Samuel (Slovenia)

My Own Words

“I’m not really a school type. I like sports and geography, but not math, physics and biology. I’m more of a practical person.

I like doing more mechanical stuff. Building stuff. Electrical work and motors. First I started with small remote control cars. I would design them to have more power and go faster. Then I went on to bigger stuff like welding. I watched a few videos on how to weld and now I do that a lot around my home. That’s something I’d like to do for a job. 

I have also started building a motorized trike at home. Sometimes I would just come up with an idea and try to make it real. Other times I would go on YouTube or the internet to get some ideas and learn from there. I also went to a mechanic and learned a lot about motorbikes, like how to take one apart and reassemble it even if you’ve never done it before. I’d like to race motorbikes for fun. I could even buy a broken bike, restore it, upgrade it and sell it for more. That could be more of a hobby.

The problem is that they don’t teach that stuff at school.  

I didn’t like the system at school. They tell you what you have to know and how you have to learn it. I would rather learn what I want at home and the way that works for me. In school you had a system you had to follow. That wasn’t for me.”

Samuel (16)
Skofljica, Slovenia
V Pravljici Animal Sanctuary