Priory Secretarial Services

It’s A-level results day. The annual news headlines, the images of delighted and not so delighted young people, the commentary on the current state of education in the UK. You’ve got to hand it to the media companies, trying to mix it up each year. I’ve added my well done/it’ll work out comments to social media.

I flunked my A-Levels. I couldn’t be bothered to learn any quotes so dropped a grade in Eng Lit from A to B (no A* back then). I only enjoyed one element of my History syllabus and couldn’t be bothered with the rest so only got a D. And as for double pure Maths… what was I thinking? I deservedly got a U. I was a BUD.

I was indeed a bud. I scraped into University of Wales Trinity Saint David who generously took me on anyway. And there I bloomed. I fell in love with learning. I discovered how satisfying it is to work hard and see good results. I achieved a 2:1, deservedly. And then I went back to Plan A and trained as a Business Administrator.

If I could go back with what I know now would I have done the same? Probably not. If I had fallen in love with learning at 17, if I had the curiosity and understanding of my potential that I have now, I would probably have studied philosophy or history or psychology or creative writing. While reading a lot of books for pleasure too! But do I regret the turn my life took? Not at all. It brought me here and here is good.

I hope you too are enjoying the satisfaction of seeing good results from your hard work. But – don’t let that work be unnecessarily hard. If I can relieve you of some of your admin burdens so that you – and your organisation – are free to bloom, you know where I am, right here. I look forward to hearing from you.