0:00:23 > 0:00:26Filmed over a year, all over Scotland,
0:00:26 > 0:00:29these two films are a snapshot of our lives.
0:00:30 > 0:00:33We don't claim to represent this generation...
0:00:33 > 0:00:37..but we do know what it's like being 16.
0:00:50 > 0:00:53Your parents expect you to act like an adult,
0:00:53 > 0:00:58but they will still treat you, and see you, as a child.
0:00:58 > 0:01:00There's an overwhelming sense that the future is coming.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03It feels always unstable.
0:01:03 > 0:01:07You are making life decisions here.
0:01:13 > 0:01:14It's a big year for us.
0:01:14 > 0:01:16For all of us.
0:01:26 > 0:01:30Older people probably look down on our generation
0:01:30 > 0:01:34and think that we just know absolutely nothing.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37People can have a stereotypical image of us
0:01:37 > 0:01:39which kind of makes them think they can't trust us
0:01:39 > 0:01:41with bigger responsibilities.
0:01:41 > 0:01:45I guess at this age you think of so many great things
0:01:45 > 0:01:47and so many fantastic ideas
0:01:47 > 0:01:51but you kind of think that now's not my time.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54But now SHOULD be our time.
0:01:57 > 0:01:59My name's Ida McVarish.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03I live in the depth of the Highlands,
0:02:03 > 0:02:06a place most have not heard of that goes by the name of Morar,
0:02:06 > 0:02:10which sounds a bit too much like Mordor, if you ask me.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15It's a terrible place filled with a never-ending torrent of rain,
0:02:15 > 0:02:19too much trees, mud and not enough people.
0:02:19 > 0:02:23It's in an almost constant state of cold.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26If we ever had real sunlight, I'm pretty sure we would shrivel up
0:02:26 > 0:02:29and burn like some sort of Highland vampires.
0:02:31 > 0:02:33I'm not the popular kid or the pretty kid at my school,
0:02:33 > 0:02:35I'm not even one of the smart kids.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37I'm just me - the slightly odd,
0:02:37 > 0:02:42easily ignored kid with too much ambition and determination,
0:02:42 > 0:02:47and a weird love for screamo, metal, rock music and the colour black.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50I don't fit in much, but I couldn't care less.
0:02:50 > 0:02:54I will get out of this place after completing my education,
0:02:54 > 0:02:57and I'm pretty sure I'll end up vowing to never return.
0:02:57 > 0:03:02Other than that, I'm just like any other teenager, I guess -
0:03:02 > 0:03:06I spend too much time online, I eat when I'm bored,
0:03:06 > 0:03:08and school sucks.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25This is my brother.
0:03:25 > 0:03:26His name's Kian.
0:03:26 > 0:03:27SHE LAUGHS
0:03:29 > 0:03:31We don't talk.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35We just sort of stand here.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40Like, we don't have a proper bus stop or anything, so if it rains
0:03:40 > 0:03:44we have to stand here in the rain for ten or 15 minutes
0:03:44 > 0:03:45or whatever.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20BELL RINGS
0:04:21 > 0:04:23CHATTER
0:04:26 > 0:04:30If the prelims went great, and your scores were pretty much close
0:04:30 > 0:04:34to your target, then you don't have anything to worry about,
0:04:34 > 0:04:39and your bright future that you have planned is unfolding before you.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42There are some of you, though, where there's quite a considerable gap
0:04:42 > 0:04:45between what you thought you could do,
0:04:45 > 0:04:49or what you want to do, and what you actually achieved in the prelim.
0:04:49 > 0:04:52My grades weren't the best they could've been.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55Like...I'm hoping to get better in the actual exams.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58I think I need to both, like,
0:04:58 > 0:05:03readjust my expectations and work harder.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05You will leave school eventually,
0:05:05 > 0:05:08and for some of you that's coming up really quite fast.
0:05:08 > 0:05:09What we want to do
0:05:09 > 0:05:14is get everybody to the end of their school education
0:05:14 > 0:05:18with the ability to choose,
0:05:18 > 0:05:20for the rest of their life,
0:05:20 > 0:05:23to do things that they are happy with.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28I know if I do get into university,
0:05:28 > 0:05:32I'm going to have to have, like, five jobs just to be able to pay,
0:05:32 > 0:05:35to stay in university.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37I'll probably end up homeless in a sewer.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45The biggest sources of stress in a teenager's life,
0:05:45 > 0:05:48realistically, is school.
0:05:48 > 0:05:52You're constantly being forced to work and being forced to stress.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55You need to work and work and if you don't work, you won't get a job,
0:05:55 > 0:05:57you won't do well, you won't make money...
0:05:57 > 0:06:02At this age, you're expected to choose what subjects
0:06:02 > 0:06:08you're going to do, which will then determine which jobs you can do,
0:06:08 > 0:06:12and you're meant to know what job you WANT to do when you leave school.
0:06:14 > 0:06:21I know that I will work hard to achieve what I want to achieve,
0:06:21 > 0:06:26and sometimes it scares me to think that I might not, you know.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28How will I feel?
0:06:28 > 0:06:34I think what scares me the most would be me sitting my exams,
0:06:34 > 0:06:38like, trying so hard to pass them.
0:06:38 > 0:06:42If I can get into college, I can get a really big change in my life.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45I think my mum and my family would be really proud of me.
0:06:47 > 0:06:51You are making life decisions here...
0:06:52 > 0:06:55..even though you haven't even lived most of your life.
0:06:55 > 0:06:59Wow, that's scary. But, yeah.
0:07:12 > 0:07:14My name's Brandon.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19I live in a small flat in Cumbernauld...
0:07:21 > 0:07:23..with my mum,
0:07:23 > 0:07:25my mum's dog and my mum's pet snake.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28That's me when I was three years old.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31A rascal then and I have been ever since.
0:07:33 > 0:07:37I don't hate school, but I'm just bored with it now.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40Teachers moan at me all the time.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46I've been going through really angry phases the now,
0:07:46 > 0:07:47and I don't know why.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51Sometimes I feel like no-one listens to me.
0:07:56 > 0:07:59You look a bit nervous, there's no need to be nervous -
0:07:59 > 0:08:02- you've been in this office a few times before, haven't you?- Aye.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06Well, it's come to that time, Brandon, where you've to make
0:08:06 > 0:08:07- a decision about your future, eh? - Yes.
