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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Danielle Kate Wroe

Young business owner says the academic path isn't always the route to success

Jordana Franks is proof that you don't need a squeaky clean academic record to be successful at everything you do - there are other factors that are much more important. Attending a private all-girls school, she really felt the pressure, and because she excelled in only creative subjects, she felt frowned upon in maths and science classes.

"I enjoyed high school, but more so the social side of it", she confessed. "At school, everyone was extremely clever, which I don't believe I was - I was more creative, arty, I was rubbish when it came to certain subjects.

"I felt like I couldn't raise my hand in class because I'd say the wrong answer, especially in maths and science. Everybody was so clever in school so I always felt thick. That's the way I was made to feel because I was always put in the bottom set.

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