Saturday 13 November 2010

Who said Plagarism never paid off...

http://www.redbrickonline.co.uk/news/compensation-payout-for-lost-exam-papers/

http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2010/10/28/compensation-for-university-of-birmingham-students-as-exam-papers-are-lost-in-the-post-97319-27555292/

Seem familiar. I actually think its quite flattering really. 

Sunday 7 November 2010

Bonfire Night...

...I haven't written for a while, its been a hectic month and this is a few days out of date but oh well.

I've always found Bonfire Night a little bit peculiar. Not necessarily in a bad way but I do think its odd that thousands of people gather on mass to cheer and celebrate an effigy being burned. Yes, I suppose its a celebration of the triumph of democracy over religious extremism but it is still a bit weird if you really think about it. Its a recreation of a incredibly horrific death and considering as a  society we get in a moral panic if someone tries to potray it on TV after the watershed, it seems weird that such a practice is viewed as a perfect family event.

I'm not saying its a bad thing or that it should be stopped, its actually quite enjoyable (even though its far too cold) and I love the fireworks. Its merely an observation...and I highly doubt that celebrating the fact that parliament didn't fall its going to be too popular for people after the past couple of years in the media that MPs have had.

I also think there is so amusingly British about celebrating failure even if success would have through the entire country into anarchy.