0:08:07 > 0:08:11So I understand that you've made an application to college,
0:08:11 > 0:08:13- is that right?- I have.
0:08:13 > 0:08:15I'd like to go into motor vehicle maintenance.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17I've always had an interest in cars.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20You've been to the college for an interview, haven't you?
0:08:20 > 0:08:22That's a really positive step.
0:08:22 > 0:08:26So four years at secondary school, Abronhill High School.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28Good times, some tough times as well.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31I think that's true for most young people,
0:08:31 > 0:08:35but life outside of school has been tough for you as well, hasn't it,
0:08:35 > 0:08:37with your mum and her situation.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40And that has had an impact,
0:08:40 > 0:08:44- sometimes particularly, for example, on your timekeeping, hasn't it?- Yes.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46Sometimes she can get up and be in so much pain
0:08:46 > 0:08:47she can't move out of her bed
0:08:47 > 0:08:50until 12 or one o'clock in the afternoon, and sometimes even
0:08:50 > 0:08:54when I get in after school she can still be lying in her bed in pain.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57So I need to do stuff like, I need to shower her,
0:08:57 > 0:08:59or take the dog out for her
0:08:59 > 0:09:02or help her in and out the shower,
0:09:02 > 0:09:04make dinner for her, dress her,
0:09:04 > 0:09:08make sure she's got plenty of food and water,
0:09:08 > 0:09:12do the dishes and that - just chores and that in the house.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15You've been through most things that some people never
0:09:15 > 0:09:18go through in their lives, and you're only 15,
0:09:18 > 0:09:24so you've been a credit to your mum and to yourself.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30My mum's got a condition called hypermobility syndrome,
0:09:30 > 0:09:34which means her joints can dislocate very, very easily.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36She's in constant pain throughout the day
0:09:36 > 0:09:38and I have to do a lot for her.
0:09:40 > 0:09:46What we want to do today is to push on with the argument for evolution,
0:09:46 > 0:09:50that suggests that belief in God is a non-starter.
0:09:50 > 0:09:54If scientists are right, all of us started in Africa,
0:09:54 > 0:09:56and you're all black.
0:09:56 > 0:09:57LAUGHTER
0:09:57 > 0:09:59Think about this -
0:09:59 > 0:10:02Europeans have noses like that.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04LAUGHTER
0:10:04 > 0:10:05They do!
0:10:05 > 0:10:08If you were living in a place which was humid,
0:10:08 > 0:10:10some jungles in Africa or somewhere,
0:10:10 > 0:10:13and you're trying to breathe through that, you'll have difficulties.
0:10:13 > 0:10:16But if you have a nostril like that...
0:10:18 > 0:10:19..no problem.
0:10:21 > 0:10:25You adapt to your environment.
0:10:25 > 0:10:31When things get tough, the weak, young or sick, injured, they die.
0:10:31 > 0:10:35It's just a fact. The strongest animals will survive.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37Robbie, get the lights, my son, will you?
0:10:38 > 0:10:42- That's the fastest land animal that we know, and it's the...- Cheetah. - Cheetah, yes.
0:10:42 > 0:10:4370 miles an hour.
0:10:43 > 0:10:47TV NARRATOR: 'Individuals having any advantage, however slight,
0:10:47 > 0:10:50'over others will have the best chance of surviving
0:10:50 > 0:10:51'and procreating their kind.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57'Natural selection or survival of the fittest...'
0:11:03 > 0:11:07You kind of do need to stick up for yourself in this place, like,
0:11:07 > 0:11:11people that are weak, they won't survive, they'll get singled out.
0:11:11 > 0:11:13But if you just keep yourself to yourself,
0:11:13 > 0:11:17and talk to people and don't be cheeky, you'll probably survive.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19See if you bullied someone and call them names
0:11:19 > 0:11:22and they just say something, they're just going to keep doing it, but
0:11:22 > 0:11:26if you stick up for yourself, they might not bully you as much.
0:11:27 > 0:11:32It's just some people don't fit in as well as other people do.
0:11:39 > 0:11:44Basically, where I live, loads of people don't like me.
0:11:45 > 0:11:49And basically I stand out, and they don't like that.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52I guess that means I'm not a normal teenager.
0:11:53 > 0:11:57I do tend to not go with trends and I just do what I want,
0:11:57 > 0:11:59but I still worry about the fact
0:11:59 > 0:12:01that people think something funny of me
0:12:01 > 0:12:03because I'm not wearing certain clothes or
0:12:03 > 0:12:06I don't have certain ideas or I'm into certain issues.
0:12:06 > 0:12:09I've kind of accepted that not everyone's going to like me,
0:12:09 > 0:12:13and there will be people in life who just, I don't get on with,
0:12:13 > 0:12:18and I just need to deal with that and kind of ignore those people.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21You have the most popular with everyone following them about,
0:12:21 > 0:12:24and you have the people that don't have that many friends that
0:12:24 > 0:12:25find it hard in school.
0:12:27 > 0:12:34Growing up, we all want to be the best, and do as well as we can.
0:12:35 > 0:12:39'I guess that it's like a race, almost.'
0:12:50 > 0:12:51'Hi, I'm Natalie.
0:12:52 > 0:12:56'I'm 16 and have three brothers, which makes life quite eventful.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00'I enjoy spending time with my family.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03'I also really enjoy spending time with my brilliant
0:13:03 > 0:13:05'friends from school.
0:13:06 > 0:13:09'I am an extremely determined person.
0:13:09 > 0:13:13'Many teachers have advised me to sit four Highers, but I am sitting five.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17'I don't like to be held back or underestimated.
0:13:18 > 0:13:22'Naturally, I would like one of those dream jobs earning lots of money
0:13:22 > 0:13:23'and travelling the world.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28'Singing is one of my favourite pastimes, along with books,
0:13:28 > 0:13:31'watching quiz shows with my family, and making jewellery.
0:13:33 > 0:13:35'I would also really like to help other people, which is
0:13:35 > 0:13:40'partly why I want to adopt children, as well as have children of my own.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43'I also enjoy raising money for charities.'
0:13:43 > 0:13:44APPLAUSE
0:13:50 > 0:13:53As you now know, I'm Natalie.
0:13:53 > 0:13:57And as you may already know, I can't see particularly well.
