So for grade 12, I think the biggest challenge for me will be dealing with stress because there will be loads more work to do, especially coursework such as iAs and IOC’s and EE. This is very intimidating but I really should tell myself it isn’t that bad. We’ve done so much work this year already and I’m proud of everything that I’ve achieved so far so I really just have to try to keep on top of my work, manage my time and make sure I surround myself with people who are supportive and preferably less stressed than I am. I think the people around you are very important. They are the ones influencing your thoughts and opinions about subjects and if they have a pessimistic view on life, it’ll probably make me pretty depressed about the future too.

Dealing with sleep and being tired maybe because of procrastination and the amount of work might be a challenge too. Honestly, I expect a lot of the challenges to be quite similar to the challenges in grade 11 because it’s still iB and I think we’ve become quite acquainted with iB stress.

Personally I think leaving and dealing with the fact that my life won’t be certain anymore will be hard. Now I know that I have to come to school everyday and I have goals within academics but for the future, I have the freedom to do whatever I want and that is scary.