My mum's always had big aspirations because I'm an academic. I always got good grades at school. GCSEs were just a breeze for me.

My parents were supportive. I didn't have good grades, but they could tell I wasn't lazy.

For me, sports is a big part of my life. It helped me through high school. It helped me get better grades, because if you don't have good grades, you can't play sports.

Academic achievement was something I'd always sought as a form of reward. Good grades pleased my parents, good grades pleased my teachers; you got them in order to sew up approval.

I got good grades in math, but I never really enjoyed it. My favorite part of math was algebra, but geometry was the worst.

I got fairly good grades, but I was bad at woodwork. They said I tried hard, but the result was hopeless.