Turing became a pupil at Sherborne School, in Dorset. The start of his first term coincided with the General Strike, but Turing was determined to attend the first day, and he cycled 100 km unaccompanied from Southampton to Sherborne, a feat that was reported in the local newspaper. By the end of his first year at the school he had gained a reputation as a shy, awkward boy whose only skills were in the area of science. The aim of Sherborne was to turn boys into well-rounded men, fit to rule the Empire, but Turing did not share this ambition and had a generally unhappy schooling.
