Every week the same Year Ten students
attempt to derail their drama lesson by asking my opinion about
various bands and films. As my time with them is fast coming to a
close, I decided to humour them by allowing them to set me a homework
each in our penultimate lesson. The only instructions they were given? Avoid overly personal questions and anything that would alone
take me several hours to complete. During the lesson I left the fate
of my weekend in their hands by passing around a piece of paper and a
pen.
If you've ever pondered what kind of
homework teenagers would set given the chance then here's your
answer:
Q: What's your favourite band?
A: I'm not sure I have one favourite.
Q: Do you like Panic! At
The Disco?
A: They're probably the most instantly
likeable out of my listening homeworks set.
Q: Do you like Enter Shikari?
A: They're a bit nu-metal for me these
days.
Q: Do you like Vybz Kartel –
Straight Jeans And Fitted?
A: I made a few seconds into this song
before having to relieve myself of the torture.
Q: Do you ever go to festivals? If
so, which ones? Do you party?
A: From 16 up I went to two festivals a
year until I started teaching and school term dates meant Glastonbury
was tricky.
Q: What is your favourite song and
what's your favourite R n' B song now?
A: I don't really have one favourite
and the last “R n' B” song I remember liking is Estelle's
American Boy.
Q: What's the most embarrassing
thing you did in school?
A: There are far too many to list but
the most relevant memory I have is during a play rehearsal when I was
sitting near the edge of a stage and the teacher kept telling me to
move my chair nearer the edge, despite my protestations. Inevitably
my chair eventually toppled over the edge causing me to fall onto
lots of upturned gym equipment and severely wind myself.
Q: Research about wombats – what
do they eat?
A: Funnily enough, I have appreciated
wombats for many years since first meeting one when visiting the east
coast of Australia. They eat plants, roots and grasses.
Q: Do you like 80s' films? (Hint:
Say “yes” and talk to me about The Breakfast Club)
A: I do indeed like 80s' films and The
Breakfast Club is one of my favourites.
Q: Have you seen Con Air or
read Salem's Lot?
A: I watched Con Air years ago
but not recently and haven't read Salem's Lot, although I used
to favour Stephen King novels in my youth.
Q: What's the worst thing you did as
a child? Did anyone know?
A: I did plenty of shameful things but
one that always sticks in my mind is the day when I was pushing my
Nan on a swing and the whole thing toppled over into a hedge. I was
devastated and felt awful.
Q: Listen to The Joy Formidable,
what do you think?
A: They are the kind of angry girl rock
I should keep as a guilty pleasure but will admit to quite liking –
for this reason they reminded me of Letters To Cleo.
Q: On a scale of 1-10, how amazing
am I?
A: Given I couldn't fault the student
who set me this taxing question, the answer was an easy 10.
Q: Do you like Fleet Foxes?
A: I have a feeling I should have an
opinion on this already. They sound like growers and like Simon
and Garfunkel might have been one of their influences.
Q: What's your favourite musical to
watch?
A: I'd recommend Taboo to
anyone; having seen it years ago, I remember thoroughly enjoying it
and laughing pretty hard. It's back on in London for anyone
travelling that way: http://www.brixtonclubhouse.com/taboo
Q: Listen to The Maine's Pioneer
album, do you like them as a band?
A: They're the kind of band I would
have liked if they'd been around when I was 19.
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