What The Teachers Aren't Taught

What The Teachers Aren't Taught

Now, quite obviously, I respect the fact that teachers, in order to become teachers, have to go through years of training, in order to qualify to be a teacher. Unfortunately, in the 3-4, or however many years your training was, You all seem to fail in one aspect. Dynamics of a class.

By dynamics of a class, I mean our status in the class, sort of a "role" or position we've been indirectly assigned. Some, will be the loudmouths, who could talk for England. Some will be the class clowns. Some will just be quiet, knowing they won't be heard over the rest of the commotion.

Unfortunately, the majority of teachers are far from knowledge of even the existence of this, and will automatically assume that loudness is the norm, and the quiet ones just "aren't trying hard enough".

I can assure you, this isn't the case.

I, myself feel I settle in between these three roles, sometimes breaking a joke when given a chance, sometimes just shooting out my opinions when I've had enough of the kids that just think they know it all, just to show them they're not better then me, and that I do have confidence in myself. 

Every. Single. Time. I. Try. I'm. Overlooked.

The teachers are still marvelling at what someone else said, to hear my opinions, which is why I write them down here, so, at least they're acknowledged by someone.

Here, let me put it into a representation. Here's a volume bar.

As you can see, there's absolutely no way you're going to be able to hear anything from the mice, as the motormouths are just far too overpowering. Solution? Turn down the motormouths. Yeah, just tell them to shut up, and hope for the best. You can't just leave it to the mice to pipe up, even if they get to average, they still won't be heard over the deafening volume. 

Next step, is to help the mice to get their confidence up. They're not instantly going to speak up, and get their opinions out there, they'll need help, and support, which it is YOUR job to supply. Encourage them, pick them when they put their hand up in class, include them in debates and discussions, detach yourself from some of the conversations you might have with the motormouths, and strike up one with a mouse.

I'm not saying ignore the motormouths, so that they can become mice, just give an equal amount of attention to the mice, as you do them.

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Turrah Zayn and Jeremy

Turrah Zayn and Jeremy

I'm sure by now the double news of Zayn's decision to leave one direction completely, and Jeremy Clarkson's removal from "Top Gear" has reached you, whether you care or not. If it hasn't, I praise you, and your ability to steer clear of any form of media. 

First, let's talk about Jeremy Clarkson. Early in March 2015, Clarkson was suspended by the BBC for allegedly punching a show producer, after he failed to deliver Clarkson's hot meal. The producer was apparently sent to A&E, with a cut lip, swelling, and dizziness. After an investigation, Clarkson was dropped from the BBC altogether.

Other problems Clarkson has gotten himself in include Racist, Xenophobic and Homophobic behavior, as well as Ableism, and general unacceptable use of bad language.

My question is, why wasn't this disgusting, vile man dumped on his bum 5 years ago? Why should one man be given so many chances? I'm sure he has fans as young as 10 years old, who look up to him, and recognise him as their hero. He doesn't deserve that. People can be put in prison for the things he's done, yet there is actually a petition, that reached 1 million signatures, to get him reinstated.

Why?

Let's put this into a perspective. Imagine Jeremy at a promotional event, for Top Gear. Image loads, and I mean loads, of people, buzzing with excitement just at the thought of seeing Jeremy, and James and Richard. Now, imagine the three of them, greeting fans at the gate.

Imagine Jeremy inspecting people, making sure that they look and act the way he wants. In comes two women, wearing Hijabs.

"I'm sorry ladies, I don't want you to come in here"
With a point of a finger, they're out

Imagine two men, happily strollling into the gate, hand in hand, smiling.

"No, you're not coming in, I don't want two gays in here"
Again, they're rejected.

Imagine a mother, with her child in a wheelchair, having pushed the chair all day around the car park, to bring her child to their favourite show.

"No disabled people are allowed in here"

Obviously, Clarkson has never done this, but I fear, that if we continue to overlook everything that man does, taking it with a pinch of salt, he will believe he can get away with anything. Fame doesn't mean you can do what you want. Bieber learnt the hard way, so should you.

Jeremy Clarkson

Now, onto Zayn. Having previously left the One Direction tour due to stress, and complications with his girlfriend, Perrie, from Little Mix. He has now decided to quit One Direction altogether.

