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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.

Since the term has finished, we have all had different reunions to attend, and everyone has gone out of their way to get to them. We all have become great friends, and are willing and able to go to such lengths of travelling to and from places all over the country to see each other. I hope we will all stay in contact for a long time, with such modern items as mobile phones and e-mail, and be able to leave the 1950s where they should be, and should always remain.

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