{"id":51443,"date":"2022-02-01T06:02:51","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T04:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/swartlandgazette\/swartlanders-blink-uit-20220131-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T21:17:08","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T19:17:08","slug":"swartlanders-blink-uit-20220131-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/swartlandgazette\/swartlanders-blink-uit-20220131-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Swartlanders blink uit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Drie Swartlanders wat hul ho\u00ebrskoolloopbaan onderskeidelik aan die Ho\u00ebr Meisieskool Bloemhof in Stellenbosch en Ho\u00ebrskool Gimnasium Paarl voltooi het, het uitstekend in hul matriekeindeksamen presteer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ana\u00efs Herman van Malmesbury het met nege onderskeidings aan Bloemhof matrikuleer. Sy het 90,5% gemiddeld vir haar Nasionale Seniorsertifikaat-eksamen behaal en s\u00ea sy voel bevoorreg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Herman se planne vir hierdie jaar het onlangs verander en sy het uiteindelik besluit om \u2019n ho\u00ebr sertifikaat in kantooradministrasie (projekbestuur) by Akademia na te streef, juis weens haar liefde vir organisering en administrasie. Daarna sal sy n\u00f3g studie-opsies ondersoek, waaronder bedryfsingenieurswese en Bcom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Herman het ondanks \u2019n moeilike en besige matriekjaar baie ondersteuning by haar skool, koshuis en huis ontvang. Sy dra haar goeie uitslae veral aan haar twee vriendinne, Luchuan\u00e9 Hechter en Kayla van der Merwe op, wat haar deurgaans gemotiveer en ondersteun het. \u201cDie prestasie is nie net my eie nie, maar ook \u2019n weerspie\u00ebling van my ondersteuningsnetwerk.\u201d Sy beskryf haar prestasie as \u2019n getuienis van die gawes en talente wat die Liewe Vader aan haar toevertrou het. \u201cEk sou definitief nie wees waar ek vandag is sonder Sy genade en liefde nie,\u201d voeg sy by.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elkeen ervaar matriek anders, meen Herman, maar as sy kon raad gee aan vanjaar se Graad 12-leerders, is dit om te luister in die klas. \u201cMaak net seker dat jy jou werk verstaan en nie agter raak omdat jy nie in die klas opgelet het nie.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die belangrikste van alles \u2013 moenie bang wees om vrae te vra nie. \u201cDie onderwysers is daar om jou te help en seker te maak jy bereik jou volle potensiaal,\u201d s\u00ea sy. Buiten akademie, moedig sy matrieks aan om vanjaar aan alles deel te neem, maar sonder om hulself te benadeel. \u201cMaak seker jou matriekjaar is een om te onthou,\u201d sluit sy af.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mariska Coetzee van Malmesbury, wat haar matriekjaar aan die Ho\u00ebrskool Gimnasium Paarl voltooi het, pronk tweede op die ranglys onder di\u00e9 skool se toppresteerders. Sy het \u2019n gemiddeld van 89,71% behaal, terwyl sy verder met sewe onderskeidings kan spog. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Coetzee gaan vanjaar BSc Fisioterapie aan die Universiteit Stellenbosch se Tygerberg-kampus studeer en is dankbaar dat sy \u2019n plek vir di\u00e9 graad kon kry. Sy het nog altyd geweet dit is wat sy wil studeer. Haar loopbaankeuse was \u2019n gogga wat vroeg gebyt het, vertel sy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Coetzee het glad nie die uitslae verwag wat sy sowat twee weke gelede saam met duisende voormalige matriekleerders van reg oor die Wes-Kaap ontvang het nie. Volgens haar het sy geweet sy gaan nie te sleg doen nie, maar was wel onseker wat om te verwag. Sy beskryf haar eksamen as baie stresvol en was veral bekommerd en onseker of haar antwoorde in die skeinat-vraestel korrek sou wees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Haar boodskap aan vanjaar se matrieks is om hul beste te gee. Sy moedig hulle aan om hard te werk, aandag aan alles te gee \u2013 ongeag hoe klein die opdrag is \u2013 en daarin te probeer presteer. \u201cElke druppel help; ek kan vandag daarvan getuig.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mede-Gimmie Annika Basson, ook van Malmesbury, het sewe onderskeidings in die sakkie, met \u2019n gemiddeld van 88,57%. Sy behaal \u2019n algehele sesde plek onder die skool se toppresteerders. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Basson gaan vanjaar chemiese ingenieurswese by die Universiteit Stellenbosch studeer. 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