Now, Twitter just went into meltdown. It felt like the apocalypse. Every other tweet on my timeline was a fan claiming they were going to kill themselves if Zayn didn't rejoin 1D.

Pull yourselves together.

We've got real issues in this world, not band breakups. I bet this will get ten times the media coverage that the Germanwings airline crash, that killed 150 people, did.

All in all, Clarkson is basically a git, and its going to take time for the world to recover from the immense loss one direction now face.

#RIPONEDIRECTION (SARCASM)

Natalia Kills...Her Career

Natalia Kills....her career

Hang on a sec.....slight problem with the title...Natalie Kills never actually had a career, I mean, who is she? Right now, she's only in the spotlight for being a git. Are you deserving of even this fame? Nope.

If you are unfamiliar with who/what I'm talking about now, watch this video:

Yeah, this actually happened on the New Zealand version of the X factor. Contestant Joe Irvine had finished his performance of "cry me a river" and was given this feed back from Willy Moon and Natalia Kills.

I'm sorry, but girl, who are you, to sit there and tell someone you are disgusted to be in the same room as them!? I'm sure your husband was most definitely not the first person to gel his hair back, and wear a suit. You'd complain if he were dressed as a chav, wouldn't you? There's no pleasing some people..

Is it just me, or isn't the whole point of the X factor to copy other people?

With that in mind, here are some of the people Natalia seems to have copied her look from: (I don't claim the majority of these comparisons, they were found on Twitter) 

Mystic Meg
Jesse J
Cleopatra

Willy Wonka (Johnny Depp) 
Dora the explorer

Obviously, she is a nastier, less attractive version of all these people, fictional or non fictional. Hopefully, this will be the last we hear of these horrible pieces of work, until they're found living deep in the forest away from any form of civilisation.

Mind you, that would be copying "The Jungle Book"..

Eurovision 2015 - What the hell?

Eurovision - An Overview - UPDATE

By the way, yes, I know I'm a bit of a Eurovision geek, but it's something I enjoy, just let me be happy, Ok!?

Eurovision 2015 fast approaches, prompting every county participating to release their entry. After Conchita Wurst, representing Austria won last year's competition, this year's is to be held in Vienna, the capital of Austria.

If you haven't yet seen the UK entry, I highly recommend you stay clear of any situation or circumstance in which the song could be broadcast to you, considering it is THE worst song ever. And I'll tell you why.

BBC thought this year they'd go for an "electro swing" vibe. Big mistake. What country, in its right mind, would vote for an atrociously cheesy song, that clearly needs a boot up the backside back to the 20's, were it belongs?

We've got about as much chance of winning as Leonardo DiCaprio does at winning an Oscar..

So, cheers BBC! How about next time, you let VIEWERS vote next time, instead of the 90 year olds you probably had on the panel voting with you, then, we might get some real talent...

That will be all.

ADD ON 6/5/15

So, after going back, after a long mental prep, I listened to the ENTIRE song, in order to properly analyse it.

I feel, if they had brought down the electric vibe of the song more, and made the lyrics less cringy, I reckon it could of been ok. The way they've put the synthesizer and violin together hasn't worked either, and it really wouldn't take long for someone to go back and change that, would it?

Perhaps this year, the UK have decided we do not want to host in 2016, and brought out the worst song imaginable (well, other than Josh in 2010, and Sooch in 2007)

Moving on, I believe 3 countries this year have really made good songs. Slovenia, The Netherlands, and Latvia.

I really like the track to the Slovenian song, but not so much the style of vocals, they seen too high for the song to me. 8 points from me!

Latvia's song is literally the coolest song I've ever heard. At the beginning, I really thought it was rubbish, but I listened through the song, and the rhythms really work well together. If I'm being honest though, I do feel a bit jealous, as i've genuinely wanted to write a song like this for years, but have never been able to make it work. 12 points from me!

"Walk along" by The Netherlands is something different from the other entries, as the instruments are not computerised, which makes the song more laid back, and easy on the ears. The vocals are great, and the chorus is catchy. 10 points from me!

To finish with, my top 5 Eurovision entries EVER!

1) Euphoria - Loreen - 2012: Everything about this song is amazing. The track, the vocals, the choreography, and just Loreen in general <3. It could easily be called the best song in Eurovision history. The lyrics are especially beautiful, and have meaning to me, and I love it!

