Clenton Farquarson: Being Singled Out
Clenton Farquarson was born in Birmingham in 1964. He grew up in Birmingham and went to his local mainstream schools.
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Worksheet – What Helps Us To Learn
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Transcript
Everyone knew at school what group we were in. Because we had this A, B, C, D gradings, everyone knew we were the dunce group, the slow learners, and school for me was painful, because kids can be cruel and going through school I ended up fighting a lot because I was teased a lot about being a slow learner. The other strong memory of school is the teachers asking me to read out loud. And I remember the book was Tom Sawyer and it was - to read it out to the school. And I got a panic attack, because in my head all the teacher was saying was, 'Now, Clenton, read out your paragraph, read out to the class,' and it just made me so anxiousExplore more
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