Just as in tough neighbourhoods, where people have to become street-wise
in order to survive, so the university environment contains its own set of
dangers. HOW TO TAKE AN EXAM...AND REMAKE THE WORLD help readers to become
exam-wise. The traps in the academic sector may be different to the ghetto but
the need for a cool appraisal of the dangers involved, knowing how those in
charge think, sensing the options, and above all, the importance of good timing
is not, especially for those who want to survive in the long term. This is a
truly unique book. In letting readers in on the secret of exams, Bertell Ollamn
also tried to make them street-wise to the education system as a whole, because
as he says himself "It isn't smart to put all your efforts into gaining access
to a building that is even now falling down about your ears." Ollman employs
his trademark humour to bring together practical advice on exam-taking and
radical scholarship in his analysis of the citadel of higher education.