Today, for the first time in 6 years, I attended a new school (or college if you like). So far in my life, I have studied in three different schools (excluding the new one). Thus, I think this is an opportune moment to discuss my history of schooling.
Firstly, I was enrolled at Radiant Reader’s Academy (schools in Nepal have particularly “radiant” names in English!). I was a stubborn child who was unwilling to go to school from the off. In fact, on my first day in school, I apparently cried all day long until my mother came and picked me up. Later that day, when my uncle asked me what I did at school, I replied, “I cried and cried until my mother came and picked me up..Haha!”
After this particular incident, my entrance to school was delayed. Even after I formally entered school, I didn’t like going to school. In fact, the only reason I went to school was because my grandmother promised to buy me a juicebox at the end of every school day. But, my reluctance to go to school did not hinder my academic abilities. I was pretty good in academics from the beginning, and it seems as if this trend as continued!
2007 signaled the end of my school life at Radiant. I went to Australia where my father was pursuing his PhD. I had completed Grade 2 at Radiant, but in Australia, there was an age-cap, i.e, in order to qualify for a certain class, you had to be older than a certain age limit. Consequently, I studied grade 2 again, at Carlisle Primary School.
It took considerable time for me to get used to the school there. For once, I had to communicate solely in the English language, something which I wasn’t used to in Nepal. In Nepal, we treated English as purely an academic subject, and not the essential mode of communication that it is in many countries in the world. However, I came up trumps and managed to integrate well into the classroom, which was fairly heterogeneous.
Up till grade 4 (in Australia, it’s called Year 4), I studied at Carlisle Primary. My time there was a definite turning-point in my life. I found my true-calling in grade 3. We focused on Astronomy in one of the semesters which helped me gain an insatiable curiosity for Astronomy and Science as a whole. I enjoyed Mathematics very much too. However, my most momentous event in Australia was the development of my writing and reading habits. It was in Australia that I first wrote stories, articles and poems. In fact, I was even part of the writing club at school!
Then in 2009, I returned to Nepal. The most important decision that had yet to be taken then was the choice of schooling. In the end, it was decided that I would study at DAVSKVB school. However, I had to overcome a problem. I had not written anything in Nepali for three years and because of this, my Nepali writing skills were appalling. I had to learn the entire language again, from the alphabet up!
However, I overcame that problem and after spending 6 memorable years at DAVSKVB, where I had problems at first (yeah, I have a real problem integrating in new environments, which I believe now I have overcome), I have now joined Chelsea International to fulfill my ambition of studying A-level. Basically, I have studied under Nepalese, Australian and Indian curriculum, and now, I am going to be studying under an “International Curriculum” (but, basically it’s British).
My first day at Chelsea was pretty good. We had an orientation and people gave speeches. I believe that my decision to pursue A-level is the right one, and I am looking forward to learning like I have never learnt before.
Firstly, I was enrolled at Radiant Reader’s Academy (schools in Nepal have particularly “radiant” names in English!). I was a stubborn child who was unwilling to go to school from the off. In fact, on my first day in school, I apparently cried all day long until my mother came and picked me up. Later that day, when my uncle asked me what I did at school, I replied, “I cried and cried until my mother came and picked me up..Haha!”
After this particular incident, my entrance to school was delayed. Even after I formally entered school, I didn’t like going to school. In fact, the only reason I went to school was because my grandmother promised to buy me a juicebox at the end of every school day. But, my reluctance to go to school did not hinder my academic abilities. I was pretty good in academics from the beginning, and it seems as if this trend as continued!
2007 signaled the end of my school life at Radiant. I went to Australia where my father was pursuing his PhD. I had completed Grade 2 at Radiant, but in Australia, there was an age-cap, i.e, in order to qualify for a certain class, you had to be older than a certain age limit. Consequently, I studied grade 2 again, at Carlisle Primary School.
It took considerable time for me to get used to the school there. For once, I had to communicate solely in the English language, something which I wasn’t used to in Nepal. In Nepal, we treated English as purely an academic subject, and not the essential mode of communication that it is in many countries in the world. However, I came up trumps and managed to integrate well into the classroom, which was fairly heterogeneous.
Up till grade 4 (in Australia, it’s called Year 4), I studied at Carlisle Primary. My time there was a definite turning-point in my life. I found my true-calling in grade 3. We focused on Astronomy in one of the semesters which helped me gain an insatiable curiosity for Astronomy and Science as a whole. I enjoyed Mathematics very much too. However, my most momentous event in Australia was the development of my writing and reading habits. It was in Australia that I first wrote stories, articles and poems. In fact, I was even part of the writing club at school!
Then in 2009, I returned to Nepal. The most important decision that had yet to be taken then was the choice of schooling. In the end, it was decided that I would study at DAVSKVB school. However, I had to overcome a problem. I had not written anything in Nepali for three years and because of this, my Nepali writing skills were appalling. I had to learn the entire language again, from the alphabet up!
However, I overcame that problem and after spending 6 memorable years at DAVSKVB, where I had problems at first (yeah, I have a real problem integrating in new environments, which I believe now I have overcome), I have now joined Chelsea International to fulfill my ambition of studying A-level. Basically, I have studied under Nepalese, Australian and Indian curriculum, and now, I am going to be studying under an “International Curriculum” (but, basically it’s British).
My first day at Chelsea was pretty good. We had an orientation and people gave speeches. I believe that my decision to pursue A-level is the right one, and I am looking forward to learning like I have never learnt before.
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