Marian Academy, School of the Nations trump rivals
Marian Academy and School of the Nations conquered their rivals Cummings Lodge Secondary and President’s College (PC) respectively when competition continued on Thursday in the GBTI Inter-Secondary School Impromptu Speech contest.
According to a press release from the Bank, Marian had a formidable win; scoring 102 points more than their rivals Cummings Lodge. They scored 619 whereas Cummings Lodge scored 517 points. Marian selected topics: ‘Computers are more beneficial to education than books’, ‘I would rather be poor than rich’ and ‘Is HIV/AIDS a scare to you?’ Cummings Lodge chose the topics: ‘What can the business sector do to encourage youths to stay in school?’, ‘All secondary school students must study a second language’ and ‘Gum chewing’.
In the second match Nations defeated PC by 92 points scoring 666 points with topics: ‘Is Christmas too commercialised?’, ‘I prefer a movie to a book’ and ‘Peer pressure’. PC selected topics: ‘In today’s economic situation what do you think the best career choice is?’, ‘Can religious programmes play a positive role in today’s society?’ and ‘Cell phones do more harm than good’.
The judges for the matches were Lurine Meertins, Magda Pollard and Bernadette Persaud.