01/06/2023
For anyone in the thick of exam season right now, spending your half term revising and preparing for next week. You are more than your grades, more than how you perform in an arbitrary 90min time slot, more than even the last 11 years of your education! Education is important, but it does not define YOU! You are special, you are enough and you are capable of great things! Good luck on this part of your journey...the next chapter is just around the corner ❤️
There are times I’ve been first and times I’ve been last
I’ve aced a distinction, I’ve just scraped a pass
I’ve known every answer that’s been on a test
I’ve sat and I’ve panicked and failed at my desk
I’ve labelled the countries, I’ve dated the wars
I’ve analysed novels and sonnets and more
I’ve been judged by the margins of numbers and letters,
Been told I’ve done well and that I could do better
But I can say this; that I did not learn less
From failure and fault than I did from success
See, we are much more than the answers we give
‘Cause it’s great and it’s grand but it’s messy to live
And we learn so much from this everyday mess
That isn’t included or marked in a test
And when we are gone and they stand up to speak
It won’t be of faults but of what we’ve achieved
And not how we scored in our early exams
But how we were always the first up to dance
The way that we’d sing and the way that we’d cook
With our head in the clouds or our nose in a book
The way that we loved and the way that we cared
The way that they’ll miss us when we are not there
And not because we got an A or a D,
A first or a last or a one or a three
But because we were funny, because we were kind
That’s how we’ll leave love for those left behind
So when you sit down and you open that test
Yes, read every question and give it your best
But remember, that paper does not define you
So don’t give it that power - whatever you do
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Exam season is approaching so I thought I'd share a timely reminder for everyone.
'Testing testing' is from What the Wild Replied https://a.co/d/fgJEIF4
