First Day at School

Well after strugglign to find my satchel I headed off to St George's in the pouring rain. Not a great start, and I cursed the fact that I hadn't left early enough to get a coffee before heading into the lecture hall. Lots of people welcoming us and introducing themselves, but in many ways a frustrating day - I think we were all keen to get on with the course whereas we spent a lot of time filling in forms, getting info on the structure of the course and so on.

Best bit really was chatting to everyone and getting to knwo them - George's places a great emphassis on peer assisted learning, which basically means everyone helping each other out, and in any case I like getting to know people. I seemed to mix in well enough - I was a bit worried beign a fair bit older than the majority but it didn't seem to be an issue

Tonight we get to meet our "mums and dads" - George's buddy system to make us feel more at home. I ghave to say it sounds great, it just feels weird thinking of a mum and dad who'll probably be younger than me.

The rest of the week looks like more admin tasks - pictures being taken, locker keys distributed and so on. I guess it's necessary but I'm champing at the bit to get going on the course proper :-)