Excited Ricque heads to Excelsior
... After falling ill last year and allowed to resit GSAT
LAST YEAR around this time, Racquel Fullerton could not hold back the tears, as she struggled with the reality that her son, Ricque Fullerton, would be forced to attend an all-age school, because he developed diarrhoea while sitting the mathematics paper in the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT).
After being given the runaround on numerous occasions, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information eventually granted Ricque a resit of the GSAT for this year, earning him a place at the Excelsior High School. Ricque and his family are elated. His dream of becoming a scientist is back on track, and he has vowed that the hard work will continue.
The young man scored 86 per cent in mathematics and science, 81 per cent in social studies, 75 per cent in language arts, and nine out of 12 in communication task.
“I am celebrating because I did my GSAT and was successful. I feel very happy and I am mostly happy because I would have done grade nine, and the ministry didn’t really want me to resit my exam (and now) I got a school of my choice.
“I am going to continue my hard work. I will try to stay out of trouble and always see if I can get good grades. I want to be a scientist. I wanted to be a soldier but I am not quite sure yet, but as I grow older, I hope I make the right choice. Back then, I was really upset because I know I could have done well at my GSAT,” Ricque told The Gleaner yesterday.