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Roger Evans: "I preferred to be on the farm, ideally driving a tractor"

This month, Roger Evans talks about his school days, terrifying teachers and how learning to speak French surprisingly paid off

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Roger Evans.

I've just been reading a newspaper article that has told me that the number of children who receive home education has increased, and in fact has doubled. The reason for this increase is put down to...

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