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AUTOETHNOGRAPHY
A SELF STUDY PRESENTATION

BY ELLIOT MIDDLETON

SEMINAL MOMENT:

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current
English | 2009

sem·i·nal / ˈsemənl/ • adj. (of a work, event,
moment, or ﬁgure) strongly inﬂuencing later
developments.

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Primary

Secondary

Early 20’s

Late 20’S
and pre
Masters

MY PARENTS WERE NOT INTO

SPORTS… I DID NOT KNOW

ABOUT ANY TEAM GAMES ETC

SCHOOL WAS RESPONSIBLE

FOR THIS EDUCATION.

THIS WAS THE MAKESHIFT P.E
KIT FOR THOSE THAT FORGOT
THEIR CORRECT KIT…

I WAS MORE CONCERNED WITH
HOPING MY MUM PACKED MY P.E
KIT, RATHER THAN ACTUALLY
DOING P.E. OR GAMES AS IT WAS
REFERRED TO.
P.E WITH NO KIT WAS HIGHLY
EMBARRASSING!!!

WE DID NOT HAVE A FULL TIME
P.E TEACHER.

OUR CLASS TEACHER TOOK THE
GAMES CLASSES.

GAMES SEEMED LIKE A GOOD
WAY TO BREAK UP THE DAY

A FEW YEARS INTO PRIMARY
SCHOOL I STARTED PLAYING
FOOTBALL WHICH BECAME A
SOCIAL EXPERIENCE WHICH

STRENGTHENED FRIENDSHIPS!

OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL HOURS, I
SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH A
FAMILY WHO WATCHED T.V IN
CHINESE!

WHEN KUNG FU FILMS CAME ON I
REALLY ENJOYED IT…

BRUCE LEE AND JACKIE CHAN
WERE MY FAVOURITES

SOME CHILDREN ATTENDED
MARTIAL ARTS LESSONS

OUT OF SCHOOL HOURS… WHICH
EVERYONE ENJOYED TALKING
ABOUT…

THIS WAS AS FAR AS THIS
INTEREST IN MARTIAL ARTS
WENT DURING SCHOOL HOURS…
P.E AT PRIMARY SCHOOL WAS
BASED AROUND THE TRADITIONAL
SPORTS OF FOOTBALL,CRICKET
AND NETBALL…

AFTER BUILDING SOME GOOD
FRIENDSHIPS I WANTED TO
CONTINUE TO SECONDARY
SCHOOL WITH THESE FRIENDS…

I APPLIED TO GET INTO THE SAME
SECONDARY SCHOOL AS MY
FRIENDS…

A NEW START… THE EMPHASIS
WAS ON FITTING IN

MY FIRST EXPERIENCE OF AN
ACTUAL P.E TEACHER

WHEN I SAW P.E ON THE
TIMETABLE I DID NOT KNOW
WHAT THAT STOOD FOR…

I OFTEN DREW ON MY PRIMARY
SCHOOL EXPERIENCES AND MADE
A CONNECTION BETWEEN
FOOTBALL AND MAKING FRIENDS…

TO BE IN THE ‘A-TEAM’ MEANT
ACCESS TO THE INNER CIRCLE AND
ALL NEW POPULARITY!

AT THE FOOTBALL TRIAL I DID
NOT KNOW ANYONE… MOST OF
THE CHILDREN KNEW EACH
OTHER FROM PRIMARY
SCHOOL… THIS MEANT I NEVER
GOT THE BALL!

NOT IN THE
I N N E R C I RC L E !

THE FOOTBALL TEAM PLAYERS
WERE ALWAYS THE 1ST CHOICE
FOR EVERY OTHER SPORT…

THE CHILDREN WHO WERE NOT
IN THE INNER CIRCLE WERE
SIMPLY MAKING UP THE
NUMBERS

I WAS SCARED OF GETTING
THINGS WRONG IN FEAR OF
OTHERS LAUGHING…

I DID NOT WANT TO STAND OUT
FOR NEGATIVE REASONS…

SO THIS PREVENTED ME TAKING
PART…

P.E ACTIVITIES AT SCHOOL WERE
QUITE LIMITED AND THERE WERE
NO OPPORTUNITIES TO TRY
SPORTS OR ACTIVITIES THAT
WERE NOT THE NORM…

