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Post by couldileaveyou on Apr 22, 2017 17:52:12 GMT
I received a classical education with plenty of Ancient Greek and Latin language and literature, so since the age of 14 we used to read very explicit poems about gay love at school. One of the many reasons why I loved high school.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Apr 22, 2017 17:53:45 GMT
I am an entertainer of 10 and 11 year olds. This year my party pieces are the Tudors, equivalent fractions, the water cycle and exciting adjectives. I have won awards for finding ingenious ways of making 12 functioning light-up circuits with only one working bulb and the batteries from the remote control for the photocopier. You told me you were a full time Dance Mom
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2017 18:03:17 GMT
Office monkey for an exam board. Photocopying, data entry, all the glamorous stuff. Which exam board? I temp for Cambridge Assessment. ETA: I remember doing the Cambridge Latin Course for GCSE Latin. @jeanhunt we got as risque as having our Latin teacher explain that in Ancient Greek society all-male relationships were prevelant (well, that was risque for an all-girls former convent school 16 years ago). Secret. But not Cambridge Assessment. We used Ecce Romani for our Latin GCSE. Cornelia sub abore sedet, Sextus est puer molestus, all that guff. Oh the fond memories...
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Post by fiyero on Apr 22, 2017 18:03:42 GMT
I test insurance systems (exciting!) This funds my crippling addiction I am also a Beaver Scout Leader and am trying to indoctrinate them by taking them to Chitty, Joseph, Starlight Express and Shrek over the years
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Apr 22, 2017 18:12:29 GMT
Curiosity often gets the better of me and as I've been following the 'How was your day?' thread, it's struck again. Please tell me what you all do job/career/study/time-wise! And yes I NEED to know, otherwise I might just burst. I'll start-I work for the Police, risk analysis and research (snooze). Over to you... A bizzie!! I didn't do it and I have an alibi
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Post by Raven on Apr 22, 2017 18:39:05 GMT
I'm a travel agent for a well known travel company. I have to tolerate being told "You must want to go on holiday all the time working in here" on a daily basis. Yes, Mrs Brown, I do wish I was joining you in Orlando but hey, I got bills to pay! I love my job really. Plus, I do occasionally sell London breaks with theatre tickets so that always makes me day! Any excuse to talk about musicals.
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Post by meister on Apr 22, 2017 19:05:35 GMT
Headteacher of small rural primary school - so acting most of the time!!!
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Post by firefingers on Apr 22, 2017 20:15:37 GMT
Sound engineer on theatre shows. Shows that have/had threads on this board. And no one has slagged off my work on here yet, some even had a glimmer of praise, so I must be doing something right.
Edit: bored to board. I might be in a very boring tech session right now, hence the Freudian slip.
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Post by SamB (was badoerfan) on Apr 22, 2017 20:41:00 GMT
I work for a children's charity, primarily managing relationships with trust and foundation donors.
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Post by Latecomer on Apr 22, 2017 20:44:56 GMT
😸 Do you still use Cambridge Latin Course? Loved it Metella Quintus Grumio The dog!!! The slaves and beautiful dancing girls I should have been a Roman in those days In another life Caecilius est in via. :-) Loved that course. Graduated to Catullus at GCSE (but only the clean stuff!). Keep promising myself I'll go back to learning Latin some day, but I'm not sure anything modern will match the humour in that course. I'm a digital content editor/strategist; doing all the obvious comms stuff that entails, as well as driving digital change within organisations. My children both did Latin at their local comprehensive school (yes, really!) and they still used this course along with Kennedy's Latin Primer for all amo, amas, amat stuff! The first book is by far the best (ends with Pompeii) and it does get a bit dull later on when they decamp to England! For the record both also did Latin A levels at local comprehensive, they ran the course even though there were only a very few in the class and the teacher gave up his free periods and taught some lessons after school. Daughter still loves Ovid and insists she can't live anywhere without her Latin books (she's now 27!)
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2017 22:05:06 GMT
Caecilius est in via. :-) Loved that course. Graduated to Catullus at GCSE (but only the clean stuff!). Keep promising myself I'll go back to learning Latin some day, but I'm not sure anything modern will match the humour in that course. I'm a digital content editor/strategist; doing all the obvious comms stuff that entails, as well as driving digital change within organisations. My children both did Latin at their local comprehensive school (yes, really!) and they still used this course along with Kennedy's Latin Primer for all amo, amas, amat stuff! The first book is by far the best (ends with Pompeii) and it does get a bit dull later on when they decamp to England! For the record both also did Latin A levels at local comprehensive, they ran the course even though there were only a very few in the class and the teacher gave up his free periods and taught some lessons after school. Daughter still loves Ovid and insists she can't live anywhere without her Latin books (she's now 27!) Ah yes, the English king with the unpronounceable name... I had to take an extra GCSE to fit in Latin - unfortunately I had to give up PE lessons (I was heartbroken, ahem) to meet up with the teacher. I think Classics teachers are particularly supportive of their subject!
