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From School Struggles to Escape Room Success: The 'School of Life'

2023-03-04

2pm in the afternoon on a school day, back then in 2018 Ryan was only in school 9am - 11am (they couldn’t cope and dropped him to two hours) he then was mostly with me for the rest of the day… we walked, we explored, we…

2pm in the afternoon on a school day, back then in 2018 Ryan was only in school 9am - 11am (they couldn’t cope and dropped him to two hours) he then was mostly with me for the rest of the day… we walked, we explored, we took things apart, and he came to work, where he came up with good ideas, including the core twist puzzle for ’The Crazy Cat Lady’ escape room, which is now in Chelmsford, Bishop’s Stortford, Kingston, Gatwick, Chesterfield, High Wycombe, and more coming… it’s been enjoyed by thousands of kids across the country… so while a school couldn’t educate him, his ideas and creativity went on to entertain others, which is ironically both kids and adults alike… and hadn’t he been in those meetings, those ideas would never have happened, and come to life… school of life…

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