personal statement

Personal Statement

I choose to come to Dorothy Stringer because I felt that it was a very high graded school and was considered a sports college. Because I am very sporty, this school has been perfect for me offering the opportunity of completing my PE GCSE one year early, in which I achieved a B grade, I mainly enjoy physical education because it is a possibly what I would like to do as a career and I am now taking the JSLA (junior sports leaders’ award). I enjoy all sports and am willing to try anything. I also enjoy History and am doing very well in the subject with a high prediction. I have discovered many things that I can do, for example many sports that I thought I would never be able to do and now I love them, I also discovered that I am good at History which was a big surprise to me, (I have discovered that) I am a very well mannered person and just want to get on with my work. I am very proud to be the manager to the Dorothy Stringer badminton team, and a few weeks ago we faced Brighton College and won, which was a surprise. I am also proud of being badminton player of the year and being selected to also run the 100m for Dorothy Stringer. There are many things for me to be proud of but the best thing is that I am doing better in class and all the teachers are positive about me.

I take part in many school activities which include the manager of the Stringer badminton team and the athletics club at stringer; I have helped at many school events which included parent’s evenings and Dorothy Stringer Open Evenings, I have also taken part in Stringer competitions like badminton competitions and athletics: representing the school at town sports. I have not been on many school trips but the ones I have attended I have enjoyed very much for example the Geography away from home coursework trip to Dolawen located in Wales, it was the first real away school trip and I enjoyed it very much.

I did my work experience at a car mechanic garage called Roger Jackson garage, where I did many things for example; changing tyres, pumping up tyres, changing the brakes and many other tasks that I was asked to do. I enjoyed every second of work experience even though we did not always have work I got do have a laugh with some of the people that worked there and they took me in and were very friendly towards me. I also had to wash cars, and once I went to the MOT shop and they showed me how to do thorough checks. There were some aspects of this work that were the same as school for example; I had to be able to obey instructions and also be able to ask for help if I needed it.

I am in many clubs and activities for example; I am in the u17 Sussex badminton squad and have won some tournaments also the Brighton Bats badminton team where we have won against other towns, I am a part time badminton coach at Southwick leisure centre and help my coach train two of her students. I take part in a club almost everyday because I like to keep as active as possible and not just sit at home. I am in the Phoenix athletics club but am taking a rest from that because of my GCSE’s that are coming up. I am a member of the Hove Lagoon sailing club and am RYA level three which means I can sail out at sea. I enjoy many different sports and will try all of them but there is only some where I will really enjoy them but I love to be in competitive games or races. I enjoy various types of music from R&B to soul; I like a mixture of styles of music.

At college I am hoping to take A level sport which I hope will take me further on the university and possibly become a badminton coach or maybe a Physical Education teacher at school or college, I also hope to take Modern History A level and possibly Biology because that will link in with my sport A level. In my future I hoping to become a sport coach or teacher but as a second option I would not mind being a History teacher and teach at a school.