In some ways, she suggests, she is in a stronger position than Sone, who gave up studying for football.
He gave up studying in his mid-teens and headed to the limestone cliffs of the Luberon in Provence.
She gave up studying for an English degree at Leeds University to pursue acting; she subsequently got a first from the Open University.
Her mother, Adele, gave up studying for a Ph.D. and teaching college French in order to raise Sheryl and her two younger siblings, David and Michelle.
Seven out of 10 schoolchildren have given up studying history by the time they are 14, according to Paul Armitage, history adviser for the education standards watchdog Ofsted, who spoke at a conference yesterday.
Miles Davis used harsher language when he explained why he gave up studying trumpet at Juilliard: "No white symphony orchestra was going to hire a little black motherfucker like me".
"It's definitely awesome because it's three snow days in a row," said Sarah Fogel, a 10th grader at Millburn High School, who gave up studying after the first snow day.
Later I felt revolted by mankind and gave up studying medicine--so I decided to study biology.
"I was told to go home, give up work, give up study, get my end-of-life affairs in order and start going to aged-care daycare one day a month, at the age of 49," she said.
