Moving from Secondary Modern to 'Technical Secondary' was in the mind of a 13 year old 'going somewhere'. At that time 6 other friends from the same school made the break and here we were in a different environment, a school half the size of the previous and ......... no girls! By this time I certainly had at least a passing interest in opposite sex and all the mysteries that went with it.
So I was put into 3T, haven't a clue what the T stood for but 3 obviously was the 3rd year. At this school there was a 6th Form too for those who may have either thought their learning had not finished or in the case of me for those not ready for the world of work (didn't feel old enough).
From a school perspective this was a grand place, not in structure or design but one of belonging, one which you felt part of, you could say an 'actual community'. Fond memories flood back on this time, particularly of certain teachers. At the daily assembly Mr 'George' Hurst the Deputy Head would invariably remind us that to be attending the school we had to be 'above average intelligence', of you course you believed it and I'm sure it has guided my career path with it etched on the brain.
I certainly was not top of the class but what I did learn was that if I listened to what I was taught and put those teachings into practice I would succeed and this is what I still believe to this very day. Without listening first and understanding what you have learnt it will never be of use to
you.