Emma is seventeen and is now a student at Thomas Danby college.

But things could have been very different.

Emma's future looked bleak when truancy became a way of life.

My name's Emma Coleman, I'm 17 and live in Leeds.

I used to go to Temple Moor High School and I am now at Thomas Damby College studying media.

My true story is about how I used to take a lot of time off school, without any real reason. How and why my attendance got lower by the year. Also how I used to go out and drink on a Friday and Saturday night.

Then I go on and talk about college and how I've made new friends.

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