Many people may have been ecstatic about being awarded the Marjorie Davis Award for Best Overall Performance Government Schools in the 2019 Bahamas General Certificate of Secondary Education (BGCSE) examinations; not Carmetta Barry. And she views the award as “bittersweet” because she wanted the brass ring. Her sights had been set on the Paul L. Adderley Award for best overall performance nationwide. “I am an overachiever,” said Barry, who is in her freshman year at Spring Hill College, Mobile, Alabama, where she is pursuing a dual Bachelor’s in economics and engineering. “I was and still am that annoying student who, despite getting one or two wrong answers on the test, will beg the teacher to let me retake it to receive a perfect score. I am self-motivated, disciplined and willing to put in the hard work, [go] without food or sleep just to get the best grade in the class,” she said.

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