Hello bloggers,
Stephen Hawking was born in 1942. Little did anyone knew that a genius was born. When Stephen was 21 he was diagnosed with Motor Neuron. This means he had to use a wheelchair to move and had to use a computer to talk. The doctors told him he only had a few days left to live. Even though this happened Stephen was still determined to change the world. When the doctors said he was going to die, they were wrong. He actually survived this. His disease didn't stop him trying to learn new things. He succedeed and was a known person for making us think of quantum mechanics in a different way. Sadly he died in 2018 in Cambridge, England. So he was a great example to never give up. So I will now be recounting how I had to overcome something.
Going to intermediate is a really big step up from primary. It is even more difficult if your friends are going to a different one. So on the last day of school I said goodbye. I wasn't really consicious then or something. I didn't like say anything like goodbye forever I will miss you. I just said goodbye. So my friend that has been here since year 2 is now going to a different intermediate. My other friends are year 5s so they are staying at school one more year. I checked if any of my friends are going to my intermediate and some of them are. By some I mean two. Even though it was only two one of them are my neighbours and the other one used to be my neighbour. It's like neighbour seption. Anyways, I still had to overcome the thought of how I might never see my other friends again.
I hope you enjoyed my blog post. If you have any feedback please leave it in the comments. What is something you had to overcome? BYE!!
Namaste Vitaraag,
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for sharing this with me! That does sound really challenging and I can totally relate to this as I moved from Wanaka (down in the South Island) up to Auckland at the end of year 6 and had to go to an intermediate where I only vaguely knew two people and everyone already had their friend groups from primary.
I was super anxious before I started but then on my first day I sat next to a girl called Kate and she became my first friend at that school, and guess what, we are still good friends to this day! We celebrated our 21st birthdays together, went to university together, lived together, and this year we will celebrate our 25th birthdays together! And I still see some of my friends from primary too, 13 years on! In fact, I saw one of them last September and we celebrated the birth of her first baby together!
So I guess what I am trying to say Vitaraag, is that if you have a really strong relationship with your friends, it won’t matter how far away you are from them. That friendship will stay as it is and you can still hang out after school and on the weekends! And if those friendships fizzle out, that is okay too because think about how many other people are going to be in the same situation as you at intermediate...there’s going to be so many new people to make friends with there, which is actually super exciting!
I hope the transition to intermediate goes well - just be confident in yourself, be kind, and say hi :)
I love how on this programme I get to know more about you and the other young people participating in this programme. If there is anything you would like to know about me, please ask. I would be happy to share with you!
Thanks for sharing Vitaraag,
Eliza :)
Hi Vitaraag,
ReplyDeleteI liked how you described what you needed to do for this activity with lots of detail, I also liked how you said that despite what doctors had told him, Stephen Hawking he didn't let them stop him. I found your story interesting because when I moved up to intermediate from primary I still had all my friends. Do you still talk to your old friends?