Personal Summer Project
July - August 2013
Sustainable and Ethical Fashion
The last few weeks at school were very intense - trying to finish off all work for marking before the summer was a pain but what was even more of a pain was thinking that some people were already enjoying their summer while we were stuck at school with the usual 8.35 - 15.35 every week of every day. Of course I can't complain that we're blessed with free education but I mean come on, holidays could at least finish all at the same time. I get that university students finish in May/early June-ish time but places like college or private schools finish just a little bit earlier - where's the fairness in that? Anyway, off the point that I was originally about to write...
For those of you who have just finished AS Level or A2, EPQ may be of familiar abbreviation to you. For those who don't know what the heck that is, it stands for Extended Project Qualification and usually takes place in Year 13 but initial ideas/plans start at the end of Year 12 so the summer can be spent to start researching materials and sources for your project. I did think that I was going to carry this EPQ thing out when we come back in September but I had a change of mind at the very last minute (more like 3 days before our school break-up).
I decided not to do it as I don't think I could cope with the workload, especially when I'd be occupied with 3/4 A Levels (still waiting for results to decide the number of subjects I'll be taking (yay results...)) plus leading 2 clubs at school and all the other stuff that integrate in the stressful life of a 17/18 year-old preparing for Uni (daang, still need to start drafting my personal statement). Instead, I made up my mind that I'd organise my own project instead that I will work on (on top of other jobs and stuff) this summer holiday. I have exactly 3/4 weeks to do this and I have yet to plan what I should be doing everyday as I already plan to have a week's break between finishing off school and extra summer work.
Hopefully, my brain will sort it out for me and I will be more organised than ever before! (Like seriously, my laziness will not get the better of me this time!!) The good thing about this is that I can plan my own deadlines and set my own "marks". I guess the creator of the work knows best if it is of a satisfactory quality. And I really want to show my progression of this so-called project :) (more like an online production log)
I know I'll probably regret not taking it as EPQ is a certified qualification and it impresses universities but I think it was for the best that I declined this opportunity.
Of course, none of this would have happened if I didn't pray about it. I pray about pretty much everything; the little things and the big things 'cause nothing is impossible with God. Maybe that's something to try if you've never done so. You never know where God can lead you - His plan is like no other.When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us - Alexander Graham Bell
Anyway, that's it for this month's blog. And yes, I've decided to blog at least once a month now :)
Have a nice day,
Priscilla x
