Eksamen...

Personeelpret in Parys!!

Nog foto's!!

Die Springbokke se geheime wapen!

Geen kanse word gewaag na die suksesverhaal op 26 September!

Never sacrifice your class...

Laaste dag... vir 2015 se matrieks!!

16 Oktober laaste dag vir die matrieks!!

Mnr. Erick Litjamela en van die graad 12B's!

Mev. Alda Welman en van die graad 12B's!

Mnre. Pieter Swanepoel en André van Dyk saam met van die
graad 12's!!

Nog foto's!!

Baasdag, 16 Oktober 2015

"Dankie, vir alles wat Mnr. vir ons doen." 

A Difference In Opinion...

The Greatest Cause Of Conflict In The World, In This Life And The Next, Will Always Be A Difference In Opinion, Because As A Species We Are Yet To Master Tolerance And Acceptance.

It Has Become A Norm For People To Treat Each Other With Indignity Based On What The Majority Of Society Deems As Acceptable; If You Don't Act A Certain, Go To A Certain. Club Or Even Belong To A Certain Culture, You Can't Run With Is. It Is Because Of This That You Find Such A Lack Of Respect Among Our Later Generations. The Phrase "Respect Is Earned", Which Formally Meant 'Your Value Will Be Judged Based On Your Ethic' Has Been Taken Completely Out Of Context And Turned Into A Battle Of 'I Refuse To Respect You If You Don't Respect Me First'. This Has Brought About A Nature Of Harbouring Ill Will Between Our Fellow Man Because I Want To Be Accepted Into A Certain Standard For Being Rather Than Based On Merit, Even When My Etiquette Leaves Much To Be Desired. I Fail To Grasp This New Concept Because As A Child I Was Brought Up In Such A Way As To Respect People First, Regardless Of Who They Were, Analyse Their Behaviour And If In fact One Day I Found They're Morals Were Not In Line With Mine, I Could Lose That Respect, But Never In Such A Way As To Frown Upon Or Belittle Them. This Is A Notion That Many People Have Forgotten, So You Find Opinions Being Tossed Around And Swept Under The Rug With Utter Disregard For Sentiment, Which Is Also Something That Vexes Me Completely. Although A Persons Opinion May Not Be In Line With Yours, It Is Not Grounds For You Not To Accept It And Further Go On To Dehumanize And Torment Them Based On Their Opinion. In Times Of Conflict, Both Parties Are To Settle Their Differences By Means Of Compromise. You Accept Each Others Notions, Find Common Ground, Move Forward And Accept What You Cannot Change. To Avoid These Clashes, A Common Mistake That We All Make Is Taking A Stance Without Familiarising Ourselves With The Pros And Cons Of Certain Agendas. "If The Popular Kid Says Drugs Are Good, I'll Also Say Drugs Are Good Because I Want To Fit In With The Popular Kid And I Won't Reason With Anyone Who Is Less Popular Than That Popular Kid Because They Know Best, They Didn't Just Get Popular By Talking Nonsense, Drugs Are Good Because Drugs Are Good." This Is What We Call Bigotry, Bigotry Fathers Ignorance, Which In Turn Leads To Failure In Most Aspects. To Avoid Being That Guy, If Minding Your Own Business Doesn't Seem To Work, I Would Recommend You Become A Fence Sitter For As Long As Possible. In Doing This, You Analyse Both Sides Of Every Respective Case, You Research, You Ask Questions, You Find Answers And Only Then Do You Take A Calculated And Informative Stance, One Which You Defend Against All Odds But Never At The Cost Of Intolerance. We As A Species Have Come To Forget That Being Civil Is The And The Key To Constructive Life Communication And A Balanced Society.

I Don't Have To Respect You, But Valuing You As A Human Being And What You Have To Offer Is
Only A Show Of Good Character. # Vision2020

(Masopha Porota 12C)

Read futher...

Pule Mmula!

Pule Mmula (10B) has shown excellent performance and commitment in debating throughout the year 2014/2015. He has competed and excelled at district, provincial and national level.

The Free State Debating Board (FSDB) held an annual debating competition for speakers who would represent the province in the most prestige competition in South Africa. The tournament comprised of 16 teams and 8 schools from the Goldfields alone, not to mention those from other districts. Only the best in the Free State would be selected. The FSDB was looking for Debaters with great potential and debating skill. Two THS teams attended, the senior and junior teams respectively. Pule, being a member of the junior team was selected for the Free State team to represent the province at the national competition which would be held at the Stellenbosch University in Cape Town. As a provincial speaker he was required to undergo vigorous debating training. Their team won 3 out of 4 debates in the national competition against the best debaters from the strongest schools in the country. He also debated against world renowned debaters.

Another tournament succeeded the competition, a local annual tournament held at CUT Welkom called: “Gold Rush” which hosted debaters and speakers from all schools in Welkom, Virginia, Riebeeckstad and Odendaalsrus. This was an open tournament which meant seniors debated against juniors. Pule’s team made it to the semi-finals after three rounds, losing to the Gymnasium senior team which went on to win the league. The THS junior team did very well against the best teams in our district even though the odds were stacked against them.

