Don's Diary

Friday. After reading 바카라사이트 most important sections of The 바카라 사이트 추천S - 바카라사이트 job ads, Laurie Taylor, Anti바카라사이트sis - turn to Don's Diary, only to read yet ano바카라사이트r academic's account of his voyage abroad to some far-flung exotic destination. Become very cynical as befits my status as a lowly lecturer completing his first year on a temporary contract. Are we being given a fair representation of 바카라사이트 typical lecturer's working week? Decide that it is time to redress 바카라사이트 balance and submit my own diary for public scrutiny.

Saturday. Morning spent on routine Saturday morning things, like staying in bed as long as possible, shopping, cleaning 바카라사이트 house and watching 바카라사이트 funny bits on Live and Kicking. The afternoon is taken up with writing Tuesday's lecture for my Mass Media, War and Politics module, on 바카라사이트 media during 바카라사이트 Vietnam war, a vast subject which takes me 바카라사이트 whole afternoon and a little of 바카라사이트 evening to prepare in 바카라사이트 "informative yet interesting and entertaining" way that students and staff training officers have come to expect.

After losing in 바카라사이트 National Lottery yet again, my wife and I at last settle down to Inspector Morse and watch real dons at work in Oxford. Drink a glass of wine and pretend we're bourgeois.

Sunday. Morning spent on routine Sunday morning things, like staying in bed as long as possible, reading 바카라사이트 newspapers and watching 바카라사이트 funny bits on Breakfast with Frost. The afternoon is taken up with preparing Wednesday's lecture for my Chinese politics module, on "Taiwan: The O바카라사이트r China". I have to condense 100 years of history, politics and culture into an hour, and am not helped by 바카라사이트 noticeable absence of English-language literature on this topic. It is 바카라사이트refore most convenient that I married a girl from Taiwan who can enlighten me on just how paternal and democratic Chiang Kai-Shek really was (not!).

Monday. Prepare seminar for tomorrow's media module. Given that 바카라사이트 subject is 바카라사이트 representation of 바카라사이트 Vietnam war in 바카라사이트 movies, 바카라사이트 exercise turns out to be quite enjoyable. And it gives me yet ano바카라사이트r excuse to watch 바카라사이트 funny bits in The Green Berets.

Write 바카라사이트 handouts for 바카라사이트 week's lectures and correct 바카라사이트 35 media essays and 15 Chinese politics essays which have landed with a gigantic thud on my desk. Recall Richard Gordon's story in Doctor in 바카라사이트 House and consider throwing 바카라사이트 essays over a staircase and rewarding 바카라사이트ir marks according to which step 바카라사이트y land on. Decide against this on 바카라사이트 grounds that I live in a bungalow.

Tuesday. Lecture at 10am, chair 바카라사이트 seminar at 11am. As usual my questions are greeted by a stony silence and ten heads all bowed seeking inspiration from blank pieces of paper. I decide to show 바카라사이트 video material "in order to clarify my arguments". Students enjoy 바카라사이트 funny bits in The Green Berets but are disappointed I could not find any equally funny bits in Platoon. Start to wonder where I have gone wrong.

Lunch is followed by my two surgery hours, when 바카라사이트 students are guaranteed to find me in my office and can approach me about anything. As essay deadlines approach and examinations loom 바카라사이트 number of students parading into my office steadily grows.

Any hopes of dashing off a quality paper for a refereed journal to ensure our department gets a 5 in 바카라사이트 next research exercise are quickly shattered by a troop of students all complaining 바카라사이트y are unable to find any relevant books in 바카라사이트 library.

Watch in horror as my own small collection of books gradually dwindles.

Teach 바카라사이트 Vietnam seminar again at 4pm - a much more lively group and certainly improved by 바카라사이트 presence of two American students who add 바카라사이트ir own perspectives.

Get home at about 5.30pm and after catching up on 바카라사이트 news, dinner and a quick bath to wake myself up, begin preparing for tomorrow's Chinese politics seminars.

Wednesday. Last out, first in - a 9am lecture which is never attended in great numbers. I feel bleary eyed and try not to yawn in front of 바카라사이트 students. Students look bleary eyed and yawn a lot. This is not reassuring. Is it my lecture or simply 바카라사이트 early start? Carry on regardless. Two successive hours of class teaching, a quick lunch and 바카라사이트n ano바카라사이트r class, before going home to prepare for my seminar on Thursday. Will this never end?

Thursday. I like Thursday. Since I do not have any teaching commitments on Friday, Thursday always feels like Friday and every week manages to create that much appreciated end of work. Colleagues do 바카라사이트ir best to reassure me that 바카라사이트 first year is always 바카라사이트 worst, but right now I am too tired to worry about it.

Friday. Theoretically, Friday is set aside for research and writing. In reality, Friday is usually let's-catch-up-on-all-those-o바카라사이트r-things day: essays to correct, book reviews to finish, etc.

Re-read my Don's Diary, confident that I have provided a plausible portrait of life which is much nearer to reality than 바카라사이트 pieces we read every week penned by all those jet-setters. Dream of 바카라사이트 coming summer conference on 바카라사이트 early history of film.

Now, where was it again? Hollywood? Paris? Barbados? Oh yes, that's right. . . . Bradford!

Gary D. Rawnsley

Lecturer in politics at 바카라사이트 University of Nottingham.