0:13:58 > 0:14:02I've been asked to speak to you today about my experiences
0:14:02 > 0:14:04of losing sight, and living with that loss.
0:14:05 > 0:14:09I lost my sight officially at the age of nine,
0:14:09 > 0:14:12though I started the sight loss process about a year before.
0:14:13 > 0:14:17I had a brain tumour called a craniopharyngioma which had started to grow
0:14:17 > 0:14:19and push up on my optic nerves.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23Naturally, this caused a great deal of pain,
0:14:23 > 0:14:26but it also caused me to be sick almost every time I ate.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31The doctors, however, believed I was lying about my sight
0:14:31 > 0:14:34loss in order to receive more attention.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37They told my parents that I was psychologically blind,
0:14:37 > 0:14:39not actually blind.
0:14:39 > 0:14:42By the time an ophthalmologist discovered the truth,
0:14:42 > 0:14:45the tumour had almost destroyed my optic nerves.
0:14:46 > 0:14:49The subsequent operation lasted 12 hours,
0:14:49 > 0:14:53and put my parents through more worry than I think I will ever know.
0:14:54 > 0:14:58The tumour was successfully removed, but I was left with hardly
0:14:58 > 0:15:01any vision, and an inactive pituitary gland.
0:15:02 > 0:15:07I am actually extremely lucky. I have my family and friends
0:15:07 > 0:15:09around me, to help me.
0:15:10 > 0:15:14Many people don't have that, so please
0:15:14 > 0:15:18donate, because every penny in the pot helps to make a difference.
0:15:26 > 0:15:30I feel close to tears, frankly, cos that was really difficult,
0:15:30 > 0:15:33more difficult than I was expecting emotionally.
0:15:36 > 0:15:40'I don't want to be seen as any different to anybody else'
0:15:40 > 0:15:46and quite often I am mistaken for sighted.
0:15:46 > 0:15:50'It reassures me that I look no different.
0:15:50 > 0:15:56'Being a girl, I'm quite stereotypically fashion conscious,'
0:15:56 > 0:16:00and I don't think, "Oh because I can't see exactly what I'm wearing,
0:16:00 > 0:16:03"nobody else can," I'm not that narrow-minded.
0:16:06 > 0:16:08But I am shallow enough to care about it.
0:16:14 > 0:16:15My hair used to be ginger,
0:16:15 > 0:16:20then I dyed it kind of blueish/ greenish, so the colour of the sea.
0:16:22 > 0:16:26And then I dyed my fringe pink, and a bit of the underneath pink.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30I quite liked that.
0:16:30 > 0:16:32You want to be seen as different, you don't
0:16:32 > 0:16:38want to become somebody who's just copied the latest fashion
0:16:38 > 0:16:40image because that's what everyone else is doing.
0:16:40 > 0:16:44'There are some girls at my school who are perfect, in my eyes.
0:16:44 > 0:16:46'But the majority of us aren't.'
0:16:47 > 0:16:50I think the only person you should try and fit in with,
0:16:50 > 0:16:55and the mould you should try and fit is the one you set yourself.
0:16:55 > 0:17:02When the summer is over, I want to get pink underneath the blackish,
0:17:02 > 0:17:06have a purple fringe with blue through it, that goes into the pink.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08That'd be cool.
0:17:08 > 0:17:09SHE LAUGHS
0:17:18 > 0:17:19'Hi, my name's David.
0:17:21 > 0:17:23'That's me walking my dog with my brother and sister.'
0:17:27 > 0:17:29We live in a small village in Dumfries.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33It's an idyllic setting to grow up and live in.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38In the eyes of a kid, there's adventure everywhere, places
0:17:38 > 0:17:41for den building in the summer and hills for sledging in the winter.
0:17:44 > 0:17:46'We all get along reasonably well,
0:17:46 > 0:17:49'but I won't deny that brothers and sisters can't help but fight.'
0:17:49 > 0:17:51Stu, no phones at the table.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54'My family are really supportive of everything I do,
0:17:54 > 0:17:59'and they are willing to help me in any way possibly to achieve what I want.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02'Which generally means my mum's turned into a free taxi service.'
0:18:04 > 0:18:06I really enjoy coming to school.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09If you're going to spend the best part of 12 years getting
0:18:09 > 0:18:12'an education, you might as well try and make the most of it.'
0:18:13 > 0:18:15'I'd like to go into politics when I'm older,
0:18:15 > 0:18:18'and possibly run my own business, but that would have to wait
0:18:18 > 0:18:20'until after I've been to university.'
0:18:20 > 0:18:22I think politics is really important
0:18:22 > 0:18:25and it's a shame that more young people don't really take an interest.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28I'm running as a candidate to become
0:18:28 > 0:18:32a member of the Scottish Youth Parliament. Fingers crossed.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35I've spoken to your class already
0:18:35 > 0:18:38but I'll just outline a few of my points already just so you remember.
0:18:38 > 0:18:39If I can find the sheet!
0:18:39 > 0:18:42I should know it off by heart by now, I've done it about 20 times.
0:18:45 > 0:18:49Right, um, some of the points I'd like to bring up, to create
0:18:49 > 0:18:53maximum homework limits to prevent unnecessary stress, to introduce
0:18:53 > 0:18:57practical lessons like carpentry, metal work and agriculture, and
0:18:57 > 0:19:03to reduce the age limit on alcohol, to let pupil councils inside
0:19:03 > 0:19:06school communicate with the Scottish Youth Parliament representative.
0:19:06 > 0:19:10Has anybody got any questions? Nobody?
0:19:10 > 0:19:12This is the normal response.
0:19:12 > 0:19:15OK, if you can all log on and go on the Young Scot website.
0:19:17 > 0:19:19The Scottish Youth Parliament does have quite
0:19:19 > 0:19:21a lot of influence on what is done in the UK.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23It's argued quite a bit that it was them
0:19:23 > 0:19:27that mean we can ultimately vote in the referendum for independence.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32I voted for David White because he's from the school
0:19:32 > 0:19:34and I liked what he was trying to promote.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37- Today I voted for David White. - David White.
0:19:37 > 0:19:41David... Oh, I forgot his last name.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44Well, he's quite responsible, and he does a lot for the school already.
