Baby Steps....

Ok so let's be honest I've been out of education, well this kind of education anyway, for a hell of a long time! And getting my head back into gear Week One was not exactly easy. In my day if you quoted someone else's work it was plaguerism, now it's citation. This is all so very new. There are very few mature students in my groups, for the most part I'm the oldest, and it's far too easy to settle into the role of mother of the group. I've learnt quickly that putting myself in that role just means others take advantage of my good nature, and sad to say on this course I have to be my own number one priority.  For once I have to be selfish. But I'm lucky my groups generally have a good mix of people.  There's a part of me that feels like I'm living out one of my favourite films "Educating Rita".  I'd always sympathised with the main character played by Julie Walters, and I can hear the music from the film play in my head as I walk along corridors. I'm living my dream, I'm sure there'll be times I will consider it a nightmare, but for now it's a dream and right now I don't want to wake up X