Looking at my track record it's fair to say that I was an unlikely candidate for a modern languages
degree. I achieved a B in French GCSE, and plummeted spectacularly when
I received a D at AS-level. At parents evening my tutor said that I
simply wasn't cut out for studying languages at an academic level.
Skip
forwards four years and you'll find me writing from my desk in the
University of Rosario in Bogota, Colombia. I'm on a placement year as
part of my language degree which I am studying at the University of
Leeds.
Full article in the Guardian
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