Day Four

Good morning...I imagine you're all still in bed as it is only 5:30 there.

Yesterday...
I met my tutor. She is actually a student working on her doctorate in philosophy in mathematics education. (They call it a DPhil over here). I think I'm the only Taylor student who got a student instead of Oxford faculty but she said that's how it works in the education department. She is actually a professor of math education in Pakistan, and is quite difficult to understand at times. However, she seems really anxious to help me learn as much as possible. The meetings are pretty informal, which is nice. She said she is more interested in helping me learn about how I learn so that I can help others learn, rather than my mathematical ability...thank the Lord.

On my walk back, I passed a Palestinian freedom protest that was about to start. April (the girl who is staying with me) said when she got near it a half hour later, there was lots of loud shouting and police sirens headed towards them. Our host family said there are often protests in the street.

I had homemade ice cream last night, with bananas and meringues. The ice cream is made from cream, meringue, and something else, so it's really heavy, but it was good.

I have been going to bed between 10:30-12 and getting up at 7, so I'm getting plenty of rest. There's not much to do at night as it gets dark so early.

Today...
It was a cold, frosty morning again today. I decided to go to a new library as I don't have much reading to do and the library is so far away. I plan to study all morning and spend the rest of the day shopping and touring the various Oxford colleges. More details about it tomorrow.