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Bellerbys College Oxford

My Take.

Reading all of your experiences leaving your old life behind and coming to Britain, gave me nothing but a strong sense of nostalgia, I can't help but reminisce my beginnings here in England. It was no less than five years ago that I step foot on British soil and began my educational career here. and at the ripe old age of twelve, I felt the exact same sense of Indecisiveness and fear of the unknown as a fresh rookie in Britain. But that, you guys have already touched upon, what the main difference I consider myself to have is the experience I’ve had in the public school system of Britain, and quite frankly the difference is significant, and strangely fascinating, seeing how things work completely differently in the bubble of the UK's elitist few. And if you would indulge me, I shall make a couple of interesting points about my experience of Bellerbys, and how it was a shock to my system at first, considering the difference between these two distinctive places.

Bellerbys, the major difference between here and the place I was before? is the people which occupy the corridors and classrooms, within a posh public school in Britain, it has consistently been one major group of people that reside within that environment. The stereotypical arrogant, privileged, and self-righteous, so-called posh group of teenagers. of course there are outliers, but that is exactly what they are - outliers. The relationships I have created in Bellerbys is acutely different with the ones I've made previously, and I attribute that to you guys, and who you guys are. Instead of the boot licking, double crossing and self-centered, selfish relationships that I’ve had before, the bonds that I have created here felt genuine, and that we're truly a community that cares for each other. And I do not feel like I am surviving here in Bellerbys, unlike my previous environment, where true emotions are preferably hidden, and every word I say will undoubtedly have consequences that either involves whispers or rumours. But hey, can't say I don't thank them, since now I have grown so much more because of that, and everything turned out alright in the end, since I'm here now, studying here with you all.

But it isn't just the bonds I have created here that makes Bellerbys such a memorable experience for me, it is also what I've learnt here. part of the major reason why I'm here is because of my attitude, and work ethic I have always had in my life, and that did not change even after I was left here by my grades. But I guess the severity of the situation has finally turned me on my head and knocked some sense into me, I guess not even the arrogance that I have always covered my eyes with can keep me blind forever. I got to work, or else I really won't be getting into a university, and I will end up as a disappointment to my family. this was the final revelation I've had before I really did start buckling down and get working like I've never had before.

Now that we're here, a final term with people heading off to great universities, and me giving me a damn near impossible challenge of doing almost everything I was supposed to do in a year in a month, I guess I could say its been fun. Man, I'd miss all you guys when we're split.

oh and p.s. - Thx Brittany, if I get into either Birmingham or Durham, it’s all thanks to you ;]

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