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The Series : Student Details
Colum Hughes
  Name Colum Hughes
  Age 16
  Star sign Virgo
  Where I live Merseyside
  Type of school Comprehensive grant-maintained Catholic high school


Favourite subjects
Media, English, French, information & communication technology

Favourite sports
All sports

Main hobbies/interests
Acting, playing guitar and piano, website design

Ambition
Fame (I wanna live forever!)

What I would like about living in the 1950s
I'm a big fan of 1950s' style of clothing and music.

Why me?
I will be unlike any of the other pupils - an individual.

What did you get out of going back in time last summer?
This summer in King's, I enjoyed learning about the difference in education. Now I have cause to argue with people of the older generation who believe that education is not as good as it was in the 1950s. I believe that modern-day GCSEs are somewhat better to study than the O-level.

The main thing I disliked about the 1950s schooling regime was the strictness of the staff, and the meals. I'm back to my junk food straight out of the microwave now. Sweet!
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