User:Miketanton

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Michael Alexander Tanton
Michael Alexander Tanton

My name is Michael Alexander Tanton, (Born March 11, 1989 in London, Ontario). I am a frequenter and a sometimes-editor of the popular free online encyclopedia Wikipedia. I am also interested in information technology in general, art, film, drama, and a cornucopia of other subjects.

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[edit] Mini-Biography

I was born in London, Ontario, Canada, which can be noted as the place of discovery of Insulin and also as the city where Johnny Cash proposed to his wife June Carter at the "London Gardens" performance hall). I am a proud Canadian and am quite interested in Canadian and World History.

I attended Lord Elgin Public School in London, Ontario for a brief period of time during Junior Kindergarten (in the Province of Ontario the grades go as follows: Junior Kindergarten, Senior Kindergarten, Grades 1-8, Grades 9-12 (high school), and then on to College and University. Wisconsin also has two separate kindergarten grades.)

The remainder of my public school career was "served" at Trafalgar Public School. Nearing graduation time in 2003 I made the choice of attending Central Secondary School as a high school, which is considered a very academic (perhaps even the most academic in the city of London) secondary school. This school is also noted as the only school in the world to produce two Miss Universe's (Karen Baldwin and Natalie Glebova), although I think I'm the only one to publicly note such a fact.

In June of 2003 I graduated from Trafalgar Public School, and two month's later started in grade 9 at Central S.S. I am currently enrolled in my fifth year, to some known as a victory lap, and still at Central. I received my Ontario Secondary School Diploma in June of 2008.

[edit] Some Views

[edit] Views on Abortion

I am a supporter of the pro-choice movement and believe that it is nobody's decision to keep or abort an unborn child, except for the biological mother of the child. I am a frequent desecrater of anti-abortion advertisements and openly support the medical procedure, however infuriated it makes people.

[edit] Views on Gay Marriage

The state, nor the church, nor any other entity, whether cognitive, theoretical, existent or otherwise shouldn't have any say whatsoever on the sexual or marital relationship of any living or dead human being on the face of the planet Earth. All who oppose this statement will naturally parish at the hands of our ever-changing and progressively non-religious society.

In addition, Pierre Elliot Trudeau quoted: "The view we take here is that the state has no business in the bedrooms of the nation."


[edit] Views on Religion

I myself am a believer in the theories of Charles Darwin and Evolutionism. I try not to insult or discriminate against religions simply because I am not myself "religious" per se. I believe that embracing all of the other world's beliefs, and continuing to educate children and adults of the world of various religious beliefs, however contradictory they may be, is definately a step in the right direction which still needs to be fully taken."

[edit] Some Favourite Art

I am a fan visual art. Some of my favourite artists include:


[edit] Film

I am also interested in film, and filmmaking in general. Some of my favourite filmmakers are:

Among my favourite movies, but in no particular order, are:

[edit] Acting

I am quite interested in acting, and I was recently studying Dramatic Arts at Central S.S.

[edit] Web Designer

Although I had once dreamed of becoming a famous and wealthy computer software mogul like Bill Gates, I have since changed my interests to film and the entertainment arts. I ran a website design "company" (with all of the employees amounting to 1: Myself) from about 2000 onwards. I used my personal website to operate my company.

[edit] Official Site

My official site can currently be found at http://www.imagewerk.net

[edit] Travel

These are some of the countries, provinces, territories, and major cities I've been too so far:






Mike's world map
Mike's world map

Places I want/plan to visit in the future:

[edit] The Future

Currently, my future is, as is most high school student's futures, somewhat foggy. Starting in September 2008 I'll be part of the one-year film studies undergraduate program at Fanshawe College, and after that (in 2009), my plan is to attend one of the following universities for Film Studies:

These universities offer film programs, where graduating students are awarded their BFA (Bachelor of Fine Arts) degree. I plan on becoming a film director when I graduate. I hope to direct many things such as commercials, music videos, television shows, and first and foremost: feature films, but I am also quite involved and interested in screenwriting, special effects and other production aspects.