Minister Henderson Tittle offered the BVI Technical and Vocational Institute’s Class of 2013 some new perspective and words of wisdom on December 10, 2013 when he encouraged them to 'reframe' themselves. Photo: VINO

Valedictorian, Ms Wright said each of the class members had failed at some point in their school career but this feeling made their success even sweeter at graduating. Photo: VINO

Eighteen students received certificates at the graduation exercise held on December 13, 2013 at the Paragon Conference and Entertainment Centre in Fish Bay with Kamara Wright emerging as Valedictorian and Maybe Rodriguez the Salutatorian. Photo: VINO

Tittle told the students when persons framed others they used two things – namely assumption and perception. He said often the persons who said things about others were persons that were looked up to and respected by them.

“The person who was responsible to mentor me said to me ‘you’re finished you’re over you’re through… I made you and I will break you’. It was up to me to begin to get some new concept or perception about myself. It was time for me to begin to reframe myself,’” he told the graduating class.

Assumption, Minister Tittle argued, placed persons within a frame that they didn’t always necessarily belong. He implored them to seize the opportunities available to them to realise their aspirations and let them know that they have what it takes to achieve this.

“It’s not what they’re saying about you, it’s not what they think about you, but it’s what you know about yourself and who you are,” he encouraged.

In offering further inspiration to the students, he said that media mogul and multi-millionaire, Oprah Winfrey was once told that she didn’t have what it takes to be an anchor or read the news and was fired from her job.

Even world famous physicist Albert Einstein, he told the students, didn’t speak until after the age of four years old.

Eighteen students received certificates at the graduation exercise held on December 13, 2013 at the Paragon Conference and Entertainment Centre in Fish Bay with Kamara Wright emerging as Valedictorian and Maybe Rodriguez the Salutatorian.

Valedictorian, Ms Wright said each of the class members had failed at some point in their school career but this feeling made their success even sweeter at graduating.