Maths top scorer wants to be inventor

Great things can be expected from Aaron Knights in the future. The Kingstown Government School student, who hopes to become an Inventor, tied for the highest score in Math, along with three other children, in this year’s Common Entrance Examination.{{more}} The eleven-year-old already has one interesting invention on his mind. He wants to make cars fly.

Knights, the son of Ruth Reddock and Lorenzo Knights of Stoney Ground gained 98.33 per cent in Math, 90.0 per cent in English and 80.0 per cent in General Paper. He placed 10th for males and 26th overall. Aaron related how excited he was about hearing of his results. “I was so exicted!” he said smiling. “I was jumping all over the place, rejoicing, rejoicing.” Aaron said that his mother was very proud of him, calling everyone she could, to tell them of her son’s achievements.

Aaron, who gave up Internet surfing while preparing for his exams, said that he studied hard for English, his weaker subject area, and memorized all his diagrams he had done in all his subjects, making sure he knew “what was what”. Aaron recalls the exams as being very easy, although the General Paper, he said, was a bit challenging. He was even a bit excited right before the examination, as he was eager to see what the papers would be like this year.

Aaron, who said that his favorite area of Math is multiplication and division, explained that he wants to become an Inventor because he thinks that his creations would make the world a better place to live in. Aaron also explained that he intends to make cars fly by placing a magnet within the vehicle, which would repel the earth’s magnetic force, causing the vehicles to rise. Then, he said, the vehicles will be powered by solar energy.

Speaking to Searchlight, Headteacher of the Kingstown Government School, Inola Charles, said that she expected the pass rate to be a bit higher than the 35 per cent gained by the school. She, however, stated that the children who passed did very well and the others were only a few points short of a passing grade. Charles is, however, hopeful that the results next year would be better.

Now that the exams are over, Aaron is relieved, and hopes to resume his hobby of playing lots of video games over the summer, along with exploring his country of birth, Canada, with his family. Aaron will be attending the St. Vincent Grammar School. (OS)