Basically I'm currently in Year 11 and I recently finished my GCSEs with 1A 2Bs 4Cs which I'm not happy with at all. Mainly because I come from a family of smartys and I feel like I let down my parents and I know I'm not a dumb person ( in the least cocky way possible ) and most of my friends, well almost everyone in my year has gotten A*s and As, I'm really proud of them I promise, a guy even managed to get a world rank in English. So my point is, I wasted that year not listening in class and always distracted by friends at school and at home and I regret it so much. This year I'm trying to do my best with my 3 AS levels but I'm just down right lazy. I'm lucky enough to have 2 more years which will matter more than my GCSEs so I'm in need for some serious advice that will help me do my best this year. My mocks are in a week and I want to prove to these over-achieving teachers that I can do well. I'm desperate for some encouragement and support, doesn't matter if you're a 80 year old man. Please help!
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I went to an awful school, the teachers thought their job was to make street sweepers out of all of us! It became very obvious when we had our careers day and Mr. Berol my English teacher told us all that we shouldn't expect to get far or do too well!
Now maybe it was reverse psychology (looking back I don't think it was!), but this made me determined to do better, I had up until this point thought I was doing OK, and on course for a decent job.
You need to concentrate on what you would like to do and to a point who you want to be, the upshot is you need to choose a career, then focus on what you need to get it, AS levels to begin with, perhaps Uni later on, it all counts toward the bottom line, this has many repercussions. If you want to be happy, well paid and have a job you enjoy, then you have to work toward it (unless your dream is to be a street sweeper!).
My school had 350+ boy school-leavers every year, of these less than 10 ended up at Uni, I teach at a University in Cambridge now, I get paid over £60,000 a year and have a nice big house (not rented from the council!), a nice car (I get a new one every two years), great kids (my eldest son is a Captain in the Marines, younger son is at uni but already has a better paid job than me lined up in game design).
The world is your oyster, get a plan, follow it through and be happy!