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Days Like this

John Foster


John remembers a special day in November 1998

John Foster

"To make matters even more difficult the audience were from a huge diverse background...and I was standing up to make my speech. I was shaking and quivering..."

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It was the end of a three day conference at his school and John was nominated to make the closing speech. Nervous and anxious he took centre stage and gave it his all. When it was all over John felt brilliant, triumphant even. Surely his speech alone would steal the show. Little did he imagine who would upstage him...

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