As I'm currently on holiday in Dubai, my Mum asked me to go through a file of my old paperwork... from cringey but cute passport photos, old passports showing I was much more of a jet-setter in my early years, children frequent flyer booklets (LOL - expat kid for you), my medical records from school (if only I was as skinny as I was at 16!) to the dreaded school reports from Year 7 - Year 13, my lovely Mum had kept it all.
At school, there were subjects which I liked and tried hard in, and ones that I liked a lot less and therefore, tried a lot less hard in. English, Drama and History were all favourites, whilst the more academic Sciences and Maths trailed behind, dismissed by my 15 year old self. Reading back on these reports with comments with teachers like, 'Zara is a little inconsistent', 'Zara just needs to retain the facts to be able to answer the questions', 'The summer holiday will be a key time for Zara to turn things around' - OUCH! I can't help be hard offended by these stinging comments, but on the other hand nod along to them - slightly embarrassed that my Mum kept the reports regardless that they were anything but shining.
So how would I be doing school report wise now, if there was one for the life of a 26 year old? I'd get below average marks for PE (all exercise has gone out the window for the last three months since starting my new job), food tech is on the up with batch cooking being my new thing to survive walking in the door too late to get creative in the kitchen, English is suffering slightly due to my neglect to this blog and drama get's full marks for my many hours committed to Netflix.
Let's just say I'm glad that school reports don't continue past school.
At school, there were subjects which I liked and tried hard in, and ones that I liked a lot less and therefore, tried a lot less hard in. English, Drama and History were all favourites, whilst the more academic Sciences and Maths trailed behind, dismissed by my 15 year old self. Reading back on these reports with comments with teachers like, 'Zara is a little inconsistent', 'Zara just needs to retain the facts to be able to answer the questions', 'The summer holiday will be a key time for Zara to turn things around' - OUCH! I can't help be hard offended by these stinging comments, but on the other hand nod along to them - slightly embarrassed that my Mum kept the reports regardless that they were anything but shining.
So how would I be doing school report wise now, if there was one for the life of a 26 year old? I'd get below average marks for PE (all exercise has gone out the window for the last three months since starting my new job), food tech is on the up with batch cooking being my new thing to survive walking in the door too late to get creative in the kitchen, English is suffering slightly due to my neglect to this blog and drama get's full marks for my many hours committed to Netflix.
Let's just say I'm glad that school reports don't continue past school.
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