Students spurred on to dream

KEEP YOUR DREAMS ALIVE, Bishop Wesley Dear told 95 students of the Lester Vaughan Secondary School at the recent graduation ceremony in the assembly hall. Dear admonished both students and their parents not only to dream, but to keep those dreams alive. “I am absolutely convinced that every boy and girl here has a dream on the inside of them which has the potential to lead them to success.“Your dream is oftentimes defined by what you are most passionate about, about what you love, even by what you believe you are born to do. In fact, it is your dream to form pictures or images in your mind of what your future could be or will be,” he said.He told the packed hall that as exciting and eventful as their previous six years at the school might have been, fulfilment of the dream inside them depended on not allowing the past to dictate or determine their future.Dear also took aim at some parents, family members and teachers whom he described as “dream killers”.“Beware of dream killers. Family can kill your dreams if you allow them to. Friends and even some teachers can kill your dreams if you allow them to. Who gives these persons the right to tell you that you cannot achieve what your mind conceived? “Drugs, alcohol, cigarettes and sex are also dream killers. Beware of these,” he said, stressing the virtues of perseverance, tenacity, resilience, determination and persistence.During the ceremony entertainment was provided by members of the graduating class, including a poem from Lasasha Layne and Sabiah Miller entitled We Are Graduating Now, ballroom dancing performed by Ross Harris and Kara Cutting, and musical renditions from Sharneise Small, Danielle Lorde, Shannon Gooding, Marisa Barrow, Janeil Smith and T’Keyah Boyce each.