December
17th 2011
Larry
Biscette- Rated NUMBER 1 In the WORLD!
Rae Anthony
You’ve
heard the name Joyann Biscette right? Well
of course you have! She has graced the front
pages of local newspapers and local magazines,
has participated in pageantry; most recently
Miss Universe, in Brazil. However, this article
isn’t about Joyann, it’s about
her brother, Larry Biscette.
19 year old
Larry attended the Saint Mary’s College
and described his years there as “some
of the most enjoyable years of my life.”
Larry was quite the man at his former school.
He was the President of Peer Counseling, President
of the Environmental Club, Vice President
of Young Leaders and President of the Debating
and Public Speaking Society. He has also been
actively involved in a number of other organizations.
He got the Business award at S.M.C. and a
number of other awards including an award
for National Representation, Award for Public
speaking and an Award for Peer Counseling.
He was also Saint Lucia’s Junior Tourism
Minister for 2 years.
After graduating
from S.M.C. and being accepted into Sir Arthur
Lewis Community College, he continued doing
what he loves best. After years of hard work
and fun, he graduated recently and was honoured
at his graduation for three things: gaining
the highest mark in Sociology, gaining the
highest mark in Saint Lucia in Travel and
Tourism and gaining the highest mark in the
world in Travel and Tourism.
When asked
if he was surprised when he received the award,
Larry said “I did expect to do well
in Travel and Tourism, but did not imagine
gaining a world award. Myself, like most other
S.A.L.C.C students, were not even aware that
this award existed because Saint Lucia had
never received a Top in the World award in
any subject before. This being the 25th anniversary
of S.A.L.C.C, I feel very honoured to have
received such a prize. This signifies that
we are capable of accomplishing great things,
and that we have a future to look forward
too. I would hope that my award would inspire
other young persons like myself to really
be focused, and bring even greater recognitions
and accomplishments to Saint Lucia.”
Because
of his immense love for tourism, Larry always
knew that one day he would love to be deeply
involved in the Tourism Sector. “My
passion is tourism. I am tourism.” Larry
will be traveling to the U.S. next year to
study Marketing and Tourism Development. In
the next 10-13 years he states, because he
has such a great love for tourism, and Saint
Lucia itself, he sees himself coming back
to the Island and giving a service; he wants
the Tourism Industry to grow. He would love
to be actively involved in politics, because
his belief is that “for an individual
to make change, you must be the one on top,
restructuring the industry.” He says
he would like to get involved in politics
and possibly become Saint Lucia’s Tourism
Minister.
He
describes Saint Lucia Tourist Board as “The
marketing tool for Saint Lucia.” “They
are the ones responsible for the outer world
getting to know about Saint Lucia.”
If
he had to change certain things, it would
include changing poverty, and persons’
ability to understand the importance of an
education. “Education is very important.”
He emphasized.
His
message to young individuals out there: “Like
our guest speaker at graduation mentioned,
“Keep going, because stopping is NOT
an option!”
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