I tried to go to college, I barely got out of high school.
I took the repeal of the Corn Laws as light amusement compared with the difficult task of inducing the priests of all denominations to agree to suffer the people to be educated.
For me, school was a nightmare. I struggled.
I see education in the U.K. as a civil rights struggle.
I won a scholarship with the Brixton School of Building. I screwed around, not putting in a proper attendance.
All I ever wanted to do was play football. I was never one for revising, and I only left school with three O Levels.
The carefully fostered theory that schoolwork can be made easy and enjoyable breaks down as soon as anything, however trivial, has to be learned.
It is no secret that the fruits of language study are in no sort of relation to the labour spent on teaching and learning them.
There've been times where I wondered whether it was worth continuing in my own education.
I know what it feels like to struggle to get the education that you need.
I had a hard time going back to school after T2. I really didn't want to go to private school.