2) Algo Pequeñito - Daniel Diges - 2010: I love the theme of this song, as well as all of the little details put into the choreography and track. Although Jimmy Jumps stage invasion made me laugh whilst watching, respect to the dancers and Daniel for carrying on and ignoring the invasion (the Ragdoll couldn't grab the ballerina's hand at one point as he was in the way!) Amazing live vocals from Daniel too.

 I feel like this song should have come a lot higher than it did in 2010, and whilst we're talking about 2010, I really don't think "satellite" deserved to win, considering the stage choreography and live vocals were so terrible..

3) Diva - Dana International - 1998: I don't know what it is about Dana, but i just love her for her, I think she's amazing! (The stage name Dana international is awesome too!). I think the vocals could of used work, and her microphone turned up, but I especially love the tempo change part of the way through the song as well.

4) Rise Like A Phoenix - Conchita Wurst - 2014 This song is beautiful, as there's so many different meanings to it, so anyone can interpret it how they like. I believe the main message, is that anyone can do/be who/ what they want, you just have to "rise like a Phoenix". The track was beautifully composed, and wasn't Conchita's gown awesome? :D

5) My Slowianie (We Are Slavic) - Donatan and Cleo - 2014 I like the live performance of this song for comedic reasons. (You'll know if you saw it!) As well as this, the presentation of the message in this song is so cleverly conveyed in my opinion.

 It was said on a YouTube video (I take no credit) that it's almost ingenious what they've done. Political voting is a known feature of Eurovision (Countries voting for each other because of government, and voting for neighbouring countries BECAUSE they're neighbours), but what Poland have done, is reached out to that aspect. They've tried to be nationalistic, but in a way that includes more than their own country. Slavic is a term used for people of "Eastern European" decent and origin (Danish, Polish, Russian, to name a few) and in their song, they basically described girls from there to be the best.

 They also did part of the song in English, part of it in Polish, in order to keep with the national vibe, but to reach out to all.

I now leave you with this image:

A moment of hope and unity, as the contest's first transgender winner Dana International, and the first drag winner Conchita Wurst sing "Waterloo" with hands linked.

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Education Today

Education Today

Ok, yes, this is going to be huge rant, I know, I'm already aware of that, I am the author! I've had all of this just stored up for a while now, and considering the events of today, I thought it was a good time to let it go, as I can't hold it back anymore..

I feel that our education system is messed up. Really messed up. I know absolutely everyone says this, but really, it's true. "We are not taught how to think, but what to think" is a rule most teachers strive apon. We are pretty much taught to suffer through the entire education system, and pass our exams with flying colours to get a good job, to meet a great man/woman, get married, and live happily ever after, as pitiful servants to the government. We aren't taught to live our dreams, as cheesy as it sounds, we aren't taught that perhaps some people want to live their lives differently, in a different community with different goals, but nope, to teachers, we're just clones in a factory waiting to be transformed in to more do-good family happy rubbish talkers.

But that doesn't work all the time does it?

Sometimes, I don't believe teachers are actually keeping an eye on the class, they just watch the students "expected" to misbehave (stereotype "bad boys", yuck..). What's the point? For example, German teacher that I don't think I can name, do you not realise the second you leave the room, pencils, pens and rubbers going flying around the room like a potato? And You wonder why no one can concentrate in your class...You've also got the absolute worse people in the class, the "cool kidz". I say this as a nickname to the Starbucks loving, Ugg boot wearing, Zoella fangirls, and the football crazy, foul mouthed "jocks" who think they're something special just because they've already had sex with three girls in the year.

I'm going to tell you now. You're not.

I'm also going to give all you wannabes some advice, if you going to act like this you'd better enjoy the rubbish all your "homies" are going to feed to you, because when you leave school, and get through college, then you're on your own, in the real world. You will be absolutely nothing to nobody. Your friends won't be at your beckon and call, and you'll have to get through life alone, and it will be alone if you keep on acting the way you do now.

In short terms, this means GROW UP.

