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Farm Girl Sadly Leaves For The City

From Right to Left: Page Whibley and her Childhood Friend,
Caitlin Picker on the Moree school bus

Enduring the toughest decision to leave all behind to go to St. Hilda's School Boarding for an education to last her a life time writes GABRIELLE BUREY.

Page Whibley thought it was all over as she packed her bags to Leaving her farm in Moree NSW, to head off to a boarding school on the Goldcoast. A city quite different from the dry outback, which is one of the bravest things she has ever done. Whibley is an intelligent girl, longing to be a Fruit Farmer "because i like fruit". She is also a genuine girl who has never wronged anyone - but she is constantly teased for being who she is. 

"I believe in love, family... karma and justice... I don't care what anyone thinks of me cause I am perfect for me and someday some one will love me because of that." And we do love her, for her determination she has that takes her to extreme lengths such as going to Regionals for High Jump in 2011. We love he for her love, she has an image of god himself, forgiving people just because she cares and she doesnt want to lose the people that she loves in life. We love her for her happiness, where she always manages cheer people up for whatever outcome that has turned against them. And lastly, we love her the most for her beauty, besides her outside beauty, she has a true heart and we can't let her slip through our fingers. But most people don't see that underneath her enivious looks, instead they see a blonde farm girl who doesn't understand anything about the city. 

Caitlin Picker, her childhood friend quotes, "Page is a nice girl, she understands me and loves me for who I am." Picker isn't the only one who is lucky to have Page as a friend, Lawrence Sehmish-Lahey, a boy from TSS says "she is really bubbly... cheerful, everyone should be lucky to have her as a friend." 

Page and friends filming her Creative Media Assignment
at St. Hilda's School

It is not the first time that a farm girl has moved to the city and is mistaken as for someone else. Jamie Retchway has also been thought of as someone else than she actually is, known being stuck up in her music and her sports. When in fact she is just trying to focus on her future and is actually a genuinely kind girl. 

"It has come to our attention that the country is such a different environment then to the city - this can affect either personality if they were to cross paths."  says Dr. Reece Taubin, a phsycologist specialising in the effects of environments upon the human mind. "People are forever changing their lifestyle which is in boths ways,  good and bad. It is good because you learn knew experiences aand bad because you are forever trying to catch up to the customs within that society. Furthermore, the adaption to different environments can can lead to harships for both people." 

'So why did page move?' you ask,  we don't really know the whole answer. But we understand idea that Whibley is all for the education and the adventure For which St. Hilda's School Boarding is surely an opportunity you would not want to miss. An experience that would last her a life time.