Lately I have been looking back over my years before getting into university. An I have noticed there is a lot I would have changed, and a lot that I regret. One of the biggest regrets is taking a science A Level. I know I didn’t publish my results on my blog however I did four A levels. I missed out on an A in History which I am devastated about and my science A level results is again devastating and embarrassing. Even though I got the overall grades and even though I got in university, I do feel as if my science A level will come back and haunt me.
I regret not taking a subject more related to Law than science.
I also have found that after I quit my part time job that I got more serious with my studies and focused for a career in Law. This is partly why I failed to achieve an A grade in history. My A2 modules were harder but I got A’s with just revising more effectively and actually caring. I just wished I did it sooner.
I regret not maturing quickly enough when studying for any of my qualifications.
I again found out that actually I’m not that bad when it comes to academic ability. I always presumed that I wasn’t as my sister is one of them naturally clever people. I dumbed myself down and branded myself as low ability and thick. I lately found out that actually, no I’m not. And that I am able to achieve any grade if I put my mind to it. My last law paper I hated, I really didn’t have time to revise and found myself burnt out. I panicked and crammed and crammed and it paid with me getting full marks.
I regret branding myself not being able
I found I never pushed myself and that I never dared to try new things like I use to. I stopped my four years of volunteer work and now unable to get back into the same establishment which allowed me to. I passed on a two week work placement with solicitors because I was too stressed with exams, when all I did in that period was feel bad eat and watch T.V, lightly revising of the night.
I regret not taking those chances
So I am going to learn from these mistakes and when I start university make a fresh. (Let’s just hope whatever avenue of Law I pursue that they see a difference and that my A levels don’t hold me back to much. I really hope this.) As from today I will not be regretting these things, as I will be glad. As I have learnt this now before I start my three year university course.
I will pick the right subjects, I will have more confidence in my academic ability and I will push my academic, social and physically boundaries.
I will also comment more on other peoples blogs :P
My question on this bank holiday is what do you regret?
(Also do you think after my degree when I’m going into a certain area of Law, that I should resist my A levels (if around) to try and get three A’s?)
I regret allowing my Guidance Teacher at school to completely destroy my self-esteem, I am still (two years on after school) trying to fully regain it.
Six years of her putting me down at every opportunity coupled with three years of intense bullying by my peers left me a very introvert person - a far cry from the extrovert person I was before attending secondary school.
Mel says
I assume you mean 'resit/re-sit' rather than resist your A-levels!
A levels are important these days, with everything being so competitive it's an important way to distinguish people - but your degree is far more important. I'd suggest just knuckling down and getting on with that and trying to get the best result you can.
I regret getting too distracted in the second year and not working hard enough. Other than that, everything has been a learning experience and I don't generally have many regrets.
Something I definitely don't regret was taking an academic writing course - perhaps something you could look into?
Law Minx says
I regret taking Competition law rather than Conflict of Laws in my third year. Arse.
Legal Lass says
If anything, I regret handing in a law paper in my third year with a page missing and also of once forcing the title of an essay to fit the contents so I could write about what I fancied... I fully blame these two decisions for my failure to obtain a first at degree level (my only grades below 68 in final year) but by the same token, I don't think I would have pushed as much on my BVC if that hadn't of happened...
Better not to regret things, but instead try to mitigate their consequences or at the very least learn from them... however - easily said, hard to do!!
LL