JAMAICAN RHODES SCHOLAR: 2013 Rhodes Scholar described as ‘a brilliant young man’........scholar says he could have easily given up

TIMAR Jackson's Facebook page blew up with likes and comments yesterday when, at about 3:30, he posted: Timar Jackson 2014 Rhodes Scholar.

Winner of the Rhodes scholarship
 for 2014 Timar Jackson and the other
finalists with Governor General
 Sir Patrick Allen at King’s House.

 

He was announcing to his friends what the Rhodes Scholarship committee had, only minutes earlier, disclosed at King's House: that he had topped a field of nine accomplished young people and would be heading to Oxford next year. "I knew you'd become one some day." read one of the comments. "Bwoy, u never let me down," said another. Others included: "Well deserved", "I'm soooooo proud", "Always focused" and tons of "congratulations".

For Jackson, 24, the win is a lesson in perseverance, given that he made it to the finals two years ago but lost out in the end. "Once you have your goal you should never lose sight of it," he told the Jamaica Observer.

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