Two Fourteen

Fill in the blank. Joe is John's father. Therefore Joe is the ____________ of John's father.     This is actually not a riddle. Its a question in a Class 1 English book. Or so I am told. Took me a while to figure out the answer. Actually I did not figure it out all by myself. Anyway, it reminded me of another riddle a physics lecturer asked us back in second year. He did not solve for us and left us anguishing in torture. We finally solved it. During the August field work. We sat down during one of those cold desolate nights and decided to think. As in really think. Got so excited when we finally solved it. That is why I want to see if you can. You probably have heard it before but still I want to see how you come up with the solution.       So then, riddle me this. You want to buy a shirt that costs 97 KeSh but you are broker than a cracked mirror. That is to say you do not have any money. So you decide to borrow. You borrow 50 KeSh fro...

       This being another academic year, we are  again   faced with the challenge of choosing units that we will be taking. And just like last year, the methods of deciding are not very career-oriented. What ideally should be happening is, students choose the units that more in sync with the career paths that they want. More in tune with their love and passion. More logical. But that is not what is happening. What most guys seem bent on is taking units that will guarantee an A, regardless of whether or not it will help their careers. The way it works is, despite what units you do, as long as you get first class honors, you can follow any career path. Sounds twisted but it is true, to some point, and students know this so they opt to choose units using other criteria.       Some decided they will not choose any unit that falls on a Monday, just to make their weekends longer. Some decided they wanted to start their weekend early so they opted a...