I love the fact that every single episode of our lives will eventually become part of a large piece of social history. Yet I don't think that we, as a society, acknowledge this enough. That's why I have so much praise for my most recent discovery www.whowerewe.com

Set up by Yve Blake, this project aims to produce a show and a collection of music inspired by the experiences of people from all over the world. Individuals can anonymously upload old photos, memories or funny stories from their past, with the knowledge that this information will one day be looked at by future generations through a museum website.

I double dare you to give this a go! (Photo copyright Yve Bates)

I so urge everyone reading this to take five minutes of their time to go and submit something. With the advent of social media and the decline in the use of photo albums, diaries and letters, it is so important that the history of our generations is documented by enthusiastic individuals and initiatives such as Blake and the Who Were We project.
Have I uploaded anything? Well yes I have. Some random memories from my school days and comments about the toys I used to play with when I was small. It was so easy to do and only took five minutes.

I hope you have been inspired by this blog to submit your memories to this amazing initiative, or perhaps have even been spurred into archiving your own memories in your own special way. Either way, I would love to hear about it in the comments below!

Bethany x

History is a heavy subject. It requires a lot of work to get the top marks and grades. But there's always time to procrastinate right? Here's my top tips of what (not) to do whilst studying...


Those statements are just a few of the things that I have encountered these last few years, and although we can all laugh at them it's important to remember that studying does need to be done, regardless of how hard it may be!
I hope everyone who has exams and is reading this right now are feeling positive! GOOD LUCK!!

My school days our numbered - I am 5 days away from leaving sixth form and being dunked head-first into the big wide world. Yet whilst some would be scared and upset about the prospect of leaving such a familiar place, for me the thought of moving on to university and a world of the unknown really excites me. But before I leave school for good, I wanted to show everyone who is reading this just how much my time at school has meant to me, and more importantly just how much the people around me have made my days at school the best they could possibly be. 

July 2010 was our first trip abroad! Germany was our destination.  Certainly one  of the most memorable trips!

Looking slightly older in this photo - the German Homestay 2012 was a trip we will all never forget, I couldn't have chosen a better bunch of people to go with either. We need to go on this trip again!! Highlights included ice cream at 9 am...

We marked our last day of Year 11 in style - School of Rock style!!

None of us could really do science (or so we thought), but what our science table could do was muck around. AND we all passed!

We've been in the same form for two years, and I honestly wouldn't have missed a day of it. I suppose it does help that we both love Fall Out Boy and All Time Low - probably a bit too much!

Look at this lot!! It's going to be strange not seeing them every single day! Sixth form shows you who you are closest to, and these five girls are some of my closest friends. As you can see, whilst most 17/18 year olds are on the alcohol, we just like to wear our pajamas and eat Chinese.

I bet your all wondering who that chick is on the right? Well, this is Sophie, and we're going to uni together this September. I may have only gotten to know her properly the last couple of years, but she's a keeper.

So I guess what I'm trying to say is THANK YOU!! Each and every person featured here today has made such a difference to my experiences over the last seven years - and believe you me, I'm going to be stalking you all for the rest of our lives! There's so many other people as well, who I simply couldn't fit in to this post, but they definitely know who they are.

Let's make this summer a good one, eh?

Bethany x

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