Letter from Star Geldenhuys

Hi Christelle

Noluvo Jaji has been a learner at Percy Mdala since 2000, when she enrolled in Grade 8. Her primary school education was done at Thembelitsha Primary School (one of our feeder schools). Noluvo has a physical handicap and it is more difficult for her to move from one place to another and yet she is always the first one to get to class. Her attitude is one that inspires us all. She walks to school and the school is on top of a hill, so her walk is an uphill one every day. When I asked her what was wrong with her leg, she replied that there is nothing 'wrong'  with it as she was born this way. An amazingly mature outlook on life. She then did tell me that it is shorter than the other, and that there is no femur, hence what appears to be a prosthesis. Needless to say, she has oodles of self confidence and is one of our star pupils. Her subjects are Xhosa, English, Afrikaans, Maths, Science and Biology. Her favourite is Physical Science. When I asked her opinion of the Master Maths program - she bubbled over with all the right things to say - "It makes thinking easier ' you learn to apply what you have been taught ' you can use your knowledge ' it is very challenging".

She is a lovely child and we all wish her the best in whatever career she chooses.

Regards,
Star.