omething big to gain self-fulfilment and satisfaction for herself as well as making other people proud of her. Rita's school education was limited and she was aware that it needed to be improved. At the school she attended, being 'part of the 'in' crowd' was essential if you wanted any respect from fellow students. She says that 'Studyin' was for the whimps, wasn't it? See, if I'd started takin' school seriously I would have had to become different from me mates, an' that's not allowed'. At school Rita felt the pressure, as she did when she first m!
             et Frank to be seen as 'with-it' by others. Her determination to please
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