History
Watching Obama's inauguration set my mind wandering back to London, to my A-level History classroom of two years ago, to Miss Richards and her scrutiny of African American civil rights from 1865 to 1980. I thought of her, small Welsh bundle of energy that she is, with friends or colleagues watching the historic moment. In the same way, during Obama's campaign I'd thought of her down in her little corner of West London, teaching 17 and 18 year olds about Booker T. Washington, Marcus Garvey, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King and all the other figures. A school friend and I agreed that she was surely using Obama as an example, an argument, a discussion point. We might email her and try to get a whiff of her enthusiasm.
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As my lack of entries probably indicates, I'm back at university and am increasingly busy. Exam season was filled with the usual tripartite of reading, essays and exams. It's all over now and I've been celebrating by doing laundry and cleaning my room. Clearly I'm living on the wild side. Reading week next week, to be filled with parties and hopefully Richard II. Then back to lectures, which I'm looking forward to, as well as the warmer weather that must be on the way.
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As my lack of entries probably indicates, I'm back at university and am increasingly busy. Exam season was filled with the usual tripartite of reading, essays and exams. It's all over now and I've been celebrating by doing laundry and cleaning my room. Clearly I'm living on the wild side. Reading week next week, to be filled with parties and hopefully Richard II. Then back to lectures, which I'm looking forward to, as well as the warmer weather that must be on the way.