198: John Simpson
Blank Podcast with Giles Paley-Phillips & Jim Daly
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The Importance of Traveling
I was one of those kids and I can see it with my own son now who's now he's now 17. Exactly the same, you know, idle and more prepared to put the work in. But when it comes to it, he's got a writing style that makes what he's saying attractive. Even though he's probably saying only about 60 or 70% of what brighter kids will do. He's got a way of attracting the eye of his of his teachers. And I had the same, I did the same and I had the good luck to attract the eye of examiners. The BBC never asked me, did you actually get a first? They thought they were getting something
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