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Congrats, St. Jago, For Winning Schools Challenge Quiz 2019!

Yesterday, St. Jago High School (St. Jago) from the parish of St. Catherine, was up against Kingston College (KC) from the parish of Kingston, Jamaica, in the finals of Television Jamaica's School Challenge Quiz.

 

[Schools' Challenge Quiz (SCQ) is an annual competition put on by Television Jamaica (TVJ - one of Jamaica's two free-to-air television stations), whereby which High School students compete in a 3-round quiz competition for cash and prizes and the title of "Schools Challenge Quiz Champion".

 

High School students are quizzed on subjects studied at the 4th and 5th form levels in high schools across the island...namely Math, English Language, English Literature and the Sciences].

 

Yesterday's match was close, up until the 3rd and final round, when St. Jago beat KC, 39 to 19 points.

 

(At the end of round 1, St. Jago had 7 points to KC's 8. Whilst at the end of Round 2, St. Jago had 29 points to KC's 25).

 

The winners and runners-up won several prizes from SCQ sponsors including scholarships, sponsorships of breakfast programs at these schools, trips and adventure tours from tour companies.

 

We want to say a big congratulations to St. Jago  for winning Schools Challenge Quiz for 2019.

 

We wish you continued success in all your endeavours!

 

To KC, we say, well tried. We hope that you will learn from this experience and bring those lessons to bear in 2020, so that you can be champions again!

 

Yesterday also marked the 50th Anniversary of SCQ. They introduced an app called SCQ Ultimate (on the App Store and Google Play Store), which allows individuals and teams to compete against each other and the app in a Schools Challenge Quiz-like format.

 

(We want to thank Ciel Cheng on Unsplash, for providing the above photo).

 

Gillian

Does Your Love Measure-Up?

So it's Valentine's Day again...

 

...And lovers the world over, are busy finding ways to make this day a special one for their  loved ones.

 

Which brings us to the question...what really is love?

 

Is it just that that warm, cozy feeling you have inside when you lay eyes on your loved one or just think about him/her?...

 

...or is it in knowing that you want what's best for that person and will always place his/her needs/wants in as high a priority as yours?

 

Well the creator of love (God) has a lot to say about love and what it actually means and it's more than just a cozy feeling - here it is:

 

1st Corinthian 13, verses 1-13 (NIV version):

 

If I speak in the languages of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3 If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast,[b] but do not have love, I gain nothing.

 

4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

 

8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are languages, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.

 

9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears. 11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me. 12 For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

 

13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

 

Hmmh...

 

...so how does the love you feel for your loved one measure up to what's written above?

 

...is there anything here, that can improve your perspective of love, that will make you a better lover?

 

Your loved one deserves it...

 

...You deserve it

 

...You deserve to love and be loved in this way...

 

Don't settle for anything less!

 

Happy Valentine's Day!

 

The video below is, "Why I Love You", by MAJOR.

 

 

 

Gillian

 

Sources Include

1) 1 Corinthians 13 via BibleGateway.com

2)Video, Why I Love You by MAJOR via Youtube.com

A Cheaper Way to Access TextBooks (Worldwide)

In related post, "A Cheaper Way to Access TextBooks", we proposed that students studying in the USA, rent their textbooks versus buying them outright in order to shave hundreds of dollars off their textbook costs.

 

We mentioned a book rental website, ecampus.com, specifically set up for this purpose.

 

However, if you'd rather buy your textbooks and you're located outside of the USA, then there are three (3) ways in which you can purchase your textbooks at reasonable costs:

 

1) Buy an inexpensive, but durable, Android tablet or Kindle Fire and buy/rent/download your textbooks in ebook format, using these devices.

 

(The key, here, is to find a device that makes reading books, easy on the eyes and one that can be used to access other apps to help you do your assignments and projects efficiently, thus eliminating the need to purchase a desktop computer.

Please use the WiFi versions of these devices to eliminate your phone company or Internet Service Provider's data charges).

 

2) Download your textbooks in ebook format from Amazon's Kindle Store, unto any Internet-enabled device that you have, whether this be your desktop computer, smartphone or tablet.

 

3) Obtain your textbooks in paper format from BetterWorldBooks.com.

 

Although BetterWorldBooks.com textbook prices are on an average  80-150% of  retail price (i.e. the price you'd pay on Amazon.com or at an online textbook store like BookRenter.com), they ship them to you for free.

 

Yes, no matter where you are located, globally, they'll ship your textbooks to you for free!

 (The shipping cost is factored into the price of the books, hence the 80-150% price tag).

 

Most other US-based discount textbook sites do not ship outside of the USA or its territories.

 

[The one exception to this is Amazon.com, but their shipping costs (including customs duties you'll pay), almost equals the price of the textbook, thus doubling the price you'll pay for your textbooks].

 

Should you wish to sell your paper-based textbooks to BetterWorldBooks.com, they'll buy them back from you at a reasonable buy-back price of between 50 - 70% of the retail price.

 

This is highly comparable to other sites like BookRenter.com and Amazon.com, whose buy-back prices are between 2 -50% of the price that you paid to purchase these books.

 

Betterworldbooks.com  stands out from other book sellers in another way - you can ship the  textbooks that you sell to them, for free.

 

That's right - the textbooks that you'll sell to them,  can be sent to them for free (no matter where you're located, worldwide.

 

For every US-based discount textbook seller we've investigated, free shipping is only available within the USA)!

 

All you have to do to qualify for free shipping at BetterWorldBooks.com is to:

1) Donate three (3) books to them (a strong caveat to consider).

2) Print the shipping label  from their site and paste it on the package/box of textbooks that you'll ship back to them!

 

You'll get the money from your textbook sale within 30 days of them receiving the books.

(The money will be paid into your PayPal account).

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So, if you're still:

1) Paying hundreds of dollars for your textbooks per term/semester

2) Filling your small room or apartment with unwanted textbooks...

 

...you need to go BetterWorldBooks.com.

 

You'll be able to purchase your textbooks  at reasonable costs, whilst being able to sell them back for  good money, when you're through with them!

 

Hope this helps!

 

(I'd like to thank Indiaedu.com for the use of their Flickr inset photo above, entitled, "Ebooks vs Textbooks").

 

Gillian

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