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Adult eduction under threat?

Adult eduction under threat?

We are just a bunch of people who set off from home or work as dusk falls, and go to evening class. But now at the City Lit in London,…

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'Maybe I can help'

'Maybe I can help'

 “It’s no good.  I can’t do my homework and I want to give up A level maths!”  Three weeks into her A level study and my oldest daughter is finding…

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Eureka, I can do square roots

Eureka, I can do square roots

As a teenager, during maths classes, my teacher constantly referred to the “square root” of things, and I had no idea what he was talking about. This week I unlocked…

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I'm not into art

I'm not into art

I have a child who is into art. I have never encouraged this. All I’ve ever done is complain about the dried-on flakes of paint, tiny balls of coloured tissue…

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Here I go

Here I go

Well, here I am at last – armed with my copy of Higher Mathematics for AQA GCSE Modular. We are going to start with Module three (call me stupid, but…

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