Back to school

Having left school, I now have a few weeks to rest and catch up with life before starting my new job. As well as thinking about some viable work for the next however long, I also wanted to find some further study that might open up some different career options but, more importantly, would be interesting and keep me learning new things. I had a number of possible options in the fields of education, technology/computing and social inclusion, but I found it difficult deciding which to commit to.

ICT, computer science, web building and the like have become increasingly important to me. I even applied for some jobs in these fields but apart from one interview, nothing seemed forthcoming. I seriously considered a degree in computer science but it would take me at least 6 years to study part time and all the jobs are in cities that are miles from here. So I think I've ruled that out.

Then I briefly looked at a Masters in Education but funding and travel limited me to the Open University and the first compulsory module just didn't invoke the slightest excitement in me.

So I finally settled for an MA in Distance and Online Education through the OU. That brings together education, technology and a variety of optional modules. As it happens, I'm starting with an optional module which fits well with my new job. The course starts in October but I couldn't resist getting started with the set book, which Amazon delivered last week. It's all about English grammar, which seriously turns me on!

As you can see, I've set up my study shelf and I'm ready to start. I've already learnt some grammatical terms that I hadn't met before and I now get the difference between a dependent and independent clause. Shame I won't be teaching for the key stage 2 SPaG test any more.