By Nicole Lee (26S05A)
A not-so-pleasant reality is that in Y6, there is a light that always goes out. With A-levels around the corner, it’s very normal for the average Year 6 to experience a sense of impending doom, accompanied by the constant feeling of dread.
Sometime last week, I had a conversation with my GP tutor about the concept of Year 6 despair. “Suddenly you can tell that Year 6s walk with a bit more tiredness (and) solemnness”, he laughed mirthlessly, “they become more focused… it’s like (in Year 5) they don’t understand they need to know things but by Year 6, they’ll be like: oh, we really need to know this”.
In Year 5, we had orientation, new classmates, and exciting events. Above all, we didn’t know what was coming for us, which is a stark contrast to that of the Year 6 experience—you actually have to lock in now.
“You’ve got multiple eyebags stacked on top of each other.”
Year 5 Junior
Anyways, on the idea of Year 6 despair: sure most of us have it, but how does it manifest itself? There are many ways your week can go wrong, but for simplicity’s sake, let’s move along to the common denominators of despair in Year 6.
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