Dear Mr Fraser
Like other comrades, yours truly among them, you have had accusations and innuendo hurled at you touching your academic struggle. An excerpt from a News24 report:
'Referring to the allegation that he might have lied to various state departments, including the SSA, about his degree, Mabuza said on Fraser's behalf that it was "preposterous and shameful" to suggest that he had lied about the qualifications that are recorded on his "official CV".'
As a former bouncer and student of life, I am compelled to come to your defence. I attended several institutions of learning between bouncing assignments. Although I didn't register for any particular course and was there mainly for the free coffee, I did learn a great deal from the odd free lecture. I can recite Hamlet's famous soliloquy from memory. And just to prove that it was not mere parrot-fashion.learning, here's an insightful analysis of the piece:
1. It reminds me of our president with the whole 'Eish! To be or not to be' thing.
2 It would make a powerful rap song against a background of some throbbing percussives and a rolling, rhythmic chant of 'That is the question'
3.That Danish guy could have summarized it all in a few sentences e.g.
'Should I die, put up with being dissed or donner somebody? Tough choices. Don't know what's out there. I'll chill for now.'
An approach adhered to by SA politicians to this day.
(I've shared this with a UCT professor for inclusion in his lectures, free of charge).
The point is, sir, all of the above aligns with the theory of social constructivism in education. If not all the rage now, at least a significant part of the rage.
I quote:
"Every conversation or encounter between two or more people presents an opportunity for new knowledge to be obtained or present knowledge expanded".
If you were, indeed, a bouncer, you would have had more conversations and encounters than the average undergraduate student. That would suggest that you are highly educated. It would explain why you were able to transition effortlessly from spy boss to One Who Can Release Persons From Confinement On Grounds Of Ill Health.
As no South African argument is complete without 'whatabout', no-one questioned the credentials of James Bond, The Man From U.N.C.L.E or Mata Hari (all Caucasian).
At any rate, In terms of social constructivism theory, acquiring an education in spying is fairly simple. We are bombarded with spy novels, series, movies and news reports. It would not surprise me to learn that, even now, elements of Mossad, American NSI and our own superior intelligence outfits are scanning this article for suspicious references to insurrections and other subversive stuff. I can confidently say that, courtesy of good books and movies, I've learnt to watch my six, practise tradecraft, shake off or disable shadows and kill with everyday objects ranging from a pencil to a grain of rice. Nothing to it.
The journey is as important as the destination, says the theory. You journeyed all the way to London. That must count for something.
In a challenge to the establishment and WMC, bound to resound in and shake the ivory towers of academia, I'm applying for a PhD on the basis of prior learning completed. My dissertation, 'Education By Osmosis' will be ready for publication at the same time as my book, 'Espionage Made Easy'.
Yours in the struggle against accusations, innuendo and preposterous and shameful stuff.
Richard
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