* Rock School *

Advantages: Plot is Different
Disadvantages: Couldn't Watch it a few times!

...I have decided to review 'The School of Rock' film having recently watched it. The School of Rock is an American film released in the United Kingdom on February 6th 2004. The film comes under the comedy and musical genres. This film was directed by Richard Linklater and stars Jack Black. This movie is a PG. Running time of this movie is one hundred and eight minutes (twelve minutes short of two hours), Wannabe rock star , Dewey , is 'sacked' from his band and because he has many bills to pay and is down in the dumps , he feels he needs to get out there and find a job. So , he becomes a substitute teacher at a private school. What will happen when Dewey takes his 'rock and roll' attitude to the private school ? Watch School Of Rock To Find Out! On first impression , this film didn't look my cup of tea at all. My friend had the DVD...

xdonzx 09.02.2009 · Read review
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Review of School Of Rock (DVD)

Schools Out

Advantages: different game modes
Disadvantages: can bore of it quite quickly

...I'm a big fan of the tycoon series of games - mall tycoon, zoo tycoon, casino tycoon etc so I thought that school tycoon would be another game to add to that list. I bought it for £5 at PC world and, at that price, you pretty much can't go wrong! There are a couple of different modes to this game. There is the story mode, where you have to build a school from scratch on a limited budget and operate at a profit but also meet the standards of education that you need to achieve eg sports/discipline/attendance etc. You can do this by employing the right (strict) teachers. This is where the challenge lies as obviously there is a trade-off between employing the best teachers and paying lower wages. You also get to design the layout of your school and choose what to build and where. There are facilities such as cafeterias, staff rooms...

katherineh123 05.10.2009 · Read review
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School memories

Advantages: n/a
Disadvantages: n/a

...It is my 200th review on here and I wanted to do something a little bit different. As I haven't written a Ciao Café review for some time I thought that it would be a nice change. This topic caught my eye seeing as I am now almost qualified as a teacher and wanted to reflect back on my own school experience! So, the following are a selection of my ten best school memories. The last one isn't so much a best memory rather than an embarrassingly funny one. The frog skeleton My year one teacher was a lovely lady named Mrs Keavney. She was very into wildlife and therefore many of our lessons would end up outside in the schools wildlife area or investigating nature in some way. She was keen on us to bring things in to show the rest of the class, so I was delighted when one day we discovered a perfect frog skeleton in my greenhouse...

ilusvm 10.11.2008 · Read review
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Review of 10 Best School Memories

SCHOOL ........... DAZE .

Advantages: ten school memories .
Disadvantages: there are only seven !

...Lord , I'm not sure if I have 10 . Well , not " best " in the usual sense of the word where everyone is doing something good , studious and productive , and at the end of it they are presented with a nice certificate and some house points If that's what your expecting of MY school days , then maybe you'd better stop reading now ? So these are the best from my point of view . The ones I remember most vividly , the ones I enjoyed the most regardless of anyone else's enjoyment or lack of it , and the ones that just stand out from every other routine day for whatever reason .. They wont necessarily be in chronological order , I'll just write them down as they occur to me . I leave it to you to keep up ?. So .. shirts tucked in , ties straight , stand to attention and lead off from the right...

Janej47 24.05.2006 · Read review
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Review of 10 Best School Memories

If only my school was like this

Advantages: Very funny, many memorable scenes, great one liners, Will Ferell at his best
Disadvantages: None for me

...Written by Court Crandell, Todd Phillips and Scot Armstrong, and directed by Todd Phillips Old School was released in May 2003. In its simplest form it is a story of 3 men that are scared of growing up and regress back to their college years. ****Story line**** Our story is centred round 3 friends Mitch Martin (Luke Wilson), Frank Ricard (Will Ferrell) and Bernard ?Beanie? Campbell (Vince Vaughan). The story starts off with Mitch working away from home. He decides to surprise Heidi (Juliette Lewis), his girlfriend, by returning early but things don?t quite go to plan for him. The inevitable happens and Mitch and Heidi call it a day (Please note that this statement is not a plot wrecker since it happens within the first few minutes of the film. Mitch moves to a new place near the campus of the local college and with the help...

yackers1 30.03.2009 · Read review
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Review of Old School (DVD)

High School Rock Out!