THIS MEANT I NEVER REALLY
FOUND OUT WHAT I EXCELLED
AT…

I DID ENJOY SPORTS BUT I FELT
ANY PERSONAL IMPROVEMENT
WOULD NEVER BE NOTICED…

REFLECTING ON MY SECONDARY
SCHOOL P.E EXPERIENCE, I OFTEN
WISH THE TEACHER HAD TRIED TO
ENGAGE AND INVOLVE EVERYONE…

I LEFT SCHOOL
THINKING THAT P.E
ONLY REALLY
CATERED FOR
WINNERS AND DID
NOT ENCOURAGE
ME TO PERSUE AN
ACTIVE LIFESTYLE…

I PARTICIPATED IN
SPORTING
ACTIVITIES THAT
TOOK PLACE OUT OF
SCHOOL HOURS AND
WERE MAINLY
INDIVIDUAL
PURSUITS

FOR REASONS I DO NOT
KNOW…MY MUM SUGGESTED
I SHOULD BECOME A P.E
TEACHER…. MY THOUGHTS
WERE…

WANTING TO MAKE MY MUM
HAPPY…I FREQUENTLY POSED THE
QUESTION TO MYSELF…

Primary

Secondary

Early 20’s

AGAIN… THE QUESTION OF
BECOMING A P.E TEACHER WAS
RAISED…

NOTHING HAD CHANGED…

I FELT I HAD NOTHING TO OFFER

I WENT TO UNIVERSITY

TO MAKE MY MUM AND GRAN
PROUD…

MY DEGREE WAS IN TOURISM
MANAGEMENT…

THIS WAS NOT WHAT I WANTED
TO DO AS A CAREER…

I ENJOYED SPORTS, ESPECIALLY

MARTIAL ARTS BUT I STILL DID
NOT FEEL I WAS CAPABLE OF
BECOMING A P.E TEACHER

I HAD A REAL INTEREST IN MUSIC

AFTER SOME TIME I WAS ABLE TO
GAIN A WAGE FROM DJING AND
DECIDED TO PERSUE THIS FULL
TIME…

THE GOOD
SALARY MEANT I
DID NOT
QUESTION
PURSUING THIS
ENDEAVOUR

I ALWAYS KNEW THAT A CAREER
WITHIN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY
COULD BE SHORT TERM…

WITH FACTORS INCLUDING…

UNSOCIABLE HOURS

NO JOB SECURITY

MANY HIGHS AND LOWS

IMAGE DRIVEN (50 YR OLD DJ?)

FINANCIAL INSECURITY

WITHIN THIS TIME I LEARNT A
LOT FROM THE MUSIC INDUSTRY…

I PERFORMED IN MOST
COUNTRIES IN EUROPE AND DID
VARIOUS RADIO SHOWS…I
TAUGHT AT MUSIC INDUSTRY
WORKSHOPS AND WAS INVOLVED
IN MANY YOUTH PROGRAMMES…

Primary

Secondary

Early 20’s

Late 20’s
and pre
Masters

I FINALLY FELT INDEPENDENT…I
WAS NO LONGER SHY AND COULD
CONNECT MY EXPERIENCES TO
HELP IN LIFE.

FINALLY I COULD BE AN
INDIVIDUAL AND BE HAPPY

WITH MY INDEPENDENT MINDSET,
I DECIDED TO FOLLOW UP MY
EARLIER INTEREST IN CHINESE
MARTIAL ARTS

THIS WAS A PERSONAL JOURNEY
THAT COULD NOT BE AFFECTED BY
OTHER PEOPLE’S OPINIONS…

TRAINING IN FUTSHAN,

SOUTHERN CHINA

MY EXTENDED FAMILY

IN HONG KONG… A SENSE OF
BELONGING

TRAINING AT THE NATIONAL
OLYMPIC INSTITUTE IN
SOUTHERN CHINA

WITH NO FEAR OF FAILURE I WAS
ABLE TO PRACTICE AND EXCEL!

