Chanté Worship, who lost her mother in 2020 to terminal cancer, went from average student to high achiever.
- A student at Longacres Private School in Langebaan restarted her academic career after losing her mother and moving more than 100km from home.
- Chanté Worship, who lost her mother to cancer in 2020, went from being an average student to one of the best.
- Worship passed matriculation with four distinctions and plans to study law, but has yet to decide which university.
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After losing her mother to cancer and moving schools, Chanté Worship decided to restart her academic career and start anew.
The 18-year-old from Kraaifontein went from being an “average student” to bagging four honors
In 2020, her mother passed away after battling cancer, and Worship underwent a complete change in both her home and academic life.
“My studies were affected by covid-19 and my mother’s poor health. I missed all three exams for the term. After losing my mother, my family dynamics changed, I moved schools, I moved home and it was 100 km from my original area,” says Worship.
“So having to adjust to everything and deal with academic pressure was not easy,” he told News24 after receiving his enrollment results on Friday.
Worship moved to Langebaan on the West Coast in Grade 11 and enrolled at Longacres Private School, with distinctions in English as a First Language, Afrikaans as an Additional First Language, Math Literacy and Life Orientation, averaging 80.14%. .
She persevered and used the new changes in her life as motivation to not only get good grades, but also to improve her position as a leader in the school.
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Worship has been the valedictorian of her grade from her second quarter of 11th grade until she enrolled, was on student council, and then became principal.
Originally, he had planned to study medicine and took subjects like physics and pure mathematics, but later he found his passion in law and opted for that path.
“Originally I wanted to study medicine because my mother was a nurse, but then I found out it wasn’t for me. I started to do more research and find out what my passions were and I decided that this is what I wanted to do because the law is something that one should not do to unless you love it,” he said.
Worship added that she was not rushing to choose which college to attend, but would definitely pursue a four-year LLB degree.
Worship, who loves the sport, also plays netball and will be lining up for the West-Boland netball team this year.
Meanwhile, Western Cape MEC for Education David Maynier said the Overberg, Cape Winelands and Metro Central Education districts have increased their pass rates. Metro North Educational District also ranked first with 85.46%.
