Net 'n paar gedagtes

By Hoogenhout maak ons daarop aanspraak dat ons sekere waardes by leerlinge vaslê. Vir menige van u is dit juis wat Hoogenhout laat uitstaan bo ander skole. Hierdie waardes is eintlik eenvoudige lewenswaardes  wat op alle terreine in die samelewing van toepassing is. Elkeen van ons wil hê ons kinders moet eerlik wees, stiptelik wees,  verantwoordelik wees, ’n pligsbesef hê, trots wees,  betroubaar wees en so kan ons die lys uitbrei.

Die vraag is: wat leer ons ons kinders wanneer ons voor ons kinders negatief praat oor volwassenes (respek), afbrekend is teenoor instansies waarby die kinders betrokke is (trots), die reëls wil buig om persoonlike voordeel te kry (integriteit), dalk ‘n wit leuntjie vertel die dag as die skool sluit om vroeër te vertrek (eerlikheid)?  Om ’n leerling vir onbenullighede uit die skool te hou, vertel iets van ons siening van pligsgetrouheid. Om nie aandag aan ’n leerling se netheid te gee nie, vertel iets van ons siening van trots wees.  Om ’n leerling weg te hou van ’n sportdag, vertel iets van verantwoordelikheid en so kan ons aangaan.

Kom ons as volwassenes wees meer versigtig  in ons optrede en besluite.  Kom ons sê nie net wat gedoen moet word nie, maar wys self hoe dit gedoen moet word

 Hoogies gee om

NG Barmhartigheidsdiens sê dankie

Mev. M Scholtz,  Assistent -direkteur van die NG Barmhartigheidsdiens, Mpumalanga het die volgende brief aan Hoërskool Hoogenhout gestuur:

Geagte Skoolhoof en leerlinge

Ek wil namens verskeie minderbevoorregte kinders en gesinne vir Hoërskool Hoogenhout dankie sê vir die skenking van truie einde Februarie 2012 en die die gesindheid wat daarmee gepaardgegaan het. Gesindheid kleur elke aspek van 'n mens se lewe hetsy positief of negatief. Die gesindheid waarmee die skenking geskenk is en die wyse waarop dit hanteer was, spreek van 'n skool met 'n positiewe karakter, 'n skool wat nie net aan hulleself nie, maar ook aan ander se lewens 'n verskil wil maak.

Wat die skenking van truie en oortruie vir die ontvangers daarvan so wonderlik en uniek gemaak het, was dat hulself dit vir die eerste keer kon aantrek... die lekkerte van iets nuuts gee bietjie eiewaarde vir baie ander leerders van dieselfde ouderdom terug.

Die skenking het gegaan aan "Drop in" sentrums waar leerlinge naskool bygestaan word met 'n klein ete en hulp met hul huiswerk, House of Hope                   (pleegsorghuis), Uitkoms Tehuis vir ongehude moeders en na  behoeftige gesinne en jongmense by 8 Christelike Maatskaplike Rade in o.a. Kemptonpark, Germiston, Springs, Boksburg, Benoni, Nigel, Alberton en Linden.

Ons wil elke persoon  wat die skenking moontlik gemaak het weereens opreg bedank en julle toewens dat julle dade van krag tot krag sal gaan. 

Vriendelike groete,

Mev. M Scholtz

Soms..

Soms het jy nodig om tot stilstand te kom
om jou siel te vind.
Soms het jy nodig om te huil
oor wat jy verloor het
& soms moet jy lag
oor wat God vir jou wil gee.
Soms is die gisters vol hartseer
maar die môres vol nuwe beloftes.
Soms moet jy leer dat God
met liefde mense na jou stuur
om jou lewe te verryk.
Geseënde Dag saam met GOD
wat nie Soms is nie
maar Ewig.

GOEIE VRIENDIN ...

'n Goeie vriendin is soos 'n rekenaar:
 
 - Sy "enter" jou lewe,
 
- "forward" jou probleme in gebed na God,
 
- "add" blydskap in jou lewe,
 
- "shift" jou na hoër hoogtes
 
- "save" jou in haar hart
 
- "delete" jou nooit in haar "memory" nie
 
en jy kan doodeenvoudig net nie sonder haar klaar kom nie!

Awesome message

His father takes him into the forest, blindfolds him and leaves him alone. He is required to sit on a stump the whole night and not remove the blindfold until the rays of the morning sun shine through it. He cannot cry out for help to anyone. Once he survives the night, he is a MAN.

