With study of the first unit complete the time has come to tackle an assignment. Weaving the threads together to produce a 1500 word essay is challenging. The course material and suggested additional reading has been fascinating. Many thoughts and ideas have arisen form the work. The task of bringing all this together will not be easy. It never was.
Submission of the assignment is another concern. This is now is done electronically - no more trips to the local Post Office as everything is done at the touch of a few buttons. I recall the last piece of work I posted to an Open University tutor. I had recently moved to a village to take up my first pastorate. On 11 September 2001 I went to the local Post Office to despatch my dissertation. For me, the day was both a beginning and an ending as one course was completed and a new career was begun. A significant personal moment overshadowed by the dramatic events of a day that has gone down in history.
Picking up the threads of study for this new course has so far been a pleasure. I will miss the ritual of posting the completed assignment but will no doubt experience the same huge sense of relief once the thing is done. I can delay no longer. Time to get weaving.
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