Of course, I also need to ask the school to fire the clown who's writing the syllabus for our PD (personal development) lessons. Ok, yeah, let's teach recycling and bullying for half a year for the 50th time, which has little impact by now, considering we know absolutely everything there is to know about the topics. Let's not teach anything useful, like how to buy a car, how to set up and manage a bank account, how to buy a property, or anything that will be inevitably needed in the future. Let's not touch on anything to do with LGBT, around the time kids might be finding themselves, and might need help and support surrounding their sexuality, let's fill their minds with useless information, that we neither want to know or need to know. Thanks school!

Teachers these days say that kids are the ones with bad attitudes, however I strongly disagree. A particularly sassy teacher today thought she'd try and call me and others out, claiming "we had other work to do before asking her to mark our books". She isn't the only one who can't deal with the responsibilities of marking students books. My thoughts, are that you shouldn't even have applied for the job if you couldn't keep up with the responsibilities, and you most certainly shouldn't blame your class for your lack of organisation.

The last thing I want to mention, at this point, as I probably will have more to add, is the awful ways this school is spending it's money. They feel the need to replace nearly every interactive whiteboard in the school, when the old ones were perfectly fine, yet don't have the money to employ more staff to control the queue at lunch, or teach classes, so that some classes don't have supply teachers every two lessons. You wouldn't believe the mania of the lunch queue. The main issue is the pushing in, so that the queue looks like an over weight caterpillar, mainly done by the "cool kidz". The queue has gotten to the point where I, for the 20-25 minutes I have to wait in it, just give up on life, and I squash up the queue as much as I can, to make everyone suffer just that little bit more than me. Yeah, that's how sad I get.

So, that's pretty much the reason why I've given up on school. Rant over (for now). I'm going to go and cool off now, goodbye.

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Mute and Tumble- Brit Awards 2015

Mute and tumble- Brit Awards 2015

Now, to be 100% honest, I didn't actually watch the first half of the Brits, so I'm not really in place to comment on anything that happened before Taylor Swift won the award for "Best international female" well...except for Kanye, or, as he likes to be refered to as, "God".

I'm not sure Kanye really knows that much about the UK, if I'm honest, because if he did, he would have definitely cut back on his use of the N word, as well as "Motherf*ucking". I've seen/heard people say Kanye's performance was "genius" and "amazing" however I don't think they were watching the same programme as you and me, as anyone who can call 100+ people moving in an attempt of dancing, whilst almost scorching themselves with a giant, unnecessary, flamethrower surrounding one fool as he utters swear words with little, if no sense of rhythm and/or timing has got to be deeply, mentally scarred. Apparently, the Sound engineers and producers thought so too, as they muted the majority of his performance. Of course it was the "Famous Person" Kim Kardashian up on stage to introduce her "lovely" husband..

Aside from the point, "Kardashian" automatically comes up on my word suggestions, when the only times I've ever searched that name is "Is Kim Kardashian's bum real?" And "Kardashian crying faces".

Really Android?

Moving away from that, this article can not be complete without a mention of Madonna's stage fall. For those of you who, like Patrick Star, have been living under a rock, Madonna, after a 20 year break from performing at the Brits, returned to the stage, to preform "Living for love". For whatever reason, she thought it would be a good idea to bring her bedsheets with her, resulting in a long cape behind as she walked to the stage, and up a flight of about 7 stairs. Whilst singing, she was meant to untie the cloak from around her neck, although, for whatever reason could not untie it, forcing the dancer to pull her, still with the cape on, back down the stage. I for one, along with my Mum could not stop laughing at the embarrassment and horror Madonna:

A) Must be feeling straight after falling and realising she looked like a wally.

B) Will be feeling after checking social media, and talking to interviewers backstage, afterwards ext..

C) Will be feeling at any family or social gathering, when the quiet one in the corner looks for something to say to strike up a conversation and picks "Hey, Madonna, remember when you fell on stage at the Brits?"

Madonna falls from the top of a set of stairs on stage. Picture from BBC News

I mean, surely you'd have some kind of signal, to tell the dancer when To yank the cape off rather than leaving the poor soul to guess..

Anyway, Madonna got up shortly after falling, no thanks to the dancers, who just stood, and waited for the 50 something year old to pick herself up, and carried on with an amazing comeback preformance.

What have we learnt from the Brits? Do your research on the UK, just generally avoid the N word, and DON'T bring your bed sheets to work.

Get Yourself Sorted Out!

 

Get yourself Sorted Out!

