The loneliness of the long-distance student..

...or not, thanks to the wonders of the internet!

Meet Julia. She is the only student on our course living in Wellington, New Zealand. I am the only student on our course living in Christchurch, New Zealand. The course is with a University based in Australia and most of the students are in Australia.

Julia and I skype from time to time to go through activities, readings and to encourage each other.

Years ago (well before this technology) I studied extramurally. It was a long, hard. lonely slog. This interaction definitely helps.