I BEGAN TEACHING MARTIAL ARTS
TO ADULTS AND CHILDREN…

FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS I HAVE
BECAME AN INDEPENDENT
TEACHER TO MY CHILDREN! I
BECAME SUPER DAD!

WITH A REAL SATISFACTION FOR
TEACHING AND A REAL
UNDERSTANDING OF THE
POSITIVE EFFECTS SPORTS
PARTICIPATION HAD…

I FELT LIKE I COULD BE READY TO
BE A P.E TEACHER…

REAL LIFE COMMITMENTS
PREVENTED ME CHANGING
CAREER

MY DJ CAREER HAD MANY
HIGHS…

WITH MY SAFETY NET PULLED
FROM UNDERNEATH ME…

MY CHILDREN

WERE

LOOKING

UP TO ME

SOMETHING THAT I COULD REALLY
ENJOY AND HOPEFULLY MAKE A
DIFFERENCE FOR THE BETTER

FOR THE FIRST TIME I REALLY
ENJOYED THE GROWTH AND
POSITIVE EFFECT MY TEACHING
WAS HAVING ON MY CHILDREN
AND STUDENTS

WITHOUT ME REALISING,

I WAS TEACHING FOR QUITE A
FEW YEARS…

THIS INCLUDED:

!

TEACHING IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY

!

TEACHING MARTIAL ARTS

!

RAISING MY CHILDREN

!
!

I KNEW THAT I WAS NOW READY
TO TAKE MY MUM’S EARLIER
ADVICE AND BECOME A P.E
TEACHER…

I WAS READY

TO MAKE THE

STEPS IN ORDER

TO BECOME

A SCHOOL

TEACHER…

THIS IS ANOTHER SEMINAL
MOMENT AS IT IS HELPING SHAPE
MY FUTURE AND WILL HAVE AN
AFFECT ON MY FUTURE ACTIONS…

THE SEMINAL MOMENTS IN THIS
ACCOUNT ARE ONLY RELEVANT AS
I AM STANDING HERE NOW…

IF I CHOSE ANOTHER PATH THEN
WHAT I REGARDED AS A SEMINAL
MOMENT MAY BE VERY
DIFFERENT…

Slides
containing
images:

!
Slide
5
–
Personal
picture

Slide
7
–
School
picture
found
at
http://i4.coventrytelegraph.net/incoming/
article5313918.ece/ALTERNATES/s2197/PM3133135JG180713LAPS_3-‐5313918

!
Slide
8
–
Lost
property
found
at
http-‐_sites.ssis-‐
suzhou.net_parentportal_Piles_2013_04_IMG_1181

Slide
9
–
Plimsoll
found
at

http._s280.photobucket.com_user_abuyusra_media_Uniforms_4165498_zps826d423b

Slide
10
–
Underpants
found
at
http-‐_bigPishclothing.co.uk_images_cms_products_760_0_large

Slide
12
–
School
picture
found
at
www.guardian.co.uk

Slide
17
–
Bruce
lee
picture
found
at
www.Brucefree13k.com

Slide
20

-‐
Friends
picture
found
at
http-‐_blog.clarity.fm_wp-‐content_uploads_2012_11_quality-‐
friends

Slide
22
–
Rejected
picture
found
at
http-‐_www.inkpunks.com_wp-‐
content_uploads_2011_07_rejectionmedium

Slide
24
–
Personal
picture

Slide
26
–
P.E
teacher
picture

found
at
http://img.sparknotes.com/content/sparklife/
sparktalk/whistley_LargeWide.

