Tags: students, homesick, distraction
Date: 21 October 2005 14:31:13
I've decided against whiny self-indulgence for now. I can't figure out how to whine self-indulgently without dragging lots of identifiable people into the whole thing. So I'll leave it.
In other news, some of my students have redeemed themselves by asking intelligent questions which demonstrated that they are thinking creatively and not just waiting to be spoonfed. Hooray! So hopefully their student-led presentations (which start next week) will be interesting rather than painful. I don't like being bored - I know I'm here primarily to do my own research, but as I have to do the tutoring in order to be able to do that, I want to do it well and want the students to get something out of it. Me being bored isn't exactly conducive to that. Though I reserve the right to still sneak in a whoopie cushion if the occasion demands.
I was trying to look into flights to London next month - it got too complicated with my tutorial commitments so the latest is I'm not going to get confirmed next month, and I can't attend my friend's leaving bash either (she's about to leave London as she's got her dream job in Ireland - which is only 20 minutes here by plane, hooray!). I did find some 1p flights though (yes, that's one whole shiny penny) so when I can organise myself better I shall try to find them again and take advantage of them. I think it's probably as well that I can't go this time - I think it would make me more homesick going back so soon, whereas if I leave it a bit longer till I'm a bit more established here then I don't think I'd get so nostalgic about the thought of being in London. Once I have the flat sorted out (provisional date 9th Dec, did I mention that before?) then it will be easier coming back here as it will be home. If that makes any sense.
Where can I go this weekend? I have a weekend ahead of Russian vocabulary, tutorial reading, ironing and washing, so I need a distraction.
(*Guilty thought for Katie's benefit - of course I could always start the book review. Argh*)