In the Dark

So here we are, then, the last day of teaching term at Maynooth University. There is still another week before Christmas of course, but no lectures next week. I’ll be returning to action on 3rd January for a couple of revision lectures for my 2nd year module, the exam being on 7th January 2023. Yes, that’s a Saturday. I hope to get those scripts marked before my second and much larger examination on 14th January. Yes, that’s also a Saturday.

It’s been an exhausting term and I’m glad there’s a break. I just have a couple of non-teaching things to do before the official closure on Wednesday 21st, but I think I can do all those from home.

Teaching a group of students from very different backgrounds, such as our first-year general science group, can be very challenging but also very rewarding. Among the fully justified criticisms of my teaaching there were some very nice comments in the module questionnaire returns this year, especially for my team of tutors on MP110 so I think I should end the term by saying a very public thank you to Aoibhinn, Kay, and Thomas, all of whom have been wonderfully support not only of the students but of their ageing lecturer.

Next Semester, which starts after the end of the exam period in late January, should be a little less stressful, as I’m teaching smaller classes in the 3rd year and 4th year.

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