“Higher Education” — A misnomer?

The phrase is strange, isn’t it? And a touch elitist.

Why is my LLB “higher” than an electrician’s apprenticeship?

Why is the ability to do the 12 times tables by heart greater than the ability to change the oil on a…

“It’s a day with Daddy, is it?” — Here we go again…

I’m not outraged, offended or in any way concerned. It’s just interesting.

Pretty much weekly, as I “do my thing”, someone asks my kids “so it’s a day with Dad today, is it?”.

But “I Live in the Real World”

How often is this your rationalisation?

For some, it’s regular, but apologetic. For others, it’s become second nature.

After all, the “real world” is the thing that keeps us feed, clothed, and housed — isn’t it?

“Higher Education” — A misnomer?

The phrase is strange, isn’t it? And a touch elitist.

Why is my LLB “higher” than an electrician’s apprenticeship?

Why is the ability to do the 12 times tables by heart greater than the ability to change the oil on a…

But “I Live in the Real World”

How often is this your rationalisation?

For some, it’s regular, but apologetic. For others, it’s become second nature.

After all, the “real world” is the thing that keeps us feed, clothed, and housed — isn’t it?

Tenacious

How do you deal with setbacks?

For me: I vary.

Sometimes I look at setbacks and laugh at them.

Other times, they kick me in the stomach and I lie, crippled, unable to accomplish anything for days.

Tenacious

How do you deal with setbacks?

For me: I vary.

Sometimes I look at setbacks and laugh at them.

Other times, they kick me in the stomach and I lie, crippled, unable to accomplish anything for days.

“It’s a day with Daddy, is it?” — Here we go again…

I’m not outraged, offended or in any way concerned. It’s just interesting.

Pretty much weekly, as I “do my thing”, someone asks my kids “so it’s a day with Dad today, is it?”.