One of the drawbacks to doing a four year degree, followed up by a postgraduate teaching qualification, is that you end up with five student loans instead of the usual three. That’s what I did and, because I compounded the error by refusing to earn flipping great wodges of cash, I’m still paying the things off a decade later.

No matter: the debt is nearly cleared. What delighted me was the fact that, when I rang this morning, the Student Loans Company’s automated telephone holding system started playing “Can I kick it?” by a Tribe Called Quest. A fine choice, and one calculated to inspire me to better and brighter things:

If you feel the urge to freak, do the jitterbug
Come and spread your arms if you really need a hug
Afrocentric living is a big shrug
A life filled with *HORN* that’s what I love
A lower plateau is what we’re above

Feel free, drop your pants, jack your hey-ya…