Jameelah mcmillan biography of michael smith

Home NobelCanadian — Dr. Michael Smith was born in Blackpool, a seaside resort on the northwest coast of England, in His parents were working class. His father, Rowland, was a market gardener who specialized in chrysanthemums, and his mother, Mary Agnes, ran a boarding house. She attended church each week and sent young Mike to Sunday School.

Mike grew up in the shadow of World War II. German planes regularly bombed targets in nearby Manchester. One night, when Mike was home alone with his younger brother Robin, a sortie tried to blow up a factory behind their house.

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He recalled that bombs landed on either side of their home. Up until this point, middle school was mostly for the upper class; children from poor families often dropped out in their early teens in order to earn money to help their families. The reforms established child labour laws, raised the drop-out age in schools to 15, and, most importantly for Mike, provided scholarships to students of limited means.

He was enrolled at the Arnold School, north west of Manchester, where he was an unremarkable student.