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From: "reuben.jamieson" <>
Subject: Re: [NMB] 11 plus
Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2002 20:17:48 +0100
References: <3.0.6.32.20020729090838.0083c920@pop2.sympatico.ca> <000d01c23711$1c17f8e0$1323fc3e@tinypc> <tLQqW+H39sS9Ew5F@BrianPears>


> One example of an 11-plus failure who hasn't done too badly.
> Stan M lived just up the street from me in Rowlands Gill and
> we went through the infants and junior schools together. Then
> we parted company - I went to Hookergate Grammar School while
> he "languished" at High Spen Secondary Modern. So where is Stan
> now? Sweeping the streets and living in a hovel? Not quite.
> He's living on St Lucia in the Caribbean where he runs his
> own company. His office window looks out over a bay - his
> bay! Down below is a jetty - his jetty - with sailing boats
> tied alongside - his sailing boats. The only other building
> in sight is a house across the bay with its own jetty - his
> house, his jetty! That's failure! :-)>
> Cheers, Brian

Wellllllll----worrih smashin story. Aal bet yih wuddiv got 10 ooriv 10 for
that if yih wuz still it skeul.
:-))
But joking apart Brian, If had the writing skills of yourself, I'm sure I
could tell of a few of my acquaintances in life who succeeded against all
the odds. (and quite a few egg-heads who threw it all away), but one comes
particularly to mind. He was very slow on the uptake, (it was thought)
couldn't, still can't, read or write, took a job as a labourer and worked
very hard at any task he was given. When he had saved enough money, he
managed to convince the bank to back him in the purchase of a "digger". He
now is M.D. of his own company, but can still be seen with his sleeves
rolled up. He owns a large spread with a pool on the mountainside
overlooking his village. He certainly ended up "top of the heap" and
deservedly so. C'est la vie!!
aalthibest
Reuben
nivvaforgetyageordie
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/j/a/m/Reuben-Jamieson-GWENT



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