Do what You want, not what your parents want.

So, again it's been a long time since I've posted but I always come back! Like a dog, I'm not saying I'm a dog - though my hair can look like one sometimes. Wait, let's just rephrase that:


So, again it's been a long time since I've posted but I always come back like a boomerang!


That's better, anyway back to business.


Recently, I have been helping direct/block the staging for our college production "Chicago" and I got told something off one of the leads yesterday which shocked me quite a bit. It also reminded me of myself when choosing Year 9 GCSE options, which I think I may have spoke about before earlier in my blog posts.


This girl who plays one of the leads, is one of the most talented, dedicated, musical actors I have ever come across. She is also in my LAMDA class, but it came to my attention yesterday that she is not taking Theatre Studies. My initial reaction was how could this girl NOT take theatre studies with how talented she actually is?! I found out that she had a huge debate with her parents about it, and she wanted to stay focused on Law and therefore could not take Theatre Studies. Although Law is something she wants to do, I find it upsetting she couldn't have her hobby besides her ambition.


In Year 9, when I was deciding my options I wanted to do Art, Drama and then I had to pick a language as it was compulsory. However, my Mum and my Grandad really wanted me to do Triple Science as I had been selected to be able to do it and it would set me aside from others in the future. So eventually, I decided to pick it instead of Art - this had a huge impact on me in Year 10. Although my teacher was FAB, I could engage in the subject as I wasn't interested in it whatsoever, this began to show in my grades the first year. In my mock exams I continually kept getting 'E's'. As I hadn't ever received an E before, this really upset me, so much my teacher had to ring home to tell my mum that it was only a mock and everyone can't do well straight away. This was my wake up call! Although I really didn't want to do Triple Science, I didn't want to fail 3 GCSE's as a consequence - I bucked my ideas up and received a 'B' for all three.


The point I'm making is, I chose to do Science for the sake for my family wanting me to do it. It is now a big help in college but my future ambitions do not include Science, and neither does college apart from the Social Science: Psychology. When it comes to your future, please do not allow your parents, friends or anybody else change your decisions and beliefs because your ambition is YOURS and nobody should be able to take that away from you. Whether it's an actor or a lawyer, a musician or a scientist - do what YOU want to do.