Yeah, yeah, yeah. Night before the Life in the UK test and I am just sitting down to study now.
I told Stuart that I didn’t want to be bothered, aggravated, annoyed, fucked with, spoken to so he is off drinking with Richard. (I’m not sure what happened to his ‘not drinking for a month’ with me plan. He lasted two days. I teased him about being an alcoholic the other day and he said, “At least I don’t eat 24/7.” He’s lucky the knife I was holding didn’t end up between his eyes. I guess compared to Stu I do eat a huge amount. Lunch AND dinner. Sometimes on the weekends breakfast. CRAZY TALK! I’m happy if he eats a bap with laughing cow cheese and crisps. . . Later he told me he acts like a twat when he drinks because, “I say things that make him kick off.” Yeah. . . that’s what it is. He was very sweet before he left, so it probably isn’t fair of me to mention things he said a few days ago. Oh well.)
So, I open the web site to review their study guide, I open the e-mail from Jen with the study questions she sent me, I crack open the book. I look at my notes that I took when I made the appointment.
She had told me to read Chapter 2-6.
I look at the contents to see what I don’t have to study.
Chapter 1 is: The Making of The United Kingdom
Is a bunch of history stuff. Romans, Normans, 100 years war, War of the Roses, Henry v the Pope, Cromwell, British Empire, etc, etc.
Don’t need that for the test.
Great.
All that shit is what I already know.
The remaining chapters that I don’t need to study according to the woman I spoke to are: Knowing the Law, Sources of Help and Information and Building Better Communities.
Is it just me, but it strikes me as odd that Knowing the Law isn’t on the test. There are subheadings like: The rights and duties of a citizen and human rights not to mention Criminal Courts.
I’ll probably read it anyway. The very least, the next time Stuart tells me I eat all the time and I am compelled to bludgen him to death with a cucumber, I will know and understand the criminal court process.
September 28th, 2007 at 7:35 am
I helped someone study for this test. She didn’t have the advice, so I quizzed her on Magna Carta and so on - she aced the test but said it was all about applying for benefit.