My First day at sixth-form.

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Original writing                Gemma Barnes

My First day at sixth-form

I was sixteen and I had to make that same difficult question that everyone had to ask themselves at my age, ‘what am I going to do after I got my results from my GCSEs?’ The day before I got my results I decided to go to Westwood ST Thomas sixth-form in stead of college. I have been at Westwood School for three years so I thought it would be easier to go somewhere that I knew and where they knew me.

        GCSE results day arrived; I took that short five minute walk for the last time of being a school girl. I got the magic envelope and opened it. I needed five C’s or above to do the a-levels courses as planned. I took one look at the paper and my excitement turned into disappointment. I only got four C’s.

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        After talking to a careers adviser I decided what I should do. I had chosen to under-go a one year business course that would give me enough GCSEs that I needed.

        I went away that day feeling very low and disheartened that all my efforts didn’t payoff. I felt like a year of my life was being taken away from me.

        7AM, Monday morning, my alarm was beeping in my ear, Beep, Beep, beep. I rolled over and turned it off. I unwillingly thought ‘the first day of Sixth-form of what will be of a long year’.

        I was ...

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