April 2002
Intermediate to advanced
384 pages
8h 21m
English
Many years ago, I was in the public service and we all had different classifications based on a numeric grade. For example, most people started out in the public service as a Class 1 and, if they were really well behaved, could rise to a Class 11.
Whenever I needed someone to help me I would do a quick math exercise before I went to speak to the person. For example, when I was a Class 4 and the person I needed to help me was a Class 8, I simply subtracted our Classes.

If the result was a positive number, it meant that I was in trouble; the bigger the number, the bigger the trouble I was in and the less likely that the ...
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