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THE ENGLISH SCHOOL MA GA ZINE 2022 THE ENGLISH SCHOOL MA GA ZINE 2022

Marielena Kyriacou 4R

A DREAM

IS A VISION Assistant Head

Maria Rousou

To have a dream is to have a vision. A goal. A commitment. An objective. A real ideal.
It has been said that a vision is a mental image of an aspiration. In resilience and grit that has been practiced for so long and in so many
this, there needs to be a picture of some kind, very similar to those ways throughout school life kicks in. The jobs that are coveted today exams
that manifest when reading literature: it is a mental image of a setting may or may not exist in the future. And the dream will change but
and surrounding, a time and space where a dream materialises. the actions taken to get there will become second nature. Just as
It is, even in saying this, not a wish or a work of fiction. It is an you know enter into a world full of dreams, the inspiration to put in
investment into action to make meaning and give purpose. Dreams motion a future will allow for the most interesting of detours and
are not a fantasy. To fantasise or daydream is to predestine an ideal divergences. 09
outcome in abstraction. A real ideal is to understand that with every And this means effort. Work, a great deal of work, is involved.
dream comes action, motion and very real obstacles. The dream With purpose comes motivation. It becomes a catalyst to action and
needs to be a complete sense of what is real, what is realistically when goals are visualised they become more attainable. Effort becomes
possible given our means and abilities. less burdensome and practice becomes the habitually normalised.
To have a dream is to be in a state of motion. It requires practice This has meant many nights of long hours of study and work.
and constant work. It requires grit. There will be adversities. There There the experience and exercise of resilience played out in
will be the pressure of the constancies of performance. Students covering gaps, practicing endlessly, persevering to reach a set goal.
understand this all too well. School seems at times to be a constant This has meant working through the stress and anxiety of exams
cycle of tests and assessments all leading to the winner-take-all end and assessments. There may be a sense of added dread this year
of year or external exams. These seem to decide one’s fate, seem to after two years of no external exams. Fear not for all your efforts
determine if one has achieved their goals, if a dream has come true. are not defined by this one moment in time but are a constant in a
But to dream is to adjust. To dream is to envisage a means that world of dreams, forever moving in directions, plural.
forces the ability for change. This built-in flexibility is where the