Ah, Year 7. What is was like not to have a care in the
world, learning multiplication in maths and spelling in English. How I miss it.
Being in Year 11, I look back on those care free days with nostalgia. I realise
(because I was there once, y’know) that in Year 7, more than one piece of
homework due in for Monday feels like the end of the world, but it is not. Once
you get to Year 11, having seven pieces in for the next day seems closer to the
real end of the world. I admit, the reason I have seven pieces of homework in
for tomorrow is because I haven’t done any for about a week...That is what truly inspired me to write this, the difference
between Year 7 and 11 is so great, but not for the reasons you might think. For
example, many people think one reason is that the workload increases, which is
does, because Year 11s have GCSEs and are more mature, so can cope with the
increased workload. Not true.
I have comprised the maturity scale for Year 7 to 11:
Year 7: Coming
out of primary school. The being insane instinct is still there. So Year 7s
tend not to be the most mature people in the world, but to be honest, that is
to be expected.
Year 8: Maturity level growing.
Having a year below you seems very cool and grown up, makes you feel important
but the instinct to be crazy is still lingering.
Year 9: Maturity peaks. Insane
instinct has gone. In the middle year of senior school, least worries, no
fitting in worries, no GCSEs, no coursework. Everything is perfect.
Year 10: Starting GCSEs, don’t
panic. Insanity returning... Have to be big and confident in front of other
years, but clearly the maturity is on the downhill slide.
Year 11: Oh dear... Last year of
compulsory school, last year of GCSEs and the result is...? The maturity you
have just built up over the past 4 years just went out the window.
Now, if the above scale has just offended you and you have
complaints, please...keep them to yourself.
That is my point, Year 11 is the downfall of everyone,
maturity wise, Year 11 is a serious year and I care about my work but it just
seems like the best year to have fun. I mean at the end of the day...I mean,
year, a lot of friends are leaving. You may not see them very often at all
after that and that just seems, well, sad. The maturity level of some Year 11s
is higher than others, and some people think they are more mature than they
are, although they are probably not. But in my eyes, this, of course, is
nothing to worry about, because, just think girls, no matter what age you are,
at least there will always be a group of people less mature than you, teenage
boys.
If you want a truly 'mature' blog visit:
www.hfutersbox.blogspot.com , it's a tad more serious than mine but a good read nonetheless!
