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Feb 22, 2013 Letters
DEAR COMMODORE GARY BEST,
My family and I wish to extend our gratitude to you and the Force for affording me the opportunity to have applied for acceptance to the Cadet School for the Standard Officers’ Course 2013-2014.
Denial of my application was disappointing, and even more disappointing sir, was the reason you provided for my rejection—Grade Three (3) Mathematics at the CSEC level.
Sir, am I to believe that that eleven (11) CSEC passes inclusive of seven grades one’s and two’s is not adequate for admission to your cadet programme? Am I to believe that I am not as worthy a candidate for admissions as someone who would have attained the bare minimum–six CSEC passes grades one’s and two’s? Sir, isn’t it fair to assume that had I limited myself to six subjects I probably would have attained all six subjects in Grades One’s and Two’s?
Mr. Commodore, students of today view CSEC as more than just an exam we take at the end of our secondary schooling, in fact, students of today view these exams as an opportunity to challenge themselves and gain the respect of our communities, peers, seniors and families.
Commodore Best, I feel your rejection letter is a slap in the face of ambition, perseverance and sacrifice. While Dr. Cheddi Jagan is no longer with us, he understood the universal right of every Guyanese to a quality education.
My grandfather met him in 1963 when he commissioned the opening of the University of Guyana, paraphrasing what Dr. Jagan said to my grandfather and what was later passed down to me: “One should never be punished for success”.
Commodore, I believe had Dr. Jagan been alive today he would have understood my frustration at the punishment I am enduring for succeeding and sacrificing for my eleven CSEC passes instead of settling for Six (6).
GRADE 3 REJECT.
KISHAN GANESH
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