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Tag Archives: panic
Tutor daughter thwarts student mother’s study success (Rousse)
My mother had only been studying for a week, so had barely opened the book when I told her that it was time for her first exam. I was somewhat responsible for the panic that ensued. I really should have … Continue reading
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Tagged assessment, book, daughter, essay, exam, mother, panic, question, student, tutor
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Paternoster panic and a dreary dance (Rousse)
After scaring myself silly on the library’s open paternoster podium (at the instigation of LM), I followed a student in highland dress to the graduation ball. The latter was a grave disappointment. In a tiny meeting room at the back … Continue reading
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Tagged academic, bagpipes, ball, ceilidh, celebration, dance, dreary, graduation, library, man, panic, paternoster, podium, Scottish, scruffy, student, year
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How to get through a breakup (Rousse)
It was all over. TPR had found someone else and all that past talk of ‘Love you forever’ was disregarded. He flinched just a little when I enquired about the arrangements for his brother-in-law Neil’s birthday party (just a couple … Continue reading
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Tagged birthday, break-up, breakup, brother-in-law, celebrations, Christmas, family, February, flinch, love, mother, Neil, panic, party, TPR, weeks
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Doctoral degree entry requirements: Oxford and Edinburgh (Rousse)
All the others were clutching revision notes as we entered the exam hall. I had nothing in my hands because I had done no preparation whatsoever. So what if SH got a first and I failed? Then I started to … Continue reading
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Tagged degree, doctoral, Edinburgh, entry, fail, first, notes, Oxford, panic, PhD, preparation, programme, requirements, revision, university
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Gary Glitter flashback (Rousse)
Gary Glitter sidled up to me from behind just as I was about to hand the dirty crockery from the Korean cookery demonstration over to one of the catering staff. I was struck by how much the disgraced pop star … Continue reading
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Tagged 1970s, catering, cookery demonstration, crockery, dirty, disgrace, flashback, Gary Glitter, Korean, panic, Paul Gadd, pop, snog, staff, star
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Rousse sees off a rival
PC and I were finally reunited after thirty-one years apart, and I was delighted. We had known one another since aged 7 at primary school right up to the point that we took our A levels in 1981. Now PC … Continue reading
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Tagged A level, A levels, academic, artist, artists, arts, charity, college, common room, conversation, design, disaster, Edinburgh, interaction design, London, panic, primary, project, rival, school, suitor, wink
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Poisonous gas leak at Edinburgh Waverley (Rousse)
I was only meant to pop out for twenty minutes to pick up the bread that had been baked for us on Inverleith Row. Unfortunately I forgot my route home and ended up at Waverley railway station instead. I was … Continue reading
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Tagged bread, Edinburgh, emergency, gas, Inverleith Row, job, leak, London, panic, poison, poisonous, polite, railway, role. colleagues, valve, vapour
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How to get (another) PhD (Rousse)
The Birmingham University reunion switched venue to Aberystwyth. There I caught up with SC, HW and CP and others – supposedly to reminisce about our undergraduate days, but in practice to moan about the deficiencies of the modern-day husband. Also … Continue reading
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Tagged assessment, Birmingham, Birmingham University, films, French, husband, husbands, language, literature, novels, pact, panic, PhD, strategy, undergraduate, University of Birmingham
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