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Why it's important to be brave enough to ask that cheeky question
His name was Colin Peacock and he was a very organised, precise man in his late fifties with a clear, crisp way of speaking. Suit and tie. A lecturer in Education. I’d gone along for a visit to Stirling University.
To explore the campus, meet some of the teaching staff, and find out what studying at university might look like as no-one in my family had ever done this.
It was an understatement to say that I felt like a fish out of water. And I wanted to ask a question but didn’t know if I should.