In life, people of the current generation reap the fruits of the efforts exerted by those who preceded them. Without their ingenuity and passion to move things forward, we all wonโt be where we are now…
“๐๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ง ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ.” – Martin Luther
You might find this to be an interesting decision to make on your last day of life, but it truly embodies the importance of not being selfish, but rather giving to those who will come after you.
Twelve years ago, in 2009, Union High School’s Representative Council of Learners (RCL) led by the school’s head prefect John Marais, planted these eight White Stinkwood trees on the school’s pavement in Caledon Street to replace the cypress trees that had died over time. The 2009 Grade 8 learners, led by Courtney Shell, were charged with watering them regularly.
Today, these trees – which were mere saplings in 2009 – have grown considerably, providing shade to an entirely new generation of learners at Union while adding immense aesthetic value to Union’s campus.
We applaud the 2009 RCL for this initiative which resulted in an important and meaningful gift to Union’s future generations.