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Originally Posted by xelasnave
Part time was the pits..work like a dog all day, rush off at 5 pm for a peak hour drive to Newtown (Sydney Uni) hope the canteen was still open to get something to eat..two to three hours lecture home to wife and kids ( later on) and try and get some study in before you passed out...three nights a week I recall???
As to keeping on keeping on..my master solicitor had a career as an achedemic and was the Director of Man Power in WW2..but when he retired thought to do law so he would have an interest..when I worked for him he was over ninety...you could ask him a question and he would look over his glasses and say..go to ( say Helmore on Real Property...or whatever the relevant text book and there were a few..."Look on page 146 in paragraph (3) part b that covers it for you...incredible..but such a privilege to have him as my mentor...I learnt so much which set me up for the rest of my life...
Alex
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Alex, I worked with an Old School Account, a true gentleman. He could add a column of figures as quickly as he could run his finger down the page.
Interestingly, he was in London in WWI and came under Zeppelin attack. He was an extraordinary man who lived in extraordinary times.