Heeeey LC-ers (soon to be non-LC-ers! :D), apologies for my laxy-daziness with the LC blog. As you all might have guessed, it’s slowly taking over my life! I’m beginning to forget what a night out in The Stores is any more! Well we’re coming into the final stretch, the final hurdle. Who actually thought that we would eventually get here eh? Not me anyway! Strange to believe in a few short weeks we will close the lockers, pack our bags and leave the big entrance we stumbled across in 1st year.
I don’t know what to feel. Here I am, making my final study plan in the run up to the Leaving and it hit me, this is the last time I’ll be making one of these out. In just 3 weeks time, I will no longer be a secondary school student. Crazy. Since 1st year, my school has been my second home. Where the people I love are (excuse the cheese :D), where we shared the laughter, the tears, the joy and the anger. We entered as kids, unsure and frightened. Some of us putting on acts, trying to be cool (mine didn’t last too long!) and trying to fit in. As the years progressed, we changed. The barriers came down and people’s true colours shone through. There was no longer a need to fit in or a false appearance to be put on, people allowed themselves to be their true self. I love school, I really do and as much as it makes me a nerd, I don’t really care. Sure we complain about the early mornings and the hours of never ending homework, but it’s a place where we each care about. The silent laughter in supervised study and thrill of persuading your teacher to bring you for tea in the canteen. For me anyway, I think of the school as the safety net that I relied on, so much, when I was growing up.
Then again, I think I’m ready to leave. Like most of my friends and my classmates. We’ve finished our 6 years, some of us 5, some of us 7! (those lucky repeats ;)) Now it’s time for a change of scenery. A new chapter. And in like all great books, the new chapter brings about anticipation, excitement, yet there is that lingering feeling of the unknown. “Will it be as good as the last chapter?” “What if it changes TOO much and it’s not what I expected?” None of us know how things in August will turn out. Some of us may be completely ecstatic and others may not. Whatever the result may be, don’t let it get in the way of making the next chapter amazing. Of course there will be some disappointment, it’s inevitable! But don’t let that shape the next section of your life. “Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her. But once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.” – Voltaire
With just a few short weeks to go until “The big one”, remember not to let yourself lose your focus now. C’mon, we’ve pulled through this long, we can’t let it all slip through the cracks. In just a few weeks, we’ll be finished. Finished with the pressures of parents, the pressures of CAO and the pressures of those dreaded points. For 3 months, let yourself forget everything. Keep locked up at the back of your mind and don’t crack it open until August comes about. It’s just a few weeks guys, we have the ability, we know our stuff, now it’s just a matter of keeping your cool and showing the SEC we’re not a bunch slackers, as some of them may think!
Best of luck to everybody in the coming weeks. Between LCVP (good luck to my girls tomorrow, Ush, Ciara and Michelle 🙂 ) construction practicals, art practicals and whatever else is coming up! And if unfortunately I don’t get to post before June because those evil books won’t release me from their grip, Good luck to everyone doing the Leaving Cert. Thank you all for reading my blog posts and hopefully I’ve been helpful or entertaining or something in the past few months! Here’s hoping everything turns up that we want and the exams go well for us. I’ll keep you guys posted if I can!
Much love,
Orlaith 🙂 x
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