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2011 Report:
Dear KMF donor,
this Year marks the fourth year I've been a KMF scholar and my relationship with KMF is growing stronger and stronger each year. Thanks to KMF in believing in me.
My December holidays were nice as I think I got a well-deserved break but it was short live as school opened and I began my grade year. I got put into the academic class again. It's nice to be in the same class because I got the same register teacher and the same calssmates.
The first term was relatively nice as I got mostly new teachers. The on I particulary like is Mrs Berowsky. She is both, my Mathematics and Phisical Science teacher. I like her, she is very nice and I think she has a soft spot for me as I like making jokes and because I like talking a lot and making conversation. My academic results for the first term were relativily good, not bad but not great either just good. For my sports participation I did touch rugby once again and we got a new coach Mr Van Zyl. He's nice and an easy going coach and it helps that his wife works for Western Province girls touch rugby so we get a few pointers here and there, but I think Mr Van Zyl struggled a bit at the beginning as he had a bunch of girls (teenage if I might add) to control but he soon get the hang of it.
During the season we won some matches, lost and drew. I have got to say we had some pretty tough competition as our team is still developing. We also entered a touch rugby tournament gut we then lost in the semi-final, but we wouldn't have gotten to the semi-final because the official did wrong calculations but my Maths came in handy and we got to it but then lost we. We lost in the semi-final but it was a nice learning experience. I'm pretty amped for the next season to start again which is in the fourth term as I am pretty sure we would've improved. And I'm also improving as I am scoring tries on a regular basis.
During the first term we were required to do some compulsory fundraising for the school which most peaople took the wrong way and decidet to retaliate and not participate at all. Our class decidet to take the oppertunity to break barriers within the class and take it as a team building exercise. So we decided we would as a class, sell Valentine's Day goodies etc. to raise funds for everyone in the class and this brought us closer as well. When we were selling these gifts we made a lot of money, I think it was about R4000 and we didn't stop at the Valentine's Day. We also had a cake sale and food sales on a regular basis which again generated a lot of income. After all this fundraising the school decided to partake in the school activity by taking them to the beach which was nice and refreshing. So I learned that it pays to have a positive attitude.
My second term has been the worst term I've ever had to date my schooling career. I don't know what happened but it happened. There are no words to justifyx my dispiciable results as I feel like I let down KMF, my parents, you and my self down. I just hit this rock buttom in my life where I lost all the spark I had for life, I felt like I was passenger in my own life. I have to stop and think what I wanted to achieve in life because for the first time I doubted everything that I had been working towards up till now.
In all this self-doubt I didn't get any real good marks but I passed but not to my usual standard and because of my lack of participation in any sport or society (extra-mural activities) I failed life orientation which in turn made me fail the second term which knocked some well needed sense into my head.
Now with all this said you musst be wondering what I have decided to do to rectify my mistakes. Well I've decided to take plan of action to my lousy results and lack of participation in sports. Firstly I have decided that everday starting the third term I will study every day after school for at least two hours and I will work out a daily planner to get my life into order. I have also decidet that I will join the girls soccer team and as well re-join interact again. So please don't give up on me yet because I promise I will do my best to get back to my usual standard.
During the June holiday I have decided I will need to take a break and re-evaluate my life because I fell like I'm standing at a crossroad with what I plan to do career wise so I will research my options and I will also try to get back my positives outlook on life because without passion I have nothing.
It has been nice conresponding with you and I hope you're well and enjoying life, until then bye.
Yours gratefully
Candice Sisilana
WHO I AM:
I am Candice Sisilana, a 14 year old girl who lives in Joe Slovo Park , Milnerton, Cape Town.
I currently attend Milnerton High School. I’m in Grade 8A (the clever class of all the Grade 8s). I have 2 brothers and 1 sister. My older brother is unemployed and so are my sister and deaf brother. My mother suffers from a long–term leg injury which makes it hard for her to sometimes go to work. My father is not well and he is unemployed. He does spare jobs.
I am adjusting quite well to high School. I am the top 21st student of the Grade 8s for the term.
I‘m confident, enthusiastic, kind and fun to be with. I’ve been told that I can cheer up any sad person with my cheerful personality. My personality enlivens the room.
I believe a person should have a balance between sport and academic life. I’m in the third team for softball and second team for netball.
I’m aiming to become a straight A student while I’m still at high school so that I can become a psychologist who helps traumatised people.
LATEST NEWS:
I am pleased to tell you that I have settled well into high school. I am happy even though it’s not like primary school where the Grade 7s were the bosses (important ones), but now I am a small fish in a big pond.
I have become friends with people I never thought would be my friends, but since I am the kind of person open to new things, it didn’t surprise me.
My marks have improved, but not the way I had hoped it would. I was ranked 20th of the Grade 8s. It’s one place high than last term and yet again, next term I will aim for higher than what I got this term.
The sport I have been doing this term is netball, and I have made the U/14 B side. Hopefully I will be moved to the A side next term.
My plans for the holidays are to stay at home and rest.
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