Published on 12, July, 2020
Just curious about people who slipped through the net, so to speak. How did you cope with school? I developed quite good ways of hiding how much i struggled. It helped that i was in most of the bottom sets, as no one really cared back then. I was in the top set for biology, i excelled in that area. Nothing else part from sport. I hated going in every day, i was like a zombie....i literally cant remember my last year in school. Ive blanked it out completely.
Intellectually, I found there was a massive difference between early years, when I was taught in ways that weren't suitable for me, and I got into trouble a lot, and from A-levels onward, when students have to do independent research, at which point, I was miles ahead of the others.
Socially, it was unpleasant throughout.