Emile Derkheim does Hibernia

OK my old friend Emile Derkheim has reappeared into my life! Who is Emile I hear you ask? Well Emile is the one guy I could depend on in first year in UCC.....he was a definite on the sociology exam paper! So I spent months learning and studying his theories of Anomie and how anomie leads to depression, anxiety and sucide. Joyful stuff I can assure you. May 2005 came around very quicky, too quick. I wasn't ready, Emile and I weren't ready to sit an exam together. I crammed. Late nights took their toll. All nighters were worse. I was a nightmare to live with (sorry mom, sorry dad). But finally, without much warning May 17th was upon me. Sociology exam was at 9.30. A three hour exam. I was ready. I had crammed. I had paniced. But I was ready. I got up early that morning and gathered some pens, my phone and some notes, just in case you see. Off to college I went. UCC was packed with students all cramming. I went to the exam hall. I waited outside silently. I looked at notes that I barely saw. All too soon it was time to go into the hall and take my seat. I sat down and the papers were handed out. Emile wasn't there.......

All my cramming and studying, all my panic and worry, all those late nights and Emile didn't turn up on the paper anywhere. Oh how I hated him then.

I went on and did well in the exam and swore I wasn't going to have anything to do with Emile Derkheim again. Ever again. I didn't do sociology in second year, I dropped it after first year so for the remainder of my time in UCC I managed to avoid him and ignore him. I even managed after college. That is until today........

Emile Derkheim turned up in the sociology of education tutorial with Hibernia. I have yet to understand why or even how his theories of sucide relate to education or primary schools. But who am I to judge? If Hibernia say I must learn about anomie and sucide again I guess I must but I refuse to enjoy Emile like I once did. I refuse to love him and depend on him as I did all those years ago.

He just can't be trusted to turn up on the exam papers when he's ment to......Mark my words August 2010, Emile won't turn up again when he's expected and wanted. But I'll know him better and know well enough not to depend on that man again.