What is left and what is right? Whatever these two poles of the political spectrum represent it is beyond doubt that there exists a chasm that divides. This was touched upon in ‘of left and right‘. As chasms widened so too did the two sides find less to relate upon. They grew more aggressive towards each other. The leftists were commies and the rightists were nazis, in each others’ lingo. Wars were fought and people died.

Is it not a curious thing? A diploma is said to last for a life-time and yet one has to obtain it within a fixed deadline. This is the situation that persists not only with most courses offered at the University of Malta but many other universities around the world. It is a fact that almost every prospective student must contemplate prior to stepping up to the plate and many rise or fall based upon this factor alone.

No matter who you are and no matter what your background in life may have been, it is very likely - almost certain in fact - that you have had a brush with the education system. Depending upon your background and your personal predispositions you may also have experienced some of a wide range of frictional issues and events where you may have felt a desire to challenge the education system. Yet you knew that that was how the system worked and so the problem was naturally with yourself… or was it?