School, what is it good for?

*Update* I almost forgot the picture! Shocking!

So today was MY first day back at school, after having an EIGHT day long holiday (that's one more day than Dave). And what did I do in the holidays? Well, I should have been revising for the prelim I found out I have to do on thursday. It really isn't fair, I was legitimately ill, I shouldn't have to do it. Like Dave said, I should be paraded about the school as a fine example to the younger kids, a paragon of academic excellence. Not forced to do exams! It's ridiculous! I have a legally binding contract with the fine establishment that is the University of Glasgow for me to study there, beginning on 14 September 2009 and I have no need for such things as "prelims". It can't even be used for appeal now anyway.

Added to this misery, today I had a totally stereotypical maths lesson. It solely involved the teacher writing lots of symbols on the board, talking about these symbols and then changing these symbols and then saying that these changed symbols proved that some other symbols were in fact the same as some other other symbols. Of course, I understood it, but i'll be damned if it didn't bore me to death.

Dave: Did you use a small tube like implement to pour a liquid onto a paper in small meaningful patterns?

Thomas: No. I used a pencil. Like the Russians did in that joke about Nasa.

Dave: Oh, ok.

Thomas: Unfortunately, I don't have as much opportunity for rebellion as Dave, as my school doesn't have a uniform and the PS2 in the common room has been smashed to pieces and is now nailled to the wall in the shape of the letters RIP. But they don't allow me to play kitten cannon in the library, which is a shame (http://www.addictinggames.com/kittencannon.html)


Time for predictions now methinks.

Tuesday
Arsenal 2-0 Roma
Atletico Madrid 0-1 FC Porto
Inter Milan 1-1 Man Utd
Lyon 0-2 Barcelona

Wednesday

Chelsea 1-0 Juventus
Real Madrid 1-1 Liverpool
Sporting Lisbon 0-3 Bayern Munich
Villarreal 2-0 Panathinaikos

Dave, if you would like to give yours.

Dave: Gladly Thomas, gladly...

Tuesday 24/2/09
Arsenal 3-0 Roma
Atletico Madrid 0-2 FC Porto
Inter Milan 1-1 Man United
Lyon 1-2 Barcelona

Wednesday 25/2/09
Chelsea 1-0 Juventus
Real Madrid 2-1 Liverpool
Sporting 1-1 Bayern Munich
Villarreal 3-1 Panathinaikos

Thomas: *Update* I also sent an email to my good friend Mark Zuckerberg suggesting that as Facebook is meant to be a site designed for the user, why not let the users of the site decide on the privacy policy? Seems like a good idea to me right?