Sixth Form has been such a great time in my life. Probably the best - which is quite strange as most teenagers don't realise that until they are struggling to balance work, money and a family. But I know it has been great, but I couldn't wait to finish also.
Our Head had been nagging us all year, so we thought what way could we punish him.......him being Welsh, it didn't take long. We hired out a sheep and placed it in his office after covering it in grass. He wasn't too impressed, but he did see the funny side of it. He was more offended by the England flag hung up covering his door. I'm not sure who took the sheep home. It might still be there! What a surprise for the cleaners anyway.
We went out with the teachers last night, had a meal and everything. We were drunk before the bloody meal, my mate couldn't cut his beef. I won a few prises, 'biggest chip on his shoulder' and 'Mr. Perfect'. So it is quite obvious that I am a love/hate character. The night went so quickly, but I do remember my mate and I beating my Maths teacher and Head at table football. I'm not quite sure how, by that time we were too drunk to see the ball. We went into town after Amy gave an emotional speech on the previous two years. It made us all appreciate what the teachers had done for us, the things they did to cause us moan, panic and resent them was all going to pay off in the end.
Sometimes you really don't realise what you've got until you look back in hindsight. Lucky for me I realise what I have and love every minute of it. I have a beautiful girlfriend and friends that are never going to be replaced. But others will look back in a few years and smile, maybe cry, at what they had compared to the difficulties of living in the real world. For a students life is the best life, no matter how broke you are or bogged down in work you are, you always find time for the things and people you love most.
Jack
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Tuesday 1 February 2011
The Band Has begun.....
I know college is meant to be a place of education, the same as school and university, they just alter at the standard of difficulty; but as me and my friends realise, it is far more than that. It is a time period where discovering your passions and skills are, turns out I play guitar, my best mate sings and my other mate is a drummer. So, PERFECT!!! We are now Rock-Stars! Almost....
I brought a guitar into the common room, planning on killing some time during free periods. Just a cheapo from the guitar store in town. I start playing Wonderwall - I don't even know why because I hate Oasis - then my mate came in singing, and my other tapping on an upturned bin. Completely spontaneous. The crowd just flooded in (Amy, another lad and a teacher trying to get us to be quiet). We play a few more tracks, which I have already forgotten, and turns out we are not too bad. We are going to try and take it serious, as serious as three teenagers could be. The type of teenagers who recently angled four tables in order to create what perfectly replicated a Table Tennis table. Me and my friend turned out to be champs at that too.......are there no end to our teams talents? (Other than the fact we manage to play two simpletons from the village who have no idea of the rules, so we fix them to guarantee victory).
Turns out Amy and I have been together for a while now. Its been a while since I posted a blog, and it wasn't long after the last one. Its been around two years. She has guided me onto the straight and narrow, I am on target for top grades at A level, and my Head of Sixth Form recently said the most amazing thing to me.....
"Jack, it has been one heck of a roller-coaster ride for me and you. Our relationship has had its highs and lows, clashes and gels. But I believe we have benefited from each-other, I know I think I have improved as a person because of you, I think the same applies visa versa. I have taught you for four years now and have never come across such a pleasantly funny, joyful and intelligent boy. I have had three daughters, but no son. But, Jack, if I had ever had a son I would want him to be just like you."
The words are engraved in my mind. I just wanted to shed a tear. I also wanted to laugh!
Jack
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I brought a guitar into the common room, planning on killing some time during free periods. Just a cheapo from the guitar store in town. I start playing Wonderwall - I don't even know why because I hate Oasis - then my mate came in singing, and my other tapping on an upturned bin. Completely spontaneous. The crowd just flooded in (Amy, another lad and a teacher trying to get us to be quiet). We play a few more tracks, which I have already forgotten, and turns out we are not too bad. We are going to try and take it serious, as serious as three teenagers could be. The type of teenagers who recently angled four tables in order to create what perfectly replicated a Table Tennis table. Me and my friend turned out to be champs at that too.......are there no end to our teams talents? (Other than the fact we manage to play two simpletons from the village who have no idea of the rules, so we fix them to guarantee victory).
Turns out Amy and I have been together for a while now. Its been a while since I posted a blog, and it wasn't long after the last one. Its been around two years. She has guided me onto the straight and narrow, I am on target for top grades at A level, and my Head of Sixth Form recently said the most amazing thing to me.....
"Jack, it has been one heck of a roller-coaster ride for me and you. Our relationship has had its highs and lows, clashes and gels. But I believe we have benefited from each-other, I know I think I have improved as a person because of you, I think the same applies visa versa. I have taught you for four years now and have never come across such a pleasantly funny, joyful and intelligent boy. I have had three daughters, but no son. But, Jack, if I had ever had a son I would want him to be just like you."
The words are engraved in my mind. I just wanted to shed a tear. I also wanted to laugh!
Jack
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