article_snippet.sent: James Rebanks studied at the University of Oxford before returning to James Rebanks roots in the Lake District, James Rebanks is seen here with James Rebanks sheep on a sheep farm outside of Penrith in Cumbria .
article_snippet.sent: James Rebanks was born into a job from which, now in James Rebanks 40s, James Rebanks takes infinite pride.
article_snippet.sent: One day Rebanks pulled off a shelf
article_snippet.sent: At 21, Rebanks took Rebanks A-levels at evening classes in nearby Carlisle, where in due course they told Rebanks that Rebanks might actually be Oxbridge material.
article_snippet.sent: On Rebanks application form for Oxford Rebanks described Rebanks as a ‘drystone wall builder on the Lake District fells’.
article_snippet.sent: Natural charm and a certain northern pugnaciousness helped Rebanks breeze through Rebanks interview, but in ‘every conversation for the next three years’ Rebanks had to suffer someone saying what a big change Oxford must represent after life on the farm.
article_snippet.sent: Rebanks never contemplated not going back.
highlights_snippet.sent: Rebanks studied for a degree at Oxford before returning to Rebanks rural roots .