0:19:44 > 0:19:46He's always going on about it.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48I know him quite well and I think he's a lovely person.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50I read everyone's portfolios.
0:19:50 > 0:19:53I looked through them in detail, I read them a few times,
0:19:53 > 0:19:55and after some discussion with friends,
0:19:55 > 0:19:57we all decided David would be the best candidate.
0:19:57 > 0:19:58I've not voted.
0:20:00 > 0:20:01Neither have I.
0:20:02 > 0:20:05David is a hard-working man. He knows what he's doing
0:20:05 > 0:20:08and he's kind of the voice for the pupils here.
0:20:08 > 0:20:11He's my mate's big brother,
0:20:11 > 0:20:14so that's one reason why I voted for him.
0:20:19 > 0:20:21It's something I've wanted to do since the last one,
0:20:21 > 0:20:24'it was a couple of years ago since the election was here,
0:20:24 > 0:20:27'but I was too young then. I was in first or second year.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30'So it's been quite a long term ambition
0:20:30 > 0:20:32'to be in the Scottish Youth Parliament.'
0:20:32 > 0:20:37And tonight I find out whether I've won the election or lost the election,
0:20:37 > 0:20:40and I've got to prepare my speech for them.
0:20:40 > 0:20:42They've asked that I prepare a five-minute speech
0:20:42 > 0:20:47in case I win the election, so I've still got that to write today.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52What is politics? Wow.
0:20:52 > 0:20:56Sometimes I feel that politics is just old men arguing in a room.
0:20:57 > 0:21:01I think the role of government should be to ensure
0:21:01 > 0:21:05the prosperity of the country, to ensure that its people
0:21:05 > 0:21:09have the resources they need to build themselves a good life.
0:21:09 > 0:21:12I would like to have unbiased politicians that are doing things
0:21:12 > 0:21:15not for the money, not for staying in Cabinet,
0:21:15 > 0:21:17but rather for the benefit of the people.
0:21:17 > 0:21:22Politicians, they could be doing a bit better
0:21:22 > 0:21:28to really look at the way real people live their lives.
0:21:34 > 0:21:36'My name's Halima.'
0:21:39 > 0:21:41I live in the City of Discovery, Dundee.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46'But, to be honest, the place isn't quite as cool as the name suggests.
0:21:47 > 0:21:51'I know this because I've lived here for around eight years.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55'I always think of Dundee as being constantly cold,
0:21:55 > 0:22:01'even when it's not, but this could be because I was born in Nigeria,
0:22:01 > 0:22:05'and I always dream of going to live somewhere hot, like Bora Bora.
0:22:05 > 0:22:09'This city is too quiet, with very little things for teenagers to do.
0:22:11 > 0:22:15'But moving on from the negatives...
0:22:16 > 0:22:18'..I do genuinely enjoy living here
0:22:18 > 0:22:21'and I am thankful for the opportunities it has given me.'
0:22:21 > 0:22:24I just don't know if I'd call it home yet.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29'Being 16 is the best thing ever.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31'This is the time to try everything.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35'Well, most things anyway,
0:22:35 > 0:22:38'and to mainly not take things too seriously.
0:22:40 > 0:22:43'You've got to be able to express that inner child within you
0:22:43 > 0:22:46'once in a while, or in my case, every day.'
0:22:50 > 0:22:53The most important thing in my life is my family,
0:22:53 > 0:22:56and I'm very lucky to have a very big one,
0:22:56 > 0:22:59with four brothers and a whole load of cousins.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02'We meet up all the time to have a meal and talk
0:23:02 > 0:23:04'through everything that's going on.'
0:23:06 > 0:23:09I never want to leave. This place is like heaven on Earth.
0:23:09 > 0:23:14- Dundee?- I do like to be in Scotland, it's a nice environment to be in.
0:23:14 > 0:23:19I want to live where it's hot, where I can have a big house.
0:23:19 > 0:23:21THEY LAUGH
0:23:21 > 0:23:24You can have big houses here. I'll design it for you.
0:23:24 > 0:23:28But it would cost you a lot. I wouldn't mind living in Nigeria.
0:23:29 > 0:23:33Nigeria is the kind of place where you're either really rich
0:23:33 > 0:23:36or really poor, there's no middle ground.
0:23:36 > 0:23:40Divide in class. I just want equality.
0:23:40 > 0:23:43But that's never going to happen.
0:23:43 > 0:23:45- That's never going to happen. - That's not true.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48Do you know there's immense inequality living in Scotland?
0:23:48 > 0:23:50I know there's inequality everywhere,
0:23:50 > 0:23:54but what I'm trying to say is here you get the middle class.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56You can just have a normal life.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01You work really, really hard and you get back that hard work.
0:24:01 > 0:24:05But in Nigeria you have to fight against corruption and bureaucracy.
0:24:05 > 0:24:09All these problems. I want to work hard and get back what I worked for.
0:24:09 > 0:24:13For me, to be honest, if I was to move away from Scotland,
0:24:13 > 0:24:18I would probably still think Nigeria and Scotland are both home for me.
0:24:18 > 0:24:22- Yeah, Scotland is home for me. - So is Nigeria. Especially Dundee.
0:24:22 > 0:24:27'I was seven when I first moved over here, and it was a big'
0:24:27 > 0:24:30change for me, cos I didn't know what this country was like.
0:24:30 > 0:24:32Now I've grown up here,
0:24:32 > 0:24:35I know more about this place than I do about Nigeria.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38I think when I go back, when people finally see me
0:24:38 > 0:24:43after eight years they'd be like, "She's changed so much."
0:24:43 > 0:24:47It will be weird seeing everyone again, but I'm excited.
0:24:53 > 0:24:56'I think your environment shapes who you are a lot.
0:25:02 > 0:25:05'It was a good place to grow up as a child.
0:25:08 > 0:25:11'I think if I lived in a city as a child, I'd be less creative.
0:25:17 > 0:25:20'You could imagine more fantasy happening in a place like this.'
0:25:22 > 0:25:26In Glasgow, you couldn't really see people riding unicorns and stuff,
0:25:26 > 0:25:28but over here, you could.
0:25:31 > 0:25:33I remember a lot of being young,
0:25:33 > 0:25:36and it's all very colourful in my head as well.
0:25:36 > 0:25:38I used to enjoy dressing up,
0:25:38 > 0:25:42although the thought of dressing up now makes me cringe.
