The students were busy discussing their options for next term. Three over-confident boys declared that they would choose my class because it would be a “cinch”. The most arrogant of the three boasted proudly that he was already was familiar “everything there is to know” about knowledge management.

I recruited two German students taking the module this term to explain to these deluded individuals that the knowledge management syllabus was both interesting and challenging. Then I outlined how the journal literature is used in class.

Meanwhile a vile girl joined the group and started pulling silly faces behind my back. As soon as I realised what was going on I turned round, grabbed her, and threatened to march her off to the highest authority: JB.