Myles Anya-Boateng is a mentee on one of our year 10 academy projects. Myles has written about some of the visits they have had at the project below.
Sanchez Watt
On Monday 8th December 2014, I was lucky enough
to have the opportunity to meet a professional football player at the ReachOut
Academy in London. The other mentees and I asked the Colchester
United winger Sanchez Watt about his career as a professional footballer and
life in general.
This was interesting, as he talked about how he became a
professional footballer (what the mentees and I inspire to be.) He overcame
many obstacles and difficulties to become where he is today. We were able to
relate because he grew up in Hackney like us.
Sanchez Watt advised us to ‘always listen to your manager as
they always have your best interest at heart’.
He also showed great staying power (a key ReachOut character
value) an example of this was when he was injured for a long time; he had
thoughts to quit football. However he persevered through the rough times to
become where he is today. He is a real inspiration.
Michael Arthur
On Monday 22nd December, I was lucky enough
to meet Michael Arthur, an experienced chef at the ReachOut Academy in London. Other mentees and I asked the professional chef about his career as a professional cook and life in
general.
He told us what
qualifications are needed to have a successful career as a cook as some of the
boys in the group were interested in the career.
At around the age of 14 Michael started washing dishes, however now he has cooked for the famous Mick Jagger and others. He showed an
amazing amount of staying power to pursue his dream of being a chef.
Lily Mercer
On Monday 2nd February 2015, we were visited by a
hackney raised radio host and interviewer, at the ReachOut Academy in
London. I took this opportunity to ask how she had become the person she is today.
This was interesting as she has interviewed some of my
favourite rappers such as Stormzy, Kendrick Lamar, ASAP Rock and French Montana
. She showed it does not matter where you come from, if you work hard enough, you are able to do anything
you desire
.
She was able to work with the UK's number one online youth
broadcaster SBTV. Also she worked with the famous
Jamal Edwards, the producer of SBTV, at such a young age. She felt it was a
privilege to work for a company so big at the age of 24.
Lily Mercer quoted ‘it’s best to work at a low level with a
high job role than a high level with a low job role’.
Lily Mercer also showed an enormous amount of staying power,
to get where she is today. Many people wouldn’t think a girl from Hackney would
get this far, however she has proven the doubters wrong. She is a great encouragement
to me and other mentees.
Myles Anya-Boateng (Year
10)
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