Fourteenth day, Wednesday 27 October 2010

Slept quite late and did not get up until about 7.45.
Had quite a lot of tidying up to do.  Paperwork tidying up took a lot of time.
Had thought there was no lecture for ED3022 in the evening, but discovered that I had made a mistake and a session on Education For All was planned that required some new material on education as oppression referencing Foucault (which is a huge gap in my material) and education for liberation and the practice of freedom referencing Paulo Freire and bell hooks.  The challenge, as ever, is how to present these ideas in a meaningful way, in the limited time available and also leave time for discussion and group working. 
Managed to leave home in time to get to UEL in time for my 12 - 1 AAG session (I now have four sessions a week!).  Nobody was there for the session so I was able to do some of the preparation for ED3022 but not enough.  When the session was over as I made my way to our office (I cannot call it mine since I share it with five other people) I asked to be booked into one of the small rooms outside our office with the intention of doing the rest of my preparation for teaching that evening in there.  It was just as well because everybody was in.  The office was full.  Kevin was very focused and seemed to be able to get on with what he was doing despite the presence of others.
Managed to get the preparation done but when I went to load the materials into UEL Plus it was down.  I had already decided that I was going to photocopy the power point I was going to use because I had not been able to load it into UEL Plus 24 hours in advance.  Just about managed to get the printing done in time for the lecture but when presenting, discovered several mistakes.
After the lecture, went back to the office to make copies of the article students on ED1015 would need to do their second open book test on Tuesday next week.  Decided I might as well do the register for ED3022 while I was in the office.
Was quite drained when I got home and even though I had intended to do the UEL Plus page for ED3022's session 5, I just could not muster the energy to do it.
Niilante was already at home back from the taekwondo class.  He finished off a shepherd's pie he was making which was lovely with broccoli. I watered the plants on the balcony while he was cooking.  It is over a week since I have had a chance to but all seem to be doing quite well and one of the rose buds has lost its outer green. 
Watched Mad Men to unwind and realised I am finding the programme quite attractive.
It was 1.30 or so when I eventually went to bed.