I went to a rough school. My class was full of council estate kids and although the majority of us were harmless, we were very lackadaisical about the whole concept of education, preferring school for the social opportunities it opened up to us to smoke, drink, fight and attempt congress with the opposite sex.
Two best mates were notable exceptions to this norm, Duncan and Franny. These characters were different inasmuch that they were middle class kids from the 'right side of the river', whose parents paid for their own house and always looked as if they were going to play golf, such was the neatness of their appearance and lacquered hairstyles. They also took to the whole concept of education with relish and were considered incredibly bright by teachers who used to smile at them a lot.