ON the day that matric results were available to be collected, journalists visited high schools in the area to ask matric graduates about their plans for the future. Here’s what a few ambitious youngsters had to say.
KARABO KHETSI: “I am going to study LLB at UJ or Wits. I have been wanting to work in law for the longest time.”
LEANDRÉ DE BEER: “I want to study BComm finance at the University of Johannesburg.”
ROCHELLE PARSONS: “I look forward to studying at the University of Johannesburg to become a teacher.”
FREDERIK WILLEMSE: “I’m going to go do a course in low voltage electricity. I’m pursuing this line of work because a lot of my family are involved in engineering.”
KIRSTEN WARREN: “I’ll be studying hairdressing and makeup special effects art at THASA soon.”
JUANÉ LABUSCHAGNE: “I will either be studying at the University of Johannesburg or Potchefstroom to become a teacher.”
RUBEN ROUX: “I don’t really know what I want to do yet, so I’ll be taking a gap year to figure it all out.”
CAMERYN DIARS: “After school I’m going to do an AutoCad course. After that I will go to work at a drafting company. I have always wanted to work in drafting or architecture.”
COURTNEY ENSLIN: “I am not sure what I want to do yet. I plan to take a gap year and then decide what to do.”
ANTOINETTE BEZUIDENHOUT: “My first option is to study zoology at the University of Potchefstroom, otherwise it’ll be a collective course of environmental sciences, geography and psychology.”
ITHAMELENG MOSISILI: “I am planning to go study at UJ or UP. I’m going to study HR, as a teacher I had inspired me to pursue the career.”
KIRA VOGES: “I am going to study computer science or IT at Wits or UJ. I think it is a good career path to join for the future.”
