I’ve officially completed my first week of Year 12, and what a week it has been!
There’s been good moments, and already quite a few bad moments. But I’m trying to be optimistic, despite the thoughts that have run through my head.
The Good Moments
I have to think about this one a bit.
I think one good thing that happened this week was seeing everyone again and catching up with people. I talked to quite a few people, people who I’m super close with, and others who I wanted to get to know better. I sat with a different group of people in the mornings, which was surprisingly quite nice, and I had some pretty interesting conversations.
I also hung out with Kevin after school on Wednesday and Friday, which was much needed after the week we had. Spending quality time with loved ones and having meaningful conversations with them is a must, especially during a time where it’s easy to get caught up with work and life.
I went to the beach on Saturday with some of my girl friends from school (shout out Sara, Caity and Amy!), and it was really nice to spend some quality time with them outside of school!
The Not-So Good Moments
Like I said, it’s been a stressful week. So far – school-wise -Year 12 is difficult, but I think everything I’m learning about is quite interesting and (hopefully) worthwhile.
Mentally, I haven’t been doing so well. I wrote a whole trauma journal about it; but I’m still unsure why I was feeling so down this week. I’m gonna blame hormones and overthinking, and leave it at that. Hopefully things get better in these coming weeks though.
I started group tutoring at Sky Academy this week, which I was really anxious about. The group has 2 other students from my school, one whom I’m good friends with, and the other not so much. My first lesson was decent, but only one other student was there. I hope I can pick up the material quickly and am able to ask for help when I need it.
I also have an "academic conversation" with Dr Sneddon and Mr Marchant on Tuesday about dropping subjects (goodbye biology!). I feeling quite anxious about it, but I do have valid reasons for dropping the course, so hopefully things work out well and I can drop it.
Moving Forward
Moving forward, school is going to get a lot more busy (and interesting!) I’ve already got my first assessment notification (ughhh) for investigating science, but I know I can do well if I work hard and prepare early.
I don’t have many events planned for school, but I do have some exciting events outside of it, which I’m looking forward to!