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Rod Liddle

From now on, we must all be equally stupid

15 September 2016

1:00 PM

15 September 2016

1:00 PM

A lecturer at a reasonably well-respected northern plate-glass university was somewhat perplexed by a student who complained about her poor marks for an essay. She had a statement of Special Educational Needs. She insisted that this had not been taken into account in the marking of her paper. My acquaintance was hauled before the university authorities to explain why he had marked her so low.

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