From left: CEO of the Barbados Public Workers’ Co-operative Credit Union, Sis. Clorinda Alleyne; Vice President, Glendon Belle; and Featured Speaker, Firhaana Bulbulia, conversing during the ceremony.
Shane Alleyne receiving his award for work in CAPE from Sis. Kieva Cadogan.
Elena Scantlebury was all smiles as she received her award for good work in BSSEE from Sis. Julie Corbin.
Students receive lesson on success
Wed, 09/07/2016 - 12:00am
By:
Peta Rowe-Forde
ON Sunday evening, just over 50 students, from the Barbados Secondary School Entrance Examinations (BSSEE) level to the tertiary level, received awards compliments of the Barbados Public Workers’ Co-operative Credit Union.
However, the special awards and tasty refreshments were not all being shared on the day. Founder and Director of the Barbados Association of Muslim Women, Firhaana Bulbulia, gave the feature address on a topic that these awardees were already familiar with; and that is success.
Starting her speech by giving several different definitions of success, Bulbulia outlined that success means something different to everyone and one form that is often overlooked is wanting and doing for others what you would want and do for yourself.
She went on to state that oftentimes, persons are so caught up in acquiring many physical attributes, for example being rich or being famous, that they forget the work that accompanies it. To this, Bulbulia advised the students to be less concerned with ‘being’ and become deeply engrossed in ‘doing’, because in many cases it is the persons who ‘do’ that end up ‘being’.
Furthermore, she implored that awards and recognition are not the pinnacle of success for it is a journey and not a destination. Thus, she told the students that as they embark on their new course of study, they will meet students who will do exceptionally well and those who will not. Nevertheless, she challenged them to be persons who create solutions, who offer innovations, who solve challenges, so as to ensure that others in the class receive top grades like themselves.
In leading by example, she suggested that they can start an association that focuses on raising money for those who cannot afford fees while offering extra lessons, use social media to form clubs and create campaigns that ensure that students with disabilities or learning challenges get what they need to be successful.
“As someone who benefits from this system, make it your duty to ensure this system makes all of us successful,” stated Bulbulia as she closed.