I thought I was never good enough
At least, that’s what I was told
Just when I thought I’d be a-okay
And my life would be paved with gold
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Given what I had been through
From the tender age of eight
It’s hardly surprising my dream died a death
I’d never amounted to anything great
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I failed my exams at eleven plus*
I flunked most of my GCSEs
My teachers couldn’t understand
Everyone else passed with ease
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I wanted to be a speech therapist
For people who’d pulled through a stroke
But, without a university degree
They thought I was a bit of a joke
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Instead, I became a secretary
And learned to do shorthand and type
I worked in the City of London
Learning Office Practice and Skype
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I applied to a shipping company
And there had a wonderful boss
I came on leaps and bounds
I was far from being a loss
~~~
I worked in whole life insurance
And then, I went on to a bank
I proved all the teachers wrong
I was NOT as thick as a plank!
* The eleven-plus is a standardized examination administered to some students in England and Northern Ireland in their last year of primary education, which governs admission to grammar schools and other secondary schools which use academic selection. The name derives from the age group for secondary entry: 11–12 years
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