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Carmona’s advice during school tour: Be all that you can be

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Work hard, read, read with a dictionary, don’t be a bully and be kind.  This was just some of the advice President Anthony Carmona gave children in schools along Trinidad’s north east coast on Thursday as part of his nationwide school tour. Carmona visited schools in Matura, Salybia, Rampanalgas, Cumana and Toco with a view to inspiring the children and making them believe they can do anything. 

“You are special and important. I want you to know that,” Carmona told every pupil he met. The first stop he made was at Matura Government Primary School where he visited every classroom and individually shook the hand of each pupil. He first met the First Year pupils of the school whom he told that they could do anything they wanted to if they worked hard.  Carmona made the children make a promise—after explaining to the infants classes what a promise was. 

“I promise to my parents, my teachers, my friends and my country, T&T, to do the right thing because it is the right thing to do as long as I shall live,” Carmona made all the pupils pledge. After the pledge, the President handed out a banner which had the colours of the Office of the President—blue and gold. The banner read, “Do the right thing. It is the right thing to do.” 

Moving on to another class, he asked the pupils what they wanted to be when they grew up. In that class, children said they wanted to be doctors, lawyers, superman, police officers and one girl said she wanted to be the President. Carmona, who appeared pleased by the girl’s statement, told her that anything was possible if she worked hard enough. “It is possible. It does not matter where you come from. You can be anything you want to be—even the President. Don’t give up on your dream,” 

Another point the President made sure to impress on every student he met was not to be a bully. “Do not hit anyone in class. Be kind to one another. If you are big and strong and tall, then you must stand up for other people. The strong must help the weak. You must stand up for other people. In your life you must stand up and do the right thing,” Carmona said. 

At Rampanalgas RC Primary School, Carmona reminisced on his school days at Santa Flora Government Primary School. He said he came from a community similar to Rampanalgas’ and he was able to work his way up to the highest office of the country without forgetting where he came from.

“I am from the bush. The bush did not define me. I did not stay in the bush, but I never forgot where I came from. Now I am the President. I studied hard, went to university, went abroad came back and I did that though I came from this small village. Do not let where you come from define you, but never forget the values you learned from your close community,” Carmona said.


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