Even though I was not obliged to attend school for the final 2 – 3 weeks post exam, I could still be suspended, which, on my record would have a similar effect to it having occurred at any earlier time in my education. But this was not a factor in my acceptance.
Telling him to “shove his cane up his jumper”, or words to that effect was, and still would be, a complete anathema to me. I sometimes like to think that I could now respond differently to an authority figure, be it work manager (no longer a problem as self-employed), tax-man, police and the like, but experience tells me that I wouldn’t.