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A random selection of stories from the site

Here Ron describes discovering unexploded bombs.

Here Gordon describes leaving his home in India to start school in England.

Nadia talks about her experiences of inaccessible exams.

Here Miro talks about the influence his parents had on his school’s expectations.

Here Alice describes how she feels the school buildings highlighted her difference.

Here Sue describes being isolated from the ‘real world’.

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