9th July

Today was my interview for a PGCE (in Maths, at Bristol), and I had thought I had a reasonable chance of getting it. However, my luck was not running high that day, and I was rejected before I had even returned home. The lady assured me that it was because my MSc clashed with the PGCE by over 2 weeks, and she encouraged me to reapply next year and get some experience instead (but I'm still a bit annoyed I didn't get a deferred entry). Anyway that's what I'm going to do, except I'm going to get my experience... in Canada! Yup, I'm going to move to Montreal with Emilie and try to get work teaching over there. It'll be cool though, i'll get to meet her friends and parents properly (hopefully make a better impression with her Mum (see 27th May)), see a bit of Canada (which I've always wanted to do), and perhaps most importantly, try some real Poutine.