Comments for Woodmead High School Alumni https://woodmeadschoolalumni.co.za For Woodmedians - Teachers, Students, Staff Mon, 19 Nov 2012 12:49:36 +0000 hourly 1 Comment on Peter Nixon by Dieter https://woodmeadschoolalumni.co.za/teachers-and-staff/peter-nixon#comment-37 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 12:49:36 +0000 https://woodmeadschoolalumni.co.za/?p=16#comment-37 Linda, your comments certainly resonate with me. I suspect most people feel that way about the schools they attended – call me a hopeless romantic but I think the Staff and Students at Woodmead were somehow “different” – positively so. Somehow I sense that this made the interactions and experiences more poignant.

Perhaps it had to do with the relaxed atmosphere – or the desire to exhibit tolerance and understanding in a country where that was lacking. Perhaps it was all of the above?

Thanks for sharing your thoughts and comments here! Awesome to read, even if this reply is belated.

]]> Comment on Peter Nixon by Linda Lisa Sebothoma (Nee Mfusi) https://woodmeadschoolalumni.co.za/teachers-and-staff/peter-nixon#comment-32 Wed, 09 May 2012 07:44:55 +0000 https://woodmeadschoolalumni.co.za/?p=16#comment-32 Words fail me, whenever I read articles such as these, I realise that my very being and soul were partly moulded by the school. I Love this article, and thank you for this website, I will share it on facebook for all to access. We need to revisit the ideals and ethos that the school was built on. I believe as high school children, we did not fully realise what it meant to be scholars at Woodmead at a time when some of our siblings were left behind in the main education system of locations like Soweto. I owe a lot of my successes to how I was taught to be, and that is to strive and struggle for a free society, where we are all free to pursue whatever dreams that we have. I matriculated in 1992, and sho I will never forget the emotions that overcame me when I had to say my good byes to fellow students. I still hold Woodmead in high regard till today.

]]> Comment on Alumni on Facebook by Alisa Payne Neave https://woodmeadschoolalumni.co.za/general/alumni-on-facebook#comment-20 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 22:23:43 +0000 https://woodmeadschoolalumni.co.za/?p=14#comment-20 Hi – I was googling and came across your site. Not sure who you are, but thanks for starting a webpage. I have a closed group on Facebook for 70’s & 80’s alumni (http://www.facebook.com/groups/10003390457/). People who are interested in linking up & were at Woodmead can request to join, but I opted not to make it open out of respect of some members privacy requests.

]]> Comment on Peter Nixon by Beth https://woodmeadschoolalumni.co.za/teachers-and-staff/peter-nixon#comment-12 Wed, 09 Feb 2011 18:54:53 +0000 https://woodmeadschoolalumni.co.za/?p=16#comment-12 Article with photograph: http://news.iafrica.com/sa/704570.html.
Georgie Jacklin’s passing

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