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17/12/2010

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

Complaints, December 2010, Holidays, Lists, Pure Insanity, School, THE WORLD *head in hands*

ark, English language, foolproof way to cap immigration, France, government, humour, immigrants, immigration, Indifferent Ignorance, Isle of Man, maths, monkeys, Moses, Mount Everest, riff-raff, Sunday, The Intelligence Test, trick questions, United States, York
26/11/2010

Just Your Average Friday

Visualise this. My Physics’ teacher’s classroom, 9:30ish am, Friday morning. Usually a scene of utter pain and confusion on my part. Today, however, we had a cover, and everyone talked rather a lot. So much, in fact, Ruby felt comfortable waving a sheet at me from her bench. “You can tell an English person drew this, can’t… Continue reading

Complaints, November 2010, Photogenius, Pure Insanity, School, THE WORLD *head in hands*

Britain, chips, England, fish, fish and chips, France, Friday, Indifferent Ignorance, Physics, planet Earth, plate tectonics, School

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France

Frank’s Immigration Test (a way to keep out the riff-raff)

Just Your Average Friday