Apologies for not posting much recently, but I’ve been living a charmed and somewhat outdoorsy life! I’ve been staying at the country house of one of my students and her parents. I must say it felt strange to be an adult in someone else’s parents house. Make me feel like a teen all over again! […]
Now of course everyone looks forward to the summer, but I have to confess that as a college lecturer that summer can be a very lonely time. All the students have gone home! All the best ones, that is. Most of my favorite students tend to come from good stable homes, which is precisely why […]
Sometimes a girl can take you by surprise. They say it’s always the quiet ones, and as a teacher one does find oneself looking at the quiet ones from time to time and wondering what they’re really thinking. I had an interesting little experience with one such “quiet one” a couple of years ago. She […]