Most of you think fondly of 'back to school': the smell of fresh school supplies--paper, pencils, little booklets (with lines on only half the page, the rest left blank to draw a pretty picture), wooden rulers, snazzy new lunch boxes. For those parents out there, you're looking forward to getting back into routine and not hearing 'I'm bored' from your summer-holiday-children. For us professors, it means the mayhem begins all over again. Don't get me wrong--I love teaching & I love the start of the semester, but somehow the year seems to fly by and there is never enough time in the day to get everything done--lectures prepped, powerpoints composed, essays marked, exams made & marked etc.. etc.. oh & research? It gets put on a back burner until the editor of the journal you're submitting to gives you a deadline for a quick turn around of an article and you're forced to find some more time in the day. Weekends? well, they usually consist of work, work, & more work.
But there's nothing like back to school shopping and the excitement of books to buy and new outfits to choose.
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{boarding school chic from d*s. Ask my Dad who went to boarding school in India--I don't think it was quite as glamorous as this!} |
I've fallen in love with these images from
Reverie blog:
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{apples for professor clark? the above images all from reverie} |
How about these?
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{Perhaps I should get myself some 'boys reins!' via kitchen retro} |
I love these funky school supplies from
dotcomgiftshop (one of my favourite online shops from the UK):
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{I'm not sure if this would be allowed in North America} |
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{lovely rose notebook} |
One of the most exciting things about back to school? & in particular, universities & colleges? Libraries:
Lucky for me, my office is in the library!
Happy Back to School!
Here's some advice for those just starting from Dr. Seuss:
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{via Whispered Reflections, Etsy} |
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