So over here in the UK today was what effectively can be defined as 'Judgement day'. Collectively across the country Year 12 and Year 13 students traveled to their school to collect their A-Level grades. For the year 12's this would decree which subjects they continued to study and how they planned to move forward with their present results. For the Year 13's this day would decree which University they go into or were they would move into the world as fully fledged adults.
Basically the most terrifying day for many students up and down the country.
As is common with days such as this one, there were people jumping for joy and people who were upset with their results. I was one of the latter people. I was not entirely sad with the grades i got. I do have the option to resit my exams if i feel them to be abysmally bad. However, the one emotion that seemed to fill me was guilt. I feel as though i do not deserve the grades i got. There are many more people who deserve the grade i got, yet somehow i was the one to receive it. I did not put in as much effort as the rest of my friends yet still i got such a good grade. I don't deserve it...
Of course as much as our parents or our schools may say it, bad results are not the end of the world. Far from it in fact. Should you be in year 12 then you can resit the exams, you'll have to pay but i assure you the cost is worth it. Should you be in year 13 then you can look at colleges or night schools, grades can be improved and their are more qualifications to be gained. Perhaps your life has not turned out as was initially planned but things can be worked upon, if there's one thing life has taught me it's that things rarely go according to plan.
As hypocritical as this statement is, please don't resort to drink or anything along those lines. Because as bad as your results may be, drowning your sorrows is far worse. You can improve on your grades and your qualifications. Plenty of celebrities and famous entrepreneurs had a rocky start and didn't do well in school, now look at them. Multi millionaires and living the dream!!! So if your not happy work at it. Improve upon what you deem to be your "Failures" and make the best out of next year.
Lord know i failed hard this year!! But i'll be damned if i don't work hard at these grades and improve them to the best of my ability. I feel pretty bad about my results yeah, but i'm not gonna let it hold me back from moving forward and improving upon them. Give up now and you'll never get to were you want to be.
So results day may be a shitty time of the year for most people, but we face it, we deal with it (not through the use of alcohol or anything like that, believe me it doesn't help) and then we move on to greener pastures as is the way with life.
Anyway keeping it short this week, this is your Friendly Neighborhood Transsexual, signing off XOXO
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