Bright sparks ...

Once in a way my family comes across a bright spark..real bright I would consider.

Most of my family members are/were average achievers. We went up step by step on the academic ladder and found jobs to make us self supporting. In recent times one or two bright sparks . A number of years ago we had an all A's scorer in the PMR exams - I for one thought it was a fluke shot but came the SPM results he had all A's too! He was chosen to attend a pre U course that would eventually take him to Germany where he stayed many years to persue the basic and Masters degree programmes.

Then another bright spark appeared.. a girl who made no bones about getting all A's in her PMR. As expected she also scored all A's in her SPM. I call her bright because she had been in the science stream and wanted to do economics on the side. No school I know offers that kind of combination , so she did her economics privately and scored an A too. And her chosen subject in Uni was definitely something related to economics. And she graduated with honours from an American University. During her summer break before the final semester, she did a practical at a local establishment and she had just been called to be on the payroll of the same estabkishment . This young lady hadn't had her head buried in the school books alone. She also watches movies, reads widely and plays the piano during her free time.

Now I see another bright star in the horizon. She also scored all A's in her PMR and does well in Arabic of her level. Soon she will be sitting for her SPM and I pray that she get the results she's working so hard for...