For years family members and my parents friends have asked me what I want to do after I finish school. I have never been able to answer without stuttering. For me, it was hard to give a response because I didn’t I wanted to do myself. To be honest, I still don’t.
As I am going into my last year of school, people are assuming I know where I want to go when I finish and what I want to study. People have been asking me for two years and for the first time ever I have an answer.
It was weird, I was looking up courses to study the British Monarchy when I saw that Oxford and Cambridge both do a course about the Monarchy. When I saw that, a thought popped into my head that I wanted to go to a university and maybe, if I’m lucky, it would be Oxford or Cambridge. Of course, that was a really far fetched thought, as it is super hard to get into either school.
The thought about university stuck with me throughout the day and when I was walking my dog, I called my Papa to tell him my thoughts. He immediately laughed at my idea, but then told me that I’d be better if I went to Nottingham University. I think he just said that because Nottingham is like thirty minutes away from his house, which is awesome.
After my papa told me about Nottingham I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it. I have never felt so strongly towards something to do with my future before. I’m still not sure I want to go into the army, but I’m sure I want to go to a university.
I still don’t know what I want to do after I go to Uni, but I know the types of courses I want to take. My passion is in; Zoology, Marine biology, Literature, British History, and Writing. When I looked up Nottingham University I found that they also have sport activities. I hope some of them are fencing, show jumping, and swimming.
I think it would be amazing to be a part of activities that don’t have anything to do with the course I will take. I have never taken after school activities because I couldn’t play soccer or the other sports that the schools I went to had to offer.
I’m really excited about this new chapter in my life and I hope and pray that I will be able to get in to the school of my dreams so that I can broaden my understanding of this world.
Another bonus would be if my friend Nathan came with me! I know that’s another crazy thought, but he saw it and said that it looked amazing. I think what sold us both was that Nottingham contains four libraries!
Over the next couple of weeks I am going to be researching how to get into Nottingham and the requirements that are necessary. I am praying for God to show me the right direction in how to move forward. I’m positive that God won’t let me down.