In maths I was average Never appreciated the function Very intimidated by this area Got lost a multiple of times Algebra? As easy as pie? haha Thank Goodness Jack Kilby for your triumphant gadget! The unknown number? 'C' At English, I was as clumsy as a bu*terfly without wings There wasn't A FORREST to walk through! I had a GO. It was a MASSIVE walk in the dark. I stumbled and unknowingly PEE'd but came through with a 'B'and a 'C' At art I was sketchy We did not learn from the Greats Or get to see the world through their eyes. Technically, we never wrote more than our name on the back My art emerged from ignorant pigment and HB and produced an 'E' Geography was physically beautiful! Although I couldn't find my way out of a paper bag, or remember many Capitals, I still ascended. It was about the way of the land and people and populations! I gloried at that globe and navigated an A Science. What a cerebral exercise! A new quirky language Labelling and learning A world in miniature to build as a concept The gravity of it kept me rooted The cause? Wonderment and osmotic thirst The effect? An A PE was just to keep us fit RE was deemed morally essential (C) Computers....Ahem.... Our school had Ten! I still remember my schoolgirl French (C) And don't mention zee Germans! (D) I believe they have invented many more subjects since then? My day when A was just A and not A*