"The stories we love best do live in us forever."

A levels are like climbing a mountain. First off all you set out with a goal and a general direction, then on the way you stop and keep taking barings to check your going in the right direction. Then finally you get to the top. You stop look back see how far you have come but still, you cant stop for very long because theres still work to be done, your not home yet. And the climb down is slightly soul destroying as its often deceptive, it has lots of ups and downs and the amount of moments when you think ‘oh im not far off now… and you still walking forty minuets later’. But as with mountains, the important thing about A levels is to stay focused. The most accidents happen on mountains when people are on the descent, people get tired and complaicent and well shit happens. A levels are like that too so just stay focused, look after yourself and you will get there.

Your future awaits

I just want to revise and get the grades I need then I will be happy. You have always said you just want me to be happy so let me do this please. I don’t want to hurt you but I need to do this even If you don’t understand it.

I hate it. There’s this expectation that it’s hot so you wap your body out and wear revealing clothes and you look like a twat if your hiding away in hoodies and jeans. I mean the expectation is ok if you have a decent body and decent clothes to wear. But I don’t. Even if I did have the confidence to wack out my legs which are the shape of tree trunks then the only clothes I have are ones from when I was like 12. I’d look a right tosser with my fat legs and lfc kit. My solution for the last four summers has been to disregard the weather and swealter in hoodies and jeans but this summer I don’t want to do that..

This is it. Six politics lessons, Six History lessons and how ever many sociology lessons I actually bother to go to. It’s weird how attached I have become to Winstanley in two years. I spent 5 years at Padgate but couldnt wait to leave, I hated it. Where as Winstanley has been the place that I grew and flourished the place where FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE I could actually be me. No pretending to be something I’m not because thats what other people think I should do. Just being happy being me. And honestly I have made the greatest friends anyone could wish for. Ok, they are all a little on the weird side what with there geekyness and unusual obbsessions but they are my friends and thats just the way I like them. And here we are just about to sit our final exams then off into universities, gap year/life explorations, the world of work. We will be disperesed all over the country doing all manner of things…