I've never related to a post so muchWeird how things can change, isn't it? From year 7 to year 11 I was the biggest dropkick. Probably had more detentions than passing grades (for my final Year 10 science exam, I got 7%). It wasn't until a
month into Year 12 that I began to see university as a potential pathway (yeah I turned around
really late). My peers, teachers, and even parents all thought I was batshit insane for thinking I could get in. My lit teacher once bluntly told me he wished I wasn't in his class
(tbh I don't blame him).
Throughout the year I forfeited
everything to get into uni - deleted my social media, skipped parties and social events etc (mainly because I needed to catch up on about 3 years of school). In the end, I got the second highest ATAR in my cohort and duxed 3 subjects, including lit. Now I'm at uni, also going down the path of education, and my principal and teachers get me to go back to the school every now and then to help the current VCE students with their studies.
Just shows it's never too late to make things work as long as you put your mind to it.