DESPITE HAVING TO PLAY “CATCH-UP”, Therese Branch is now the proud recipient of a Barbados Scholarship.
The 18-year-old resident of Lowthers Hill, Christ Church, said she was guilty of slacking off but managed to get back on the right path.
“I kind of slacked off in the beginning; so I had to play catch-up, but my teachers were always there for me,” Branch said.
She achieved grade 1 results in economics unit I and II, management of business unit I and II, accounting unit I and II, Caribbean studies and communication studies.
Branch attended Wilkie Cumberbatch Primary and Harrison College. She is the daughter of Mondelle Branch and Ian “Cupid” Gill.
“I am overjoyed; I wanted this for a really long time. I feel life is now truly beginning,” she said.
The elated Scholarship winner said she was looking forward to going to England to pursue a degree in economics and international relations at the University of Exeter in Devon.
Her desire, she said, is to be a conflict analyst, perhaps working in the military.
She told those students seeking a Scholarship to work hard and not to slack off.
“Make sure you stay on top of the work . . . . Get in as many past papers as you can and start studying from early,” she said. (CA)
