Long time, no blog!
Wow, OK, I didn’t realise I had totally abandoned this for six months. It’s a shame, a couple of years ago, I was so into webdesigning, was never very good, but enjoyed it, and now I am so busy I hardly have time to do any of this stuff anymore.
At the moment life is busy. I hate how the British education system is one of the worst for the amount of tests. Off hand, you do official tests when you’re 5, 11, 14, 16, 17 and 18. It doesn’t sound like many, but when you’re constantly working for the next stage, especially the latter stages, it is so demoralising. You just feel like you’re in a system - you can’t love the subject as you can’t study it in depth, you’re just learning how to pass an exam. I’ve spent so many hours working and stressing. At the moment, I am at the latter stage, I do my final exams in the summer. But it’s so stressful. I have an offer to study History at Durham University in September (which looks so amazing), but they want AAA - the top entry requirements. I am capable of it, and am predicted these, but they are adament if you miss the grades by even as little as a mark then you probably won’t get in. The school won’t give us study leave, so I am stuck at school until the date of my first exam, which also happens to be my 18th birthday. What’s the point of being in school if you’re just sitting there wasting your time?
I took my driving test at the beginning of April, and got 2 minors, but I also got a serious which meant I failed. I just now have a fear that I’ll fail my next test, as there is always more pressure on the second test. Eeek.
My last day of school/exam is the 27th June. It’ll be odd. Due to the strange nature of our county’s schools, I’ve only been there 4 years, but I just can’t imagine myself not going to school, rather to university, even though that prospect is only 6 months away! You just don’t expect it to come round - to me, people at university have always been years older than me.
At least it’s sunny and warm. You can still tell it is spring, but it’s much nicer than wet and rainy winters.
Nicki x