Advantages: Great fun film!
Disadvantages: Great for Adults as well as kids!

...The School of Rock, 2003, Rating PG, I have to admit I didn't think I would like this film but I was pleasantly surprised by how good it was and absolutely loved it! The children in this film are so multi talented it makes me sick! Full of the talent of the future this film will be the starting point for many of their future careers I am sure, all of this combined with the talent of actor Jack Black makes this film a must see. The Story This film is about an ageing Rock Star wannabe Dewey Finn, he has partied all his life with the ambition of making it as a rock star, but when his band chucks him out and his flat mate is demanding rent money he realises he has to do something to get some money. Dewey's flat mate Ned Schneebly works as a supply teacher and when a job offer comes through and Dewey finds out how much he gets...

LIZKEMPO 16.01.2007 · Read review
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Fantastic Summer School!

Advantages: Fun, made lots of new friends, fantastic experience, learned a lot
Disadvantages: Took ages to get there by train!

...As many of you know I have just returned from a summer school at Cambridge University. This did not cost me anything as the Sutton Trust funded it (travel, food, accommodation and all trips/activities!) "The main objective of the Sutton Trust is to support innovative projects that provide educational opportunities for young people from non-privileged backgrounds." - Sir Peter Lampl, Chairman of the Sutton Trust (www.suttontrust.com) The assistant head of sixth form gave me a leaflet in March, which outlined four Universities that offered summer schools funded by the Sutton Trust (Bristol, Cambridge, Nottingham and Oxford.) Each university offered a range of subjects. As you know I chose to go Cambridge (to study geography) for the week. I had to apply to the University and I didn't find out that I had been accepted until early...

bluejules 16.07.2006 · Read review
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School Memories- The Best

Advantages: Funny things that happend to me.
Disadvantages: nout.

...Well for me school wasn't that long ago, three months ago to be exact. I have just finished high school and am now at college. I don't have the best memory but the ones I do remember are lovely. My mum calls me the quiet devil, I'm evil but never get caught (smile). I don't think I did more than a few pieces of homework in 4/5 years and never once had detention. So here's my top ten memories. 1) Year 7- Age 11. I didn't like to see my mates in trouble, especially when I knew it wasn't them that had done the crime. One day my mate was getting told off by the head master and I decided to go in and say it was me. The teacher starting to tell me off, and within 5 minutes he was making me a cup of tea and biscuits, I don't know how I do it, but I never get into trouble. I walked out of the room and their was my friend...

DixieChick10 19.09.2007 · Read review
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Review of 10 Best School Memories

Going to School - another term starts!

Advantages: A lovely book offering an insight into a child's first day at school.
Disadvantages: None

...This is an Usborne First Experiences Book by Anne Civardi and Stephen Cartwright. ISBN 0-7460-1270-5 RRP - £3.95 My granddaughter started nursery school in September and when I saw this book in the library during the summer holidays I thought it would be a good way of introducing her to situations that she hadn't met before. The story starts by introducing the Peaches family - mum, dad and the twins Percy and Polly along with their pets Sidney the gerbil, Dusty the cat and Ping and Pong the two kittens. The Peaches' live in a flat above the Marsh family who have a daughter called Milly. The story goes through the routines of getting up, having breakfast and getting ready for school. At school the children have a special hook for their coats and in the classroom there is a variety of activities for the children to participate in...

colliedog2 06.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Going to School - Anna Civardi

NOthing like this ever happens on my school run!

Advantages: excellent read
Disadvantages: takes a while to get in to

...The School Run was Sophie King's debut novel, and although she has gone on to write quite a few more, this was the first of her books that I had read. I was quite intrigued by the title, as I am also, by necessity, a school run mum, so I felt confident that I would relate to the subject matter. However, I can't say that I felt this when I started reading and in fact it took me a while to get into the book. It was definitely worth persevering with though as by about a third of the way in I could not put it down and, in fact, I read the last two hundred pages within twenty four hours which is almost unheard of for me! The School Run is really seven stories in one as it follows seven people over the course of only one week. On the surface it looks that the only thing that they have in common is that pretty much all of their children go to...

kingfisher111 01.09.2009 · Read review
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