Learning Something New Everyday

It's so true this saying 'you learn something new everyday' so whoever came up with this very famous quote - hats off to you! When I went to the Sixth Form, I adventured off to the psychology session by myself as none of my friends are taking this as one of the four a-levels in September. I was really nervous and it was pretty awkward as no one knew each other. Anyway, they gave us a 'summer task' which everyone taking the subject has to complete along with telling us more about the A-Level and the content. I think this is pretty unfair in a way but also quite a good idea as it's giving everyone an idea of one part of psychology before we start studying it in more detail.

The summer task was about Stanley Milgram and his controversial experiment and we have to create an information sheet. I've already done some research on him, in the last couple of days, and his experiment about 'obediance to authority' but not the actual task. I'm putting that off until I have absolutely nothing to do but will probably do it before I go on holiday in August. I'm definitely not going to leave it until the last minute! Anyway, it's actually really interesting and I was getting pretty stuck into it. I can definitely say I learnt something new! Click on the link above to learn about it and there's a video, which is part one of three (the others are on youtube) This video was made a few years back but shows you exactly how the experiment would have taken place in the 60s. I would explain about it on here but the website does it better haha :)

SING SONG: BEYONCE - BEST THING I NEVER HAD

'we will fight to the death, to the edge of the earth'

I find that with music I go with through phases of listening to one band non-stop for days/weeks. I listened to Rihanna, Adele and The Wombats for months non stop - honestly. I've had 30 Seconds To Mars - This Is War album on my iPod for a while and it never gets old. This is my latest album, which I'm constantly listening to and I haven't listened to it for a while. I'm actually listening to it now - hence the title of this post. [Song - This Is War]

Just a small warning this is a bit of a mix-match post. Only four more exams left! Three next week and one the following week after that. Thank god! It feels like they have been lasting for ages, I can't wait for prom on the 30th of this month. It's going to be a really surreal experience. I still can't believe that my time at secondary school has practically ended and with letters inviting me to 'bridging days' at my new sixth form in July coming through the post, it's making everything seem so much more real! Pretty excited though :)

I've also been revising for another of my history exams today and this song seems pretty fitting as the unit for this particular exam is to do with the Germany 1919-1945, where we learnt about the beginning of the Weimar Republic, the rebellions, how Hitler became chancellor, and how he set up his dictatorship; including Hitler youth groups and the persecution of Jews. I love learning history and I'm studying it further at A-Level and at degree when I finally go to university but I'll be pleased when the exam is over. The hour and a quarter you get is way not enough, and I'm always writing until the last minute. Not forgetting (definitely not forgetting) the amount of things you need to know including dates and what not.

What have you all been up to? And, sorry I haven't been replying to your comments on my blog. I've just chose to return a comment on your blog instead but I've been reading every one as usual :)

When the world forgets...

Hi everyone, have you been up to much this weekend? I have. Yesterday I went to the cinema with my friend Sarah and we went and watched 'The King's Speech,' it was actually really good and enlightened our sixteen year old selves about the King that led us through WW2. What was pretty amazing and for us pretty hilarious was that when we were waiting in the queue to go into the screen for the showing and when we were in the cinema waiting for the film to begin were the amount of older people there. We were probably the youngest people there that came of our own accord, any younger children were with parents/ grandparents. It was weird to think that these people would have been alive and growing up with this King their leader when we hadn't even heard of King George VI - real name Albert and nickname Bertie.

The film was about King George VI's stammer and how he overcame it with the help of his speech therapist Lionel. And, I have to add that the actors/actresses chosen for this film were definitely the right choice. Colin Firth gave a brilliant performance as the King and the amazing Helena Bonham Carter as his wife Queen Elizabeth, mother of the currently reigning Queen Elizabeth II. Not forgetting Geoffery Rush who played Lionel the speech therapist was superb too! (I can't believe how different he looks in this film to his other famous character Captain Barbossa in the Pirates of the Caribbean!) It was honestly such a good film and I was surprised how much I enjoyed but then again I do love my history!

This morning I finished a brilliant book 'Sister' by Rosamund Lupton which you may have seen in my sidebar. I won't give any spoilers but this book was written in such an intelligent, creative way with so many twists and turns you don't find out the real truth until the last few pages. It was really good and recommend it to you all if you love reading and will be able to stick with the storyline as it goes back between past and present quite frequently. My next book I'm about to read is 'The Other Boleyn Girl' by Philippa Greggory which I'm looking forward to like I said before I do love history!
Hope you all had a great weekend, what have you done?