Back to School
Hello there! How are you? Was your past week positively exceptional? This week, also officially my first week of writing this column, I will be talking about going back to school as most of the schools will be reopening tomorrow- 1st September.

I’m hoping at least some of you had picked up your old school books, if not I urge you to trot right off and do so (after you’ve finished reading this article of course!) and your parents that are reading this, I encourage you to let your children do so. Anyway, school is a blessing and education is the key to everything in our life. Education allows us to have a great job, and having a great job enables us to enjoy all the luxuries we desire. We should all relish the idea of learning new things and making our parents proud, because we all know there is nothing better than taking home a really good report to our parents and being rewarded. Right parents?
Now I’ve said all of this, let’s get to the main part. I’m not here to lecture you on the importance of education because, we all know it’s very important and that you remember this; I’m here to share some ideas with you that would certainly help you to perform better this coming term. These ideas are as follows:

Set Goals
Now don’t we all want to have more than 85% this term? Or do well enough so mommy will buy that new phone? Well those are goals right there! I encourage you all to set goals, because it gives you something to work towards and try to achieve.

Don’t Get Too Distracted
I know we all have our friends and our little friends’ groups we fit into, but I plead with you not to get so distracted by your reputation with your friends that you neglect your school work. I’ve known persons who have learnt this the hard way from past experiences which have cost them greatly, so please take my advice. Parents, I’m sure you too tell your children this, so I’m basically re-enforcing what you’ve already told your children.

Don’t Procrastinate
Procrastination: The act of leaving everything to be done at another time. We all have done or still do this, when we get assignments, do we start right away or do we go on facebook a little bit then do it? Or what about when you need to study, do you study right away or say you’ll do it later? C’mon guys, let’s try not to do it this term. Let’s all do things as we get them and finish them off quickly so as to do something else.
So there you go, those are my ideas for you, which will help you throughout this term!
“Be the change you want to see in the world”- Mahatma Gandhi
I would like to implore you all to really try to do your best and be the change you would like to see, because that’s most certainly what I’ll be doing!

See you again next week, right here in the best newspaper in Guyana!

(By Vishani Ragobeer)