{"id":56205,"date":"2022-01-26T18:00:38","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T16:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/simone-tweede-in-land-20220125-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T19:30:37","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T17:30:37","slug":"simone-tweede-in-land-20220125-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/simone-tweede-in-land-20220125-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Simon\u00e9 tweede in land"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As dit nie vir die Covid-19-pandemie en streng inperking was nie, sou sy nooit so goed presteer het nie, s\u00ea die naasbeste matriekpresteerder in die land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trouens, Simon\u00e9 Wessels was in gr. 10 nog nie eens onder die top-twee akademiese leerders in haar graad nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sy was toe nog rondom vierde of vyfde in haar graad. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEk het altyd goed gevaar,\u201d gee sy toe, maar toe haar buitemuurse aktiwiteite weens die streng inperking gestaak is, kon sy net op akademie fokus en het sy vir die eerste keer besef wat haar vermo\u00ebns is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

En daar was geen tekort aan buitemuurse aktiwiteite nie voor die pandemie nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Simon\u00e9, wat aan die Ho\u00ebrskool Stellenberg gematrikuleer het, het in haar gr. 10-jaar hokkie vir die Westelike Provinsie gespeel. Sy het ook klavier- en vioolklasse geneem, tennis gespeel, perd gery en atletiek beoefen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Toe die pandemie in 2020 tref, was dit vir haar swaar. Sy het dit gemis om vriende en onderwysers te sien en om skool toe te gaan. Haar punte het egter stelselmatig gestyg tot sy aan die einde van daardie gr. 11-jaar die tweede akademiese posisie in haar graad behaal het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In matriek het sy nie net in haar graad die voortou geneem nie, sy het sommer 897 162 ander kandidate uitgestof om die naasbeste matrikulant in die land te wees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEk is baie bevoorreg,\u201d s\u00ea sy beskeie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sy het sewe vakke gehad: Afrikaans, Engels eerste addisionele taal, lewensori\u00ebntering, rekeningkunde, besigheidstudies, fisiese wetenskap en wiskunde.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Toe sy Vrydag haar matriekuitslae by die skool gaan haal het, het sy kort tevore van die lughawe gekom nadat sy die vorige aand in Johannesburg \u2019n geleentheid van die departement van basiese onderwys (DBE) bygewoon het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEk was baie verbaas,\u201d s\u00ea sy oor die aankondiging deur minister Angie Motshekga oor haar tweede plek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Simon\u00e9 Wessels is verlede week as die naasbeste topmatriekpresteerder van 2021 in kwintiel 5-skole in Suid-Afrika aangewys. Simon\u00e9, wat aan die Ho\u00ebrskool Stellenberg gematrikuleer het, het haar uitslae Vrydag by die skool ontvang, tesame met \u2019n geskenkpak van die skool. By haar is haar ouers, Bennie en Charn\u00e9 (links), en die skoolhoof, Yoland\u00e9 Havinga. FOTO: Riana joubert<\/div>\n
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Sy het besef sy moes iewers in die top-30 wees omdat hulle na die geleentheid genooi is, maar nie s\u00f3 goed nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Haar ouers, Bennie, \u2019n aktuaris, en Charn\u00e9, was net so uit die veld uit geslaan oor haar prestasie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bennie s\u00ea hy het wel gedink sy kon baie goed vaar in matriek. \u201cSy het die vermo\u00eb om op die regte tyd te peak<\/span>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Charn\u00e9 stem saam. \u201cSy werk baie hard. Wat sy beplan vir die dag, dit doen sy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Simon\u00e9 het ook twee broers, Myburgh (15), wat in gr. 10 aan die Ho\u00ebrskool Stellenberg is, en Barend (11), wat in gr. 6 aan die Laerskool Gene Louw is, waar sy ook was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Albei is kranige sportmanne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sy s\u00ea haar resep vir sukses sluit selfdissipline en deursettingsvermo\u00eb in. Haar raad aan ander is om aan hulself te glo. \u201cStreef jou drome na.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yoland\u00e9 Havinga, hoof van die Ho\u00ebrskool Stellenberg, het ges\u00ea sy is \u2019n ambassadeur in elke opsig. \u201cSimon\u00e9 se ywer, uithouvermo\u00eb en harde werk is voorwaar eienskappe waarop die Ho\u00ebrskool Stellenberg trots is. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOm landswyd, uit al die kwintiel 5-skole, \u2019n tweede plek as toppresteerder te behaal, is \u2019n prestasie wat \u2019n mens werklik woordeloos laat. Vlieg hoog, Simon\u00e9! Ho\u00ebrskool Stellenberg is trots op jou!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Simon\u00e9 is baie opgewonde om vanjaar BRek by die Universiteit Stellenbosch te gaan studeer. Sy gaan in Nerina-koshuis wees en s\u00ea sy beplan om baie meer gebalanseerd te lewe en minder op haar akademie te fokus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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