Last night, 7News told you about the top performers on the 2013 CSEC and CAPE examinations. We showed you Marilen Guerra who managed to ace 15 CSEC exams, placing second, but yesterday, we couldn't locate the first place performer.
Well today, the administration of her alma mater, Edward P. Yorke High School, arranged for us to meet with this year's most outstanding high school student, Xiaowen Huang. She told us today about how she took 17 exams and managed to ace an incredible 16 of them.
Here's what she told us about her push for academic excellence to out-do those who took the sat the exams in previous years:
Xiaowen Huang
"To put a lot of effort to study... the principal and teachers helped me a lot; they spend extra time to help me with their subjects and also I have to put my own work to it, I had to spend time to go through the syllabus and past papers to help me to get this."
"Some of them I start in 4th form and not all start in 3rd form. The teachers gave me extra classes in the evenings to help me."
Daniel Ortiz
"Thats quite difficult, isn't it? Given the fact that you have the work load as an ordinary student majoring in a certain field and then you are taking on these classes during break when you should be enjoying your breaks."
Xiaowen Huang
"I don't feel the pressures of taking the extra subjects because I have interests in all of the subjects. When I have interest in something I can do it. I advise the students who are taking CXC this year to try to focus on their studies and not get distracted by other things. Although there are many distractions and don't force yourself to study but have your interest in it."
Huang also achieved first place nationally in the Sciences and Technical Vocational Subject Group and first place in Clothing and Textiles and Integrated Science.
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