tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876613.post111149406201101239..comments2023-11-20T10:17:40.928+00:00Comments on Good in Parts: I think I need a whinge....Kathrynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09171138485811816831noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876613.post-1111783240991984922005-03-25T20:40:00.000+00:002005-03-25T20:40:00.000+00:00For what it is worth - I was rejected everywhere (...For what it is worth - I was rejected everywhere (but then I was a lousy football lout!) but Lampeter. I went there and loved the three years and came away with more than an education. Even the journey there was worth it every term :o)Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06923211288631648610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876613.post-1111671891672740812005-03-24T13:44:00.000+00:002005-03-24T13:44:00.000+00:00Kathryn - hugest hugs to you and L. Caroline M and...Kathryn - hugest hugs to you and L. Caroline M and I discussed last night how when you're 18, stuff like this seems enormous, as if the wrong decision/outcome will effectively determine the happiness of the rest of your life.<BR/><BR/>It's hard to explain to someone in that position that actually it's not so totally, life-over-shadowingly massive, that there is rarely <B>one</B> path and often when we look back, good things come from the times like these.<BR/><BR/>My brother got turned down from Cambridge and 2 other veterinary degrees and ended up with his fourth choice: Bio-Chemistry at London. <BR/><BR/>He excelled, did a Phd and spent the next 11 years flying up the career ladder in a pharmaceutical research company, developing cures to all sorts of serious stuff.<BR/><BR/>I think he would have hated being a vet, whereas clearly he's damn good at bio-chem and it makes him happy. Similarly if you ask me (or anyone using medication he helped develop!) I reckon he's contributed more to the world this way.<BR/><BR/>I think Cambridge would have been an appalling place for the 18yr old him, whereas his small campus London college suited him perfectly (heck he even met his wife there!).<BR/><BR/>Of course the fact that he has just turned his back on all this to pursue a vocation as a minister with a Vineyard church, is merely an aside that underlines that academic achievement is not the only difference between me and my brainy brother! ;-)<BR/><BR/>The saliant point is this...17 years ago he was gutted, destroyed, completely distraught, but it turned out to be the making of him (can you tell I'm proud of the bugger?).<BR/><BR/>Give my love to L and tell her that it can and almost certainly <B>will</B> be 'OK'!1 i zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13558407530891673133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876613.post-1111596086375722102005-03-23T16:41:00.000+00:002005-03-23T16:41:00.000+00:00kathryn, i'm sense some hope in your last comment ...kathryn, i'm sense some hope in your last comment and i'm glad, although this is a little late i wanted to try and testify...<BR/><BR/>i have one of those memories that's like a snapshot with smell and emotion attached... sat on the grass outside school calling a university about doing physio to find out why my "grades werent good enough" ... struggling to see how when i'd bettered my predictions and got 3 A's this could be the case... what else could be wrong with me?<BR/><BR/>now 8 years on and finally 3 months off graduating as a physio i see a meandering path behind me. really not one i ever saw coming. but one i now treasure and rejoice over and tells of His faithfulness and concern way beyond, like He painted a grand mural around the pinprick i thought was all there was. <BR/><BR/>and i know now looking back at me on that patch of grass holding a mobile the size of a breeze block ... He had a mural in mind. I pray your daughter will know His leading and you both may enjoy His peace.Emma Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10380080568612356409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876613.post-1111523994127914342005-03-22T20:39:00.000+00:002005-03-22T20:39:00.000+00:00Thank you for all your comments and most definitel...Thank you for all your comments and most definitely for the prayers, which kicked in during Evening Prayer tonight. Suddenly it all feels manageable again, which is a huge blessing. What lovely blog friends I do have :-)<BR/>I'll let you know the final outcome...I guess a Gap is pretty likely, as though I think Aber might well work for L she is reluctant to discount her teacher's advice until she has tried other avenues.Kathrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09171138485811816831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876613.post-1111519611360931392005-03-22T19:26:00.000+00:002005-03-22T19:26:00.000+00:00I have a friend who works for Africa Inland Missio...I have a friend who works for Africa Inland Missions and might be able to help with a gap year if that was the option you decided uponStuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18372135344511212223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876613.post-1111508289742102942005-03-22T16:18:00.000+00:002005-03-22T16:18:00.000+00:00It might be worth thinking what University is for....It might be worth thinking what University is for. Simply a step to a good job? A place to form as a person? Is education the retaining of facts or exploring ways in which to think?<BR/><BR/>I know Lampeter quite well. My wife went there as did my brother and his wife lectures there. My impression is that it is a friendly place with a strong communal value. Everyone I know (and there are others) who went there loved it.<BR/><BR/>I would go there if I had the choice. The experience would be a rich one (and probably at Aber too) and she could enjoy education for it's own sake and not for the sake of what you get out of it at the end of the course.<BR/><BR/>But I, of course, am a complete stranger who knows neither you nor your daughter. I may well be talking nonsense!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876613.post-1111500042780326462005-03-22T14:00:00.000+00:002005-03-22T14:00:00.000+00:00Prayers certainly with you, Kathryn. It's nasty wh...Prayers certainly with you, Kathryn. It's nasty when something this important suddenly lands on you unexpectedly.<br /><br />FWIW, I'd think about that gap year, given it was already a possibility. With A grades solidly in hand, she'd be in a much better position to apply next year.<br /><br />pax et bonumSolidushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01942352297819203368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876613.post-1111499168329063072005-03-22T13:46:00.000+00:002005-03-22T13:46:00.000+00:00You have my prayers, Kathryn.You have my prayers, Kathryn.B1https://www.blogger.com/profile/08122135894563979700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876613.post-1111495723840208092005-03-22T12:48:00.000+00:002005-03-22T12:48:00.000+00:00pab's young lady friend went there ... aberystwyth...pab's young lady friend went there ... aberystwyth that is ... /studied there/works there ... not confident which ... maybe you should tlak to her via him ... and that's about as useful as i can be on this one ... go here http://pab.angellane.org/stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02241458622872958816noreply@blogger.com