Loubywoobywoo
Chatty Member
I know if I had stayed in the French system, I probably would have had to repeat Year 9 and would almost certainly have failed the equivalent of GCSEs which is taken at the end of Year 10. I would probably have done a baby/child care course after that then gone to work in a crèche, which is what I am doing now, as well as nannying. I was good at languages and am really glad I got my degree ( with a 2:1) but often wonder what might have been if my parents couldn’t afford to send me to the school I ended up at that followed the English curriculum. I was so shy and had so little confidence ( teachers telling you you are rubbish and having a class average to match/beat really made my faith in my abilities go downhill really fast) that I might not have done well in the childcare course either. Getting grades for effort at the British School was a revelation, and my grades were only compared to the ones I had got before, not everyone else’s in the class. It meant I tried a lot harder, even in subjects I had no natural ability in ( sport, science, maths…).I recieved C's D's and even failed art which i thought i would pass as i know im rather good and some people have told me i should be a tattoo artisteven when i drew a ship at aged 10 my teacher thought i traced it but i hadnt and she was astonished by that. But luckily in college i passed my english and maths and my childcare course at level 1 and 3. I never bothered with uni because i knew i would not have been able to handle it at all. I struggled through school, was in middle sets of everything and believe i was also intermediate in exams too (im not sure) but i was quite happy with my 2 C's
