Changing schools for the first time in 12 years

When I first started going to school, I thought I would study there until I graduate. But I was wrong. Time changes, and so does your passion. For nearly 10 years, I had been studying without a definite aim. I just go to school for the sake of studying. That's what everyone does, and I blame nobody. But there came a time when I had to start making decisions that would directly influence my life and my career.

I want to work in the legal field, and the best way to do that is by taking humanities: history, geography, economics and politics. Sure, you could also do that by taking commerce, but in my case, I love social studies, especially history. So I couldn't give up the opportunity to study my favourite subjects for the final two years of my school days.

Here comes the part that changes it all: my school doesn't have humanities. That was the moment where my plan to not change schools completely fell apart. I didn't go down without a fight, though. And I don't mean the violent kind of fights, I actually gathered the courage to ask a teacher if the school could bring the humanities stream. The teacher even raised it in a meeting, only for it to get dismissed. Before that, I had even planned to start a petition to convince our school board to bring the stream. But that wouldn't have worked out, anyway.

Here I am, writing this in a navy blue shirt instead of the brown-chequered shirt I grew up wearing. I could take this change in two ways: sit and cry about my decision, or hold my head high and look forward to the new challenges that await me in my final two academic years at school. Well, I'm going to choose the latter option, and be open to all opportunities that I'm going to get in this new environment. Befriend new peers, conquer subjects and live life, I'm going to do it all. This is a brand-new chapter in my life, that I'm excited to flip the pages of!