The Societal Swing

Because, for those of you who don't know, an integral part of being awesome at Bishops is taking advantage of societies. Because we have them. If you're not used to this concept, we basically have guest speakers at evening meetings on topics like politics, history, current affairs, philosophy, and international travel. Which is really great, not to mention the fact that there are cokes and doughnuts on offer which attract boarders like moths to a flame. But, usually, all-round awesome intellectual vibes, and I get to have tea in the Kidd House matric room afterwards.

So, as perfect as this system seems, there are actually many flaws to it, which do tend to get in the way of having a good intellectual time.
1) Most societies have a preferred evening of the week, usually from Tuesday to Thursday.
2) Most societies start at 7.30 and finish at around 8.30 or 9.
3) Most societies are attended by the same group of intellectual people.
4) Most teachers in charge of societies think theirs is the best and don't care much for the others.

So, it's pretty damn obvious what happens. Today was lank chilled, only two clashed, but I remember at one point last year I think I had four societies on one evening! One was postponed, but I think I still went to two of them....

Public Speaking was awesome as usual, we played the Bulls*!t game and sorted out a team for Nationals (well, Joe did. Keen to be president much?) so that was all good. And then International Society was a jol, because all the Herschel exchange girls came to tell us about where they were from and all the experiences they had. Mostly, due to general lack of public speaking skills, they ended up telling us fun facts about their country.... It was okay, but I would have liked to see more pictures.

Which reminds me (and Chloe will absolutely kill me for this), I have to start preparing for exchange in terms of getting shizzle together. Andy and I were talking about what to take and stuff, he said he's going to take like a whole lot of sangoma bangles and stuff to give to new friends as keepsakes. I rate I should probably do something like that, it's just that I don't have the time to go shopping. Despite the fact that the most important thing is the time you're there, it's always good to leave behind tangible things. I mean, I'll have so many I won't need to buy any authentic canadien bracelets!

Man, I'm just going to make sure that if they ask me to do a presentation, it'll be one they'll never forget. Public speaking is actually such a crucial skill it's not even funny!

More on topic though, I think I'm going to have to do some major major sorting through my external and laptop, especially photos and schoolwork-wise. because I honestly just dump the stuff and it keeps on piling, good thing I haven't run out of HDD yet. Coz that would be a problem. Meh, I actually hate having to look at how little hard drive space I have left, it reminds me that I should do something about my e-filing system. Well, at least it's not a real cupboard. Or else I would die.

Of drownage in paper!