JENNY: Look, these questions about how you got on at school. Shall we just go through them?

GAVIN: Yes, let’s.

JENNY: Oh, so, did you always work very hard?

GAVIN: Well I certainly worked pretty hard at the subjects I enjoyed. Yes, I did. What about you?

JENNY: Yes, I did actually, I think I worked very hard, yeah. Now let’s come to the next question.

GAVIN: Did, yeah, did you always listen carefully to your teachers?

JENNY: No I don’t think I did. No, I think I was quite disruptive, actually. What about you?

GAVIN: Well I think I did listen to the teachers certainly when I got to the level where I was doing the subjects I enjoyed.

JENNY: Yeah, OK, the next question is, did you always behave well?

GAVIN: I don’t think I always behaved well. I was, a bit, er, a bit of a tearaway.

JENNY: Um. Well, I think I was pretty well-behaved on the whole, so I’d say yes, yeah.

GAVIN: Good for you! Did you pass your exams easily?

JENNY: No I can’t say I did, no, I, I found them quite a struggle, actually. What about you?

GAVIN: I didn’t pass them that easily, though I worked hard I found it very difficult to answer all that long questions in a short time.

JENNY: Yeah, yeah, exactly. What about this one, then? Did you always write slowly and carefully?

GAVIN: Quite slowly. Essays took a long time to write and I suppose I took a bit of care, yes.

JENNY: Yes, I agreed. I was also, I was very careful and erm, yeah, yeah I was quite methodical.

GAVIN: And did you think your school days were the best days of your life?

JENNY: Um, no, no I can’t say they were. What about you?

GAVIN: No, I went away to a boarding school when I was quite young and I didn’t like that. No, they weren’t the best days of my life.