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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

Thoughts for the New Year

Happy New Year!

 

Here's wishing that this New Year will leave you thoughtful, careful and purposeful in your undertakings.

 

That you will be able to put the Past into perspective,

 

live in the Present...

 

...and concentrate on setting tangible goals for this year and the next 5-10 years.

 

Of course, you will not be alone on this journey, as Girl With a Purpose (GWAP) Blog will be here to enable you to do all the above, all mixed in with a little fun and entertainment during this process.

 

We look forward to a New Year wherein which we will continue to enable you to think creatively and critically, so that you will be able to make better life decisions.

 

Please remember to follow us on @GWAPBlog and @gillipoo for more frequent updates.

 

Kind regards,

 

Gillian Campbell,

Editor, Owner - Girl With a Purpose (GWAP) Blog