''My schooling at Silamba Secondary School Mpumalanga - a journey continued''

Matric subjects:
Accounting
Mathematics
English FAL
Isindebele HL
Business Studies
Economics
Life Orientation

I completed my matric at KwaMhlanga in a local school called Silamba Secondary School in the year 2011.




During my high school days I was one of the most popular learners at my school academically, considering my shyness, I could not have been popular in anything besides that. What I love most about my schooling days is the competition that we had among ourselves to prove to one another that we can do great if not better than those who were in well developed and established schools in the suburb areas. This always pushed me to do my best at all times and to encourage my friends to aim to for the stars too.

As the year got thinner our minds became thicker with new information which was preparing us for the future we were about to embark on as we went our separate ways after high school. Even though there weren't any educational technology tools, my school managed to to work with what it had which was one computer at the time, chalkboards and a whole lot of books from the current curriculum 'NCS' to the old curriculum 'OBE', to help us acquire all the necessary information we needed. Although we could not run away from the fact that 'if only we had the ICT system in place' things would have been much easier and accessible, we tried going to internet cafes now and then.

The year came to an end, I had passed my matric exceptionally well and school was indeed another chapter in my past. As my teacher would always say 'look very carefully at the person next to you because after this year that person will only be a phone call away or out of touch with you forever, because there is life after high school my dear learners, life which you have to make for yourself'. I held on to few of the many advises that i received from my teachers, fellow classmates and everyone around who had a positive influence in my life, and today I'm  happy to say that I'm reaping the good rewards of  the seeds which were planted carefully in me by each and one of these people. I am now a Teacher to be and I'm delighted to say my school made me who I am.