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SATURDAY, MAY 17, 1975
BAPTIST COLLEGE IS 19 TODAY
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THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR. DENIS BRAY, SAID TODAY THAT EXAMINATIONS ARE NO MORE THAN MILESTONES MARKING A SPECIFIC ACHIEVEMENT AT SOME TIME.
HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE 19TH FOUNDER'S DAY DEDICATION SERVICE OF THE BAPTIST COLLEGE.
MR. BRAY SAID: ÷STUDENTS AND TEACHERS SOMETIMES SET TOO GREAT A STORE BY THE CERTIFICATE ITSELF AS THOUGH A GOOD CERTIFICATE WERE RATHER LIKE ALADIN'S LAMP THAT ON DUSTING IT OFF FROM TIME TO TIME IT WOULD ENSURE A PLENTIFUL FLOW OF THE GOOD THINGS OF LIFE.
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*OF COURSE IT IS NOTHING OF THAT SORT, HE SAID.
REFERRING TO CERTIFICATES EMBODYING RESULTS, MR. BRAY SAID: →THEY ARE NOT PASSPORTS. THEY MARK A STATE OF ACHIEVEMENT AND HELP TO DETERMINE WHAT SHOULD COME NEXT.+
WHEN A MAN IS CONSIDERED FOR A JOD OR PROMOTION OR AN ASSIGNMENT, HE STRESSED, THE MILESTONES OF HIS EXAMINATIONS BECOME PROGRESSIVELY MOŘE OBSCURE AND LESS IMPORTANT THE FURTHER THEY ARE AWAY.
+INSTEAD THE MAN IS JUDGED ON WHAT HE IS AND WHAT HE HAS DONE IN THE MUCH MORE RECENT PAST. THIS IN TURN DEPENDS VERY MUCH MORE ON THE FULLNESS AND ROUNDNESS OF THE EDUCATION ORIGINALLY RECEIVED AND BUILT ON IN LIFE THAN ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT.+
MR. BRAY SAID: +EDUCATION IS A MATTER OF LEARNING TO LIVE LIFE AS IT IS FOUND.+
HE URGED THE STUDENTS TO DO THEIR JOB PROPERLY AND DEVOTE A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF ENERGY TO GETTING A GOOD EXAMINATION RESULT.
HOWEVER, HE EMPHASISED THAT IN THE LONG RUN IT IS NOT THE PRINTING ON A PIECE OF PAPER THAT MATTERS.
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