0:25:42 > 0:25:47I'd dress up in all these outfits. I had loads of princess outfits.
0:25:48 > 0:25:51I was one of those who was just happy.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54I wasn't thinking ahead or anything,
0:25:54 > 0:25:57I was just there in the moment, enjoying myself.
0:25:57 > 0:26:01No-one actually cared about anything back then,
0:26:01 > 0:26:03literally nothing.
0:26:03 > 0:26:06Nowadays, things are so different.
0:26:15 > 0:26:17'Because it's my birthday,'
0:26:17 > 0:26:20my mum thought we could go out for a wee while
0:26:20 > 0:26:22and go for lunch and play pool.
0:26:24 > 0:26:26Mate, my granny's better at pool than you.
0:26:26 > 0:26:28I'm not even kidding you on, man.
0:26:32 > 0:26:36'I'm going to leave school in August cos I'm going to try
0:26:36 > 0:26:40'and get into college, try and get myself a job.
0:26:40 > 0:26:42'I'm just fed up with school.'
0:26:47 > 0:26:49I'd like to go and do mechanics in college.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56Done an interview during the week.
0:26:56 > 0:27:00He said he'd let me know in the next couple of weeks.
0:27:00 > 0:27:04It felt right being there, cos I've grown up and that,
0:27:04 > 0:27:07it felt right to go and have an interview
0:27:07 > 0:27:10to see if I can go out into the world of work.
0:27:10 > 0:27:12I'm looking forward to it.
0:27:12 > 0:27:16I can start paying for my own things once I get a job...
0:27:18 > 0:27:21A house, furniture, somewhere to sleep.
0:27:25 > 0:27:29# Happy birthday to you
0:27:29 > 0:27:32# Happy birthday to you
0:27:32 > 0:27:34# Happy birthday, dear Brandon
0:27:34 > 0:27:36# Happy birthday to you! #
0:27:36 > 0:27:38You killed my caterpillar.
0:27:40 > 0:27:42- Happy birthday, mate.- Cheers.
0:27:44 > 0:27:47You're heavy embarrassing, do you know that?
0:27:50 > 0:27:51'When you're younger,
0:27:51 > 0:27:54'you kind of think you look forward to being this age.'
0:27:55 > 0:27:59Looking back, you wonder why you were looking forward to it.
0:27:59 > 0:28:02You have a bit erratic hormones and you're a bit grumpy
0:28:02 > 0:28:05and moody half of the time, whereas in your childhood
0:28:05 > 0:28:08you can have more fun and a bit more freedom,
0:28:08 > 0:28:10and you're less knowledgeable, which...
0:28:10 > 0:28:12They say ignorance is bliss.
0:28:14 > 0:28:16Your teenage years, they're kind of...
0:28:16 > 0:28:19They're that part where you're not a child any more
0:28:19 > 0:28:24but you're not quite out there as a working adult,
0:28:24 > 0:28:27and it feels rubbish.
0:28:38 > 0:28:40'You just feel sort of trapped.
0:28:42 > 0:28:45'These are the only places I can really go.
0:28:45 > 0:28:48'There's no other option there for me, currently.
0:28:48 > 0:28:52'There's no shops, I can't meet new people cos I know everyone already.'
0:28:55 > 0:28:57I know there's more to life than here,
0:28:57 > 0:28:59and I think that's what gets me down,
0:28:59 > 0:29:03cos I know that I'm not out there doing stuff and,
0:29:03 > 0:29:07like, everyone else expects me to be happy with here and this.
0:29:07 > 0:29:09And, I don't know.
0:29:09 > 0:29:12I want to be somewhere else, doing something different.
0:29:19 > 0:29:21'My dad gave me my computer
0:29:21 > 0:29:25'and I think that's when I became more interested in stuff.
0:29:28 > 0:29:32'Without the internet, I'd be bored out of my mind.'
0:29:36 > 0:29:41My generation is the one where we are getting all the new stuff,
0:29:41 > 0:29:44we can access so much at just the touch of a button.
0:29:44 > 0:29:52I think the internet and technology plays a huge part in our lives.
0:29:52 > 0:29:56The internet can play a bad role by taking over people's lives,
0:29:56 > 0:30:00spending too much time on the internet and not in the real world.
0:30:00 > 0:30:02I think that without the internet...
0:30:05 > 0:30:08..we wouldn't be, my generation wouldn't be who we are.
0:30:15 > 0:30:18You find people who have gone through hard times
0:30:18 > 0:30:20or have gone through amazing times,
0:30:20 > 0:30:23who have done some really inspirational things,
0:30:23 > 0:30:27and it helps you almost reconsider your own life,
0:30:27 > 0:30:31it helps you realise there are other people out there
0:30:31 > 0:30:36who have dreams or fears or hopes or even are failing at something.
0:30:36 > 0:30:39Some YouTubers also grow up in isolated areas
0:30:39 > 0:30:44and you're like, well, they escaped, and they did something beautiful.
0:30:45 > 0:30:48Straight edge, that's pretty cool.
0:30:48 > 0:30:49'I've always been straight edge.
0:30:49 > 0:30:52'I've never drank alcohol, I've never smoked cigarettes,
0:30:52 > 0:30:54'I've never done drugs.'
0:30:54 > 0:30:57On YouTube, I follow Patty Walters, and I really like his style,
0:30:57 > 0:31:01I like the way he performs and he's just a really cool person in general.
0:31:01 > 0:31:04'They stopped seeming like my friends when they got drunk.
0:31:04 > 0:31:06'They weren't fun or nice people to be around.'
0:31:06 > 0:31:11I was talking to my friend about Patty Walters, my friend Kelly,
0:31:11 > 0:31:14and she was like, "Oh, well, he's in a band."
0:31:14 > 0:31:17And I was like, "Oh, that's really cool."
0:31:19 > 0:31:23This band, As It Is, are playing in Glasgow,
0:31:23 > 0:31:25so we've got tickets, got a place to stay,
0:31:25 > 0:31:28just need to wait for them to come.
0:31:28 > 0:31:32I can't even... Ah, it'll be amazing!
0:31:39 > 0:31:41It's my physics prelim today.
0:31:43 > 0:31:46It's my last exam, I'm hoping it's going to be OK
0:31:46 > 0:31:49but I am really nervous.
