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Living Quarters

Here Helen describes visiting potential universities to continue her studies.

Handsworth College

Here Clenton describes going onto further education.

Wanting Status

Here Jane describes her motivations for going to University.

Alarm Clock

Here Deborah describes getting used to the world after school.

Holdron’s

Here Etty describes her apprenticeship at Holdron’s department store after school.

I Didn’t Speak

Here Tara describes her first experience of mainstream schooling after leaving school.

Sociology

Here Simone talks about her first studies after leaving school.

Culture Shock

Here Philip recalls the difficulty of entering the ‘hearing world’ after school.

Painfully Shy

Here Micheline describes her struggle to join the world outside of school.

Opposite

Here Angela describes how she defied the low expectations that were placed on her.

Do Radio

Here Joanne talks about her careers advice at school.

Some Sort of Job

Here Alice talks about the careers support she received at school.

Popped Tyres

Here Sebastian recalls how, and perhaps why, he was bullied by a disabled person at school.

Private School

Here Elliot recalls painful memories of being bullied at his private school.

Being Teased

Here Philip recalls painful memories of being teased at his school.

Another Country

Here Raymond describes people teasing others from other countries.

Subtle Bullying

Here Helen describes being bullied at school.

A Bullying Hierarchy

Here Michelle talks about the bullying that went on in her special school.

Bullying Each Other

Here Simone describes a culture of bullying within her school and outside of school.

‘Slow Learner’

Here Clenton describes being teased because of the group he was in.

Extra Gravy

Here Gordon describes getting his own back on a bully.

Taking the Mickey

Here Etty describes her painful memories of being teased as a child.

‘Spaz’

Here David describes himself and other children being called names and taunted at school.

Humiliation

Here Christine describes a culture of humiliation in her lessons.

Institutionalised Abuse

Here Tara talks about abusive care staff in her school.

Being Smacked

Here Sue describes punishment she received at her school.

Cruelty

Here Angela describes the treatment from the staff in her boarding school.

No Privacy Whatsoever

Here Simone describes life at her residential school.

Showers

Here Richard describes being humiliated by his teacher in PE lessons.

Green Heads

Here Tara describes a treatment after an outbreak of nits in her dormitory.