A teen who brought her dad to the UK alone in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic due to fears he had dementia has revealed she managed to smash her GCSEs.
Keisha Macdonald told the ECHO about how she was adopted by her dad, a single parent, in Indonesia but two years ago she began to fear he was ill. She managed to convince him to travel to the UK, and with money from a friend, they travelled to the country.
The now 16-year-old, just 14 at the time, took the decision due to the lack of family they have, and since moving to the UK she has had to see her dad put into a care home while she is placed in foster care where she still remains. Despite her trials and tribulations, as well as the coronavirus pandemic which affected learning for thousands up and down the country, Keisha has managed to pass her GCSEs.
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The Christ the King student now living in Southport said: "I joined [Christ the King] at the beginning of year 10. It was hard. English is my first language but I had to adjust to the country and the school.
"When I first got to the country I was put into foster care because my dad was ill when we got here. I'm comfortable now but it was hard because I lived with my dad my whole life."
Keisha who managed to secure five 5s, one 6 and a 4 in her exams and is looking to stay on at Christ the King Sixth Form thanks to the hard work she has put in and the work she has done with teachers. She added: "I feel really good right now. I can't wait to start college."
Another teen who had his own difficulties during GCSEs is Adorin Jacob. The 16-year-old moved to Southport just last September from India after his mum managed to get a job working for the NHS. The schoolboy, despite moving to the country, and Christ the King, in the last year of school managed to secure four 9s, three 8s and two 7s.
He told the ECHO: "[For the] first two months it was difficult having come from a very different country. The schooling system here is a lot different to what I was used to as well. I was told about these GCSEs when I got here and I had to start revising straight away. I didn't expect to do this week. It was difficult at first because everything is done differently here."
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