Billericay School – SpeakUp!

Note: This post has been written as a contribution to the national debate on the purpose of education. http://purposed.org.uk/2012/04/500words-take-2/ The purpose of formal education is a filter: Most of the posts I’ve read so far have come from education professionals such as teachers, academics and other thinkers. These are people who answer this question in [...]

Articles I don’t think they would let me post (These are here purely to let you speculate as to what I could have written in each of these. All of these have been written at some point, even if they were only half done, rubbish, or too controversial even for me. Enjoy) Title —–What it [...]

How to hate yourself Are you a well rounded, successful individual? Or do you have a skill that makes you special? Maybe you have been told that you are a nice or good person in a serious tone of voice. Or you simply know why people tolerate you. If any of these fit you, then [...]

Indifference to others A general rule for life is that other people are jerks. Other people are unfriendly and are only out for themselves. Sure, you may meet a few people in life who are genuinely nice, and want to help, but generally, other people are not nice, and should be treated with fear. By extension, you too [...]

Nil-nil interest Sports of all kinds are like chess. Fun to play, boring to watch, and I suck at them. From an early age, the world splits you into two distinct groups: those who play football and those who do not. You can spot these groups in the playground easily. The ones who play football [...]

The apathy drug There are 4 things that every school will tell every teenager not to do. Have sex, drink alcohol, smoke cigarettes and take drugs. So what do we do the moment we get to university? Have sex, drink alcohol, smoke cigarettes and take drugs. I won’t go into the first of these, simply [...]

Indifference is not in this season I’m not sure if the title conveyed it, but this blog is about my indifference to the world of fashion. People seem to be obsessed with what they are wearing, whether clothes go, what their friends are wearing. It makes no sense to me. Then again, my clothing policy [...]

Why write? At this moment in time, while writing this post, I have 15 posts written and just one submitted. And I think about why I am really writing these. Well, I still remember that lesson where I mentioned the lack of indifference in the news, but I can’t help but remember further back, wanting [...]

God of Apathy I suppose the main reason I lack a belief in God is dinosaurs. When in infants’ school, we would be told stories from the Bible. We had these little bibles in the classrooms, and we were read the kiddie version of Genesis once or twice a year. Never did it reference dinosaurs. [...]

The Reverse Blog I was writing one of these at school, when a friend asked me what I’m not indifferent to. I honestly had to think about my response before simply chuckling to myself. Since then, however, I have thought of what I’m not indifferent or apathetic to, and I will write them down here, [...]