howard  truanted to play snooker  conservative leader michael howard has admitted he used to play truant to spend time with his school friends at a snooker hall.  mr howard said his time at jack s snooker hall in llanelli in the 1950s had not done him  any lasting damage . but he told the times educational supplement that truancy was  very bad  and said  firm action  was needed. mr howard also called for a return to o-levels and more classroom discipline.  mr howard eventually left llanelli grammar school - and the snooker hall - to go to cambridge university. he said:  i don t think it s done me any lasting damage. nor has it made me a snooker world champion.  there might have been some occasions when we left early of an afternoon.   i m just being honest. i think truancy is a very bad thing and that firm action should be taken to deal with it.  another player who has failed to win snooker s world championship - jimmy  the whirlwind   white - has previously admitted missing lessons  instead spending his days in smoky halls.  tony meo [another player] and me used to spend all of our spare time there   mr white said   we loved the game and the atmosphere.  school went out of the window. i went for a while and then started taking time off.  mr howard s fellow welshman ray reardon - known by his fellow professionals as  dracula  - won the snooker world championship six times  having left school at 14 to work as a miner. and terry griffiths  like mr howard from llanelli  won the tournament in 1979. it is not known whether the two of them ever clashed cues at jack s.
Howard Truanted lati se ase Snooker  Oludari Egbe Osise Michael Howard ti gba pe o ti lo se ase truant lati se ase pelu ọrẹ-ilu ẹkọ rẹ ni ile ase Snooker.  Mr Howard sọ pe akoko rẹ ni Jack's Snooker Hall ni Llanelli ni 1950s ko ti se e bi aṣẹju. Ṣugbọn o sọ fun Times Educational Supplement pe truancy jẹ "very bad" ati pe "firm action" ni lati se.  Mr Howard tun pe fun igba ti a o padanu si O-levels ati ẹkọ ọfẹ si ẹkọ.  Mr Howard bere si Llanelli Grammar School - ati ile ase Snooker - lati lo si Cambridge University. O sọ: "Mo ti rí pe ko ti se mi bi aṣẹju. tabi pe o ti se mi ọkan ninu awọn ọkunrin ase Snooker.  Aṣẹju kan ti ko ti gba ọla Snooker - Jimmy "The Whirlwind" White - ti gba pe o ti se ase truant, ṣugbọn o ti se ase ni ile ase Snooker.  Tony Meo ati mi lo se ase ni ibi naa, Mr White sọ, "A ṣe aṣẹju, a ṣe aṣẹju, a ṣe aṣẹju.  Ile-iwe ti jade ni window. Mo lo fun igba kan, mo bere si se ase.  Oludari Egbe Osise Howard, ọmọ ilẹ Wales Ray Reardon - ti a mọ bi "Dracula" - gba ọla Snooker World Championship marun, ṣugbọn o ti jade ni ile-iwe ni ọmọ ọdun 14 lati se aṣẹju. Ati Terry Griffiths, ọmọ ilẹ Llanelli, gba ọla naa ni 1979. Ko si ẹni ti mọ pe wọn meji ti jade ni Jack's.