By KIMBERLEY HIBBERT Career & Education reporter hibbertk@jamaicaobsrever.com Sunday, November 30, 2014
SLEEPLESS nights, extra work and a zeal to make their parents proud was the formula Fitzroy Wickham, Anicia McFarlane and Jhanel Garwood used that earned them top scores overall in the 2014 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations.
The three took the time to share with Career & Education details of their journey.
Fitzroy Wickham, first place
Wickham, 16, who was raised in Orange Hill, St Ann, said from a tender age his mother instilled in him the value of education, and it is a lesson that he intends to take with him throughout life.
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| Anicia McFarlane (left), Fitzroy Wickham and Jhanel Garwood smile proudly with their awards received at the Jamaica Association of Principals of Secondary Schools national CXC awards ceremony last week. (PHOTO: Lionel Rookwood) |
"My mother encouraged us to read at a very young age and the Bible was one of the first books I read. From there on she allowed us to join the public library and reading became second nature for my sibling and I," Wickham said.
The younger of two children, Wickham said he grew up in a single-parent home as his father died when he was two years old. His mother, a teacher, would be the driving force in his life from there on.
The young man, who is also head boy of York Castle High, said studying for him involves putting in hard work right before an examination.
"When I'm under pressure I find that I work better. The strategy that works best is what I employ," he said. Wickham has hopes of one day becoming a neurosurgeon and explained that the different wonders of the brain fascinate him.
"I read books by Dr Ben Carson and in other medical books I've read, the complexity of the brain, how the organs work, and their various capabilities are beyond human imagination. If we could just tap into all its resources, we would do wonders," he said. more
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