JANUARY CRAWFORD ONLINE ISSUE JAN 2018

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INSPIRED BY... Alex inspires 2017 school leavers and <strong>2018</strong> Matrics Alex Isaakidis, Former CEO of ADvTECH Schools Division Most of you will continue on to some or other tertiary studies as you prepare for the careers you have chosen. That is the part that some of you may be concerned about. As you leave the “known” of the school environment, and venture into the “unknown” of the tertiary and work environment, you are faced with a great number of career opportunities. Some of you know exactly what career you wish to pursue, while others are still unsure of what they really want to do. You are the students of Generation Z. You are the fortunate ones who will be having a number of different careers during your working life. Having a Crawford education is a wonderful start to your careers. With the outstanding results we have here tonight, you can enter any one of a number of different fields and excel. Do not be concerned with this uncertainty. You will all rise to the top, irrespective of where you start, provided you have the drive, perseverance and the vision to apply yourselves in fulfilling your dreams. From you will come tomorrow’s scientists, engineers, lawyers, doctors, politicians, dentists, teachers and a host of other professions that we have yet to hear about, as they are still being invented. You are living in a world where there is an explosion in knowledge and innovation and everyone is talking about and witnessing change. We tend to think that this movement of change that we are seeing in the world today is a current phenomenon, when in fact it is not. Going back to ancient times, the Greek philosopher Socrates said, “The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new”. So change was already an issue in 400BC, not just now. What is different perhaps is the rate of change. The speed at which the world is changing is frenetic, due to the fact that knowledge is becoming more readily available. You, better than any generation before you, know how to access reliable information. The Internet has been a part of your lives from ever since you can remember. The advantage no longer lies with the knowledge as much as it lies with the ability to actually apply that knowledge in the workplace. This is where the Crawford philosophy of teaching you to “think, understand and apply” will stand you in good stead in your future careers. The knowledge that you gain in your studies is only the start. Your experience in the workplace and the lifelong learning, be it formal or informal, is what will set you apart and elevate you to being a top achiever. The other part of knowledge that you will have to get used to is the fact that gaining knowledge is not just about marks. The catchphrase, “Is this for marks?” that you are all too familiar with in this school is not as relevant in the real world. A lot of the knowledge today is freely available online and accessible to all. Keep on learning even when it is not for marks because that will make you more knowledgeable and marketable than others around you. But remember, knowledge only has value to those that access it and understand it well enough to be able to apply it. 2 | Crawford Times
If we are going to embrace change, we need to experiment. You need to try and try again until you solve the problem. Edison the inventor of the electric light bulb didn’t decide to try a dozen different types of filaments when he was working on the electric lamp. He didn’t say, “OK tried 12, this doesn’t work, I’ll work on something else”. He tried hundreds of different materials and FAILED each time before he eventually got to one that succeeded. Failure is part of the learning process. As unused to failure as we are at Crawford, you will face your occasional setback in the future. If you have not failed, you probably have not pushed yourself hard enough. It is how you face your setback that will make the difference in your life or career. See a failure as a challenge rather than a setback. Find a way around it and you will be the stronger for it. More than anything, do not give up. Even when you hit rock bottom, you have a solid bedrock foundation from which to build your way up again. Many years ago, I started off after leaving school by studying engineering, because that is what I thought I wanted to do. Like you, I knew something about engineering but knew little about what an engineer does on a daily basis. By the time I got to the end of third year, I reached the realisation that I did not want to spend the rest of my days being an engineer, so I considered my second choice which was to become a teacher. At the time I thought that I had failed, but all I needed was to find another way. I left university to become a teacher and studied part-time to complete my degree because I had to pay back my student loan. From there, a few years later, I returned to engineering. Armed with a BA degree and later a BCom (Hons), I was able to rise up the ranks in industry and run large companies that actually employed engineers! My brief spell in teaching served me well when I left the industry to join ADvTECH and run the CrawfordSchools, and later the Schools Division of ADvTECH. The obstacles of previous years were now advantages. My engineering studies enabled me to speak the technical language of the engineers, my BCom, the language of Finance and Marketing, and my teaching gave me an understanding of academics and assisted me in picking up some people skills as well. So what am I getting at here? Every bit of knowledge you gain is useful but only if you apply it, and the more you apply it the more opportunities open up for you. If I could have got so far, without the benefit of a Crawford education, for you, the future has no limits. Study hard and apply your knowledge and you will make your dreams a reality. examination requirements for Matric. What is not covered in the curriculum is the need to have certain life skills that will enable you to be successful in the world today, but more importantly in the world of tomorrow. You have been exposed briefly to our new programme of Core Skills, which are skills that we have identified as being necessary for you to be successful in the society you will be living and working in. The basis of the Core Skills come from the World Economic Forum meetings in recent years in which they identified a set of 10 key skills that will be required if people are to be successful in the world that is moving rapidly towards the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the world you will be working in. These top 10 skills that they have identified are: 1. Complex problem-solving 2. Critical thinking 3. Creativity 4. People management 5. Collaborating with others (group work) 6. Emotional intelligence 7. Judgement and decision 8. Service orientation 9. Negotiation; and 10. Cognitive flexibility How many of these skills are you confident you have and how many do you still need to develop? I am sure that you can see elements of these skills in the work you have done in the classroom and in extramurals during your time here. The more of these you have, the more well rounded you will be as a citizen of the world, which is what you all are. Without a doubt, this list will be revised with time and possibly look a bit different in 10 year’s time, but you will be able to learn and adapt because, after all, you are true Crawfordians. So in closing, do not be afraid of the change in your life as you leave school and remember the words of the ancient Greek philosopher Socrates, “The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new”. So go out there and focus all your energy on building the new changes. I look forward to hearing in the future about your successes and the changes you have made in South Africa and the world. Good luck to you all! At this school, we have tried to impart knowledge but also skills during your education here. We recognise that the knowledge we share with you is partially driven by the need to conform to the legislation and Alex Every child a masterpiece | 3
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