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A Rebel Princess
Mar. 18th, 2014 12:23 amBeing a sheep:
Well, who doesn't?
I'm writing an essay at the moment. Well, not literally at the moment, since I'm obviously writing this at this particular moment. But in this general period of time, I am writing an essay. It's such hard work. Partly because I'm out of practice, I think, and partly because I'm not loving the topic. We've been reading a lot about the use of metaphors in the management of organisational relationships. Yes. There are books -- that's books plural -- on that topic. The things you learn.
Anyway, we are supposed to discuss this, then come up with our own metaphor. Previous students have come up with things like 'management is a trifle', 'management is a totem pole' and 'management is a rocking chair'. So I've come up with 'management is a chemical compound'. You know, different elements bound together that react when placed in different conditions. I was really proud of that.
Would you like to help me with my work's football tipping competition, f-list? (By football, I mean the local brand, Australian Rules). Despite my complete lack of interest in football, I have agreed to participate in order to show willing. I spent a bit of time today with a copy of the fixture, doing my tips for the first few rounds. Round one, I picked teams that had more letters in their names than their opponents. Round two, teams whose name turned into a funnier anagram. Round three, teams whose home ground is closer to the Eiffel Tower. I had to stop then and do some actual work, but I noted down a few more ways to pick in future rounds, like teams with most vowels in their name or teams whose main colour comes first on the ROYGBIV spectrum. (I've got to come up with twenty-three ways to do this, though, so any suggestions would be welcome.)
Round five is going to be teams whose mascot would beat their opponent's mascot in some sort of illegal mascot fight. And that's where you come in, if you'd like:
[Poll #1960943]
O excellent! I love todayiamadaisy better than figs.
Which work of Shakespeare was the original quote from?
Well, who doesn't?
I'm writing an essay at the moment. Well, not literally at the moment, since I'm obviously writing this at this particular moment. But in this general period of time, I am writing an essay. It's such hard work. Partly because I'm out of practice, I think, and partly because I'm not loving the topic. We've been reading a lot about the use of metaphors in the management of organisational relationships. Yes. There are books -- that's books plural -- on that topic. The things you learn.
Anyway, we are supposed to discuss this, then come up with our own metaphor. Previous students have come up with things like 'management is a trifle', 'management is a totem pole' and 'management is a rocking chair'. So I've come up with 'management is a chemical compound'. You know, different elements bound together that react when placed in different conditions. I was really proud of that.
Would you like to help me with my work's football tipping competition, f-list? (By football, I mean the local brand, Australian Rules). Despite my complete lack of interest in football, I have agreed to participate in order to show willing. I spent a bit of time today with a copy of the fixture, doing my tips for the first few rounds. Round one, I picked teams that had more letters in their names than their opponents. Round two, teams whose name turned into a funnier anagram. Round three, teams whose home ground is closer to the Eiffel Tower. I had to stop then and do some actual work, but I noted down a few more ways to pick in future rounds, like teams with most vowels in their name or teams whose main colour comes first on the ROYGBIV spectrum. (I've got to come up with twenty-three ways to do this, though, so any suggestions would be welcome.)
Round five is going to be teams whose mascot would beat their opponent's mascot in some sort of illegal mascot fight. And that's where you come in, if you'd like:
[Poll #1960943]