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What failing at school taught me

June 24, 2025January 17, 2022 by Martin Thompson
Richard Parsons

Winter 1993, Basingstoke, UK.

I did ok at secondary school but generally didn’t pay enough attention and drifted along.

I ended up with mediocre grades, just enough to scrape into A’ Levels.

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Categories Diary Tags A Levels, Failing Exams, GCSE, How to fulfil your wildest dreams, Richard Parsons 1 Comment

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