Categories: uncategorized, phd, teaching
Tags: tutorials, language, Romanian
Date: 20 October 2005 13:28:20
I can feel a whiny self-indulgent post coming on - it's been brewing for a while :D Unfortunately, although the alarm didn't go off till 7.30 this morning (luxury!) I'm still feeling a bit dribbly and incoherent and sleep-deprived, so I'll wait till I've caught up on sleep before I embarrass myself. I'll probably think better of it when I'm not so knackered.
So instead, I shall declare that I had a gym induction this morning, with a very very cute instructor (though he was a bit skinny, oh well nobody's perfect). So things aren't all bad.
Yesterday's Romanian lesson was excellent. We had started last week working through a book that my teacher had which, to be honest, was a bit too easy but which I thought would be good for me to get back into the swing of things. However, I put the wrong stuff in my bag yesterday morning (well it was too early - my eyes weren't fully open) and so didn't have the right material with me, so instead we did a lot more conversation and I think she was surprised by how much I understood. We ended up conversing about everything from my tutorials to the new flat to buying bookshelves from a well-known Swedish furniture store. And for next time we shall start digging out articles from "Romania Libera" on health so that we can have some topical conversation about stuff that will be relevant for my PhD. So I'm feeling good about that.
I have another tutorial in a few minutes. I'm starting to get a bit bored with them already. This is not good, seeing as I have to do them 5 times a week for the next 4 years! Maybe I shall have to start hiding whoopie cushions in the classroom or suchlike, to make them a bit more entertaining.