Ok, so I've just spent, what, maybe 30mins-1 hour editing the template that I use for this blog, trying to change the background, borders, font ,links etc.... Everything was going good, working for me, and then, what does Google do? It looses EVERYTHING

Really?

So, thanks Google!! The only reason I really use Blogger over other websites, like Webeden, or whatever, is because I can link it to my Gmail account, so that I don't have to make millions of accounts, on top of the millions I already have ( Twitter, Instagram, other Email, etc...).

Also whilst I'm here, I might as well say about the absolutely awful layout Google+ has, making it a 3 hour trek for me to find out how to do the simplest things on here. Get yourself sorted out Google!

Now I leave you with an inspirational message from Emma Blackery:



The Best Celebrity Big Brother Review You'll Read (Probably)

The best Celebrity Big Brother review you'll read (probably)

From left to right: Keith, 4th place, Patsy, 3rd evicted, Alexander, left, Chloe, 1st evicted, Calum, 3rd place, Cami Li, 5th evicted (live bombshell), Katie Hopkins, 2nd place, Kavana, 6th evicted, Nadia, 4th evicted, Perez, 7th evicted, Jeremy, removed, Michelle, 5th place, Alicia, 2nd evicted, Ken, removed.

Unfortunately, Friday marked the end of one of the most explosive, unpredictable, and entertaining series of CBB I've watched. Not only were there many arguments, and fallouts, there was a clear divide, which, although echoed the Civilian Big brother, made it clear to us who should be our winner.

I'll start by saying how improved the quality of celebrities in this version is, compared to the summer CBB "celebrities". The closest they had in that series was Gary Busey, who himself turned out to be an obnoxious git. This series improved, including a celeb blogger, with over 5 million Twitter followers, a national treasure, an LGBTQ icon, and many more, however with fame, comes desire. Did they really think putting a washed up "star", who was on Baywatch When he was 10 would do well? Did they really think putting on an ex (on the beach) reality star would boost ratings? Did they really think putting a one hit wonder on would make us "feel good"?

This series also brought much controversy, for racist, sexist and homophobic allegations. First to be removed was Jeremy, for "groping" housemate Chloe. To be honest, I don't know where I stand in this, as I don't believe pulling down her dressing gown was exactly a grope. Despite this, he was driven to do this by alcohol, for which he has previously had issues with, so there's no saying he won't do it again, however, in all fairness Chloe completely overreacted throughout the whole situation.

My question, is how on earth did he qualify to even get into CBB? Did producers not check his past record? Anyway, Producers probably thought to play it safe, (double standards) and remove him the following morning. Ken Morley, ex Corrie "star" was also removed, for his sexist and racist comments towards Alexander, and some of the girls in the house. You would have thought he would have learnt his lesson, after receiving a formal warning for saying, whilst in the presence of Chloe, Cami and Patsy "this is the best place to look at women's a**e's", referring to Cami as "half Hindu princess, half s**t", for use of the word "N**ro", and for asking Michelle whether she would "violently f**k" Calum, but no, he continued with his vile language, and was finally kicked out. Why it didn't happen sooner is a wonder (double standards) to me, but I'm glad it did.

Now, Perez Hilton. Before he came into the house, I knew a lot about him, and what he did, I loved his blog, and I actually thought he would be a good housemate,

I

Was

Wrong.

He was the absolute calamity of the house. He was a self absorbed clown, acting like a 2 year old to hog the camera and get as much of the "Perez show" in the one hour timeslot, that was supposed to be for the whole house. How the heck was this man not removed? He dry humped a window for God's sake. He was just as threatening to his housemate as he dubbed everyone else. He's a hypocrite! Despite this, producers did absolutely everything they could to keep him in, even going as low as to give him his own private room, to spy on other housemates.

Really?

They could have at least put Katie Hopkins in there as well, so we could have some WWE action.

Enough about Perez now, this isn't the Perez show.

Onto the "Mums" of the house, Patsy and Nadia. You'll have to remind me to keep calm during this part, I don't think Patsy will cope if I get angry. Patsy was very likeable for me, as she seemed to be the only sane one in the house, and that really "blew me away" (excuse the pun). She really did try to spread peace and love to the house, but it seemed not to work, though it was no surprise, when you're living with Katie Hopkins, Perez and Nadia, who had her head so far up Perez bum, she was probably breathing the same oxygen as him. Nadia was one of the main reasons Perez was how he is. She brought pretty much nothing to the show, and was very much a waste of a pay check.

