Swart Donkey

I was told that when you go to university, you come out thinking you know nothing and when you go to vocational colleges, you come out knowi...

Doing well in exams is not just about knowing the information in a I-can-google-it way. The first time I wrote open-book exams (when you can...

One of the ways we develop conspicuous skills is through exams. Exams are not real life, but they are a blunt way to communicate your skills...

One of my friends from university was the master of seeing things for what they are. It’s mostly sport. In our first year, I quickly learnt ...

I find the initial stages of learning confusing. In a physical way that affects my breathing, my tingling skin, and my wide eyes. Educatio...

The world changes fast. But not fast enough (yet) that it is not worth modelling where you would like to be on a few people who went from ...

The first course I had to repeat because of failure was ironically called Survival Models. It was a step up from the course’s previous nam...

In Rugby, unlike Football, you are taught to play the whistle. For the same reason, you don't celebrate in Baseball or Softball by thro...

I far preferred exams to tests and assignments. I see information more as a web of connections than a path. A big black space requiring ten...

I always focussed on time management with exams . A mentor once taught me a technique. Most of our exams were 100 marks in three hours. I ...

I preferred the study part of working and studying to the study part of university. In standardising learning and breaking the work down in...