April 15th, 2001, my birthday. I was born in Bath, Somerset, a small city outside London. My mum is Scottish and my dad is Omani, so people usually say I’m a bit of a weird mix. If we fast forward a bit to January 7th, 2014, it is my first day at TAISM. I just remember being scared out my mind and worried nobody would like me, but moving schools is definitely the best academic decision I have made. I previously went to The Sultan's School, and dreaded getting up in the morning because of it. Coming to this school has made me realise my passion for art, I actually considered going to art school for a while, which made my mum really excited because she is an artist. But another thing that has interested me for ten years of my life is horses,
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I enjoy learning, but I just don’t like being graded on my intelligence and that’s what schools do. I once saw a photo of a group of animals, a fish, elephant, giraffe, monkey and I think a few other ones, and they are all being asked to climb a tree, and if they can’t do it, they aren’t as clever as the ones that can. That to me is kind of what schools are like, they test us all on the same things, even though we are all completely different. TAISM is really good because all the teachers are really understanding and don’t expect everyone to love and be fantastic at their classes, but they still expect us to try, which is completely fair. You asked on the little half sheet of paper what worries us about english, and I’m just worried about somebody reading my writing, and which books we will be reading in class. Last year I read about twelve or thirteen books on my own throughout the school year, and a few in
I enjoy learning, but I just don’t like being graded on my intelligence and that’s what schools do. I once saw a photo of a group of animals, a fish, elephant, giraffe, monkey and I think a few other ones, and they are all being asked to climb a tree, and if they can’t do it, they aren’t as clever as the ones that can. That to me is kind of what schools are like, they test us all on the same things, even though we are all completely different. TAISM is really good because all the teachers are really understanding and don’t expect everyone to love and be fantastic at their classes, but they still expect us to try, which is completely fair. You asked on the little half sheet of paper what worries us about english, and I’m just worried about somebody reading my writing, and which books we will be reading in class. Last year I read about twelve or thirteen books on my own throughout the school year, and a few in