sinking!

you find me buried neck deep in work and studies, hence my not writing on here as much as I would like to be doing. This time of year is always a hectic pace, and for me it is not helped by the fact that a) I'm trying my damndest to get my Dip done, and b) I'm now also doing, at the same time, my Diploma in Teaching for the Lifelong Learning Sector, or DTLLS for short.It would be fai to say that I have rather a lot on my plate right now. You might be asking, why the hell are you doing two courses? Well, it is soon to be a requirement in the British FE sector that all instructors have a qualification to teach specifically in the further education area - all part of a drive to push up standards etc. So, every wednesday this year, my services will be required in a classroom to discuss this, that and the other - currently, curriculum design. It promises to be rather a long slog, and, if the word of some of my colleagues who have already done the course is to be trusted, there's a bit too much of the old jumping through hoops while dotting 'i's and crossing 't's about the whole thing. I'm just trying to see where I can make the work cross over the two courses, as it were.