Determination.

According to the Oxford Dictionary, determination means:

"The quality of being determined; firmness of purpose."

Today I went back to my old high school, it was pretty weird. Walking towards the school gates by myself, it felt like it was my first day in school, I don't know why, it just did.

I walked into the reception area, and the lady at the desk looked at me like she recognised me, but she asked me my name, and who I wanted to see, so I told her, then it clicked, she remembered who I was.

I waited a few minutes for the school bell to go before I went to see my teachers. Hearing that bell again was so weird.

I walked into the classroom, and the teacher looked pretty happy to see me. I don't know why. But we began to chat about how I was getting on at Uni and things, and then she had to go to a meeting. So I thought I'd have a look if any of my other teachers were around. I walked up the stairs, and went into a classroom, but there was no teacher there. But then she came through the door. It was obvious that she wasn't expecting anyone to be there, and she looked at me with a pretty confused face. After a few seconds, she realised who I was, and we began chatting about uni, and other things. Then she had to go to a meeting.

Before I went home, I thought I'd have a look for my old head of year, I took a wonder around "blue block," but he wasn't there, so I thought I'd go home. Then I bumped into him, about to tell someone off, nothing ever changes, eh?
Anyways, we walked towards the main reception whilst chatting, I had the same conversation with him that I'd has with the others...
"How are you getting on at uni?" "Whats the travel like?" "Are you experiencing Uni life?" "Do you enjoy what you are doing?"

Truth is, I'm getting on fine at uni, I'm managing to get good grades, and I know if I actually put some effort into the assignments, I'd do better.
The travel can be bad sometimes, one and a half, to two hours on a bus can be pretty boring.

I'm experiencing Uni life the way I want, I go out with my friends, I feel the stress of assignments, and I have fun!
But, I don't enjoy part of my course, an opinion is forced upon me, and I don't fully agree with it.

Telling him this, he said: "Things can be hard, but you've always had determination, and you've always will."

Recently I've been thinking that I didn't want to teach, and that I wouldn't be good at it despite what people keep telling me. But walking around school, and talking to my teachers, I realised that teaching has always been my dream, I have always wanted to make a difference in people's in lives, and at the risk at sounding like a geek, I want to help people enjoy school, because I did.

We can all achieve different things, we just have to keep our determination, and have a "firmness of purpose."

Steve Jobs once said: "You've got to find what you love... if you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle."

I think I've found what I love, and I'm going to keep determined, and reach my goal.

When things get tough, keep being positive, and keep being strong. You can achieve.