Congratulations Sleepy!!! You earned it.

My boast: Tomorrow I will make a presentation at a conferrence of some of the leading engineers of my industry. Very high level and a very large conference. This is one of the highest honors I have ever had. This might be the pinnicle of my career for all I know. I've been preparing this presentation for two months now. I've got lots of butterflies.
06-09-2009, 08:56 PM
Scheherazade

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Originally Posted by Virgil

Congratulations Sleepy!!! You earned it.

My boast: Tomorrow I will make a presentation at a conferrence of some of the leading engineers of my industry. Very high level and a very large conference. This is one of the highest honors I have ever had. This might be the pinnicle of my career for all I know. I've been preparing this presentation for two months now. I've got lots of butterflies.

Good luck and congratulations, Virgil! :thumbs_up

Just make sure you spell "pinnacle" correctly! :D
06-09-2009, 09:07 PM
Virgil

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Originally Posted by Scheherazade

Good luck and congratulations, Virgil! :thumbs_up

Just make sure you spell "pinnacle" correctly! :D

Thank God for spell check. :D

Thank you. :)
06-09-2009, 10:04 PM
Lynne50

Good luck, Virgil. Knock 'em dead!!! Remember... pretend they are all sitting their listening to you in their underwear.
06-09-2009, 10:28 PM
Janine

Wow, Virgil, I will be thinking about you and hope all goes well. I would also have giant butterflies; I can't not do public speaking at all; I would take one look at the audience and crumble. As Lynne said, knock em dead....the underwear part is a riot. Never thought of that tactic; I bet that would work quite effectively. Good luck again! I know you will do great. Keep calm, cool and focused and don't spell anything on a board! hahaha....you will do just fine.
06-10-2009, 04:40 AM
SleepyWitch

thanks, Scher! You remembered I like Green and Black's? :eek: I had some with the other girls last night.
Virge, I'm sure you'll be great! Just think of the conference as already over and think of all the nice things you'll do afterwards.:thumbs_up
06-10-2009, 05:52 AM
Virgil

Off to the conference in a few minutes. Got a good night's sleep for a change. Thanks all. Hopefully my dog won't get my suit full of hair while I'm still home. ;)
06-10-2009, 07:26 AM
sprinks

Congrats Sleepy and Virg! :D Always good to hear about the awesome things happening to some of my favourite litnetters!
06-10-2009, 12:18 PM
Aluminum

I hope it is going well for you Virgil! Ohohoho congratulations!! :D

For my boast, I just got all my grades back from my first semester in college. Straight A's! :cool:
06-10-2009, 01:11 PM
kasie

Every good wish, Virgil - hope it's going well.
06-10-2009, 01:16 PM
Scheherazade

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Originally Posted by SleepyWitch

thanks, Scher! You remembered I like Green and Black's? :eek:

Yeah, we keep records of our members ;)

I remembered that you mentioned you stock up whenever you are in the UK... After which I got some as well to have it a go.

Their new gift boxes are quite good as well.
06-10-2009, 02:27 PM
Niamh

Congrats Sleepy and Virg!!!
And weldone aluminum!

Can i just add... I love the cherry G&B!
06-10-2009, 04:58 PM
Virgil

Thank you everyone. It went well. I was a little nervous and a little choppy but I didn't stumble and judging by the questions and reactions I think that while I wasn't the smoothest speaker, I really did generate the most interest. I got lots of great comments after and lots' of "wows". :) I guess I'm not quite used to presenting in front of a large audiance like that, possibly over 300 people. Normally my briefs are in front of room size audience, not auditorium size. Room size I can relate to people face to face and I relax and my charm comes out. In this setting all I could feel was a mass of people out there. I barely even made eye to eye contact with anyone.

Funny thing happened. While I'm in the middle of the presentation the photographer comes up to the podium and aims his camera at me and I guess I just stopped in mid sentence for him to take the picture. Afterwards my vice president stops to congratulate me and she said the look on my face was precious. It looked like I wanted to kill him. :lol: Which was definitely not going through my mind. I just actually froze and trying to decide if I should smile or continue naturally. I guess I couldn't decide. You never know how people read your expressions.
06-10-2009, 05:31 PM
qimissung

Congratulations Virgil, seanlol, Aluminum, and SleepyWitch!

A large presentation, and lots of "Wows" afterward-.Awesome!

Captain of the hockey team? Dude!?!!!

Straight A's? Wowzers!

A job offer? Priceless!
07-15-2009, 06:16 PM
Nightshade

I GRADUATED today!!!!
I have a morater board and a gown and everything!
(*(actually that reminds me I need to go hand the gown up before it wrinkles beyond repair)
07-15-2009, 06:21 PM
papayahed

Congrats Nightie!!!!!!
07-15-2009, 06:53 PM
higley

Sweet! Go Nightie!
07-15-2009, 06:59 PM
Niamh

woohoo!!!! to celebrate i stole the dancing banana back from the dancing brocolli. :banana: :p

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