North of the Stupid Line

Posts Tagged ‘Education

09 Apr, 2007

Learning Japanese

Posted by: Rob

I was reading this post by funnyoldlife and it brought to mind the time when I considered studying Law and Japanese at university, during the time I was studying my A Levels and deciding which universities to apply to through UCAS and which courses.
During secondary school, I learnt Welsh, French and German, eventually going on [...]

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12 Nov, 2005

Exams

Posted by: Rob

Rachel was telling me this evening that Cardiff University (where she’s a student at) is now ranked the 20th best university in the UK according to The Guardian. The universities that I have had links with in some form or other are:

Cambridge: 2nd – I was offered a place by Jesus College, Cambridge, and [...]

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03 Sep, 2004

Revision

Posted by: Rob

Rachel is doing her revision for six (yes, SIX!) exams at the moment, and she’s so bored she’s trying to find Bamboozle on the Teletext 4. Why do educational establishment insist on making students do exams? Personally, I find exams an unfair assessment of a student’s knowledge and is solely dependant on luck. [...]

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21 Jul, 2001

Result!

Posted by: Rob

I had my degree result on Tuesday, and I’m pleased to announce that I got the hoped for 2.1! My family are thrilled, and I’m glad that I’ve got a good basis with which to begin my legal career. I’m working at Lloyds TSB General Insurance at the moment for 5 weeks (this [...]



  • JGJones: Hear hear - I never understand those "fathers" myself either. My wife once said this quote to me which is very true: "Any man can be a father, but
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Why North of the Stupid Line? It's quite simple: to signify an individual of subnormal intelligence and general social ignorance. This blog belongs to Rob Wilks (never!) who can be summed up thus: Deaf, married, daddy, happy chappy, smiley, solicitor, Welshman, Cymru.