'rebuild yourself at uni'

No, that was 2024 at the wānanga. Now I'm pretty much done. It's blindingly obvious that my level 2 certificate is better than a VUW level 4 one. To be fair, that was my main thing for the year, and I watched a bunch of docos and films while running my AMPP pirate station. - VUW can't teach me rongoā, and I can learn anything a WEIRD university can teach. I've got the Internet, I've got a liberal definition of fair use, and a criminal mindset. Library Genesis being down is a bummer, but the local library is well-stocked, and you can read 100 articles a month on JSTOR for free. - I'm hyperlexic - could read fluently by about 4. That's why I'm a polyglot. Alongside having brainy parents. Yes, most students can barely study today, but in my day we still had memories and the ability to churn through a few hundred pages a day if strictly necessary. My dad gave me pointers on debating and research. Jane gave me a great pointer, which was not to give 100% in every subject. Take the B+ if you want an A in something else: that was Jane's approach. The wānanga wasn't graded, and was much more rewarding as a result. If we could all agree that we want the majority of students to pass, then we could be honest about what a B and a C mean. Grade inflation was starting in my day, but it's rampant now. A = top 15% B = top 30%

C = top 50% D = Fail. That's how it was in 2011 (I think).