week six...

This week (again) was mostly spent with my nose in books trying to make up in haste for a few days away. The only assignment due this week was for Macroeconomics, so at least that helped a bit with the workload. We had an interesting presentation on Wednesday in our International Business and Global Governance class as some of the crisis team from Shell came to talk to us about a case we had read regarding the company and a couple of their social controversies, including the issues with their operations in Nigeria. It turns out this was very interesting timing, as it has all been in the news again in the past two weeks, but I was actually disappointed with how little they discussed the current situation, and with how poorly they reacted to some of the student’s more pointed questions. Oh well, interesting at least, if not as engaging as it could have been.

We’ve also been working extra hard in rowing training this week, as Torpids, the big boat races of this term, are coming up next week Wednesday through Saturday. We’ve been spending lots of time on the river and on the lovely rowing machines, so let’s hope it pays off! Friday night we had a crew bonding dinner, which was a lot of fun. During it, we discovered that we have a ten year age span in the boat (19-29), which, yes, makes me the second oldest). It is amusing to hear some of the undergraduates sometimes – that life seems so long ago…!