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Barnet Flame · 10-04-2011, 06:32 PM

I moved out when I was 18 to go to University (back then it was a Polytechnic) in Yorkshire. It happened really fast when I got accepted over the phone on a Wednesday and was then driving off to catch the ferry with a friend to England on Sunday the following week.

I'd never been to England before. When I got there I just sat down on my bed and felt so empty and lonely - I was completely unprepared. To make matters worse, I was on a course I had no interest in and was never going to pass. I just got drunk and stoned for a year and hardly turned up to my course. There were some elements of the course I liked, so I turned up to them. The head of the course whose subjects I was failing miserably said towards the end of the year, that is if I did well in the subjects I was attending, he'd recommend me for the course I wanted to do in the first place.

I did, and the following year, I got on the course I wanted. He did not have to do that - especially as I was really taking the piss on his modules. But he did, and I'll never forget him and what he did for me. If it were not for him, I'd be back living at home at 19 and a failure with no prospects.

When I went back, my second year away from home, I was better prepared for life and the course. I had a lot of fun and got the balance right between fun and work.

Thanks Alan.

10-04-2011, 06:32 PM	#100
Barnet Flame Franchise Player Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Barnet - North London Exp:	I moved out when I was 18 to go to University (back then it was a Polytechnic) in Yorkshire. It happened really fast when I got accepted over the phone on a Wednesday and was then driving off to catch the ferry with a friend to England on Sunday the following week. I'd never been to England before. When I got there I just sat down on my bed and felt so empty and lonely - I was completely unprepared. To make matters worse, I was on a course I had no interest in and was never going to pass. I just got drunk and stoned for a year and hardly turned up to my course. There were some elements of the course I liked, so I turned up to them. The head of the course whose subjects I was failing miserably said towards the end of the year, that is if I did well in the subjects I was attending, he'd recommend me for the course I wanted to do in the first place. I did, and the following year, I got on the course I wanted. He did not have to do that - especially as I was really taking the piss on his modules. But he did, and I'll never forget him and what he did for me. If it were not for him, I'd be back living at home at 19 and a failure with no prospects. When I went back, my second year away from home, I was better prepared for life and the course. I had a lot of fun and got the balance right between fun and work. Thanks Alan.