I am an avid reader of Seventeen magazine(I think some of you know). There was a page in the June issue that talks about how we teenagers and young adults should deal with rejection that we may face in our every day life and I thought this topic was worth mentioning as now with many of us trying to get into the uni and the course we desire.I am sure many or maybe even all of you have faced rejection before in terms of choice of courses(academic), relationships(getting rejected by the person you fancy) etc...And now some of you may be feeling dejected because you were not accepted in the course of your choice or the uni of your choice. However, I am here to assure you that the situation that you are in might not be as bad as you think.
As quoted from Vanessa Hudgens "When I didn't get picked for a role, I'd tell myself it wasn't meant to be and that the next one would be bigger and better. About a year later High School Musical came along and I was like,'See?!? Bigger and better.'" I can totally relate to what she was talking about! All of you know that I was in AJ choir right? But how many of you actually know that I couldn't get into CJ choir in the 1st 2 months of JC life. I was devastated and for a period of time I seriously thought that I could be tone deaf! But with encouragement and support from my close friends, I decided to take another chance and went for AJ choir auditions and I was extremely happy when I got in. So you see " the next one would be BIGGER AND BETTER!"
So dear classmates, I urge those of you who are disappointed with the choice of course or uni that you are given to look on the bright side and probably this course or uni could give you the opportunity to develop a part of you that you have never known and into a "BIGGER AND BETTER" individual and who knows probably a "BIGGER AND BETTER" future awaits you at the end of it all!!!
PS: I didn't get into my first choice in NUS but I am optimistic that a "BIGGER AND BETTER" future awaits me than if I had gotten into my first choice.
The ever optimistic
Candice