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Post by lou on Apr 22, 2017 22:15:03 GMT
Company Manager for a theatre in education company.
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Post by theatremadness on Apr 22, 2017 22:26:12 GMT
Actor, trained in Musical Theatre. *Ridiculously* boring compared to some of the very important & interesting jobs mentioned in this thread - which I've loved reading! - but I do love it, thankfully!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2017 2:39:35 GMT
I'm still in college!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2017 2:56:23 GMT
I work for a company that helps people back into work, specifically people over 50.
I'm also a foster carer for Battersea Dogs and Cats Home:)
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Post by Tibidabo on Apr 23, 2017 7:37:38 GMT
You told me you were a full time Dance Mom I was until I had to go back to work to pay for dancing daughter to become a doctor. (With this post I am rather excited to become a senior member. I hope I now get a bit of respect and a chair to rest my varicose bits on )
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Post by rockinrobin on Apr 23, 2017 10:16:10 GMT
Auditor in a bank. Incredibly exciting! (No it isn't but I have to travel a lot - all the time actually - which is nice).
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Post by loureviews on Apr 23, 2017 10:28:48 GMT
Librarian in a university.
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Post by ctas on Apr 23, 2017 10:36:08 GMT
I work in the wine industry and should be revising my grape types right now for my exams, oops.
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Post by ShoesForRent on Apr 23, 2017 12:17:05 GMT
What a gorgeous thread- as someone who is helplessly confused about what to do with herself- it's so nice reading about how much there actually is to do!
Currently a math/computer science first year student (and hating every second of it), was previously in the army for a couple of years.
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Post by Kim_Bahorel on Apr 23, 2017 12:24:37 GMT
Sales Assistant for a gift/stationery company for the last 5 1/2 years but over 10 years in retail as a Sales Assistant.
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Post by Jan on Apr 23, 2017 12:56:25 GMT
Retired at 55. Living the dream.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2017 13:11:08 GMT
Failed academic. Sometime writer. Current endless-temp for a combination gambling spin off and government body.
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Post by Cardinal Pirelli on Apr 23, 2017 14:02:34 GMT
Director of Theatre at an independent school somewhere in Northern England, I moved from my previous job in the South East recently as I was heading to an early grave if I was to keep going at the level and pace that I was trying to maintain there. Feeling a bit less frazzled now and hoping to join Jan in the ranks of early retirees by the end of the decade, fingers crossed.
Oh, and also, other bits of theatre related stuff, advising etc., but that's generally gratis.
If I had my time again, I'd always fancied owning and running a shop, maybe a second career awaits...
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Post by Honoured Guest on Apr 23, 2017 14:05:56 GMT
I work for a company that helps people back into work, specifically people over 50. I'm also a foster carer for Battersea Dogs and Cats Home:) Retired at 55. Living the dream. This is a collage post, so there's no need for anyone to screech back: "And what is your point?"
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Post by Steffi on Apr 23, 2017 14:07:38 GMT
I do anything from underwriting to contractual work to general customer service at an insurance company. Not the most exciting job but it it means flexible working hours and enough money to fund my traveling and theatre addiction.
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Post by Sue on Apr 23, 2017 15:08:13 GMT
I'm also a foster carer for Battersea Dogs and Cats Home:) I love you! Respect and thank you x
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Post by Jan on Apr 23, 2017 15:12:51 GMT
I work for a company that helps people back into work, specifically people over 50. I'm also a foster carer for Battersea Dogs and Cats Home:) Retired at 55. Living the dream. This is a collage post, so there's no need for anyone to screech back: "And what is your point?" Not going to tell us what you do ? Lecturer in Welsh Studies, or is that just a hobby ?
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Post by martin1965 on Apr 23, 2017 15:37:12 GMT
Retired at 55. Living the dream. For the last ten years?☺
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Post by Honoured Guest on Apr 23, 2017 15:54:14 GMT
Not going to tell us what you do ? Lecturer in Welsh Studies, or is that just a hobby ? Economically inactive.
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