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Tag Archives: student
How long does it take to write up a PhD? (Rousse)
By my calculations (in pencil, on a grid) it would take at least another 38 days to complete the write-up of the thesis. This was double the student’s estimate. It also meant that the submission would be delayed even further … Continue reading
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Tagged £38, calculations, day, dissertation, double, estimate, grid, pencil, PhD, student, submission, thesis, write
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A mother on horseback and men holding hands (Rousse)
This I had to see: my mother on horseback. From a distance I observed that my sister was leading the two-horse hack, encouraging mother to whip her steed into action. The horses broke into a trot. Almost immediately my mother … Continue reading
Dinner party distractions (Rousse)
TPR interfered with my cooking arrangements so now all the plans for the dinner party had gone awry. He even let a plastic spatula melt in a saucepan. Meanwhile JLW wasn’t doing much better at setting the table for 16 … Continue reading
Bristol house building and Edinburgh skyscrapers (Rousse)
It took a while, but eventually I managed to make a distinction between my colleague TF and student AA. This achieved, I climbed into TF’s car for our trip. Our first destination was Bristol. Here TF showed me the house … Continue reading
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Tagged Bristol, build, building, car, colleague, destination, Edinburgh, filling station, house, lost, map, Old Town, skyscraper, student, trip
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A compromise husband and security failure (Rousse)
I needed a new husband. David looked like he might fit the bill. He was young, kind, had a good job in student services at the University, and seemed willing to go along with this plan. (However, he had fair … Continue reading
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Tagged Belle, camera, campus, compromise, David, duty, fail, failure, fair, fit, husband, security, services, shoes, steal, student, TPR, university
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Spy penguins deployed to improve University security (Rousse)
The University issued an orange and black plastic spy penguin to each member of staff. Mine was tall, thin and male. AL was very proud of his slightly overweight female bird with wide floppy ears. The powers that be instructed … Continue reading
Student graffiti attack on west end Edinburgh flat (Rousse)
We had access to a huge flat in the west end of Edinburgh. Its owner was a young man who worked in finance. I got the impression that he hardly used this place at all. The vast rooms were almost … Continue reading
