Name Matthew Sweeney
Age 16
Star sign Virgo
Where I live Lancashire
Type of school Voluntary-aided Catholic comprehensive high school
Favourite subjects History, maths, business studies
Favourite sports Badminton, snooker
Main hobbies/interests Watercolour painting, collecting British coins and banknotes
Ambition To get a degree in accountancy and a good, secure job and maybe run my own business; perhaps, in middle age, to start in archaeology.
10 words that describe me Polite, friendly, keen, ambitious, willing, motivated, interesting, knowledgeable, enthusiastic, honest
Why me? I can work well under strict discipline and such circumstances as I am always calm under pressure.
What did you get out of going back in time last summer? As I was to forfeit my whole summer holiday to go back to school, I
was hoping to learn something interesting from it, not just the
regular techniques of maths equations and what verbs are, but also
something else. I learned a lot whilst I was there about the Indian
mutiny and such things, although I did fail it in my O-levels, but I
also learned what is more valuable - about people, friends and
family. I met a group of fantastic people at the start of the school
term and I lived with them as a family. I would say that's quite a
lot to learn about in just four weeks.