College (High School) - St. Patrick's

It's funny for me to think that I've already had my 8 years at primary and intermediate. The years went by so quick, but I can't even remember half my time at St. Benedict's. All my cousins say to enjoy primary while I still could. They always talk about writing a lot of essays and being given a lot of homework in college. The college I will be attending is St. Patrick's College. Their school logo is similar to the St. Benedict's but with a motto written under it. The school motto is 'Sectare Fidem' which I forgot what it meant.

Usually people would be anxious and agitated to go to college, but I'm really calm about it. I've enjoyed my time at St. Benedict's School, but we all have to move on someday. St. Pat's have tried their best to not intimidate new Year 9's. They talked about how easy it would be to just fit in and find new friends. And getting lost is not a challenge because they explained that all students will help guide each other. So as you can see, St. Pat's is nothing to worry about.

I'm really glad that most of my friends and classmates are going to St. Patrick's. That will help with the making friends part. The other thing that is good about St. Pat's is that I know heaps of other Year 9 Filipinos going there. 

There are a lot exams that you have to take in college, first there is the entrance exam, the scholarship, and the NCEA stuff. My cousins always had a hard time with the NCEA exams because apparently they were to hard and complex. But I'm determined to actually try hard and aim high to get good grades and stuff. 

St. Pat's is well known for their basketball programme. I really want to get in to one of the three teams. The college held a one day basketball tournament for the Year 8's going to St. Pat's. I think I did fine, but my biggest concern is that all the people I've seen going to St. Pat's are really tall. I guess my height is about medium, I'm not too short. But when I stand next to my future classmates, I look like a midget. Not all of them super tall, and I've seen other older students who are shorter than me, so I think I won't be too bad. I'm still thinking if I should try for the swimming club and other water sports. I can swim pretty well, but the main problem would be practice, for both basketball and swimming. I've heard that the basketball and swimming practices were pretty early in the morning. I can wake up early enough, but it will still be a huge trouble.

The only challenges I will face is how to transfer from class to class, keeping my grades good, and being confident in an enormous school of over 800 students.

Well I still have 2 weeks at St. Benedict's and I'm feeling really positive. I can still be able to visit because of my younger brother anyway. But I will still miss being in a smaller school where I know mostly everyone's names. At St. Patrick's, I won't be able to even know half of the students there.