Polina Krasitskaya is the daughter of Paradise clients from Krasnoyarsk, now Muscovites. In March 2019, Polina took FIRST place at the British Tennis Championships at Bolton arena, and we received a standing ovation!
She was sent to Britain at the tender age of 10. Mom was terribly worried, but dad was unshakable, and remains so to this day, 6 years later. He was inspired by the examples of friends whose children, having long since crossed the threshold of adulthood, happily sat on the necks of their parents, without any hopes for ambition, without plans to leave the nursing nest.
Polina entered the Strathallan school in Scotland. The school is included in the Tatler list (which includes the best schools in the country). Having studied here for 6 happy years, Polina applied to a number of top schools to study for the last 2 years, in the so-called 6th form, when students study only 3-4 subjects in depth. In Britain, this is how it is done: brilliant students try to move to better schools at the age of 16. It's like moving up the career ladder.
It is a real pleasure to receive the reaction of famous schools to the characterization of our girl. Even Uppingham, where they register 4 years in advance, suddenly perked up and invited her to the entrance tests! “She is such an accomplished young lady,” the school wrote.
Over the years at Strathallan, Polina learned to play chess and mastered canoeing. She has participated in competitions in these sports more than once. Like Kate Middleton, she played field hockey in the school's leading team. And netball too!
I also tried athletics, squash, horse riding and orienteering. But tennis remained her passion: in an English school, children choose what they decided for themselves, and not under pressure from their parents. Fortunately, there is a professional academy right in Strathallan, and Polina had all the resources for training.
The athlete Polina also draws beautifully: her talent was discovered in the three-story Strathallan art studio. Her work was recently selected to be submitted to a national competition: we are awaiting the jury's decision. She also knows how to play the trumpet and passed the professional exam.
Polina turned out to be a talented mathematician, and more than once went to Olympiads in this subject. Now she shines in chemistry: her score is 9, which is two points higher than excellent. Only 2% of children have this score. In Spanish, she is also ahead of the rest.
Polina entered Clifton college: the most beautiful school (looks like a palace) in Bristol . 90% of graduates go from here to Russell group universities, the most prestigious. Graduates of the best universities and even an Oxford professor teach here. After that, Polina got a job in London.
Cool? Wrong word!
School Strathallan
School Clifton college