What was your favourite subject in school?

At school my favourite subject

was English, no surprise

But later social sciences

opened up my eyes.

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I was slow to learn to read

But caught up once I did.

I loved books read voraciously

And passed eleven plus.

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My first love writing stories

And getting teachers’ praise.

Later English Literature

And learning from the greats.

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I struggled with mathematics,

Science, Languages

But got on with History, English

Loved to work with words.

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From school I worked in libraries

Studied, worked with books.

Mostly the outside of them

And how they went on shelves.

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I vowed I’d work in my own time

To earn my first degree.

So I’m an O.U. graduate

My university.

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And as an adult learner

I changed my learning tack:

Politics, Social Science

and different stuff like that.

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I don’t love sociology

I found that all too dry.

But learning how society works

I really loved all that.

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But getting back to school days.

It was English all the way.

It helped grow in confidence.

There’s not much more to say.