GAC stands for Global Assessment Certificate. It is a college-preparatory course designed by ACT Education Solutions, Limited, a renowned worldwide association focused on preparing and testing students for college. There are three levels of GAC, each lasting three months.
Each subject (of which there are 6-7 for each level) is labeled with a three-digit number preceded by ‘GAC’ and followed by the title of the subject. For example, a subject in Level One is GAC006: Business, Science, and Social Science I: Communication Skills. GAC001, GAC002, GAC005, GAC006 are taught by Mr. Milton Drepaul, our ‘witty professor’ and GAC003 and GAC004 are taught by Mr. Sean Taylor, commander-in-chief of AMA, and Mr. Emiel Krak, second commander-in-chief of AMA, respectively.
Each student of GAC has a unique student ID number that begins with ‘ALPH’ and is followed by a 5-digit number. True to our ID, we are all unique and interesting in our own ways. This group of GAC students is a dynamic one.
Marina-future biochemist-is a pestering hot-headed teenager who likes to chew something every half hour. Sabrina, whose hopes lie in studying radiology, calls every one ‘sweety’ and has a memory stick constantly infected with aliens from Cybertron. Vincent, who dreams to be a marine biologist, is an intelligent nutcase aspiring to be an even greater intelligent nutcase through the course of his life. Michelle loves to imitate a German accent, look clueless even though she really is not, and wants to be forensic scientist. Tos loves the idea of computers so she wants to be a computer technologist. She loves tea (for some strange reason) and listening to music while she works. Stephan (potential hydrologist) likes producing movies and is a track-and-field star. I (possible pharmacognosist) am going to butter my profile up and just say that I do all my assignments with an elated smile on my face. Khabir loves football and has a laptop that constantly smells like it is on fire which probably has something to so with his want to become a mechanical engineer. Last, but surely not least, Daniel (aspiring electronics engineer) loves big bikes and anything electronic, especially computers.
This GAC group is a diverse one, there is no doubt about that, but if there is one thing we have in common, it is the realization that GAC Level One, which we are now completing, is really just the beginning.
by: Zikomo Mhango
