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When I was in secondary school I was a bit of an idiot. Kieran Webber, the surfer from Cornwall: 'Unless I break my back or lose a leg, I'll surf for ever' And I'm trying to tell her that it will all be OK – I will find something. It's like she's trying to have faith in me but it's hard for her. We do have a good relationship, but when she brings that up it saddens me a bit. But the thing is, I know she means well, but that's just not for me. She's a nurse and she wants me to be a doctor or a pharmacist – something that will pay well, that's in high demand. My mum is concerned about me wanting to be an animator – what with the credit crunch, she wants me to get a more secure job. Kieran Webber, an 18 year old student, pictured on Whipsiderry beach, Newquay, Cornwall. I think it's a set destiny for me so that's why I'm not really worried about how difficult it is to get a job. God gave me the skills of creation and stuff so I can go into this animation business, and then added to that there's my passion for it. But it doesn't matter because I want to go to Japan anyway and get a job animating – I'm studying graphic design at college at the moment. They were also the troublemakers.īack in Ghana I felt more at home, but when I came here I felt like I had more opportunities so I can't really decide which I like more. At secondary school I hung around people who did work hard, and the ones that didn't I tried to avoid in case they kind of rubbed off on me. Ghana isn't a very rich country, so the kids are more motivated to do the things that they want, whereas here children have so many opportunities that they feel like they're pretty much set. My dad worked with the church there as a minister so I didn't have to pay anything – but I saw other kids get kicked out of school because their parents couldn't pay. As for Ghana, you had to pay school fees in order to qualify for learning. They have a lot of resources here in Cardiff and obviously they put a lot of money into the schools. When I returned to school here I did find it quite a shock. I went to primary school in this country and then when I was nine I went back to Ghana to live with my dad until I was 12. I was born in Ghana and my family moved to Cardiff when I was about one. Photograph: Gareth Everett/Huw Evans Agency Yaw Asamoah, the optimist from Cardiff: 'Mum is trying to have faith in me, but it's hard for her' Yaw Asamoah, of St Mellons Cardiff, outside the church he attends near his home. When I was a kid I wanted to be tall and good-looking – and it came true! Some guys say they don't know what they want to be when they're older and they expect things just to fall in place, but it can't work like that. I'd focus more on what I wanted instead of expecting something to come forth for me. If I could go back and do school again I'd have a different attitude. But I redeemed myself: I got certificates for adult English and adult numeracy and a first-aid certificate. In my GCSEs I got a D in English, a D in maths, and a C in science. Some people just aren't choosing the right path. Some people do need to be pushed but really it's only you that can push yourself to do well. The attitude at school was "just turn up", but then again if you don't choose to prepare yourself for exams, teachers can't be blamed for that. I would annoy people like that on purpose. Once he was telling me off and in front of the whole class I said, "All right, sir, I accept your apology" and he was confused for a bit. There was one teacher who was gay and I'd joke around with it sometimes. I'm kind of sarcastic sometimes and teachers didn't like that. If I was in a group of 30 white people walking down Oxford Street, no one would say anything, but if I was wearing a hoodie and with 30 black people, the armed police would have stopped us before we'd taken 10 steps. People put a label on you, I've noticed that as well, that's one thing that makes it hard to be 18. Did I forgive him? Yeah, it's not really a big problem. My friend stabbed me in the hand as a joke and I've still got the scar. There was a fight every day in the classroom, everyone had knives. The first high school I went to closed down because it was so crap and the bad education there messed me up. I never bunked off, never, because I had no life at home. I didn't get bullied that badly, just childish things. I've been round different types of people, good and bad.Įvery school's got bullies. Getting to know that you're not safe around so many people at an age like that can really mess up your head, but I've learned to overcome myself a lot. They'll do things and they won't fill you in and then your social worker will just leave. When I was young no one would explain to me the reasons for things. I'm more understanding now than when I was young.