School Daze with Bernard O'Shea: 'Lads I knew from school can't believe I became a comedian'

My most vivid memory of primary school is not being able to do maths. The teachers tried their best with me but I just couldn’t do it.
School Daze with Bernard O'Shea: 'Lads I knew from school can't believe I became a comedian'
School Daze May 25 Bernard O'Shea.

School Daze May 25 Bernard O'Shea.
School Daze May 25 Bernard O'Shea.

My most vivid memory of primary school is not being able to do maths. The teachers tried their best with me but I just couldn’t do it. So, I ended up learning the times tables like a poem and when it came to sums I would have to write them down — for example, seven plus seven equals fourteen. Before I went into each school year I’d learn off the answers in the maths book so it would look like I knew what I was doing.

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