Monthly Archives: August 2015

Educating a better class of criminals

One of the things criminology teaches is how to follow a trail of evidence, and education of any sort teaches us to do things which would be useful if we were ever to turn to crime. A criminal merely knows … Continue reading

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The best binman of your generation

I get nauseous when another famous and powerful person dies and the tributes start coming in. What strikes me most is how many of these people are called the best of their generation when news of their death comes out. … Continue reading

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Another teen knife wielding weirdo goes to jail

Everyone loses when someone is stabbed. The victim is at the very least seriously injured and the perpetrator goes to jail. Why can’t these criminals love their victims? Because love is nice, but hate is easy.

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Make your university application stand out

You could start a blog on your proposed study area, go around the world for charity, start a charity, get an interesting part time job or volunteer. Can’t think of anything that would make you stand out more though than … Continue reading

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Most people believe they are better than average

Most drivers think they are better than the average driver. Most students think they will get better than average grades Most football players think they score more than the average number of goals Wake up people. You are all just … Continue reading

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Multilingual britons

It’s not true thst Britons don’t speak foreign languages. Britons usually speak at least one foreign language badly, and often several badly at once. A typical conversation with a bloody foreigner might go something like, ‘cannen ichum one beeren haven … Continue reading

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How low can you go

And still pass a maths exam? By which I mean get a c. At a level, the pass mark is about 60%. At university the pass mark is a pretty uniform 40%. In the Scottish highers this year it is … Continue reading

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Another impossible dream bites the dust

When persuasive people get some power, often the first thing they do is to persuade the gullible, including ministers and prime ministers, to give them some money. So with the charity kids company and its founder, batwoman. Kids company has … Continue reading

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History lesson

What do you get when rich countries bomb and invade poor countries for no good reason? Complete madness, senseless violence, destruction and chaos. Examples – USA-UK etc/Iraq, USA-UK etc/Afghanistan, Israel/Gaza, Saudi arabia/Yemen.

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End of a long upgrade

Astarmathsandphysics has been upgraded. It has a related articles feature so you can find an answer faster, a new testimonials mod, non of them fake, lots of little things to speed up the website, and all links work.

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