Fortunately, I quickly found a job.Ī couple of months later the press found out about what had gone on. Eventually, I stood at the lectern in morning assembly, after the principle had announced the reading, and read the relevant Article from the Convention on Human Rights, the Principal was not pleased so I was out of the college. This resulted in me leading the campaign to get the practice stopped. Soon after I became aware that a number of students who had problems with the fact that all full-time students had to take the reading from the Bible during morning religious assembly. The first week of the first term I was appointed to the Students' Council. After school, I had moved on to the local Commercial College to do GCEs so I could go onto A levels and hopefully university. Given the dissolute lifestyle that I lived it might seem strange that I would take a stand on a matter of principle, but I did. I had moved to London eight months after being thrown out of college. Losing Tim by Nigel Gordon Chapter 2 London 1965
