It puts my school (Secondary Modern) in context if I say it was focused on sport. Head was an ex Wales rugby player. I was in soccer team from the first week of joining the school up until I left. As PE teacher confirmed ’Jones, you have zero skill but are big enough to kick anybody’ I was a 6’ centre half by age 13.
Left without a single qualification age 15 so didn’t take a single exam. All my ’education’ of note was post school at technical college and later at Uni where to everyone’s amazement I squeaked through a degree in training and development and 2 years of a psychology degree (always regret not finishing).
The school years are my greatest regret, had I worked at more than the art of the sliding tackle and obtaining dates with girls I would have saved a year at technical college as I had to complete a foundation year before they would allow me to leave the craft level City and Guilds lads and join the Technicians level course. School days were great fun but academically a disaster for me, too much focus on being in a winning sports team, we were excused maths lessons on days of away matches do we could travel! Never be allowed with today’s target driven syllabus.
BR
Colin