Next, the prime fencesitters, Keith (Switzerland), Kavana, and Katie Price. If I'm honest, these three brought one quality each only to the house, Kavana his drunken state, Keith his humour, and Katie Price, her fandom. These guys really kept themselves low key, compared to the rest of the house, which was probably the best thing to do, as it ment you avoided nomination, (in most cases) and most definitely eviction, over some of the more outspoken characters, or those who said they "wanted to go". Fair enough, they did have their moments but, I can guarantee I won't even remember Kavana and Keith being in the house.

Now, for Calum and Alexander. Both of these guys had strong opinions, but had the brains to figure out constructive ways to deliver them, rather then just shouting as loud as they can. Alexander was a great housemate for me, for the way he dealt with conflict and argument. I have respect for him, for not loosing his head when Ken referred to him as a "N**ro", but instead he calmly told him not to say it again, as it is out dated. I had only one problem with Alex, which was a little slip up, in which he called Perez a "f****t" Perez wound him up like a Jack-in-a-box, however, after apologising, he decided to leave, upsetting many. As for Calum, really, what did he bring to the house? Looks, I guess, and a fake showmance with Cami, which, let's face it, no one thought was real. Calum should have gone a lot earlier on, as he was just furniture.

Next the "mean girls" as Perez dubbed them, Chloe, Cami Li, and Michelle. I honestly thought these three girls gave great entertainment. Chloe went out far too early, and really wasn't given enough time to give her full potential. She definitely overreacted over Jeremy, but other than that, her witty remarks about Perez entertained me.

Chloe Goodman dons a dress, with "GET PEREZ OUT!" on it..

Sass takes human form in Cami Li, easily one of my favourite celebrity housemates ever. She's a bit like Marmite really, you either love her or hate her. Her one liners made CBB for me "Time an' space is for astronauts honey, and I ain't got time fo' that" "b*tch please I ain't got time fo' that" "imma' take you to church" ", and quite obviously "girl bye" which trended on Twitter, the night of the bombshell eviction. I really would have liked to see Cami make it to the final, as CBB got boring after she left, resorting to me actually laughing at Perez and Katie Hopkins. Please forgive me... Cami had only one flaw, her decision making. It wasn't actually the excessive swearing that got to me, it was the way she said things to other housemates. Calling someone who is dyslexic thick is not a smart move, and appointing Perez as your king giving him IMMUNITY from the public vote was ridiculous, but other than that, I loved her friendship with Chloe and Patsy, and was gutted to say "girl bye" to her during the live bombshell, in which, she was dragged by Emma Willis herself, through the magic mirror, clinging onto her for dear life.

Cami Li, after being evicted in the live bombshell, walking to the Bit On The Side set, clinging onto Emma Willis. 

Michelle Visage. I had high hopes hopes for Michelle, having known how fierce she is outside of the house, yet, I felt somewhat disappointed. I feel like her judgement was very much impaired, when she made a close friendship with Katie Hopkins, and she seemed somewhat silenced in her opinions when she began to hang around more with Katie Hopkins, which made people dislike her. She came in with a clear goal, to represent the Gay community, which she did with flying colours. Perez tried to call her out for it yelling "you don't represent me" yet, Michelle kept it together, and stayed calm throughout. She also kept her cool when she was asked the inappropriate question of "would you violently f**k Calum?" by Ken, to which she replied "I would f**k the s**t out of Calum if I wasn't married". Not only this, she is my queen, she has an amazing style. In my opinion, she really shouldn't have come 5th over Katie Hopkins, Katie Price and Keith.

Michelle Visage on RuPaul's Drag Race. 

We now move on Alicia. I do feel that Alicia was victimised by Katie Hopkins and the mean girls, who picked on her for not being as bright as the rest of them, however, she failed to mention until after that she was dyslexic, which I think was a little pot stir, and also bananagate, to which everyone overreacted.

Just let the girl have some bananas!

