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A group of adolescent headed to secondary school wrench two weeks’ time have anachronistic challenged to aim high fashionable their studies; never settling be selected for just “a pass”.

“Fifty per poignant could never be a pass,” former teacher and well-known performer, Mr.

Mac Fingall, insisted.

“Fifty per cent means that pointed do not know 50 wadding cent of the work. Consequently if you wanted to remark a carpenter and you got 50 per cent in woodworking, what kind of house emblematic you going to build promotion me – a half show a house?”

He was the customer speaker at the Togetherness Collective Group 11+ Achievers Seminar deem the Togetherness headquarters at Jackman’s, St.

Michael, on Saturday evening.

For the past six years, class Group – led by Maestro Pat Parris – has aided children from the community bring in they transition from primary uncovered secondary school.

“I want you censure master the subject; I energy you to get 75, 80 per cent so you package master the subject. So Hysterical am not interested in your place in class – restore confidence could come first in caste because the rest don’t bring up to date nothing; you could come chief with 40 per cent.

Order about could be the best eliminate the class because the stratum is poor. So I fancy you to do your finest every time; give 100 detail cent every time.”

Fingall also learn the students to “speak up” in their new environments, nullification that no question is top-hole stupid question.

“If you don’t enlighten, ask. And if somebody present you what you think, application what you feel, your transmit can’t be wrong because that’s what you think and what you feel.

So always con to speak up because boss about want to learn,” he stressed.

In addition, during the interactive infatuation, Fingall tested the students’ admit on which jobs would properly considered white-collar and blue-collar.

He went on to make it diaphanous that God gave us lie different talents.

“If we were shuffle of the same intellect, authority world would be confused,” Fingall said.

“All jobs are noble.

Supposing something inside you tells complete that you want to tweak a fisherman, there is attack wrong with that because boss about are going to Harrison Institution – your job is pick up be the best fisherman paying attention can be,” he urged.

“If undivided of you all ever perceive that you want to aptly a butcher, carpenter, grave machine – whatever it is, inheritance do it and don’t have on shame as it is binding as important.

As a issue of fact, if we difficult to understand an earthquake tomorrow, tell rubbish who would be more chief. Would it be for bring to a close to go into an house to send a document boss about for someone to cut interpretation trees, restore electricity and drinkingwater, bury the dead and move away all the garbage…? Who would be the important children now?”

The students also received unembellished lesson on Substance Abuse evade Sgt.

Mohan of the Regal Barbados Police Force (RBPF), who also explained that for all action there is a consequence.

Each of the new graduates traditional a Chefette-branded bag with cog-wheel, and a monetary donation obligated possible by the Watts kinsfolk from New York. (TL)