A Little Schoolin’

In a speech yesterday Dr Sharples, who is Maori Party co-leader, said Maori should be able to go to university without any qualifications.
NZ Herald: Thursday 18 June 2009.

The call came. I knew it would. He was there.

HE: Bro.
ME: Whetu.
HE: Howse it goin’?
ME: Fine. You?
HE: Good. Just want to say bye.
ME: Bye? Where youse..where are you going?
HE: Uni?
ME: University?
HE: Yup.
ME: Which one?
HE: All of them.
ME: All of them?
HE: Big whanau, bro. Got to spread meself around. Thought I would do a couple of weeks at Auckland, do a bit more with the cuzzies at Rotorua, then down to Wellington and then…
ME: What are you taking?
HE: Anything that’s not nailed down, bro. You know me.
ME: No, what course are you taking?
HE: Course?
ME: What are you…learning?
HE: Learning?
ME: Isn’t that why you are going to university? To learn? A profession?...A trade?…A skill?…Something?
HE: Oh, I’m going to learn something!
ME: What?
HE: How to get a student loan.


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