By far, the worst pot stir, the biggest game player, and the fakest housemate was Katie Hopkins. She just kept digging at Perez, Nadia and Alicia, waiting for them to explode, and then let her minions (Michelle, Chloe, Cami Li) take the blast for her. She came in as the most hated woman in the country, and then acted like Marge Simpson, putting on the fakest smile when she spoke to her housemates even after her secret mission (yawn, so predictable) was over. She offended many, by saying she doesn't believe in ADHD, resulting in both Cami Li and Michelle claiming they have it. Her reward for all of this is second place!? Really!? I ain't got time fo' this.

Finally, the CBB 2015 winner, Katie Price. I don't really think I've ever been so underwhelmed in my life at a winner of CBB. Still, it doesn't sink to the level of Gary Busey winning last year, but, have they got a new system of making the most famous (in the UK) win the show? I hope the producers kept their receipt for Katie Price, having forked out a 6 figure price (tee hee) for her, to talk about her sex life, moan about her boob, and promise us "I'm only being myself".

CBB winner 2015 Katie Price exits the house.

Overall this series has made us mercifully scream at our TV's, protesting at the producers for their awful decisions and terribly boring twists, yet set our watches every night, counting down the minutes until 9 o'clock. I hope the civilian version is just as good, but for now, we say goodbye to Emma and Rylan, until June! 

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World's Biggest Mysteries Compilation

World's biggest mysteries compilation

The world is a spiralling wonder for those who appreciate and admire it, hurtling around the sun at around 67,108 MPH. Of course, with over 7 billion occupants, there's bound to be some conspiracies shrouded in mystery. Here's some of my favourite:

The Wow! Signal

This is a 72 second signal recorded by Jerry Ehman in 1977, who was scanning deep space radio signals, when he came across this signal sent from a place no human had ever been, leading to many believing it was sent by Aliens. He proceeded to write "Wow!" On the circled printout of the signal thus, it's name. No other recording like this has ever been found.

Image from: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wow!_signal

John Titor

Someone, or something began to use social media websites around the 00's under the name "John Titor". He claimed to be a time traveller from the year 2036, looking for an "IBM 5100". He claimed he was an American Soldier, who lives in Florida, who has been sent, by time travel, to retrieve the IBM 5100, as it was thought to have "hidden features" needed in our future, his present. Whilst here, John made many predictions on what, at the time, was to happen in the future. Despite some, including America to Wage war on Iraq, and the Columbia Space Shuttle Disaster, of his predictions turning out to be true, some, including the 2008 Olympics being cancelled, were just....not. NB: the Olympics that year did actually come quite close to being cancelled. 

Image posted by John, showing a laser beam being bent. Some have proved this image fake. Image from: http://johntitorreporter.blogspot.co.uk/2011/05/from-old-worldline-old-john-titor-posts.html

Jack The Ripper

The nickname given to a serial killer around 1888, who targeted young women, and brutally murdered them. He was never identified. A letter emerged, claiming to have been written by Jack himself, although was set aside as a hoax.

The Babshka Lady

Again, never identified, the Babushka Lady is said to be the only woman who really knows about what happened on the day of JFK's assassination. She is clearly seen, in pictures, and footage taken at the moment of the assassination stood only a few metres away from the car. She was also filming the event, and was pointing her camera at a grassy bank, which some believe shots also came from. It's said that information from her would have been "Key to help discover further knowledge and understanding of what happened". She wore a red scarf over her head, like Russian ladies, hence her nickname. In the moments directly after the shooting, she is seen to be the only person who did not react to the shooting, which lead some to believe that she could have been involved. A Woman, called Beverly Oliver had claimed to be the Babushka Lady, though this was debunked, as she failed to provide any evidence, or correct information. Most notably, she claimed that she shot the footage on a camera, that was not made, until two years after the assassination.

The Babushka Lady, pointed out with a red arrow.
Image from http://www.historicmysteries.com/the-babushka-lady/

Cicada 3301

This is almost an online treasure hunt, set up by an unknown organization, for, what is believed to be a recruitment programme, although nobody's certain.some also claim it to be a hacker group, and other a Cryptocurrency group. It is yearly, and launches on the 5th January. It consists of a series of clues, leading to further clues and riddles, until, eventually, you are lead to "the virtual finish line", supposedly in the dark net. It consists mainly of Cryptography and Steganography puzzles, although you will also need a good knowledge of other factors, such as Welsh poetry, ancient Mayan history, and classical music. 

