Opportunity...

I recently had a conversation with one of my brothers older friends ('older' not in terms of age) who is now at Uni. Dave's a proper sound guy, I always preferred him to a lot of my brothers mates cos he's proper down to earth than a lot of people, not just my bro's mates.

Anyway, he asked me what I was up to these days and we were talking about me going to Exeter College, my band, basically the usual jibba jabba. We were talking about opportunities at Honiton being limited, he stayed there cos he got along with the teacher who taught photography but he agreed that Honiton was and still is SO limited to what you can achieve there. In terms of grades, anything's possible of course but I mean other activities and events which is a giant downside to Honiton's sixth form. They try to persuade you to stay for sixth form and they offer a decent range of lessons but in all honesty, other activites, such as acts, shows, plays, gigs etc is totally non-existent. The funny thing is, Honiton has all the facilities and equipment to host these sorts of things but it seems like there is never anything going. It's another BIG reason why I'm going to Exeter College, the place is generally bigger and the opportunity has a lot wider range.

But Honiton don't seem to be taking steps to achieve these, if i was to stay there next year - I'd definitely bust a gut to try and get these things going because I'm not the only one who wants more going on down there. I'd quite happily write scripts, get people on board, try to set up gigs and things but telling you this is almost pointless because I'm not staying there but I do think someone should step up and do it, I'd definitely back them in ideas and things.

Finally, it got me thinking about how many of these things I just skipped out of when I was actually in proper school, there were plays and stuff going and I just couldn't be bothered with them because I wasn't into them, I guess that's fair enough but I definitely regret these things. Basically, if you see something you're even slightly interested in, go for it! If you don't, you'll regret it because all these things build up and broaden your horizon.

Speak soon! x