Make your own decisions

Hi.

So things have changed a lot since my last post. Again, it has been a while but I needed time to think. I have finally chosen the option I want to take for A-Levels not that anyone approves. My parents have been wanting me to make a decision for months, and when I finally did, they just picked at the faults. I want to do English Language, ICT A2 (I will have completed the first part of the A-Level (AS) by the end of year 11), Media Studies and computing.

I know that computing and ICT are similar, but they are not the same. Computing is more like web design and understanding how computers and coding works, whereas ICT seems to be focused around satisfying the client and making systems for them. I value computing more than ICT because I enjoy that side of it better but my parents want me to finish ICT, so I guess I am doing it to make them happy. You know, last year in my ICT class, we had to create a system for a client. It could be anything, we had the freedom to make out own decisions. I chose to design a website but everyone else in my class either made a spreadsheet or a database. People said to me I wouldn't be able to do it, they said I should try to do the same as everyone else and for once, I stood by my idea. I did what I wanted and didn't listen to the people putting me down and the end product was a great success. The teachers said that my system was much more complicated than the others and that I would be suited for web design.

Back to my subjects, my parents say Media Studies is a waste, they say universities hate it. I researched this and they used to hate it, but they made the course harder. It is now one of the hardest courses to get an A/A* in. I guess it shows that you don't always have to blindly follow what people say, because they aren't always right. Then English Language, it is my best subject. I get the best grades compared to all of my other subjects and I enjoy writing. It isn't to do with ICT or that type of career but I enjoy it, so I want to take it.

Basically, this whole post was trying to say, don't let others squash your dreams because they can't comprehend them and don't let others push you around. I'm a wallflower, I get pushed around easily and don't react but doing what I wanted for a change, felt really good, so go and do what you want to do!

Saying that, I can't do the A-Levels that I want to because the school have basically decided that because only I chose those options, they can afford to not cater for me and have put all my options in one block. Basically there are 4 blocks and you have to pick a subject from each block that you will do and they ignored my choices and out mine in the same block so I'm back where I started. Help.
Nevertheless, in my true style, here is the quote:

"Don't let the opinions of others define you. Don't let the doubts of others confine you. You can be so much more than even you suppose." ~Michael Josephson

Grace x