Jamie has received his exams results and unfortunately they were not quite as good as he wanted. This meant he didn’t get into his first choice university. He now has to battle with the ‘clearing’ process looking around for alternative universities and courses.
There are so many more kids trying to get into university these days as it seems impossible to get even ordinary jobs without having some form of tertiary education. If you can’t beat them, join them.
Although neither Sue nor I ever went to university we have always felt that a large part of the education process is the opportunity to get a taste of independence in a reasonable safe environment. To this end we have encouraged Jamie to look at universities that would require him to go into halls or start flatting. To Jamie’s credit he is very keen on this too, so much so that he’d rather pick an university that none of his friends are going to so that he is forced to make new friends.
After several days of phone calls and internet searches he has got a few offers in for computer courses at different establishments. There is still more work to do before everything is sorted, but it seems to be heading in the right direction. The next step would be the logistics; accommodation, funding, transportation and all that.
Jamie is being very positive about everything. In fact Sue and I seem to be more stressed than he is. After all you just want the best for them.
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