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Category Archive for 'Achievement'

Panic over, hopefully

Posted in Achievement on Nov 15th, 2010

I seem to have got my self esteem back on track and have remembered what a truly awesome child I was and what an incredible adult I am. Does that sound boastful enough? I’ve got a first draft of my personal statement done and have submitted it to my Tutor for approval. He’s probably going [...]

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Lies, damned lies and personal statements

Posted in Achievement on Nov 12th, 2010

I’m in a serious bind at the moment trying to cobble together a personal statement to support my UCAS application. My Tutor may have made a tactical error in telling me that the purpose of the statement is to sell what I consider to be my unique qualities; in other words it’s a marketing exercise. Anybody [...]

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There were some good times…

Posted in Achievement, Public Speaking, School on Aug 15th, 2010

You may have got the vague impression that I didn’t like my school very much and you would be right. Whether I’d have been any less bullied and unhappy at any of the other Grammar Schools that offered me a place is moot. Wherever I went I’d still have ginger hair, a “funny” Scottish surname [...]

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