He cannot tell the other boys of this experience, because each lad must come into manhood on his own. The boy is naturally terrified. He can hear all kinds of noises. Wild beasts must surely be all around him. The wind blew the grass and earth, and shook his stump, but he sat stoically, never removing the blindfold. It would be the only way he could become a man!

Finally, after a horrific night the sun appeared and he removed his blindfold. It was then that he discovered his father sitting on the stump next to him. He had been at watch the entire night, protecting his son from harm. We, too, are never alone. Even when we don't know it, God is watching over us, sitting on the stump beside us. When trouble comes, all we have to do is reach out to Him. If you liked this story, pass it on. If not, you took off your blindfold before dawn.

Moral of the story:

Just because you can't see God, doesn't mean He is not there. "For we walk by faith, not by sight."  

VERTROUE            

Gaan slaap in die aand met God in jou kop

In die oggend staan saam met Hom op

In die dag stap Hy saam sonder om te kla

Waar jy nie kan loop, sal Hy jou dra.

Al jou vrese en behoeftes ken Hy so goed as jy val, en nie wil opstaan, gee Hy jou moed.

As jy bly is en lag, jubel Hy saam met jou.

As jy hartseer en bevange is, troos Hy jou.

Deur al die seisoene - in winter tot somer
In die dag en die nag - al is jy 'n dromer

Gee hy die pas aan wat jy moet loop

Al voel jy soms ook heeltemal gestroop

Hy is die alfa, die omega, die spil waarom alles  draai

In die donker, sal Hy jou na die lig toe laat draai.

Hy beskerm ons en vou ons toe in Sy hande.

Hy vra nie jou taal, God bly groot in alle lande.

Ons vra en ons smeek vir hulp en vir raad

Vir vrede en gesondheid en ook die regte maat

Maar gesels ons met God in voorspoed en geluk

Of is Hy net die noodlyn wat ons so gerieflik pluk?

Leef voluit elke dag wat God aan jou gee

Bly op jou knieë waar Hy jou krag kan gee

Leef so jou drome vir almal om te sien

Wie jy is, en watter God jy dien.

DECISIONS!

Decide to be happy today, to live with what
is yours - your family, your business, your job, friends.

If you can't have what you like, maybe you can like what you have.

Just for today, be kind, cheerful, agreeable,
responsive, caring, and understanding.
be your best, dress your best, talk softly, look
for the bright side of things.

Praise people for
what they do and don't criticize them for what they cannot do.

If someone does something stupid, forgive
and forget.

After all, it's just for one day.

Who knows, it might turn out to be a good day!

PA SE REËLS VIR DIE OU WAT SY DOGTER UITNEEM

As jy voor my hek toeter blaas, beter jy iets kom aflewer - jy kom seker niemand oplaai nie;

Kyk my dogter in die oë as jy met haar wil praat - moet nooit êrens anders kyk nie;

As jou broek te eniger tyd lyk of hy los is, sal ek met 'n paar spykers sorg dat hy bly waar hy moet wees;

Moet nooit met my praat oor die sport, politiek of die weer nie. Al wat ek wil hoor is hoe laat jy my dogter terug bring en al woord wat ek verstaan is "vroeg";

Moet nie rond trippel as jy vir my dogter wag nie. Sy vat lank - maak jouself handig en was my kar;

Flieks met ouderdomsbeperking is uit. Walt Disney is goed, 'n besoek aan haar ouma by die ouetehuis beter;

As jy my dogter laat huil, laat ek jou huil!

 Moet nie vir my lieg nie - ek gaan jou uitvang;

Moet nie gerus wees omdat ek 'n ouderling is nie. Ek doen dit net om my vrou gelukkig te hou!

HAPPILY EVER AFTER...

A couple was celebrating their golden wedding anniversary on the beaches in Montego Bay , Jamaica ... Their domestic tranquility had long been the talk of the town. People would say, "What a peaceful & loving couple"...
The local newspaper reporter was inquiring as to the secret of their long and happy marriage.

The Husband replied: "Well, it dates back to our honeymoon in America ," explained the man. "We visited the Grand Canyon, in Arizona , and took a trip down to the bottom of the canyon, by horse. We hadn't gone too far when my wife's horse stumbled and she almost fell off. My wife looked down at the horse and quietly said, "That's once."

