The joys of academe

[gillo]

I am genuinely finding a great deal of joy in my studies right now. On Wednesday I was with the seven-year-olds again. It was dry and occasionally sunny, so we took them on an "expedition" around the school grounds - or, rather, out of the Stinky Swamp, through the Wondrous Wood (where we fought off werewolves and hid from an Evil Bagpipe Monster

Comments

[velvetwhip]

It's wonderful to see how much you're getting out of this on a personal level. Too many people see school as simply a place where you get a degree so you can make a lot of money and don't actually care about learning or about the process at all.

Gabrielle

[gillo]

I'm in that wonderful position of not needing to get a qualification - I can just study for the sheer love of learning, go to extra reading groups and seminars if they attract my attention and, above all, not feel weird because I'm passionate about the books and ideas I love. Including Buffy. ;-)

[enigmaticblues]

That sounds like nerdvana.

[gillo]

For me it really is. Especially when the guy talking about Iron Man 3 quoted a line from Avengers!

[petzipellepingo]

All very interesting.

[gillo]

I am finding it quite fascinating. I am releasing my inner geek and letting her run riot!

[deborahw37]

It sounds wonderful!

[gillo]

It really is.

[kathyh]

It all sounds absolutely fascinating. So pleased you are finding it so joyful.

a heroic charge back to the safety of the Great Hall.

This reminded me of what it was like playing with my nephew when he was that age :) 7-year-olds have such unfettered imaginations.

who is very reluctant to use a pencil at all

That could be dyslexia or dysgraphia which my aforementioned nephew apparently suffers from. Unfortunately it's only just been diagnosed and he's 16 now!

[gillo]

I am loving it - almost indecently so.

That could be dyslexia or dysgraphia which my aforementioned nephew apparently suffers from. Unfortunately it's only just been diagnosed and he's 16 now!

It's fairly rare for children as young as seven to be referred for such things - I had to struggle quite a bit to get R assessed. I fear this little boy will be labelled as inattentive and disruptive by the time he's eleven. :-(