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Frank’s Immigration Test (a way to keep out the riff-raff)
We did this in Maths today, my last lesson of 2010. I’m putting it on here with correct answers so you can do better than 13/22, which is what my friend and I got. My theory is that if we gave it to every adult looking to immigrate to England, and they scored less than 12,… Continue reading
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My Chemical Romance Lyrics Save Lives. But Not Test Results.
What I hate about exams is that they sneak up on you. The date is so far away, then it’s next week, then in two days, then… Tomorrow. Unfortunately, this IAA is not an exam I can make up on the spot. With humanities, this is pretty easy – all you have to do… Continue reading
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Ruby’s Social Experiment to Go to Sleep, or, How to Become a Raving Lesbian in Six Steps
Scene: Victoria Sea View Hotel, Scarborough, Yorkshire Step 1) When a person knocks on the door, turn out light and pretend to be asleep before the door opens (there is no lock). Step 2) Sarah walks in and asks for her iPod back. Step 3) Within a second, two or three… Continue reading
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We’ll Thank Our Parents Eventually
Here are some skills useful to that scary thing called life and adulthood, as far as I can tell. I will check off the ones I think I have achieved in the last fourteen years. Shoelace tying Going to the loo/showering/cleaning/dressing yourself, by yourself Reading Writing Halfway decent knowledge of what’s going on in the world… Continue reading
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