\u201cDit gaan nie oor hoe slim jy is nie, maar oor hoe hard jy werk.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
S\u00f3 s\u00ea Pollen Nkololwane (20), \u2019n matrikulant van Ho\u00ebrskool Louwville wat n\u00e1 sy matrieke\u00adksa\u00admen in 2017 \u2019n A-gemiddelde ver\u00adwerf het. Wat di\u00e9 prestasie nog meer merkwaardig maak, is dat hy nie in sy laer grade as \u2019n aka\u00addemiese presteerder uitge\u00adstaan het nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pollen wat dwarsdeur sy ho\u00ebrskoolloopbaan C- en D-simbole gekry het, het in graad 11 almal verras en die A\u2019s een vir een begin uitryg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Een akademiese prestasie in graad 11 het vir hom die lig laat sien. Dit het so lekker gevoel dat hy besluit het om harder te begin werk. En die res is ge\u00adskie\u00ad\u00adde\u00ad\u00adnis . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hy is terloops Ho\u00ebrskool Louwville se eerste matriek met \u2019n A-gemiddelde sedert die skool in 2012 sy deure oopgemaak het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ho\u00ebrskool Louwville se slaagsyfer is vanjaar 65,5%, \u2019n aansienlike verbetering op verlede jaar se 52,2%. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pollen is teleurgesteld in die uitslae. \u201cEk het meer verwag, want die onder\u00adwysers het baie vir ons gedoen,\u201d s\u00ea hy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die leerders van die skool kom uit \u2019n gemeenskap met baie uitdagings soos misdaad, dwelmmisbruik en armoede.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHulle (sy medeleerders) het nie \u2019n visie nie en besef nie dat hulle baie potensiaal het nie. Ek het amper te laat besef . . . ,\u201d erken hy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pollen woon sedert sy graad 7-jaar saam met sy enkelma in Laingville. Sy ma werk by die Westpoint-visfabriek in St. Helenabaai en het drie kinders met haar skamele inkomste grootge\u00admaak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pollen het voorheen by sy ouma in die Oos-Kaap gewoon, maar sy het siek geword en Pollen moes noodgedwonge Weskus toe trek. Hy het sy laerskool\u00adloopbaan by St. Helenabaai Prim\u00ear voltooi en is daarna by Ho\u00ebrskool Louwville ingeskryf. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pollen s\u00ea dit was \u2019n groot verrassing toe hy in die Weskus kom en besef hy is ouer as sy skoolmaats. In die Oos-Kaap het hy glo graad 1 en graad 2 gedoen, daarna het hulle getrek. By die nuwe skool in \u2019n baie klein dorpie is daar besluit hy is te jonk vir graad 3. Hy moes weer by graad 1 begin. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSkole is baie anders daar,\u201d erken hy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pollen voel plaaslike kinders moet dankbaar wees vir die gehalteonderwys in die Wes-Kaap. Hy weet nie of die onderwys sedert sy laer\u00adskooljare in die Oos-Kaap al verbeter het nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pollen het \u2019n vol beurs by die Universiteit van Johan\u00adnes\u00adburg gekry waar hy regte gaan studeer. Hy beplan om hard te swot, \u2019n deeltydse werkie te kry om sakgeld te verdien en sy my ma som\u00admer baie trots te maak. En natuur\u00adlik sal hy gereeld kom kuier. Sy boodskap aan vanjaar se matrieks: \u201cLeer hard en maak \u2019n sukses van jou jaar.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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