Slide
28
–
Football
picture
found
at
www.leicesterexchanges.com_Football

Slide
29
–Rugby
ball
picture
found
at
www.andythornton.com_ATVMRSTD048

Slide
30
–
Cricket
picture
found
at
www.motivateeast.co.uk_Cricket-‐940x315

Slide
31-‐
Bruce
lee
picture
found
at
www.brucestatic.wallarc.com

Slide
32
–
Apple
picture
found
at
http-‐_th02.deviantart.net_fs13_PRE_f_2007_046_4_f_odd_one_out_by_evil_m0nkey

Slide
33
–
Spongebob
picture
found
at
http-‐_images6.fanpop.com_image_photos_33200000_Spongebob-‐Patrick-‐
spongebob-‐squarepants-‐33210739-‐1731-‐1068

Slide
35
–
A-‐team
picture
found
at
http://blogs.sundaymercury.net/anorak-‐city/A-‐Team

Slide
37
–
Football
team
picture
found
at
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-‐IUFR6QrtxZo/Tg7g8b9wp_I/AAAAAAAAAOI/
ZiqwtbwX0Qs/s1600/footballB

Slide
41
–
Shy
picture
found
at
http-‐_beingsakin.Piles.wordpress.com_2011_04_shy

Slide
42
–
Laughing
picture
found
at
http-‐_thelaughterworkout.com_wp-‐content_uploads_2011_03_istock-‐team-‐
laughter-‐pic3

Slide
43
–
Unhappy
picture
found
at
http-‐_www.wallpaperpin.com_webdisk_yellow-‐and-‐red-‐happy-‐face-‐balls-‐abstract

Slide
48
–
Together
picture
found
at
http-‐_thompsonblogs.org_altepeter_Piles_2011_09_Together

Slide
48
–
GSP
picture
found
at
http-‐_www.ctvnews.ca_polopoly_fs_1.1043065!
_httpImage_image.jpeg_gen_derivatives_landscape_960_image

Slide
50
–
Ong
bak
picture
found
at
http-‐_images4.alphacoders.com_208_208714

Slide
52
–
Quote
found
at
www.pastoralyn.Piles.wordpress.com_not-‐good-‐enough_design

Slide
57
–
Personal
picture

Slide
58
–
Question
mark
picture
found
at
www.mynamesnotmommy.com_wp-‐content_uploads_2013_05_question-‐
mark

Slide
61
–
Logo
found
at
www.lsbu.ac.uk_sports_images_Left
lsbu
logo
black

Slide
62
–Aeroplane
found
at
www.hdwallpapersinn.com/aeroplane4

Slide
66
–
Music
equalizer
found
at
http-‐_walls-‐world.com_wp-‐content_uploads_2013_11_Music-‐Equalizer-‐Colorful-‐
Full-‐HD-‐Wallpapers

Slide
68
–
Headphones
picture
found
at
http-‐_desktop.freewallpaper4.me_view_original_5653_headphones

Slide
69
–
Personal
picture

Slide
75
–
Personal
picture

Slide
77
–
Smiley
face
found
at
http-‐_images2.layoutsparks.com_1_104237_smiley-‐happy-‐face-‐yellow

Slide
80
–
Personal
picture

Slide
81
–
Personal
picture

Slide
82
–
Personal
picture

Slide
83
–
Personal
picture

Slide
90
–
Personal
picture

Slide
92
–
Cookie
picture
found
at
http://moneyextent.com/wp-‐content/uploads/2013/03/Lost-‐Job1

Slide
94
–
Personal
picture

Slide
95
–
Light
bulb
found
at

www.inclusive-‐soloutions.com_lightbulb_idea[1]

Slide
96
–
Bruce
lee
picture
found
at
http://www.zastavki.com/rus/Men/Male_Celebrity/wallpaper-‐38465.htm

Slide
97
–
Penny
picture
found
at
www.hotukdeals.com_misc_meals-‐out-‐with-‐holiday-‐friends-‐1691218

Slide
104
–
Walk
picture
found
at
http-‐_adpu.Piles.wordpress.com_2010_11_green-‐trafPic-‐light

Slide
105
–
Bruce
lee
picture
found
at
http://wordstowisdom.Piles.wordpress.com/2012/07/bruce_lee_quo

Slide
106
–
Bedfordshire
university
logo
found
at
http://www.hpsn.com/_assets/dynamic_media/media_bank/
bedfordshire_6303599_2_

Slide
109
–
Path
picture
found
at
http-‐_sabinecox.com_wp-‐content_uploads_2010_09_fork-‐in-‐the-‐road

Bibliography
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. (2009).’Seminal’. Encyclopedia.com: http://
www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-seminal.html Accessed December 10, 2013.

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