BY KIMBERLEY HIBBERT Career & Education reporter Sunday, September 14, 2014
LIFE in the sleepy, rural district of Victoria, St Catherine, was not the best launching pad for a child who wanted to excel academically, but Avaughn Prendergast was determined to do well.
Prendergast, 16, spent his early years at Linstead Primary and Junior High School while his mother, Sharon Hutchinson, a security guard, worked hard to ensure that her son got by.
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PRENDERGAST... the workload was hard Prendergast and his mother Sharon. |
"Growing up in a rural area has its challenges, the biggest one being that I had to go outside of my community to Linstead most times to do research, whether at the library or at the Internet cafe. Living in a community as rural as Victoria and not having parents with vehicles placed me at the mercy of the weather. If it rained heavily I'd normally be late or absent from school," Prendergast said.
Charlemont High School in Linstead called the young boy after GSAT, and it's a place where he would achieve nine ones in the recent Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate exams.
Prendergast said his strategy for excelling involved him employing a bit of innovation.
He and seven of his close friends camped out on the school's premises in a cottage, where they quizzed themselves through each night.
"The workload was hard, and even though I lived close to school my friends and I approached the principal and sought permission to stay in the cottage where the groundsmen are situated, and where a few sixth-form classes are held," Prendergast said. This strategy allowed them to study, free from distractions. more
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