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ADVICE FROM ALUMNAE
Dear school a ge self...
You may remember we reached out to you in June with a survey to ask about your strongest memories of school. The response was overwhelming so we thought we’d share some snippets of your wonderful reflective advice to your school-age self. Enjoy! • • • •
Grab every opportunity with open arms and cherish your time at school because it flies by. Keep the end in sight, get the qualifications, get a job you are okay with and pays you what you need. Believe that you are intelligent regardless of how you are treated. Enjoy learning for pleasure.
• Don’t worry so much. When you’re 70 you won’t remember your exam results! • • • • • • • •
Work harder. Could do better! Everything passes in the end - good time and hard times. You will always have the strength to deal with the things life throws at you and you will always make it out of the other side knowing more about yourself than you did before. Have more confidence in yourself. There is a huge world outside of school, go explore and have fun. Stress less. Yes, it really doesn’t matter what people say or think about you, and however cruel the bullies are, they will look back and regret their actions in the future. Stop messing around, stop being the class clown, work harder and make the most of your school days.
• You will always be grateful for the education you received and the friends you made. Believe it. • • • • • • • • •
It’ll all be fine in the end- enjoy it and don’t worry. Keep on throwing yourself into every opportunity as time is such a precious resource in real adult life! Make the most of being with your friends day in day out as they can be friends for life and you will all live apart! Just make the most of this time, it’s precious. No one can see 95% of your nerves. Keep going and don’t tolerate men talking over you. Don’t treat yourself worse than you would treat a friend. Appreciate your enormous luck in living now and here and being given this chance. Have confidence and make the choices that you want to make. You’re doing better than you realise! Try to relax a bit. Yes exams are important, but they’re not the end of the world. Cherish every carefree moment. Learn your French vocabulary with some form of discipline!
• You may never be the top of the class but you will find something that you are amazing at and then it is your time to shine.
