#Endoftheweek

If you think you're a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else's dog around.

Friday 26th, 5.40am, 5.3dg, forecasting a fine weather pattern through until the middle of next week.... brilliant. I have outside things to do as winter approaches, and I need sunny calm weather for that. Yesterday was a day where you needed an umbrella briefly, but was mostly dry. Perfect day for a journey by train to distant towns....it is one of the best things about living here in central Europe, the rail system is so fantastic and runs to an exact timetable, the need for a car is not a necessity for me to move around. It is what you are used to, I imagine, that determines if you have one or not.  A car was always necessary when living in New Zealand as there is no real rail system any more, but here I travel everywhere by rail and bicycle. Perfect. My search and find was done in two parts, success in one and a sensible decision not to in another. Home by mid afternoon and up into the office to prepare for a full day of tuition today. I have so many parents ringing to request English tuition for their children and I no longer have suitable times. I am not inclined to take children after 17.00 as they have no concentration left after a long day, and it becomes a waste of my resource and the parents money. The big problem seems to be when the children reach the age 9 + and they are faced with proper English classes in school rather than the early introduction of singing songs and simple games... they are not prepared for the full immersion that the curriculum demands. Time will tell for all of it. My Friday conversation group want to discuss the question of the vote that was for Scottish devolution so I have downloaded some papers so we can read and have a discussion for the hour.  Saying that, I will have to include a page with dictionary / thesaurus explanations for some of the more complicated words in the text. I like that they are constantly pushing themselves to keep current... this group of women are wonderful... the oldest amongst them being 83 !! End of another week.