"What we learnt first term" -- a collection of writers

What I learnt last term

Last term, I learnt that people tell the truth when they say that sixth form is hard. I never believed it. I mean, five subjects can’t be that bad, but I was wrong. Last term, I learnt that I do more homework for those five subjects than I ever did for the ten I had last year, and I had Geo last year. That says something!

I learnt that my bag can be heavier when I only have three subjects, plus a free period, than it was when I had five subjects and eight periods in one day. Last year, I learnt that sixth form is hard.

Sibo

Last term, was an interesting term indeed. I did a lot of things, learnt a lot of things, the highlight being athletics. At Aths, you cannot afford to slack, neither should you be seen being too ambitious. This is because, if you slack, you won’t do well in your event and might even be replaced, but if you are too ambitious, people will think you are campaigning to be captain. This reminded me of schoolwork. When you slack at it, you achieve nothing but bad grades, but when you work hard and actually pass, people think you want to be a teacher’s pet. Moral of the story is, YOU CAN NEVER PLEASE PEOPLE, SO JUST DO YOU!! J

Tarisai Dahwa

Last term I learnt to reexamine my choices, choices I had made about my future. It was as if the forty year plan I had laid out for my life in a somewhat gridded fashion had been covered up in a coat of thick black paint, blinding me what once made me feel so secure and challenging me to explore several great opportunities. I learnt to plan, not by using the little I thought I knew, but by anticipating the much I knew I could achieve.

Hilina Da Costa Gomez

Last term I learnt that things change with time, including people. I learnt that my view of world and what is around me had suddenly shifted, definitely for the better. Last term I learnt that there were certain things and people I could no longer waste my time on and I had to realize what is truly important. I learnt that life was how I choose it to be and fate was not the path chosen for us but rather the path we choose for ourselves (megamind).

I learnt that it had become literally impossible to do homework in form time since form- time time had been taken away .I learnt that free periods were actually study periods, we had been lied to. I learnt that it was very possible to get a band six mark (0-5) for a literature essay .I learnt that there was far more to school than just school and I loved it!

The Lorax

  

A new year usually means growth, going into a new form or year however, last term I learnt that going into L6 at Arundel felt like completely restarting high school; new uniform, new subjects, new timetable and new responsibilities, all these new things making me look like I’m in form one again. Last term I learnt that I should appreciate every minute whether it be doing homework, sport or spending time with family and friends. It is important to do all those things with one hundred per cent effort and love because you might not be able to do those things for a long time.

Matipa Mutoti

I learnt to always have a good weave because people are always looking at that I learnt to do homework on time and to always be honest with teachers, because they know when you are lying and they will get the truth out of you in the end 

Yoncé

AS is real. I never understood when people said, ‘’ A level is the hardest level of education”. Now the picture is clear. I learnt how to plan my life, how to manage my time wisely and that a ten minute break should always be ten minutes, in fact start planning to leave the area after five minutes. I learnt about the people who are important to me and the people I can live without. I also learnt that all homework must be done, if it is not done you shall find yourself in a predicament.

Nicole Moyo

I learnt that absence does indeed make the heart grow fonder. I learnt how to look as if I’m actually thinking in my Thinking Skills lessons. I learnt the importance of friendship. I learnt how to focus my energy on the things that really matter. I learnt that everybody makes mistakes. I learnt that the small voice inside my head is not actually as small as I thought. Last term, I learnt a lot.

Langa-Rose

Usually learning has a lot to do with education and stuff which is why I am expected to write about that. But that has always been my life and hence would not be worth my freewrite. So last term I learnt more than just the usual. I learnt things that have changed me, helped me to grow. I learnt things I would never learn in a Chemistry or physics lesson. I learnt more than I get from a text book or novel. Last term I learnt a lesson....

Butterfly

New lessons, old lessons, ones I’m still learning:

I learnt that people are complicated and love is hard.

I learnt that there are many important things in life but you need to figure out and focus on what is most important for you. Or things can get very messy.

I learnt that people can be cruel and mean one day, but then, so beautiful and human the next.

I learnt that safe places are almost impossible to create.

I learnt that what you see is sometimes not what you get. Accepting and living with that is not east.

I learnt that space is healthy and being alone can be healing.

I learnt that the sky looks more beautiful the higher you climb.

I learnt God holds it all together.

Miss Bell