Boarding Schools.

[Milly]

Re: Boarding Schools.

@inspiron

I agree Milly that as an individual if you have the desire you can do whatever you want.

My brother achieved alot more than me in a school considered worse.

However, do you think that sometimes kids who are very very bright and able and hold that desire sometimes may lack opportunities/support? and find this frustrating?

I think that depends on the individual and how much they want something and what lengths they go through to get it.

I can only go by my own example, although its not really the same, as I am not very very bright and I didn’t really want much in terms of success and education.

I had to leave my first PGCE training due to family complications, against all my family’s cultural norms and expectations I left home, started from the bottom working rubbish jobs just to gain experience, got accepted onto another PGCE (which rarely happens) and managed to get to where I wanted to be, 4 years after I was supposed to do it. I financially and emotionally supported myself at the cost of ‘disappointing’ my family. I am not an outcast though, I still see them and speak to my grandparents on a weekly basis. I just did what I had to do.

I think if you really want something, you make it happen.

I do think that people in different countries and people in other professional may suffer from the lack of opportunies though. I dont need to arse lick anyone in my profession, or have good connections to get a job. It’s based on ability, not who you know. It’s tricky to apply the lack of opportunities thing to every person and every desired profession.