At the moment I'm not experiencing that euphoria, that Friday feeling, when the weekend looms large as it does today. This is partly due to the fact that the weekend usually involves just as much work around the house as it does in the office during the week, but is primarily related to the fact that I have recently become an English teacher. I teach 2 hours on Friday afternoons and 4 hours on Monday morning (starting at 8am). Which does tend to put a dampener on my weekends. This was not by design of course, it just so happens that that's the way the timetable has worked out. Although I am now a self-proclaimed "Professor of English", at the school where I teach, the only thing that qualifies me for this noble title - is my mother tongue, nationality and a bit of lecturing experience. If my students ever complain about my methods then I can say in my defence that I never planned to become a teacher in the first place, and I never said I was [...]