Induction Meeting · Wednesday September 5, 2007 by Lily
We went to Manchester really early for the meeting so that Rupert could bus spot during the afternoon, and then met up about an hour before the meeting was due to commence as I was very tired. After announcing our arrival, we went upstairs and were greeted by the principal and year head who invited us to have a chat about R. We had a most useful discussion about R’s dyslexia…..he’ll be able to use a laptop in class and possibly in exams, he’ll be seen by the special needs person who will keep tabs on things etc. Following that we went into the meeting where the youngsters were told about the few rules and how their college day/year would be structured.
It felt really strange to be doing this after 7 years of HE, but the college isn’t at all schooly, the staff and students are on first name terms and the students can go out into Manchester during their breaks. Hopefully, as R isn’t doing a full timetable he’ll be able to go in later in the day or leave early on some days of the week as he has a long way to travel to college.
