I've never been a great student, but I'm trying really hard to do better now. I used to just sit in class and think about football and computer games – I didn't use to pay attention to the teacher at all! I was one of those people who never knew what page of the book we were on, you know. But one of my teachers told me that if I went on like that I'd never finish school, and then what? No job, no money. She also helped me find out what subjects I'm good at – I didn't use to think I was good at anything, but now I'm really interested in maths and computer science. So thanks, Mrs Wilkins! You were a great help.