Quotes from the Get Ahead Aim Higher Year 8 Roadshows

The following are before and after quotes from students who have taken part in their schools Get Ahead Aim Higher Year 8 Roadshows.

18/02/08. Mexborough School - Specialist Science College, Doncaster:

Before - I think that university is........

• boring, maybe fun.
• like school.
• expensive.
• good for a good education.
• a little bit fun.
• going to be really hard.

• going to be fun.
• hard but fun.
• a chance for a head start on a job.
• really fun and really interesting.
• good and fun. I feel really confident.
• really good.

• scary and big.
• worrying.
• quiet and big.
• big, loud and a busy place.
• a little bit fun.
• educational.

• like a big school.
• good.
• great, I can't wait to go!
• where you go to study and work.
• a great place to make friends and get a perfect job.
• a cool place to learn.

• I am worried about where I will go.
• big.
• boring.
• will be very worrying.
• not my problem right now.
• boring and pointless.

• going to be expensive.
• nice and has good sport facilities.
• fun and educational.
• will be exciting because I feel more confident now.
• exciting and I want to go soon.
• very interesting and sounds fun.

• quite scary but exciting.
• I am worried.
• expensive and educational.
• like any other school.
• very big and you will get lost.
• not sure.

• interesting and not as stressful as I thought.
• a better source of education, fun and independent.
• exciting and fun.
• exciting and welcoming.
• very cool.
• fun, educational and good opportunities.

• a big version of school and very expensive.
• boring and educational.
• too hard and I am not that brainy.
• a scary place and I am very worried to go there.
• great but very scary, overwhelming and crowded.
• a bigger, better school.

• exciting and I feel more confident.
• fun, exciting and I am confident.
• a good place to go to make my Nana proud.
• exciting, fun and I cannot wait.
• exciting and fun/
• a vista of large opportunities to get good job.

• worrying and different.
• big and scary but full of education.
• like going to school again.
• good because you meet friends but will be expensive.
• a high standard of education like school but bigger.
• boring and rubbish.

• exciting and I would like to go.
• exciting and fun place to be.
• exciting and I am more confident.
• it sounds fun because of all the social life and subjects.
• a fun exciting place.
• I feel more confident now.

• boring and not exciting.
• pointless.
• not at all interesting because there are better things to do.
• scary and big.
• will be hard and scary.
• boring because I already hate school.

• fun and really good.
• something that could be possible in the future.
• exciting because you could get good money.
• I am excited because there are lots of activities to do.
• exciting and the staff will be supportive.
• exciting because all the stuff sounds interesting.

• a good place and hard working.
• somewhere you get good qualifications to get a good job.
• exciting but scary.
• o.k.
• I don't know.
• exciting but worrying.

• exciting and fun.
• a place to achieve your goals and get qualifications.
• a big change but I am looking forward to it.
• fantastic.
• exciting.
• important and exciting.

• too much like school.
• boring.
• a new experience.
• for getting qualifications.
• big.
• a good place to learn and study.

• exciting, fun and educational.
• going to be mint.
• still a new experience.
• wicked and exciting.
• going to be good fun while learning.
• a really great opportunity.

• big and scary.
• boring, waste of time.
• boring, not fun, rubbish.
• scary and boring with nothing to do.

• somewhere where you have fun and learn.
• interesting.
• fantastic.
• going to be a great experience!

• boring.
• exciting and I will get to move away from my brother.
• a big school.
• expensive.
• big and scary.
• interesting and hard study.

• exciting.
• interesting and I am now confident in going to university.
• interesting and a good social life.
• interesting.
• not that scary and not that big.
• really exciting.

• a bit worrying.
• a big place.
• not always exciting.
• sounds boring.
• not always helpful.
• good and bad.

• great and interesting.
• brilliant.
• were you can meet people and study.
• cool, big, exciting and fab.
• still boring.
• I think it's amazing.

• I think that it is expensive.
• expensive and boring.
• going to be quite expensive
• good but not going.
• weird.
• a bit bad but good.

• a good option to take.
• going to be good.
• going to be great but I am still a bit worried about money.
• good and exciting, I might go.
• quite good and it sounds fun.
• I want to go, it sounds fun.

• boring.
• exciting and I will get to move away from my brother.
• a big school.
• expensive.
• big and scary.
• interesting and hard study.

• exciting.
• interesting and I am now confident in going to university.
• interesting and a good social life.
• interesting.
• not that scary and not that big.
• really exciting.

• big, scary and complicated.
• boring.
• another place to learn.
• like school.
• boring and expensive.
• is just like school and am not bothered about going.

• amazing.
• exciting.
• interesting.
• helpful and useful.
• a great way to start a good life.
• really good.

• supposed to be fun.
• good for learning.
• a place where I will learn important stuff.
• boring, waste of time.
• going to be great, lots of fun but hard work.
• I am not sure about university.

• going to be fun.
• going to be great fun.
• going to be awesome.
• confident and fun.
• great.
• good, interesting and very worth while.