Firstly, last week I got a conditional offer for the UEA which I am so excited about, so I'll be studying Film and Television in September 2015 so long as I get the grades!
I am working really hard this year, not only to get into university but also for myself because I have wanted to go to university ever since I started school at the age of five!
When I was as young as five, I wanted to be an author. I was one of those children that would spend all their time either in the school library, public library or even the mobile library. I would even read at play time and my passion for reading has never stopped, it continues to grow and evolve every day!
Now, at the age of eighteen, I aspire to be a filmmaker. It is very similar to be an author but instead of telling a story with words, it is told through images and video clips. I have always loved to be behind the camera, either as a photographer or making films. When I was younger, I would perform on stage with the other members of the Drama Club at my primary school. It was always exhilarating to walk out onto the stage and see hundreds of people in the audience, waiting in anticipation for the first line to open the show.
I haven't performed in years, mainly because there's been no time and secondly because I lost confidence when I was in high school. It was always the teacher's favourites that got chosen to be in the shows, the ones that the teacher knew outside of school because their parents were part of the school governors.
My achievements this year have improved dramatically. In my AS Level I achieved, CCDE and now I'm achieving A/B on my essays! I was told when I left high school that A Level grades would be twice as hard to achieve than GCSEs, for example if you got a C in GCSE, it would be the equivalent of an E in A Level. This is partly true because A Levels are obviously much harder but I don't believe it is true for everyone because you can focus on those three/four specific subjects and if you work hard you'll achieve so much.
Apart from academic success, I've also gained massive amounts of confidence by talking to new people, talking on the phone to strangers I've never met, spending a week with my Geography class in North Wales, going to parties. . . I've got lots of lovely memories from 2014 which I'll treasure and cherish.
That's it for now,
Kazia x
