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Dumbing down language degrees (Rousse)

Posted on March 10, 2026 by Dreamaticus

My former university tutor Mr H sat across the table from me, marking the papers of final year undergraduate French students. I questioned why they were all in English. ‘Today’s students are incapable of writing in a foreign language’, he … Continue reading →

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Upside down rabbits and squirrels, and two escaped cats (Rousse)

Posted on February 22, 2015 by Dreamaticus

It was great to be back home after our holiday. We’d been away so long that I had forgotten the layout of our house. TPR took me through to the small sitting room. He’d arranged for it to be decorated … Continue reading →

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