Day 11: A story in which you meet your past or future self

I thought I would find you leaning against the coal place wall,
by your favourite 'burnt brick'.
Big sis has passed the 11+ and off to the County High School.
This is where your paths diverged.
You will never again be at the same educational establishment.
Years of Primary Education lie ahead for you before you are hived off to Middle School.
You will never reach 4th Year Juniors
and the rites of passage of the 11+ and running a stall at the school fete.
Instead you will be bored by liberal education,
endless unmarked projects that no-one cares if you ever complete.

Your face says it all.
The future was bright, but it was goofy.