Yes, ridiculous. Especially given my background. There was no guarantee that

I would continue to do as well at a comprehensive like the Hewett School (or CNS, or somewhere awful like Earlham which would still have been possible to end up with) as I had done in primary and middle school. How was she to know whether I would grow into a sensible or gullible adolescent ?

She certainly knows that was a mistake but at the time felt she was supporting me and that she most of all wanted me to be happy.

Well, I haven't set the world on fire, but if I could go back I wouldn't change much for fear of changing the end result which I am very happy with (unlike a lot of other people). When I say I have been fortunate it is not modesty. I really really have just been in the right place at the right time, and narrowly avoided disasters along the way. A lot of luck ! As a religious person perhaps you can think of it as meant to be that I didn't go to public school.

Oh, and my ringpiece stayed in one piece :-)

Posted By: Steve in Holland on December 17th 2007 at 16:27:22

Message Thread

I am I too late for the PK Pumping? (n/m) (General Chat) - conker, Dec 17, 15:34:19
- Put your shoulder next to mine and pump away (General Chat) - Old Git, Dec 17, 16:06:11
- Yes. you will have to pump your own (n/m) (General Chat) - colincanary, Dec 17, 15:36:11
  - Oh don't.that's shocking.... (General Chat) - PK_Canary, Dec 17, 15:41:17
    - I reckon I could turn you. (n/m) (General Chat) - tudders, Dec 17, 15:57:20
    - a hole's a hole (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Dec 17, 15:47:23
    - Especially as it is over a picture of Maggie (n/m) (General Chat) - colincanary, Dec 17, 15:47:09
- Watch this. Oi, PK, did you know Conker DID go to "private" school ? (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Dec 17, 15:35:52
  - Well that just proves PK's point... (General Chat) - Brom, Dec 17, 15:36:25
    - Have conker and PK ever been seen on WOTB at the same time ? :- (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Dec 17, 15:39:02
      - Out of interest Steve (General Chat) - Old Git, Dec 17, 15:54:42
        
        Because (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Dec 17, 16:14:30
        
        Yes, you're obviously bright and have done well (General Chat) - Old Git, Dec 17, 16:18:07
        
        Yes, ridiculous. Especially given my background. There was no guarantee that (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Dec 17, 16:27:22
        
        I don't believe that (General Chat) - Old Git, Dec 17, 16:31:07
        
        Phew. For a moment there I thought you didn't believe that (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Dec 17, 16:34:49
        
        You say that so often that I'm beginning to wonder ... (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Dec 17, 16:37:29
        
        Actually Earlham wasn't too bad, academically, back then, but it was rougher than Norwich (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Dec 17, 16:30:48
        
        chuckle (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Dec 17, 16:37:06
        
        Bewthorpe then. (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Dec 17, 16:34:20
        
        Dunt know nuffen about Bowthorpe, you might be right. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Dec 17, 16:38:17
      - yer,like now. (n/m) (General Chat) - PK_Canary, Dec 17, 15:39:36
- G A Y (n/m) (General Chat) - Brom, Dec 17, 15:35:27

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