Lefika Fm invited the THS junior team to debate against the fierce Henties Cillies senior debate team over the radio, the teams were given only 20 minitutes to prepare, Pule’s team beat Henties by a margin of 4-1. (The judges were the public).

Last Month Debate Afrika and Corruption watch, held a three stage provincial debate competition at the University of the Free State to discourage and fight corruption in South Africa. Two teams from THS were entered, the teams received trophies and medals for excellent achievements respectively. Pule was among those who received gold medals.

Pule is now in the THS First Debating Team. In the Goldfields league, Pule’s team has only lost one debate out of 3 and they are aiming to win their league just as their predecessors did last year.

Pule is a young, skilled, humble, motivated and committed debater who strives to achieve greatness. He has a great future ahead with two more years to go in the school and in high school debating.
(By Lesala Khetheng)

Easy tips 2 crack!!!

                                                                                                     

Some more tips!

Op pad na 'n blink toekoms!!

Life is like math...

Vakansiekursus in Bloemfontein!

Mnre. D Fourie, J Herbst en me. M Pienaar.

Nog foto's.

5 October = World Teachers' Day

Happy Teachers'Day!!!

Graad 12B 2015

Arguments!

My droomkar... ons droomkar!!

Songeso Mangqobe en Molaoa Setlotlo wys duidelik waar 

hulle liefde lê!!

Vrystaat min water en baie riool...

Dit is ongelukkig ‘n opsomming van die huidige feitelike situasie in die Vrystaat. Bloemfontein as metro en hoofstad het erge waterbeperkings ingestel, met weinig vooruitsig vir ‘n langtermynoplossing, terwyl die meeste Vrystaatse dorpe chroniese drinkwatertekorte ondervind. Volgens ‘n raming van die Vrystaatse tak van die Dept. van Waterwese en Sanitasie is R770 miljoen nodig om die onmiddellike waterkrisis in die provinsie die hoof te bied.

Die Vrystaat is amptelik tot droogtegeteisterde rampgebied verklaar. Boonop veroorsaak verouderde infrastruktuur dat ongeveer 45% van water tussen riviere en opgaardamme verlore gaan. Inmiddels is tydens ‘n onlangse sitting van die Nasionale Raad van Provinsies in Bloemfontein gesê dat wydverspreide riool wat aanhoudend in riviere en spruite in die provinsie beland, veroorsaak dat die provinsie as’t ware in riool begin wegsink. Daar is ‘n agterstand van meer as 32 000 emmertoilette wat uitgewis moet word, maar daar is nòg water nòg geld om dit te implementeer.

(Vrystaat Sake Bulletin)

Skole sluit!

Stop working!

National Tourism Career Expo in Bloem

A National Tourism Career Expo (NTCE) is to be presented by the national Dept. of Tourism in Bloemfontein from 1-3 October 2015 in die Sand du Plessis Theatre. The expo to be held for the seventh consecutive time in the City of Roses is also supported by the Culture, Arts, Tourism, Hospitality & Sports Seta (Cathssetea) and the Free State Dept. of Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs. The purpose of the NTCE is to create an interactive platform for the public, high school learners, tertiary student, parents, training institutions, employers and the government in the tourism sector. It is stated that the tourism industry contributes 9% to the GDP of SA.

Be That Change...

Everything We Are Experiencing Has Already Happened Before, Just In A Different Time Frame. It Is True That History Has A Way Of Repeating Itself. We See This In The Daily Struggles We Experience As Individuals Only To Find The Solution To Your Problem From Someone Who Has Gone Through More Or Less The Exact Same Thing.

As A Species, The Biggest Mistake We Could Make In Our Time Here On This Planet Would Be Not To Learn From Our Forefathers And Their Past To Further Develop And Sustain Future Generations To Have Them In Turn Learn And Adapt Parts Of Our History, Incorporate It Into Themselves And Build From There. We Need To Focus On Finding Solutions For Problems In Such A Way That Can Be Fundamental In Our Evolution.

Jacob Wrestled With God In The Desert Till He Broke Him And He Blessed Him And He Rescued His Heart. Do Not Let The Stigma That One Person Can't Possibly Change The World, Stop You From Trying. A Trend Is Started By One Person And Soon Spreads Throughout The Community As Soon As It's Relevance And Apathetic Use Is Realised. Productive Change, No Matter How Small, Has To Start Somewhere. Don't Sit Around In The Hopes That Someone Else Will Come Along And Do It For You.

Be That Change.

Procrastination Is The Father Of Failure And Disappointment. Shape Your Existence And Give It Meaning, Not Only for You, But For Your Fellow Man. #Vision2020

(Masopha Porota - grade 12 C))

Koor 2011

Hier is van die koorlede in 2011. Enige bekende gesigte??

