My Summer...

Warwick University – IGGY Summer U

 

I can’t really put it into a few short paragraphs about the experience I had at Warwick University this summer, it would be like trying to explain colours to a blind person.  I was incredibly lucky to go to the IGGY Summer U with my best friend, so I can still talk about it with someone who actually understands me.  Coming home afterwards was one of the saddest days of my life.  Having to leave the people there, that you’ve only known for two weeks, was so much harder than the last day of school, leaving people I’d spent every day with for the last five years.  IGGY really opened my eyes to just how diverse the world really is and the opportunities that are available to me.

            I can’t even begin to describe to you how different it is when you’re there, compared to at home.  For a start you’re with people who all enjoy learning and want to be there.  During my time there I learnt, not just how to write, but how to be passionate about writing.  The tutors there were all amazing people that offered us a learning environment that schools just aren’t equipped to.  They listened to everything we said and took in into serious consideration.

            Living in such a close community with people I’d never met before was one of the best aspects of the course.  Most of the memories I have with me aren’t from the classes but from the people I spent my time with.  After spending only two weeks with those people I feel I am just as close, if not closer, with them that I am with some of my friends I’ve known for years.

            Since leaving IGGY there hasn’t been a day gone by that I haven’t heard from someone that I met there.  Everyone that went has repeatedly said that it was the best two weeks of their life… and I couldn’t agree more.  Nothing even comes close.  IGGY has changed me as a person completely and made me realise my full potential towards so many different aspects of my life.  There’s not a single thing I would want to change about my time there and I can’t wait to apply for next year.

           Name something amazing I did this summer; I taught an amazingly intelligent girl from Hon Kong what ‘Eye Spy’ was.