Why are you here?

Most of my students are adults. They come on the course on day release and study at home. Its challenging and takes 3 and a half years. At the moment some of my students are studying for a 7 hour exam….those with dyslexia get extra time. This could be considered cruel and unusual torture.

They are studying accountancy; which to be frank is not that interesting. Some of the things you can do with it are interesting but studying it…no.

Occasionally my students say things that make me wonder why they are here;

‘I used to be an astronomer in Hawai’

‘I grew up in the circus’

‘I’ve only got a year to live and I want to complete this before I die’*

I have dyscalculia

‘I have a 4 month old baby and I’m still on maternity leave’

Ah…The last one makes me very uncomfortable; I’m not sure I’m happy with a thought process that flags this up.  When I had a baby I still wanted to be a professional; yes it probably is more challenging if you have family commitments but I wouldn’t be so suprised if it was a guy with a 4 month old baby.

And why? Because I still after everything tend to asume that she’ll be caring for the baby.

*Unfortunately although he sat his exams prior to dying the qualification had to be awarded after he died.