Faye Oakey PR.

Today I received the official results from the first year of my BA Public Relations degree at Leeds Met, I’d like to take the opportunity to reflect on the past academic year, and note my aspirations for the future – both with regards to my career and personal endeavors.

Firstly, reflections on the year; some modules it appears I’m much stronger than in others. I managed to achieve two 1sts, and two very nearly 1sts, but my individual module results varied, weaker areas therefore affected my overall for the year. My lowest result was a high 2:2 though, so I’m not complaining. I propose to spend equal time next year working on those areas less interesting to me, as I do on my personal ‘favourites’, in order to achieve a more well-rounded qualification. I am happy to achieve an overall 2:1 this year, although I aspire to get much higher results in year 2, which brings me on to:

What I hope to accomplish throughout the course of my life…

• To graduate with a 1^st
• To visit at least one of the wonders of the world (I hope to do this this summer, I’m working on a plan to visit the Grand Canyon)
• To travel Europe
• To secure a good reputation within the PR industry through work experience, networking on and offline, and maintaining communications in the PR world
• Flip a pancake  
  
• Write a book
• Be on TV - either as a presenter or games show contestant - not too varied
• To leave a positive impression on the world, or those in it
• Go to Thailand
• To climb a mountain
• To meet the Queen
•  To be content and fulfilled, with the family I’ll have, and the career direction I take
• Get married
• Own a treehouse
• To maximise my potential creatively, and spend time on things I’m passionate about
• To travel America  This is something I always wanted to do, last year I spent the summer working at camp in Great Barrington in Massachusetts, during my time in the US I visited New York, Washington DC, Boston, Miami and Atlanta, as well as Six Flags in New England. This summer I’m in Fort Collins, Colorado spending time with my boyfriend who has a scholarship here, so far we have been to San Diego and Denver for trips, so my dream of travelling in America, most certainly came true. 
• Own a house, and make it a home
• Buy a puppy
• Go to Disneyland Florida – I’ve been to the Paris version
• Go to Fiji
• Work a year abroad in Australia or New Zealand
• Visit a zoo  Denver Zoo June 2012
• Ride a horse, or an elephant
• Go skiing
• Learn a second language (I’m working on this one, my boyfriends 1st language is Hungarian, so I’ve been studying a lot)
• Swim with dolphins
• See the White House  September 2011
• Stop biting my nails
• Go dragon boat racing
• Go to Mexico
• Become a blood donor (I’m terrified of needles, so this is a huge one, but I’m determined.)

Now, I know this list may seem a little extensive, but I never said I wasn’t ambitious!