(29 Aug 2014, 12:18 pm)Dan wrote Cheers.
I originally thought it was going to be a laborious task to go to work every day, under the impression that it would be worth it in the end as not many people will have four weeks worth of voluntary work experience on their CV in addition to my ordinary one-week work experience placement from school. In reality, it was a totally different story.
I've heard a number of things about the morale of those who work at Riverside, but I think this may be the opinion of the minority. In my first week, I spent my time undertaking basic administration duties. I didn't really know anyone there other than the people who I was working alongside. I moved into another department for my second week, and this is when I attended a meeting, which was when I got to know the majority of the people at Riverside and a few from other sites too. From this point onwards, I started to have a bit of a joke and carry on with people, and I acquired the name "Golden Boy" because the manager of the department didn't stop praising me to them.
But yeah, I've had a couple of suggestions from those on a more senior level about the future... Playing it by here though! I know school won't be happy if I don't go to University and end up going straight into the world of work, but I'm not there to please them...
Sod your school, it is your life, who gives a monkeys shit if you don't go to Uni, though my advice would be to go, get as much of an education as you can get(judging by your GCSE's, you are bright and quite intelligenr but it is not the be-all and end-all, go with what your happy with, because I am sure if GNE took you on, you would surely get an opportunity to study for NVQ in whatever department you ended up in...
If your not in Uni when I come back home I hope you are doing well in whatever you choose...
All the best pal