Teacher TV
A few years back, I trained as a teacher. The first day of registration, form filling and general bumf, I turned up to the hall to do all these necessities. A large group of people was already waiting outside the hall, which was still locked, so we were all waiting nervously amongst people we'd never met. Someone came round with a flyer saying that a TV company would be filming our year of trainee teachers for a 6-part documentary, and were looking for six volunteers for them to follow more closely and interview, etc. I wasn't up for this so just put it out my mind.

The hall was opened and we were able to sign all the various forms etc etc. I got talking to a woman from the same course as me, the usual polite akwardnesses and chitchat. Then all of a sudden we noticed a big fuck-off furry mike being dangled over our heads and a cameraman point his thing at us and peering intently. Mood deftly ruined, we both went, "Err... right... okay... see you then..."

During the rest of the year the camera and sound men would occasionally come into tutorials or lectures to film a bit. But the only time they really got me on camera was when we were told where our first placements (6 weeks at a school) would be. They were pinned up on a noticeboard so they filmed us all scouring manically. I'd got one of the roughest schools in the catchment area, so you could see me looking disgusted and going "FUCK SAKE".
(McChinaman banned, Thu 11 Jun 2009, 16:04, Reply)