swings and roundabouts
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"Cantab was said to be one of the best schools around, no one really knows where it came from, who first founded it or why it's so secretive, only that their students seemed to be involved in everything. It was like Oxford and Cambridge but for sixth-form, remember those universities? Yeah, so last year.
BBC's top news reporter commenting on the owner of Britain's largest business? Both educated at Cantab Academy.
The Supreme Court judge and the President's lawyer? Both educated at Cantab Academy.
The founder of the biggest social media company and the minister for information? You guessed it, both educated at Cantab Academy. Is it just me, or is this getting ridiculous now?"
Morgan Freeman was certain that someone like her would never get in to a place like Cantab Academy but a surprise email shocks and changes her life. Thought school was normal? Think again. Cantab Academy is full of gossip, drama, romance, politics and corruption... will Morgan sink or swim?
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