my progression;

When this final year comes to an end, I'm drawn between three places to go. I'm still unsure if i do want  to attend university, stay here at Canterbury College or maybe even take a year of to do things I've never really had the time too.

At the moment I haven't actually looked at any University's. I know I should do this soon as I will have to start applying for certain ones. If I did go Uni then I would probably stay local to where I live. So my only main option is the University Of Kent. I want to stay local so that I'm still near all my friends and family. Also I know that I will have no financial difficulty, as I will still be living at home and not on my own where problems could happen. University is playing on my mind at the moment as my mum really wants me to start looking. I know I need to do this but I don't really know where to start looking, other than Canterbury.

University Of Kent: http://www.kent.ac.uk


I've also been thinking about staying on at Canterbury College and continuing with Graphic Design on the higher course to achieve a Higher National Diploma. This was my first choice and decision when I was asked what I'm doing when this current course finishes. This would be fine for me to travel to as I've been coming all the way to Canterbury since the start of Year 7. The only thing that is making me think hard about this is that maybe I want or even need a change of scenery. Its been the same shit but different days, always travelling to Canterbury for my education, I might as well live here.


I've also been thinking of taking a year off to get main things sorted. I would like to get my driving out of the way and have enough money to have a car. This sounds stupid as I could do this when Im not at college, but having a part time job with quite a bit of hours is harder than you think. If I did less hours at work to do my driving in my spare time then I wouldn't have the money to pay for lessons, theory, test, car, insurance, tax etc. I would also like to do what my cousin did, which was a holiday rep in Magaluf  over the summer. This would give me the chance to earn extra money, whilst having a mental time out there! I would also like to travel to Australia and New Zealand, and have a year off doing extreme sports and just getting away from education and having my own little adventure.

I don't really see this as a year off, I see it more as a break as I've been stuck in school from the age of four and just want to be able to do things on my own away from rules and deadlines.
I've always wanted to do extreme sports like rock climbing, bungee jumping, sky diving and many many more. Where else would be better than Australia and New Zealand for these things? Absolutely sick scenery and best of all the chance to have an adventure.