She's leaving home, bye, bye

Members of the Brethren didn't want me to go back to school for my 6A year anyway. They didn't want me to sit Junior Scholarship but gave way only when I pointed out that it wasn't compulsory to accept the Scholarship if I got one. When I did get one, I was continually asked whether I had written back to the University Grants Committee telling them that I did not want to take up the Scholarship. But I didn't write the letter. Instead I handed in a resignation at the Government office where I was working and, two weeks after I turned eighteen and my parents could no longer at law prevent my departure, I left home. In fact, I didn't leave home until my parents told me that, as far as they were concerned, I could not attend university under any circumstances.