
School is no Joke
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BY Larone Williams
Observer TEENage writer
UWI Tuesday, February 26, 2008
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Sean Paul raises the Temperature at Wolmer's The Infinity Tours bus rolled out last Tuesday with International Dancehall Recording artiste, Sean Paul to his alma mater, Wolmer's Boys' School.
When Sean Paul disembarked from the bus, roars of excitement from the students, staff of Wolmer's and even some of the Mico teachers echoed throughout the Mico Teachers College auditorium. The artiste's speech was well received and students asked a lot of constructive questions to the Wolmer's 'old boy'. Sean Paul then toured around the school and took a few pictures and signed some autographs.
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| Sean Paul had to stop by Wolmer's Boys' School to ensure that the message that school was no joke was delivered. |
"It's nice to come back to Wolmer's, you know, giving back to the youths," stated Sean after finishing his speech.
You've got mail, Voicemail!
On the Wednesday of last week, the tour visited three schools, Jamaica College, Kingston College and Calabar; the alma maters of the members of the Dancehall trio, Voicemail. The first stop was Jamaica College, which exultantly welcomed the artistes. Kevin and Oniel highlighted that the members of the group, although coming from different backgrounds (schools) worked together to achieve success.
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| Jamaica College, Craig's old school, was also visited on Wednesday last on the No Joke School tour. |
They also made it clear to the boys that education was the main element in their success so far. They entertained numerous questions, gave out awards to the most-improved students and then departed, as they were on a tight schedule.
Craig (Jamaica College) - "I love the school and I just appreciate the chance fi come give back to the school."
The next stop, Kingston College! The students seemed to be ready when the Infinity tour bus arrived, but the school's PA system for that section was not yet set up. Due to the tight schedule the students were relocated to the library. The members of Voice Mail again started with some of their very inspiring words of encouragement and gave useful advices to the young boys. Afterwards the members from Voice Mail gave out awards for the most-improved students. They got a standing ovation when they closed their discussion with a very exhilarating pre-released song.
Oneil (Kingston College) - "The kids dem fi understand that education is important and I feel this tour helps to get the message across."
The final stop was at Calabar High School. This tour was by far the most organised tour of the three. The students were all neatly seated in the auditorium when the bus arrived.
There were cheers of excitement and anxiety when the bus parked outside the auditorium, as many of the students wondered which entertainers were in the bus. Craig, Kevin and Oneil departed from the bus and made their way to the platform inside the auditorium. The boys were very attentive and the artistes admirably delivered an exquisite speech. The boys asked interesting and productive questions. One of the awardees for most-improved student collected the award on behalf of the students.
Kevin (Calabar) - "Education is definitely no joke; youths need to realise it's the only real way to success."
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