OK, in order to become a qualified teacher you have to pass three tests. One on numeracy (maths), one on literacy (English) and one on ICT. Every trainee teacher has to do these tests, even if they are in your subject area. It doesn’t matter that I have a degree in Software Engineering, an A-Level in Computing and half a GCSE in IT. Nor does it matter that I use computers daily and have done since… ever.

No, I still have to take a daft ICT exam. It took me fifteen minutes, most of which was double checking my answers to ensure I wasn’t doing stupid things. The test was quite well created really, with a fake desktop and applications to play with and I suppose for a non IT person it might be slightly challenging (and no doubt the maths people are saying the same about the maths test I failed).

Obviously I passed it. If I hadn’t you’d be reading about me in the news after being found swinging from my washing line.

I’m now off to the Lake District until Saturday with school