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He gets a day off a week from school to play football,

 

That's disgusting. He is 12 ffs.

 

Yes, he might end up as a premiership footballer on fifty grand a week, having trashed any hopes of his dream job in the boardroom of his local Primark. I feel devastated for him.

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Yes, he might end up as a premiership footballer on fifty grand a week, having trashed any hopes of his dream job in the boardroom of his local Primark. I feel devastated for him.

 

Chances are still pretty slim, and then he could end up at Burger King. Day release is not going to have any impact in schooling. Education still takes high priority at football clubs these days.

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He even turned down the chance to play in front of the bestest fans in the land...

 

The following season he joined Greenfields and his performances were brought to the attention of scouts from Saints, Chelsea, Portsmouth and Cherries.

 

He trained for all the clubs before finally concentrating on Saints.

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Yes, he might end up as a premiership footballer on fifty grand a week, having trashed any hopes of his dream job in the boardroom of his local Primark. I feel devastated for him.

 

Even if he becomes the gretest/richest footballer the world has ever seen (lets hope, eh?), it'd still be useful to have some of the life skills school can teach at that age. To skip 20% of your school life on the off chance (probably still less than 1% chance) that he'll become a pro footballer does seem like madness for a 12 year old.

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Even if he becomes the gretest/richest footballer the world has ever seen (lets hope, eh?), it'd still be useful to have some of the life skills school can teach at that age. To skip 20% of your school life on the off chance (probably still less than 1% chance) that he'll become a pro footballer does seem like madness for a 12 year old.

 

I would wager he will be catching up on his school work in his spare time.

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