Monthly Archives: December 2017

At university you get two chances to pass an exam. Fail and you are out. There are lots of empty seats during every university exam. Why can’t those seats be used to seat students taking mock exams. Hurray! Beer all … Continue reading →

Mock exams are most useful when they are most like the real thing. Especially when like the real exams they are spread out over a period of a few weeks. So when I hear from a student that all their … Continue reading →

What? Don’t you ever want to take a holiday? And what about the tutor? Don’t let them turn up at your house drunk. Hic!

One of my students just got a £20,000 per year sponsorhip for a Degree level cyber specialist course. He is only an A Level student. If you have dropped out of University or can’t afford to go, consider this. KPMG

And You Ain’t Wot You Bain’t! And if that Ain’t plain Hinglish, nothing bain’t!!!

I don’t know everything but I can answer some of your questions. You don’t know everything but can answer some of my questions. And there is someone in deepest darkest Borneo who knows very little but can answer some of … Continue reading →

Evariste Galois was a prodigy who solved ancient Greek problems by virtually inventing the branch of Maths called Group Theory. He dabbled in French revolutionary politics during the nineteenth century, then died in a duel over a girl. He was … Continue reading →

Every so often politics throws up a madman who rediscovers some forgotten madness and tries to sell it again. I am thinking of Trump of course. Haven’t we tried all that before and failed? It is like some recessive gene, … Continue reading →

Then I woke up. Christmas was still a week away. These things are hard on your soul.

Are things you don’t how to do yet.