0:31:51 > 0:31:54Especially because of the length of it more than anything.
0:31:54 > 0:31:58It's three hours and 45 minutes long
0:31:58 > 0:32:01so I'll probably be slightly dead by the end of it.
0:32:03 > 0:32:06'Braille does take longer to read.
0:32:06 > 0:32:08'There's much more of it.
0:32:08 > 0:32:11'To give it a bit of perspective on this,
0:32:11 > 0:32:16'a pocket-sized French dictionary was 32 volumes long.'
0:32:18 > 0:32:21'Prelims are really important to me because I need to be able
0:32:21 > 0:32:24'to prove to everybody that I made the right decision
0:32:24 > 0:32:26'when I picked five Highers,
0:32:26 > 0:32:31'and that it wasn't a humungous mistake on my part.'
0:32:33 > 0:32:35'I want all As.
0:32:35 > 0:32:38'I'll be disappointed with anything less.'
0:32:50 > 0:32:53This is us arriving in Nigeria now.
0:32:57 > 0:32:59We are having some family time now.
0:33:11 > 0:33:15Weddings in Nigeria are really, really big.
0:33:17 > 0:33:24Everything they wore and the way it was all set up was just amazing.
0:33:29 > 0:33:32'People were quite shocked at how we had all turned out,
0:33:32 > 0:33:36'cos they would have thought I'd be all proper Scottish
0:33:36 > 0:33:39'and they loved the fact that I was still...
0:33:40 > 0:33:43'..I still had my Nigerian self in me.'
0:33:44 > 0:33:46That's basically the wedding done now,
0:33:46 > 0:33:50all that's remaining is the wife to go back home with her husband.
0:33:50 > 0:33:54So that's my filming over and done with. Bye.
0:34:06 > 0:34:11My mum always tells me if I was to go back to Nigeria I'd be surprised
0:34:11 > 0:34:14with the amount of kids that can cook, and I never believed her,
0:34:14 > 0:34:17I just thought it was a way to get me to start cooking.
0:34:17 > 0:34:20But when I went back, everyone could cook,
0:34:20 > 0:34:23and I got a bit embarrassed when they were like,
0:34:23 > 0:34:26"Can you cook?" and I was like, "Not really. I can make noodles."
0:34:26 > 0:34:29And I tried making noodles and I burnt it,
0:34:29 > 0:34:31so that was quite embarrassing.
0:34:31 > 0:34:35So that's what has, like, made me want to cook more.
0:34:36 > 0:34:39She likes eating, so she must learn how to make it.
0:34:41 > 0:34:44Have you told them the name of the chicken you're going to make?
0:34:44 > 0:34:48- Peppered chicken. - In our language, we call it suya.
0:34:49 > 0:34:51Yeah, in Nigeria, suya.
0:34:55 > 0:34:57It's cold.
0:35:01 > 0:35:03I will leave you to it.
0:35:05 > 0:35:08I don't really know what I'm doing, but...
0:35:13 > 0:35:16I always classified myself as British.
0:35:16 > 0:35:20"I'm not Nigerian any more, I'm only Scottish,
0:35:20 > 0:35:23"I'm British, I'm only from here."
0:35:23 > 0:35:25But going back, I'm not.
0:35:25 > 0:35:30I'm still Nigerian. I miss the place.
0:35:30 > 0:35:35But I've picked up how to be a woman
0:35:35 > 0:35:38and just be mature, I'm more mature now.
0:35:40 > 0:35:43Yeah, I'm more mature, I've grown up.
0:36:00 > 0:36:02SHAVER BUZZES
0:36:02 > 0:36:05I think that's about me. Ready. I'm off to take over the world now.
0:36:05 > 0:36:09- Give me a ring when you find out. - Yes, I will do.
0:36:11 > 0:36:14Tonight's the announcement of who has won the election,
0:36:14 > 0:36:17who's going to be the MSYP for West Dumfries and Galloway.
0:36:17 > 0:36:21I think I've done as much as I can do to able to win.
0:36:22 > 0:36:24I'll write a list of thanks first
0:36:24 > 0:36:28and then I'll go about the rest of it. So, who should I thank?
0:36:28 > 0:36:30I hope you're going to thank your mum in this speech.
0:36:30 > 0:36:33What am I thanking you for again?
0:36:33 > 0:36:36- Driving.- OK.- Being your mum. Supporting you.
0:36:36 > 0:36:40Brother and sister? Nah.
0:36:40 > 0:36:46My siblings, Mum, Castle Douglas High School. Thank the whole school.
0:36:48 > 0:36:52I think at the moment I'm feeling slightly less confident
0:36:52 > 0:36:55cos I'm getting closer to the final event.
0:36:55 > 0:36:59It's 40 minutes until it starts and then it'll be all over,
0:36:59 > 0:37:04a couple of months of work will be either ruined or it'll pay off.
0:37:24 > 0:37:27I don't care. As long as I win. If I don't, I'll be gutted.
0:37:37 > 0:37:39Good evening, ladies and gentlemen.
0:37:39 > 0:37:44In the first round, David Blain, 223.
0:37:44 > 0:37:47Sam Glendinning, 239.
0:37:49 > 0:37:51And David White, 244.
0:37:51 > 0:37:58In round two the number of votes cast were David White, 373...
0:38:00 > 0:38:04..and Samuel Glendinning, 435.
0:38:05 > 0:38:08On that basis, I hereby declare
0:38:08 > 0:38:11that Samuel Glendinning has been duly elected.
0:38:11 > 0:38:13APPLAUSE
0:38:21 > 0:38:24- Hello. I'm a bit shocked. - LAUGHTER
0:38:24 > 0:38:29First of all, I'd like to say thank you to my parents,
0:38:29 > 0:38:32my friends, and the staff and pupils...
0:38:33 > 0:38:37Gutted. I'm feeling absolutely gutted.
0:38:37 > 0:38:40It doesn't really matter, coming second, I just still don't get it.
0:38:40 > 0:38:42APPLAUSE
0:38:46 > 0:38:48- Oh, well.- Never mind.
0:38:50 > 0:38:53David, you should apply for a job at Screwfix.
0:38:53 > 0:38:57No, I don't think Screwfix is going to be right.
