Smart, courageous, determined… these are just a few of the terms that were used to describe this young lady to me. I have yet to meet her but she came highly recommended and I know she definitely fits the profile of a Girl Talk Spotlight Teen and role model.
Eighteen year old Shanice Alexandria Simmons is the out-going Deputy Headgirl at Sunland Baptist Academy. She is an honour roll student graduating with a 3.7 grade point average.
Shanice has 5 BJC’s passed with 2As and 3B’s. She is currently taking her BGCSE’s one of which she had to take in the hospital due to ill health. Ironically, Shanice also had to take one of her BJC’s in the hospital. However, this teen refuses to let anything keep her down and faces whatever challenges she encounters with a smile.
Shanice is active in school and church activities including, Soccer, Governor General’s Youth Award, Choir, and Youth Ministry.
How do you manage to maintain such excellent grades? I prioritize my time.
What is your favorite high school memory? Receiving Deputy Head Girl
What do you enjoy doing in your spare time? Hanging with my friends
Who inspires you and why? My parents are my inspiration because they remind me that they are working hard for me to have it easier than they did. This motivates me to make them proud and also make myself proud so their efforts won’t be fruitless.
What are your plans for the future? I plan to study Medicine at UWI to become a Pediatric Nephrologist.
What played a role in you making this choice? After many years of travelling abroad to see doctors I aspire to become the first Pediatric Nephrologist living in the Bahamas.
What are your plans for your first summer as a high school graduate? Sleep, eat shop and travel...It’s been long school year.
What are some of the difficulties you have faced in life? How have they helped you to grow into the person that you are? At the age of two I was diagnosed with a kidney defect (Minimal Change Disease). It has helped me to be independent because I do not let my family or friends
treat me any different than anyone else. It has also helped me to be compassionate especially when I see someone in pain. The reason I want to become a doctor is because it has helped me to realize obstacles in life will arise but it up to you to overcome it... I realize, ya fail if you don’t try so I rather fail trying... What do I have to lose?What is your biggest pet peeve? Indiscriminate dumping
What advice would you like to give the class of 2011? You don’t have as much time as you think ...Be ye also ready…
Finish these sentences I smile my biggest smile when … enemies expect me to wear a frown
I often dream about… being successful
God is… the author and finisher of my faith
The world would be a better place if… people would work together and communicate effectively.
My future looks…. Awesome!
GT June 2010
This teen graduated from Sunland Baptist Academy earlier this evening.
2 comments:
May she be beautifully blessed.
What an excellent interview! She is a beautiful, smart and highly motivated young lady. Her reasons behind wanting to become a Pediatric Nephrologist are amazing. I can't even imagine how many lives she will bless!
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