A students thought on her future

Angela Crocker spoke to Rebecca Crocker about her final moments in formal education and all about what the future means to her.

 

The coronavirus is a huge pandemic across the world each country it hits, it hits hard, millions of lives have been destroyed whether that be the lives lost or those who have lost jobs because of closures of business. Millions of students across the UK lives were altered around Boris Johnsons announcement of school closures and the cancellation of exams.  Rebecca Crocker, 19 from Hull spoke about her anger and frustration ‘I am so annoyed that I was not able to finish college when I wanted to.’ She revealed that this was her third year at her college and felt more pressure to do good on her exams.

 

Rebecca studies BTEC Health and Social, History and BTEC Science she plans to study History at university as that is one of her passions growing up, she has always watched documentaries on all sorts of historical topics. ‘I have applied for several universities around Yorkshire and one gave me an unconditional.’ There was a lot of stress put upon students in what their next step will be however, it seems for Rebecca she won’t be worried about the next step.

 

When discussing her extra year of college to make sure she is able to achieve the grades she said she didn’t feel any different to other students ‘I feel like I have wasted my time as I haven’t been able to get the result I wanted.’ Teachers picking the students grades isn’t the best reflection of where students are and perhaps isn’t the fairest option. She commented ‘I feel like I have spent hours revising for something that will never happen and not been able to see the outcome is really hard.’

 

She commented that her school is giving out past papers for them to do at home so that they’re able to give out better predicted grades for their students. Although, she argues that these aren’t the best for some people.

 

According to the Government of Education ‘This means ensuring GCSE, A and AS level students are awarded a grade which fairly reflects the work that they have put in. There will also be an option to sit an exam early in the next academic year for students who wish to.’

 

She’s not frustrated with the government as she said. ‘They need to do this to stop the spread of the virus and they believe it will be at it’s peak during the exam season, so it makes sense’. Though, it doesn’t make any of this easier for students who can’t reach their full potential.

 

The new rules put in place for the government are quite restrictive for the right reasons and Rebecca agrees too. ‘The rules make sense as the government have to keep people who are more likely to get the coronavirus safe and to stop the spread of the virus which means that the NHS isn’t strained and can help people’

 

The last day of school forever will always be sad Rebecca said ‘It was very hard to say bye to my friends before I was ready and leaving a place I have spent most of my life was very hard.’ The new normal is a hard concept to grasp, leaving a place that was your routine for so long is difficult and you can’t blame anyone for the emotional goodbye. She added her final moments of her college ventures she spent with her friends in their common room.

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