0:38:57 > 0:39:00I don't think it's the end of me going into politics
0:39:00 > 0:39:02cos there's still a lot of things I can do.
0:39:02 > 0:39:04It's just a little bump in the road.
0:39:04 > 0:39:06'You don't get everything you go for,'
0:39:06 > 0:39:08which is why I go for lots of things.
0:39:11 > 0:39:16'I'll put up on Facebook to say I'm sorry I haven't been able to win.'
0:39:16 > 0:39:18They'll probably be a bit disappointed too but,
0:39:18 > 0:39:21you know, there's nothing I can do about it.
0:39:27 > 0:39:31If you're pausing to get a tear, I'm not going to cry!
0:39:35 > 0:39:38LAUGHTER
0:39:54 > 0:39:58I think they were song lyrics about someone being heartbroken
0:39:58 > 0:40:00and someone else leaving them,
0:40:00 > 0:40:05and how that every day was just a torment of memories.
0:40:05 > 0:40:08And I think one of the things they said was time passes
0:40:08 > 0:40:11but not fast enough, and that was one of the things in the song,
0:40:11 > 0:40:14and I was like, that's so sad, so I wrote it down.
0:40:17 > 0:40:20They don't really reflect me as a person,
0:40:20 > 0:40:23although there is the whole depression thing.
0:40:23 > 0:40:27Especially living over here, its quite easy to sit here
0:40:27 > 0:40:31and, like, it's so sad and lonely.
0:40:33 > 0:40:35It's just the place and it affects you,
0:40:35 > 0:40:37just the fact that you're not close to anyone.
0:40:37 > 0:40:39I went to a psychiatrist and they were like,
0:40:39 > 0:40:42"You're depressed." And I was like, "OK."
0:40:43 > 0:40:47'People think depression is you just crying in your room occasionally,
0:40:47 > 0:40:51'and loads of people don't actually understand what it really is,
0:40:51 > 0:40:54'despite the fact it's such a big thing.
0:40:54 > 0:40:56'It's just cos of a chemical imbalance in your brain
0:40:56 > 0:40:58'and everything, you just do think of yourself'
0:40:58 > 0:41:03as sometimes occasionally worthless. You're like, "Why am I here?"
0:41:03 > 0:41:07At some points it's really bad, other points it's OK,
0:41:07 > 0:41:10it's manageable, sort of under the surface.
0:41:10 > 0:41:13At this age, you can't really be like...
0:41:13 > 0:41:17There has been good times, cos I've had depression for, like...
0:41:17 > 0:41:20I've been properly majorly depressed for about a year,
0:41:20 > 0:41:24but it's sort of been there for two or three years,
0:41:24 > 0:41:26so you can't really look back and be like,
0:41:26 > 0:41:28"I remember when I did this, though."
0:41:28 > 0:41:31Because a couple of years back, I was seven.
0:41:31 > 0:41:34Maybe if you did have something good to remember,
0:41:34 > 0:41:39something to cling on to, that might help.
0:41:39 > 0:41:42But again I'm not sure cos it's not happened to me yet.
0:41:50 > 0:41:55I think young people are more prone to mental disorders
0:41:55 > 0:41:58or depression cos they're more vulnerable than adults,
0:41:58 > 0:42:00they have less experience with things,
0:42:00 > 0:42:02and they haven't built up coping mechanisms
0:42:02 > 0:42:04to deal with these kind of things.
0:42:06 > 0:42:07It's kind of...
0:42:09 > 0:42:14..a reflection on the pressure society puts on people
0:42:14 > 0:42:18my age and the expectations that they feel they have to live up to.
0:42:18 > 0:42:21'I get to a point where I can't take any more
0:42:21 > 0:42:24'and I just start lashing out.
0:42:24 > 0:42:27At that point, I don't care what I do,
0:42:27 > 0:42:32it's one of them moments where you turn off and cause carnage,
0:42:32 > 0:42:36and you don't care what happens until afterwards,
0:42:36 > 0:42:38when you have a look at what you've done.
0:42:38 > 0:42:43I am one of those people who eats more with stress
0:42:43 > 0:42:47and that has shown in my weight, and that doesn't make me feel very good.
0:42:47 > 0:42:51I don't know if it's just the teenage sort of phase,
0:42:51 > 0:42:55but I hate the way I get sort of either totally emotionless about
0:42:55 > 0:43:00something or really emotional and upset about stupid little things.
0:43:00 > 0:43:03Yeah, my experience is definitely hormones all over the place
0:43:03 > 0:43:07and emotions all over the place, and I really hate it, I can't stand it.
0:43:08 > 0:43:14# Are you moving much too fast?
0:43:14 > 0:43:19# And the good times that just don't last
0:43:19 > 0:43:22# If you're always on the go
0:43:25 > 0:43:28# Make an angel in the snow
0:43:29 > 0:43:32# And freeze
0:43:35 > 0:43:41# Do you feel like you're stuck in time?
0:43:41 > 0:43:46# For ever waiting on that line
0:43:46 > 0:43:49# If nothing ever moves
0:43:51 > 0:43:55# Put that needle to the groove
0:43:56 > 0:43:59# And sing... #
0:43:59 > 0:44:02I get bored really easily, so if I'm not motivated to do something,
0:44:02 > 0:44:04I'll be bored doing it.
0:44:04 > 0:44:06If you try a lot of things then you're bound to get some of them.
0:44:06 > 0:44:09And you'll eventually find the thing you like most.
0:44:09 > 0:44:13If you end up doing something you don't like, you won't have any fun.
0:44:13 > 0:44:16If you're not having fun, what's the point?
0:44:19 > 0:44:22# Is it a dream keeping you awake?
0:44:24 > 0:44:29# Is it the stillness that makes you shake?
0:44:29 > 0:44:31# If you need to know for sure
0:44:34 > 0:44:38# What's on the ocean's floor
0:44:38 > 0:44:40# Just sink
0:44:42 > 0:44:47# Are there dark parts to your mind?
0:44:47 > 0:44:51# Hidden secrets left behind?
0:44:53 > 0:44:56# Where no-one ever goes
0:44:57 > 0:45:01# When everybody knows
0:45:02 > 0:45:04# It's all right... #
0:45:13 > 0:45:15I forgot my lucky pen.
0:45:18 > 0:45:20'What's happening over there in Nigeria
0:45:20 > 0:45:26'has changed my opinions about how things are here.'
