Staff Writer
Many young people are obsessed with social media and spend a great deal of time comparing themselves to others they read about, but this is not the case with Divine Musonza of Harare.
The 16-year-old student feels that instead of wasting time on social media she gains greater value from focusing on her life, school career, hobbies and other valuable pursuits, which help her enjoy life to the full and get more from it.
“I want to live my life to the full and in the present,” she said.
Divine is in lower six at Harare’s Dominican Convent School and lives with her mother and older brother.
She enjoys reading, taking exercise and spending quality time with her friends, and looks forward to a life full of interest, excitement and success.
She’s already achieving things for herself, having gained a Cambridge Top in World Award for IGCSE Computer Science from the October-November 2022 examination series.
“I was thrilled with this and saw that hard work pays off, so it’s a lesson well learned,” she said.
Divine has been inspired by her hardworking mother and has enjoyed a strong, consistent support from her all her life.
“I’m also inspired by my friends and what I love most about being a student at the Convent is that the approach to education there is holistic and we’re encouraged to be all-rounders, encompassing areas such as academics, sports, clubs and even social life,” she said.
Her advice to other young people is to read, study and emulate people worth emulating, as well as to surround themselves with people whose thinking matches their own.
With a laugh, she said her favourite food was ‘instant noodles,’ on which she could feed for the rest of her life!
“If I could switch lives with anyone for a day, I would switch with inventor and entrepreneur Elon Musk, because he is so innovative and successful and inspires me to do better.”.
Divine has one big wish for the world: for there to be peace and for all people to be able to afford comfortable, healthy lives.
She is a big DStv fan and enjoys shows such as The Big Bang Theory, Lab Rats, Phineas and Ferb and Great Dreamers.
“I especially like Great Dreamers on DaVinci because I get to learn about great thinkers and inventors like Nicola Tesla which is very motivating as well as fascinating and informative,” she said.
Da Vinci is named after, and inspired by, the famous artist, scientist and inventor Leonardo Da Vinci.
The channel seeks to satisfy young people’s interest in the world around them, from science and arts to innovation and creativity.
Family audiences continue to enjoy its range of fun educational programming filled with humour, imagination and meaningful educational information. It is available on DStv’s channel 318.
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