About Me: A Levels

Now the real reason I am writing this is because of how behind I am on my book reviews, but I do have some things to update on. 

Firstly, just the other day I went back to my secondary school for what had to be the most stressful and embarrassing day ever. It was an awards evening for the last academic year, meaning the Year 8s would get awards for Year 7, the Year 9s for Year 8 and so on – so us Year 12s were getting our official GCSE certificates and awards from the school for attainment and progress in each subject. My mum had gotten an email saying that I was going to get an award, but in the end I came home with my official GCSE certificates, my Bronze Duke of Edinburgh certificate (which is why I started this blog to begin with) and 3 pieces of paper from the school – one for attainment in Maths, another for attainment in History and the last for excelling academically in all my subjects from Year 7 all the way to Year 11. And that wasn’t all, I also went home knowing that my name is on a plaque on the wall in my school there for all who go there to see because I am that academic year’s Dux, which is apparently the highest academic award that any pupil can ever achieve. It was quite stressful to have to go up in front of everyone, but I suppose I am quite glad that the school finally recognised me for all I have done.

Now it is time to explain the new parts of my life as I finally move on from my secondary school and will (hopefully) never have to return.

As I said previously, I started my A-Levels this year and I am doing Law, Economics, Maths and Spanish (only as AS-Level) and it is all way harder than I had previously though. 

Ever since starting at Godalming College, it has been a hectic whirlwind of homework after homework and then exam after exam; I feel like I never have a spare moment. I wake up at 6:00 every morning and don't come home until almost 6:00 in the evening, and it takes me more than an hour to get to college and another to get back home. And if that isn’t bad enough, I also have to learn giant textbooks full of information in less than 2 years and then do some exams in May 2024 which will determine my future at university and for the rest of my life. I thought I was stressed for my GCSEs, but this is more stress than I can handle. 

The worst thing about this all is that I literally just did my GCSEs last year and had been literally on the verge of a nervous breakdown and this is going to be even worse and I’m not sure if I’m going to be able to cope. I just wish it was possible to just pause time so I could truly recover from all of my exams last year and feel truly prepared for my A Levels in less than 2 years’ time. 

Currently, there is only one thing keeping me going: the fact that I am actually close to figuring out what I want to do with my life. I am still not entirely sure – which is extremely stressful because in less than a year I need to start applying to university and deciding the course that I want to spend 4 years of my life focusing on – but I have a feeling that I may go into Law. There is no other subject out of the ones that I am doing that is calling out to me like Law and, as soon as I started learning the content, I absolutely loved it (even though my teacher is the most irritating woman alive and there is so much work to be put in). I just hope that when the time comes for me to submit my applications for university all my doubts have been cleared and I know for sure Law is what I would like to do. 

Anyways, I will keep reviewing books for as long as I am and I will continue to update you all as I go along with my A Levels and prepare for the next giant step in my life – university! 

Keep reading and keep working hard – I promise it will all be worth it in the end.