Livin' the life...

Ah, just got back from my sister's graduation ceremony which now makes her an official graduate of the Barbados Community College (BCC)! All in all the ceremony wasn't too bad, a couple speeches, addresses etc. you know how it goes.

One of the main points of the ceremony though, stressed by almost all the speakers, was that BCC can pride itself on usually capturing the most Barbados Scholarship and Exhibition prizes. All of you that are from Barbados would know that this is now a "standard" as secondary schools just can't catch up to BCC.

BUT ALAS! Here comes the big question, will this continue to be so after this year? The reason I ask is because the Ministry of Education has made it "a bit" harder to get Barbados Scholarships, especially at the BCC. NOW, instead of the award of a scholarship going to students who get a GPA of 3.8 to 4.0 (4.0 being the highest), the Ministry has made it such that to get a scholarship, YOU HAVE TO GET a GPA of 4.0 (Ref: HEAT newspaper Issue #49 Pg 3). Now... I not too too bright, but I believe this means... all an impeccable academic record.

As I glossed over the ceremony booklet I was given at the door, this year, only 1 person (out of the 6 scholarship winners) got a GPA of 4.0 (Congrats to that person I might add, Well done Mam!). But then again... I guess making the criteria a 4.0 is the way to go, as having 15 scholarship winners and numerous exhibition winners could signals that things might be "too easy" and also may act to draw away some of the prestige for the awards. (Here I must say that I'm sure that getting between 3.8 & 4.0 is no piece of cake however, it seems to be the opinion that this mark is now "too easy" to attain.)

Ah well... students at BCC (and all secondary schools as the criteria for them has been increased as well), all I can say is study hard, do your best and God will do the rest! ... Luckily my sister and I are past that college/secondary school stage... *PHEWWWWW!