Her Majesties Royal Dockyard Technical College by Rev’d Paul Collings
2 Timothy 2:15 For yourself, concentrate on winning God’s approval, on being a workman with nothing to be ashamed of, and who knows how to use the word of truth to the best advantage. (J B Phillips)
With school days past, next steps were made
As I began apprentice trade,
And there within those halls I took
Four years of study, word and book.
There draughtsman’s art, and tradesman’s skills
Instilled with practice, learning filled
My youthful mind with knowledge, facts
Of naval history, trade’s impact.
Whilst there, I won a national prize
As education’s level rise
Above predicted grades forecast
And joy of learning grew at last.
The interest seen in lecturer’s eye
As with keen verve their skill applied
To help each student there mature,
Start on their journey, life’s venture.
You taught your twelve disciples, Lord,
To listen and your word explore,
Your perfect truth, your living way,
And in their lives to share convey.
Lord, help me use my learning too,
That others may mature, come through,
To see afresh the pilgrim course
That leads to you, eternal source.
“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” - Willian Butler Yeats
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