Carpe Diem, seize the moment, matrics

My message to matric pupils of 2024. “Today is only one day in all the days that will ever be. But what will happen in all the other days that ever come can depend on what you do today.”The above is a quote from Ernest Hemingway’s novel, For Whom the Bell Tolls and it speaks to a reality that confronts all of us at some point in our lives, especially when we have to make decisions.You are on the precipice of writing your swan song examination ‒ an event that in many ways can define the rest of your life.It is the end of one career and the beginning of yet another ‒ but it also…