Giving Back.

Having been to several High School reunions, my interest has been peaked and I sometimes wonder where and why am I not going or hosting for the schools I so much am attached to. After doing some research, I amazingly arrived at the conclusion that a great majority thinks that giving back means monetary contributions.
Being a past student of the Alva Primary School in St Ann, Jamaica, I would like to bring out the awareness that although monetary contribution is very important, the contribution of motivation weighs heavily on young minds and if starved of the visibility of the successes channeled through their schools, districts, towns, etc, the route for and choosing a direction can be of a challenge to say the least. Knowing that it has been proven repeatedly that effective learning has great relationships with, 'what you live', 'a picture is worth a thousand words', 'lead by examples', I would like to implore all to, instead of visiting for only fun and frolic, make some effort to visit your schools and give talks when possible. I would also like to bring out the fact that having an established alumni group, actively involved in the well being of your schools, and having a feed down to the students' level, will obviously highlight the successes of all in the school and this will, without the shadow of a doubt, raise the level of positive competition and increase effort.