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Do you ever feel like you didn’t get the memo?
It started for me when I was still in single figures. My parents bought a new house and, sadly, my school life and friends were collateral damage. I was moved from the soft bosom of everything I had known for as far back as I could remember, to an alien neighbourhood and an educational establishment where I was totally surrounded by strangers.
My new school was old-fashioned and conservative. Each day, songs were sung and prayers were said and everyone knew every single word. I sat praying I was invisible whilst affecting a blah, blah, blah movement with my mouth, hoping the eagle-eyed teachers would be oblivious to my lack of knowledge.
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