Danielle Campbell tops in CXC
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Vivienne Green-Evans, Observer staff writer
Tuesday, March 16, 2004
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| Danielle Campbell (left) accepts her trophy from CXC Registrar, Dr Lucy Steward, for placing first in the island in the 2003 CXC (CSEC) exams. She received the award at a national ceremony at Merl Grove High School last Friday. (Photos: Joseph Wellington) |
She walks softly, smiles gingerly and speaks guardedly, so if you did not know that Danielle Campbell was the top CXC student in the island, you would probably dismiss her as just another pretty face in the crowd. She probably wouldn't mind.
The Jamaica Association of Principals of Secondary Schools (JAPSS) gave her the first-place trophy over 58,403 local candidates who sat the 2003 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate exams (CSEC).
They also awarded her the top student in Geography, the top student overall in the Humanities and second in Caribbean History.
Reluctantly consenting to the interview she tells TeenAge that she is not her favourite topic for discussion. Hmmm... After some persuasion, Danielle opens up.
She describes herself as an ordinary student who works very hard. She still remembers getting 20 per cent in a Mathematics test three years ago.
"That year I wasn't very focussed and I didn't really apply myself."
Studying was a learning process and she got better at it each year, she said. Then her confidence grew. In fact she developed such confidence in her own abilities that she determined not to do extra lessons.
In retrospect, she says, "it feels very refreshing to be at the top."
To earn that spot, she got Grade I in nine subjects - Mathematics, English A, English B, Spanish, Information Technology, History, Geography, Biology and Technical Drawing. Her CSEC profiles combined show an amazing 24 As and 3 Bs.
Despite this, she does not consider her achievements as something to brag about, and heaps praise on Immaculate for being one of the finest schools in the island.
"I know the competition is very fierce. The playing ground isn't level - many people don't get the same quality education as I and that concerns me," she says.
Campbell, the daughter of Beulah and Charles Campbell, an Insurance Broker and attorney-at-law respectively, is still undecided about her career.
Currently she is preparing for the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations in Geography, Biology, Spanish, Mathematics and Communication Studies, which she will sit next year.
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