"We proceeded a little further and her horse stumbled again. Again my wife quietly said, "That's twice." We hadn't gone a half-mile when the horse stumbled for the third time my wife quietly removed a revolver from her purse and shot the horse dead.

I SHOUTED at her, "What's wrong with you, Woman! Why did you shoot the poor animal like that, are you crazy!?" She looked at ME, and quietly said, "That's once."

And from that moment..... " we have lived happily ever after...

INTERESTING FACTS ...

Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed

If you were to roll a lung from a human body and out flat it would be the size of a tennis court.

A watermelon is a vegetable not a fruit.

Approximately one-third of the world's population can't snap their fingers!

An apple, potato, and onion all taste the same if you eat them with your nose plugged.

Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.

Cleopatra married two of her brothers.

No piece of normal-size paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.

Urban birds have developed a short, fast "rap style" of singing, different from their rural counterparts.

Eating a packet of chips a day is equivalent to drinking five liters of cooking oil a year..

Watching television can act as a natural painkiller for children.

The best-value consumer purchase in terms of the price and usage is an electric kettle.

The average chocolate bar has 8 insect legs in it.

Every drop of seawater contains approximately 1 billion gold atoms.

9 out of 10 people believe Thomas Edison invented the light bulb. This isn't true; Joseph Swan did.

Honey is the only food that does not spoil.

Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon with his left foot first.

There are 333 toilet paper squares on a toilet paper roll.

Blue and white are the most common school colors.

The oldest known vegetable is the pea.

Russia has the most movie theaters in the world.

If you put a raisin in a glass of champagne, it will keep floating to the top and

sinking to the bottom.

The average person can live 11 days without water.

There are 35 million digestive glands in the stomach.

Before 1850 golf balls were made of leather and stuffed with feathers.

Coca-Cola was originally green.

Men can read smaller print than women; women can hear better.

First novel ever written on a typewriter: "Tom Sawyer."

Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know your there.

Diet Coke was only invented in 1982.

There are only four words in the English language which end in '-dous': tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.

If you attempted to count to stars in a galaxy at a rate of one every second it would take around 3,000 years to count them all.

The average person will spend two weeks over their lifetime waiting for the traffic light to change.

Pearls melt in vinegar.

Snails can sleep for 3 years without eating.

Termites eat wood twice as fast when listening to heavy metal music.

It takes about 20 seconds for a red blood cell to circle the whole body.

Charlie Chaplin won third place in a Charlie Chaplin look alike contest.

Thinking about your muscles can make you stronger.

Grapefruit scent will make middle aged women appear six  years younger to men.

We are about 1 cm taller in the morning than in the evening.

The strongest muscle in the human body is the tongue.

Albert Einstein never wore any socks.

By recycling just one glass bottle, the amount of energy that is being saved is enough to light a 100 watt bulb for four hours.

In an average lifetime a person will walk the equivalent of three times around the world.

In Singapore, it is illegal to sell or own chewing gum.

If you’re over 100 years old, there’s an 80% chance you’re a woman.

Bananas aren’t fruit! They are a type of herb.

If you went out into space, you would explode before you suffocated because there's no air pressure.

During the 1600's, boys and girls in England wore dresses until they were about seven years old.

In San Salvador, drunk drivers can be punished by death before a firing squad.

Leonardo da Vinci invented scissors.

You can tape a small mirror onto a cone speaker, play music and shine a laser on to the mirror and the reflection will look like a laser light show on your wall.

Cold water weighs more than hot water.

Elvis Presley got a 'C' in his eighth grade music class.

It is possible to go blind from smoking too heavily.

Antarctica is a desert.

Only female bees work.

A spider's silk is stronger than steel.

Crocodiles swallow stones to help them dive deeper.

There are more than 1,000 chemicals in a cup of coffee. Of these, only 26 have been tested, and half caused cancer in rats.

In 1910 rugby teams were penalized 15 yards for a forward pass.

Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a 'Friday the 13th'.

Mosquitoes are attracted to the color blue twice as much as any other color.

Sheep can recognize other sheep from pictures.

An average home creates more pollution than does the average car.

McDonald's restaurant has over 1.5 million employees all over the world.

In an year, an average person makes 1,140 phone calls.

Men are four times more likely to be struck by lightning than women.

South Africa has the cheapest electricity in the world.

South Africa generates two-thirds of Africa's electricity.

South Africa is the sole producer of the Mercedes Benz C Class, right-hand drive vehicles.