Grief and School?????
Many of you might remember your last week of school……………for some of us it is a dim, dark memory.
For some it was a joyous relief, for some a sad ‘letting go’ and for some a scary trip into the unknown.
My house is in the midst of stress over exams, excitement over end of year activities and sadness about leaving behind a lifetime of friendships and experiences.
For my beloved and myself, it is a reality check given that our (now 18 year old) school leaver is the last of our kids saying ‘goodbye’ to the routine and companionship of school and ‘hello’ to an uncertain future of exams, university entry (or not making the cut) and moving from our protected little rural hamlet to the ‘big smoke’………boy we are feeling old!!!!
The next two weeks of Dead Serious explore the experiences of school leavers, teachers and parents as they all embark on the roller coaster of stress, melancholy and excitement that is the END OF SCHOOL.
So if you are a school leaver, a teacher, a parent or a curious onlooker, tune in and listen to the leaders of the future talk about their school lives and their aspirations for the future.