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Hannah McKay. Picture: Supplied
Leanne Jansen
“I can be quite blonde sometimes,” Hannah McKay, 18, says of mistakenly leaving questions out when writing tests and exams.
But the Ladysmith High School pupil is, in fact, brunette and quite the brainiac, having scored distinctions in all eight of her subjects – including the Maths 3 additional paper.
McKay’s tally is all the more rewarding because it means she conquered Accounting, having doubled her efforts to better her mark in the subject after scoring a C in the trial exams.
However, she also found it important to strike a balance between work and play, often taking to strumming her guitar.
“You need to take a break, otherwise you get tired and lose interest,” she said.
Mom Debbie said she did not need to see the results to know that McKay had done well. “She’s dedicated and always has been,” she said.
While the aspiring chiropractor heads off to the Durban University of Technology next year, her fellow classmate, with whom she “playfully competes”, Mohamed Jogiat, will be packing his bags for Cape Town.
Jogiat, who also scored eight out of eight As in subjects including Physical Science and Maths 3, is set to study chemical engineering.
Despite being confident in his abilities, Jogiat said he had worked the hardest in his matric year, necessitating “less going out and less sport”.
Sajida Jogiat said her son was determined to follow his own path and not in his doctor father’s footsteps. While she was not surprised that her eldest of six had fared well, she said she had always warned him not to be overconfident.
