Wednesday, 30 June 2021

Simba, onthou wie jy is...

2012-08-07  
Jonathan Jansen 

BAIE dankie vir die uitnodiging om by jul witjas-seremonie te praat. As derdejaar-dokters in opleiding staan julle aan die vooraand van diens in een van die opwindendste beroepe. Ek kom ook uit een van die hulpprofessies, onderwys, en net soos maatskaplike werkers en verpleegkundiges het ons nie beroepe gekies om ryk te word nie; maar om ’n verskil te maak in die lewe van diegene wat ons dien. 

Gister het ek een van die staatshospitale in die township besoek om die hoofde van kliniese dienste te ontmoet. Hulle het klinies depressief gelyk. Hulle werk hard en ten spyte van baie probleme met personeelvoorsiening, toerusting en veiligheid streef hulle daarna om ’n uitstekende diens aan die armste mense in die land te bied. Maar hulle het opgehou om hul werk te geniet en dus is die eerste les wat ek met julle wil deel, dat julle nooit die vreugde moet verloor nie. 

Een van die grootste probleme in Suid-Afrika is dat ons vergeet het hoe om te lag. Ons is heeltemal te ernstig en ons neem ons lawaaierige politici heeltemal te ernstig op. Lag maak gesond en gee perspektief. En lag neem jou ver buite die grense van jou onmiddellike probleme.Soek daagliks na die wonderlike dinge in die hospitaal wat jou inspireer: die optimisme van siek kinders, grasie van ’n ouer pasiënt en die wonderwerke van tegnologie. Daar is baie om voor dankbaar te wees. Onthou jy is een van ’n handvol jong mense wat by die universiteit met die beste kliniese opleiding in die land sal gradueer. 

Die tweede les is: Moet nooit jou passie verloor nie. Die verskil tussen ’n goeie kliniek of  skool of maatskappy en ’n slegte een is dat die mense daarin gedryf word deur hul passie om te dien en vasberadenheid om goed te doen. As jy as jong dokter jou passie verloor, sal jou pasiënte dit in jou houding teenoor jou werk opmerk. Passie is aansteeklik, want dit inspireer mense om hul peil te verhoog. 

My derde les kom uit my gunsteling-toneel in The Lion King. Simba is mismoedig, ’n uitgewekene uit die koninkryk, en vaderloos sedert die dood van sy pa. Hongersnood bedreig die gebied wanneer die droogte voortduur. Skielik verskyn ’n droombeeld van sy pa, Mufasa, in ’n waterpoel. Die Koning van die Leeus uiter die woorde wat my elke keer dat ek dit hoor, ontroer: “Simba, onthou wie jy is.” 

Die jong leeu het nodig gehad om te hoor dat hy spesiaal is, dat hy van koninklike bloed kom, en dat hy bestem is om te lei namens die volgelinge onder sy gesag. Daar sal dae kom dat jy twyfel of jy die regte beroepskeuse gemaak het. Pasiënte onder jou sorg gaan sterf. Jy gaan diepe wanhoop en frustrasie ervaar as die mediese voorrade van die staatsdepartement wéér nie daar aankom nie. Die lang ure gaan jou uitmergel en jy kan in die versoeking kom om tou op te gooi. As dit gebeur, wil ek pleit: Onthou wie jy is. Want jy is nie ’n gewone werker nie. Jy is die volmaakte vakman. Jy staan tussen lewe en dood, gesondheid en siekte, heelword en gebrokenheid. 

Ons weet wat die vlak van diens in ons staatshospitale is. Die kultuur van die openbare sektor gaan dreig om jou te oorweldig, om jou genot en passie te vernietig. Maar ek glo in teenkulturele leierskap; die soort leierskap wat die oormag konfronteer en daarbo uitstyg. Moenie soos die vaal mure van jou hospitaal word nie en moet nooit swig voor die negatiwiteit en slagoffersindroom van mense wat al te lank daar is nie. Omring jouself met diegene wat optimisties is en vasberade is om ’n verskil te maak. 
Want jy is nie ’n slagoffer nie; jy kan ’n verskil maak in ons openbare gesondheidstelsel met jou kliniese vaardighede, jou persoonlike passie en jou gevoel vir die mediese beroep. Voorspoed, my jong dokters, gaan verander die wêreld. 

