Mid-Winter Sunshine 🏖
The beach, passing on the SRC baton, and uni confusion
Time to say goodbye
With elections going on around the world around this time, us in the Student Representative Council (SRC) didn’t want to miss out.
By that, I mean my time as one of the three SRC Presidents is officially over. The new candidates have been voted in, and we’re nearing the end of our smooth transition and handover period.
Last week, we hosted a handover party which we hope will become a new SRC tradition. There’s nothing like a little bit of food and good vibes to spice up a session of tips, documents, and information from the old SRC to the new SRC!
Looking back, I’m proud of the standard we introduced into the council. Whether it was hosting a social, communicating with the student body, or discussing with the school management, we did everything with a degree of excellence (imo).
Of course, there were hard parts too. And that was part of the beauty of it. I’ve gained skills in people management, I’ve upped my confidence, and I’ve really been able to practice effective time management. All of these learnings, and more, will be crucial to any future leadership roles that I occupy.
Let’s go to the beach, beach
Gosh, the joy of escaping winter. More and more I’m realizing that I am just not built for cold weather. I am a cold-blooded reptile, and I’m not afraid to admit it.
Luckily, during the midterm break last weekend, I got to soak up some warmth in the Indian Ocean. The coast, five hours away from Eswatini, is a completely different climate.
My friends and I travelled to St. Lucia in South Africa. Thankfully, we managed to avoid getting bulldozed by a hippo or chomped by a crocodile. This is, after all, home to the highest concentration of hippo and crocodiles in the country. One of my friends did watch a hippo walking down the main street in the middle of the night, though:
Besides that, we had a lovely day trip to Cape Vidal. The water was super, duper clear and we snorkled. Here’s some cool drone footage my one friend took of us (totally not me kinda ruining the shot by running off along the beach to join my friend that I spotted going for a jog):
Making tracks
I still remember being in Grade 1 and having no clue what to answer when someone asked me, “What do you want to be when you grow up?”. I’m now nearly at the end of high school, and I still don’t know how to answer that question. Oh, and that’s after an extra year of high school too, thanks to the International Baccalaureate. Time to get my act together!
I think what’s tricky for me is the idea of narrowing down. I’m interested in such randomly diverse things, and I don’t really know how to pick what I’m going to focus on for the next four years of my life.
I think I might want to combine two disciplines, and I’m looking into double majoring. I think there is such value in having a broad knowledge base. To prove my point, here’s the essay title I’m writing on for my Theory of Knowledge class: In the pursuit of knowledge, what is gained by the artist adopting the lens of the scientist and the scientist adopting the lens of the artist? Answer: a lot.
This month I wrote and received results for the SATs and I got a very good score, so at least I feel like I’m making progress somewhere, even if I have yet to narrow what the heck to study. Goal for July: create a comprehensive uni list.
-June 2024-