The Cicada 3301 logo.
Image from: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicada_3301

The lost city of Atlantis

A mystery that has speculated the world for centuries. It's believed that there was once a city named Atlantis, that was swallowed by the ocean. There has been artefacts brought up, which give evidence that this city once did exist, as well as a mysterious railway that leads into the sea, which some people believe leads to Atlantis.

The Voynich Manuscript

A mysterious book bought by Wilfrid (Voynich), who soon discovered that it contained writing, in an indecipherable language, with vivid pictures, mainly of plants. Professional and amateur codebreakers have attempted to decipher the code, although none have been successful so far.

The Voynich Manuscript
Image from: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2551512/Has-Voynich-manuscript-DECODED-Mysterious-15th-century-text-written-lost-Aztec-language.html

Bitcoin

An internet Cryptocurrency, in which one coin amounts to approximately $1,000. Attempts have been made to pin the creation to a user named "Shatoshi Makamoto" although responsibility has never been claimed. 

Notable mentions

Webdriver Torso

A YouTube user under this name began to post 11 second YouTube videos, featuring various red and blue rectangles, moving along to a computer generated tone. Other than this, Webdriver Torso has also posted two different videos, one of the Eiffel Tower glistening at night, and then, the camera moving down, presumably to be switched off, whilst showing a blurry Facebook page. Another is of a French cartoon, "Aqua teen hunger force" which is locked behind a €1.99 (£1.63) paywall, and can only be accessed in France, which lead people to believe Webdriver had French connections, considering red, blue and white, the colours featured in his videos, were the colours of the French flag. The only known communication from Webdriver torso is a comment that was posted by the channel on its Eiffel Tower video, "Matei is highly intelligent".The solution? It was simply a way for Google to test video and sound quality by creating short videos on the server. Nope, not aliens, or spies. Sorry.

Webserver Torso's YouTube account
Image from: https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2014/05/05/weird-and-wonderful-the-webdriver-torso-mystery-videos-explained-and-remystified/

Shroud of Turin

An ancient piece of cloth thought to have Jesus Christ's face imprinted on it. I'm afraid not. Radiocarbon results show the cloth was made no earlier than 1260.

The Bloop

A mysteriously low frequency recorded in the Pacific Ocean. It was said that mermaids and/or mermen could have produced frequency, but they weren't correct, however, it was simply caused by icequakes.


Hope you liked that, and yeah, I know it was long, but I missed out quite a few of the mysteries as well, so there could be room in the future for an update on this, or a part two, if I can get enough information. 

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RIP "Banter"

RIP "Banter"

I'm just saying, before I get into it, that this is a big rant, so if you wanted something more constructive and better written, this probably isn't the post for you. JUST SAYING

Before this word was shoved into the spotlight recently in England, it was actually an applicable word, which, according to Google, is "The playful and friendly exchange of teasing remarks" or basically, have a jokey talk with your mates. It is not a word to be yelled randomly in a crowded area, in the effort to draw attention to yourself, or make yourself look in some way humorous, it's a word that actually has a meaning. 

Today, if I were to walk into any establishment where people around the age of 13-20 are yobbing about, I could guarantee you that I would hear "banter" or as illiterate people would write "banta" yelled 10+ times. 

But people seriously, what is it with this word? Why is there a necessity to overuse it so much that its real meaning is lost? It does not in anyway appeal to anyone when it is constantly shouted, when real "banter" is now just a myth.

Of course this isn't the first word in the English language to be lost of its meaning. Here are some other notable words

"Hero" No, you're not a hero if you've bought the first round of drinks. You're a hero if you save someone's life.

"Addicted" This word means that without the "thing" you are addicted to, you could not live without it. Nowadays, people protest they are "addicted to chocolate", when in actual fact they're just greedy pigs. Will your physical and/or emotional status begin to deteriorate uncontrollably if you do not have said thing? Nope? Then you ain't addicted.

 "God" or "Jesus" There is no need to curse, or swear using a religious figure in your sentence. Although they may not have meaning to you, to others they could be important. I admit, I am guilty of using the phrase "Oh my God" to express suprise, or annoyance.

A note can also be made to all of the synonyms in use for the word "cool" (mint, dope, sick, rad, ext....). Seriously, not cool.

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