All very off topic……
I couldn’t speak or read/write a single word of English at 10, I was told by my school I would never get the grades or pass the interview for med school. I had a file thicker than the entire works of Shakespeare at the dean’s office in med school because I didn’t ‘conform’ to the way things were taught, I somehow managed to not get kicked off the course despite arguing with just about every Prof in the school
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Some 20 years on, I’m now 2 steps below the CEO position in one of the biggest acute care trust in England, and at 41 I don’t intend on stopping developing my self/career any time soon. If I still have a direct line manager above me at 45 I would be disappointed at my self.
I feel absolutely honoured, privileged, and lucky to do the job I do, the fact I get paid to do my job is frankly unbelievable. The NHS has a place in my heart that’s only 2nd to my family, I go to work because I love everything the NHS and everything it stands for, and most (if not all) the colleagues, peers I work with I’m sure feel the same way.