When I was at school, I didn't think I was good at anything. The other children learned things ____1____, but I didn’t. The only thing that ____2____ me were cars. I spent ages looking at how my grandpa’s old car worked. But my mom wasn’t interested in cars at all, and she was ____3____ me going on about them all the time.

One day, there was a school trip. I woke up early to ____4____ the bus. We were going down the road when the bus suddenly ____5____ ; I thought we had run out of petrol, but the driver told us there was something ____6____ with the engine and he would have to call the garage. I ____7____ to see for myself and soon worked out what to do: I just needed to put back a cable. After ten minutes, the bus was on the road again. And everyone in the bus ____8____ me.

After that, I realized there was something I could ____9____. When I left school, I ____10____ my own car repair business. Now, I’m doing really well.