Rory Graham
Hello my name is Rory,
I was one of the ten student Science Ambassadors who went to South Africa to help township schools give their pupils the education they deserve. I had the most amazing time in South Africa. I really enjoyed teaching the learners as they all wanted to learn. Whenever I spoke the class was dead silent. I was shocked as to how little equipment some of the schools had to teach with. I hope that the little I did will make just a little difference to the few students that I taught. When we found out that we were to walk around a township we were all pretty scared. But when we got there we were welcomed like royalty, one man told me not to feel threatened by the people on the street because if they knew what we were doing then they to would welcome us to their homes.The following week we ventured up to the coldest place in South Africa, Sutherland. I never thought there were so many stars until we sat out at night time for two hours or so and observed. The Milky Way is beautiful, like a strip of thick mist going right over the sky. We were fortunate enough to be there just before the earth passes through the dust from a comet allowing us to see numerous shooting stars, some of the clearest and brightest I have ever seen.
To tell you a little about myself, I studying for A levels at Dereham Sixth Form College. I take Maths, Physics and Electronics. My plans for the future are to travel in my year out, maybe teaching or doing voluntary work. I then plan to go to university in London to study Mechanical Engineering. I've been known to like jumping over objects; you could say this is a hobby of mine. I also like playing sports like table tennis, rugby, basketball, football and takedown-bulldog. I like all kinds of music from Rock to Hip hop through to Jazz. If you have any questions about anything email me on roryhg@hotmail.com.
I just want to say a big thanks to Mr Cripps for giving us such a great opportunity, one that I shall certainly never forget.
Movie of Me (1.5MB AVI) jumping over Richard in the gounds of the South African Astronomical Observatory in Cape Town