• Prof. Jansen, rektor van die Universiteit van die Vrystaat, het derdejaar- mediese studente aan Kovsies toegespreek. 
- Volksblad 

Education is important: Part 6

"Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world." Nelson Mandela knew exactly what he was talking about. To this day education remains one of the keys to enabling countries to develop. 

Whether fighting poverty, hunger or disease, education is one of the basic tools for enabling sustainable development all over the world. Mandela wasn’t the only person aware of the power and impact of education. The UN has also adopted it as one of the main goals in its 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Under the banner of "quality education" it calls for quality primary education and lifelong learning for all children, young people and adults – coordinated and aligned with their individual needs and circumstances.

Knowledge is power: education is the key to change the world.

Tuesday, 29 June 2021

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Thursday, 17 June 2021

Tips4Winners

10 Things to do to succeed in the grade 12 examination

*  Study the matric timetable and start to plan now. There are sometimes two exams on one day so you will have to be super sharp and alert. Be sure to check the final timetable in case there are any changes.

*  There are less than 150 school days in grade 12 before the start of final exams. Start today and work every day. Set targets for achievement.

*  Do not miss one day of school between now and your exams. Keep healthy and alert. Listen to your teachers. They have done this before and will help you succeed.

*  Reading is a hot skill. Reading will change your life. Read at least 1 000 words every day. Read everything you can get your hands on. Read accurately and quickly.

*  Writing is power, but it requires practice. We are all judged, every day, on our writing. We can inspire, impress, persuade, congratulate and express love in writing. Write at least 400 words every day carefully, accurately and beautifully.

*  Textbooks are an essential student companion. Have you got a textbook for each subject? Make sure you do and that you work systematically through your textbooks. Don’t wait for your teacher to explain it all. Look at what you must cover for the year and plan accordingly.

*  Your BMI can help you in matric. Your Body Mass Index (BMI) is an indication of how healthy you are. Calculate your BMI and then exercise and eat healthily throughout the year to keep an optimum BMI.

*  Academic work requires concentration and focus. Every day you should be engaged in intensive, focused, individual academic work. Turn off iPods, music centres, the TV, the cell phone and have an intensive and rewarding academic work out every day. Build your brain cells and be the envy of all your friends.

*  Good vibes are good for success. Surround yourself with positive, happy people who want you to succeed. Your family and friends will be important in supporting you in the next 300 days. Be grateful for their support.

*  Success in Grade 12 requires planning and hard work. Start planning and working today. Attend school every day. Do homework every day. Read every day. Write and calculate every day. Stick to your year plan.

Wednesday, 16 June 2021

Skrywers inspireer onnies en leerders met Jeugdag-boodskappe

Gaan lees HIER wat skrywers se boodskappe verlede jaar aan die onnies en leerders was. Haal iets daaruit wat jy met jou kan saamdra en woeker met jou talente.

2021 Youth Day


Youth day commemorates the Soweto Uprising, which took place on 16 June 1976, where thousands of students were ambushed by the apartheid regime. Every year, June 16 is considered to be the day where us as South Africans pay tribute to those who lost their lives during that year. Youth day is very important to some of us as the youth as it educates us about the struggle that our grandparents went through to give us a better future. 

We need to honour our beloved people who lost their lives that year by educating ourselves about the history of our country and celebrate the beauty of it. We should also celebrate young women as they're also leaders of tomorrow... We as the youth need to start standing up for what we believe in and stop bottling things inside us that leads us to committing suicide. The youth needs to know that their voices matter as much as these voices come with responsibilities. 

Let's all stand up and fight for what's right and what we need and not what we want. Let's all make our parents proud. Let's all make ourselves proud. 

#MyYouthDay 2021

Tuesday, 15 June 2021

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