Small fish big fish

17-year-old Stephen McBride is a small fish who doesn't like the pond he's in. After a year of working in boring, poorly paid jobs, he's enrolled in college to get some qualifications. But money is tight, so when Stephen spots £10 lying on the floor of the corner shop, he stuffs it into his pocket before anyone can see him. Life is luck, for the most part. A few are born with it in good measure and seldom seem troubled by harsh reality; while others make a wretched beginning and continue in that vein until they grow weary and abandon hope. Most people spend their lives drifting between good…