ANNUAL MAGAZINE - Dominican Convent School
ANNUAL MAGAZINE - Dominican Convent School
ANNUAL MAGAZINE - Dominican Convent School
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out in the world<br />
STOIC: A Grade 9 learner interviews for the Stowe Scholar programme<br />
The Stoic in Us All<br />
A critical skill for our 21st century world is resilience – the ability<br />
to get up again when life has knocked us down. Can resilience<br />
be learned? Is resilience something we either possess or do not<br />
possess in our DNA?<br />
Philosophers and thinkers called Stoics have wrestled with<br />
similar questions for over 2 000 years. The Stoics believed that<br />
resilience could be learned – and lived – but it required applying<br />
disciplined principles to every thought and every action.<br />
Over 90 Grade 9 students were interviewed by Stowe <strong>School</strong><br />
staff members Mr Pete Last and Ms Philippa Gleave, for a chance<br />
to become “Stoics” in a more modern context: students at the<br />
Sizwe Mntambo, Rosie Gumede, Smanga Mthethwa, Khulile<br />
Khanyile, and Nonkululeko Thabethe have been chosen as the<br />
2012-2013 Stowe and Tufton Scholars.<br />
Stowe <strong>School</strong> in the UK. The Stowe Scholars programme began<br />
through the generosity of former Stoic Sir Richard Branson and<br />
other donors. To date, 25 DCS learners have had the opportunity<br />
to attend Stowe <strong>School</strong> for one academic year. They return with<br />
new insight into the world, education, and the home they<br />
left behind.<br />
The top 10 candidates wrote Stowe entrance exams, and the<br />
2012 Scholars were announced in May. Mr Last and Ms Gleave<br />
commented that the selection process was incredibly difficult,<br />
and encouraged learners who were not chosen to consider the<br />
stoic perspective: accept your fate and embrace the present<br />
opportunities with all your heart.<br />
2012-13 Stowe Scholars Set Forth<br />
DOMINICAN<br />
Mr Colin Dudgeon, visiting from Stowe <strong>School</strong> in the United<br />
Kingdom, announced the names at Assembly in April 2012.<br />
The Stowe Scholar Exchange Programme began in 2008. Since<br />
the programme’s inception, 25 Grade 9 learners from <strong>Dominican</strong><br />
FAMILY<br />
have had the opportunity to study for one year at Stowe <strong>School</strong><br />
in the UK.<br />
Synergies between the schools have led to gap students, teacher<br />
visits, and the 2012 Choir and Marimba tour.<br />
Ongoing support for these initiatives is provided by benefactors<br />
from Stowe <strong>School</strong>.<br />
86 <strong>Dominican</strong> CONVENT SCHOOL 2012
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