tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8852409997049479040.post9162011674283407838..comments2023-05-30T04:44:22.763+01:00Comments on Sec Mod: I Never Knew Why Under the Craneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02397405094624950202noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8852409997049479040.post-72540563527752837422014-04-26T22:40:33.817+01:002014-04-26T22:40:33.817+01:00Thanks very much for your thoughtsThanks very much for your thoughtsUnder the Craneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02397405094624950202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8852409997049479040.post-47043275986547353292014-04-26T22:35:35.743+01:002014-04-26T22:35:35.743+01:00I often wonder what happened to Tim.
He and I comp...I often wonder what happened to Tim.<br />He and I competed to be top of the class in our first year at Secondary Modern school. He won two terms out of three.<br />Our contest ended then because thanks to a persistent mother, I was only there a year before going on to grammar school. <br />I'd attended a two-classroom village primary school as it headed towards closure and because my birthday was after 2 September I was due to stay an extra year. But I'd got as far as they could take me so my mother, with the help of a superb head teacher, persuaded the authorities to let me move on to the Secondary Modern and take my 11+ there. <br />I passed but Tim, who was clearly as bright as I was and probably brighter, had for some reason 'failed'. So I got the advantage of the grammar school which set me on the path to careers in publishing, television and journalism.<br />I don't know what happened to Tim. But I do know it seemed and seems the wrong way and the wrong age to decide a child's future.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com