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Back to School #3

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007

Read Back to School #1 and #2 … We were a group of six. From three different countries. Spoke three different languages – four if you count two distinct dialects of one. Varied in age from 20 to, well, to my age. Six different educational backgrounds: Maths, Agriculture, Economics, Physics, Civil Engineering and Robotics. Six [...]

Back to School #2

Thursday, August 2nd, 2007

Read Back to School #1 … Okay, I wouldn’t need to submit academic references, but I would need to send either a transcript of my results or the original parchment from my primary degree. I had the latter. Very carefully, I took the frame off the wall and extracted the scroll. Two large envelopes taped [...]

Back to School #1

Wednesday, August 1st, 2007

Annie is off to UCD shortly to do an MA in Film Production. Exactly two years ago today I too made the decision to return to full-time education after a break of 16 years. Annie’s break isn’t nearly a long, she’ll be in another university and she’ll be taking a different course, so I won’t [...]

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