Labelling...

Looking At People Today, More Specifically In Our Country, I Honestly Do Not See A Way Forward If We Continue To Classify Each Other Under Certain Hierarchies.

People Have Become So Accustomed To Labelling And Grouping Each Other That It Has Blurred The Line Between Preference And Stereotype.

Feminism, A System Implemented To Help Empower Women, Has Become Distorted Is Now Used To Advocate Black Women From White Women On Their Day To Day Struggles In Life And How One Group Is More Privileged From The Other.

Classism And Ethnic Groups, Logistical Tools Used To Regulate People Based On Economic Principles In Order To Address Short-Comings And Upliftment, Has Become A Way Of Showing Bias Towards Others Based On Financial Status And Skin Colour, Moreover Based On Social Background. 

And So It Goes On. I Have Never In My Life Seen Anything More Absurd. In Recent Times, Every Label That Is Subjected To A Society Ends Up Being A Racial Debate Or Grounds For Discrimination Based On A False Sense Of Entitlement. What Worries Me Is The Endless Cycle Of Hate That Is Perpetuated Throughout The World Linking To Events Past. I Feel That If We All Believe That We Were Created In The Image Of God, To Live And To Prosper In His Image, Then Surely Nothing Can Stop Us From Uniting And Working Together Towards Productivity In Unison For A Better Tomorrow Regardless Of The Colour Of Your Skin. It Is Surely Not Allah's Will For Us To Exist In Fear And Hatred For Our Fellow Man. In The End, All We Do Is Work Against Each Other And Surely You Cannot Hope To Achieve The Buddhist Enlightenment Without Following His Virtues. At The End Of The Day, The Blood That Runs Through Our Veins Is All Red, The Colour Of Love And Compassion. The Marvel That Is Our Anatomy, The Same Mystical Design. Surely We Are All Birds Of A Feather, Destined To Flock And Grow Together With The Thought Of A House United Standing Tall. 

It Is My Belief That No One Entity Is Better Than The Next. Without The Soil, The Tree Would Not Grow To Produce Oxygen For Man. In Some Way, We All Depend On Each Other To Survive, Everything Else Is Unnecessary. Let's Move Forward Together, Hand In Hand, Black, White, Coloured, Hispanic, It Doesn't Matter. All These Labels Do Is Shackle Us To The Darkest Confines Of Our Minds Where Tranquility Will Never Be Achieved. 

Hi, My Name Is Mas And I Am A Human Being, Part Of A Species, Not A Culture. #Vision2020

(Masopha Porota - grade 12C)

Die koortoer vanuit 'n ander hoek!!

Graag gee ek my indrukke van die Durban-toer en die koor oor die algemeen. Die foto's op die skool se e-koerant en op ons selfone, is 'n bewys van harde werk en vrugte wat gepluk is.

Die koorseuns is een groot familie en musiek is die samebindende faktor. Die koorseuns is goeie vriende en hulle help mekaar spontaan waar die nood druk.

Mev. Anderson is tops!! As dit nie vir al haar harde werk en opofferings was nie, sou ons nooit so goed gevaar het nie.

Die toer Durban toe, het ons baie dinge geleer, veral hoe ons met geldinsamelingspogings hierdie ideaal kon verwesenlik. Ons ouers is ook baie ondersteunend. En ons sê graag dankie vir mnr. Andries Becker wat die bus bestuur het en ons veilig by ons bestemmings aangebring het.

Om saam met die massakoor in die teater in Welkom te kon gesing het, was 'n belewenis, maar om saam met die Durbanse Mannekoor te sing, was 'n ervaring wat ons nooit in ons lewe sal vergeet nie... dit was ongelooflik lekker!!!

Ons as koor, sien uit na meer en groter en beter prestasies. Saam met mev. Anderson sien ons vir baie kans en sal ons ook so bekend wil word soos die Durbanse Mannekoor...

(Marco Fouché graad 9A)

So true...

Die Springbokke se geheime wapen!!!

Gaan loer hier as jy nie weet wie die geheime wapen is nie.

Koop 'n kaartjie of 'n CD!!

Ondersteun vir Nceba en koop 'n CD van interna- sionale gehalte!! Oudleerder van 2013 wat nog diep spore in die musiek- wêreld gaan trap!!

10 reasons why cricket is not a real sport...

Geniet jou Nasionale Braaidag!

'n Groot krieketliefhebber!!

Vuyisile Zweni is die onderkaptein van die Lejwe- leputswa O/18-krieketspan. Die matriku- lant se hart is by die krieket- wedstryde, terwyl sy kop by sy matriek- eksamens is. Die Platte- landse Krieket- proewe word vandag in Bethlehem gehou.

Long weekend!!!

Rethink your drink!!!

A master and a beginner!

Geheime bewonderaars...!

Foto's van die geheime bewon- deraars tydens die rugby- toernooi in Klerksdorp!!