Write an OU essay, due Wednesday ( Read more... )

Back at work. Loads of admin to do, forms to fill in, emails to respond to, what with being away for a week. Apparently I haven't been filling in enough forms, some more were pointedly left in my pigeonhole, no note or anything ( Read more... )

Hmm well it´s late and for once the computer room has no queue. We have 170 conference participants and 10 computers, so...
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And now my (ex) supervisor has asked me to babysit tomorrow night. I said yes cos I don't have any reason to say no. I'm pretty sure I don't have other plans. It's just it's stressful dealing with kids, and things just generally are confusing me a lot at the moment. Like I feel as if I'm always about to forget something important. I just live ( Read more... )

Having a crap couple of days, no reason ( Read more... )

I have to prepare this talk. Twenty minutes, on Taylor approximations, suitable for 2nd year (that's 2nd years at university X...). Yeah. I just need to stop avoiding and delaying and distracting and hurry up and do the damn thing.
I'm just half scared, and half not caring.

Term has begun, back to teaching. What should I do about a student who is progressing fine, but always looks utterly depressed, never speaks to anyone and answers friendly questions with a monosyllable? The rest of them smile when someone makes a joke or whatever, but nothing makes this guy smile. Is he just a miserable git who hates my ( Read more... )