0:45:26 > 0:45:30With the kidnapping and bombings that have been going on in Nigeria,
0:45:30 > 0:45:35any one of those girls would do anything to get a proper education,
0:45:35 > 0:45:39'so I'm not going to take my education for granted
0:45:39 > 0:45:43'while others are wanting what I've got.
0:45:43 > 0:45:46'I have promised myself, by the start of fifth year,
0:45:46 > 0:45:49'all the way until the end, I will stick into school'
0:45:49 > 0:45:55and I will make my attendance above 90% no matter what.
0:45:57 > 0:46:01It will be hard for me but I have to do it.
0:46:01 > 0:46:04It's a promise and I don't break my promises.
0:46:15 > 0:46:18'In my prelims, I've done as well as I hoped,
0:46:18 > 0:46:20'that's four As and a B.
0:46:20 > 0:46:22'I would've preferred five As,
0:46:22 > 0:46:25'but I was only 2% off getting the fifth A in physics.'
0:46:26 > 0:46:30It's given my argument that I'm able to do five Highers more weight,
0:46:30 > 0:46:33and I'm really chuffed about that.
0:46:36 > 0:46:40That doesn't mean I'm going to completely slacken off
0:46:40 > 0:46:43and think that's it, I know there's a lot more work to go.
0:46:43 > 0:46:47But I feel in a better place, I feel a lot more relaxed.
0:46:54 > 0:46:57Thank you.
0:46:57 > 0:47:01'We've come to Glasgow because a band, As It is, that we love,
0:47:01 > 0:47:04'are going to be playing live.'
0:47:06 > 0:47:09Cities are fun-er than where I live. More happens.
0:47:16 > 0:47:18My mum was like, "OK, you can go shopping,
0:47:18 > 0:47:21"but meet up at this place, at this time.
0:47:21 > 0:47:24"Meet up every once in a while." She'll call every once in a while
0:47:24 > 0:47:27and be like, "Are you dying or are you OK?"
0:47:27 > 0:47:31It's like, "Yes, we're fine, please let us continue shopping."
0:47:31 > 0:47:36- Oh, my!- Whoa!- Oh, my God!
0:47:37 > 0:47:42'She'll take us to the gig and stuff, take us back from it.'
0:47:42 > 0:47:44And we've got freedom but not so much freedom
0:47:44 > 0:47:46that we can go absolutely crazy
0:47:46 > 0:47:49and wake up in someone else's house or something.
0:48:02 > 0:48:05This is a sponsored toilet cycle.
0:48:06 > 0:48:11'We are cycling pretty much a Portaloo on wheels 66 miles
0:48:11 > 0:48:13'to raise money for toilets in Kenya.
0:48:21 > 0:48:24'Uphills are a bit hard cos you've got so much weighing you down.
0:48:32 > 0:48:35'On a scale of one to ten of crazy things I've ever done,
0:48:35 > 0:48:37'I think this is probably about a seven.'
0:48:39 > 0:48:42- Cattle grid!- Oh, no!
0:48:43 > 0:48:46HIS TEETH CHATTER
0:48:46 > 0:48:48- Are we OK?- Yeah.
0:48:48 > 0:48:50THEY CLAP
0:48:54 > 0:48:56That's a pretty good fire.
0:48:56 > 0:49:00- I'm going to do it with a rock. - That you smash like a monkey.
0:49:04 > 0:49:07We estimate we've raised about £600 so far,
0:49:07 > 0:49:10which is enough to pay for one pit latrine,
0:49:10 > 0:49:13which is quite good, and we hope to raise a bit more.
0:49:16 > 0:49:20'Doing these things tries you and tries what you're made of,
0:49:20 > 0:49:22'and helps you see what you're capable of.
0:49:23 > 0:49:26'You get a great sense of achievement.'
0:49:31 > 0:49:35Two groups have a turn now, we're the second group,
0:49:35 > 0:49:40and it started raining on our turn, and it's not stopped since.
0:49:42 > 0:49:45We have been drenched but your skin's waterproof,
0:49:45 > 0:49:48so you can't get any wetter when you're wet.
0:49:51 > 0:49:53He just overtook us! Not very nice.
0:49:57 > 0:50:01'I think I am someone who has aspirations to become
0:50:01 > 0:50:04'something bigger than what they are now.
0:50:04 > 0:50:07'Quite a lot of excitement about the future,
0:50:07 > 0:50:09'I'm excited to see how everything will turn out
0:50:09 > 0:50:11'with my ambitions and dreams.
0:50:11 > 0:50:14'I think about what I'm going to do when I'm older,
0:50:14 > 0:50:16'who I'd like to be, what mountains I'd like to climb.'
0:50:19 > 0:50:21THEY LAUGH
0:50:21 > 0:50:25We've cycled 66 miles. Give me your money.
0:50:25 > 0:50:27THEY LAUGH
0:50:27 > 0:50:29Nicer than that, Sam!
0:50:31 > 0:50:33Thank you.
0:50:38 > 0:50:41You're looking for your tactile paving.
0:50:41 > 0:50:44- Can you feel it?- Yeah.
0:50:44 > 0:50:46And your pedestrian crossing is at your left.
0:50:48 > 0:50:50- We've got this traffic going.- Yeah.
0:50:50 > 0:50:54It's all one way, coming from my left.
0:50:56 > 0:50:58- That's it spinning.- Brilliant.
0:50:59 > 0:51:03Today is all about building up a mental map of town
0:51:03 > 0:51:06and learning a few of the shops,
0:51:06 > 0:51:10which I'll build on over a number of sessions.
0:51:11 > 0:51:14Big slabs and then feel this, yeah?
0:51:14 > 0:51:18- It goes cobbled.- I was eight when I started to lose my sight,
0:51:18 > 0:51:21and no eight-year-old, seven, six, anything younger,
0:51:21 > 0:51:24pays attention to where their mum drags them around shopping.
0:51:24 > 0:51:27And they don't care.
0:51:27 > 0:51:29But now I'm at the age where I do want to be doing things
0:51:29 > 0:51:32by myself, and I want to have that freedom, so I do care.
0:51:33 > 0:51:36It will be really nice to come into town
0:51:36 > 0:51:38when my friends aren't available,
0:51:38 > 0:51:41or when I don't want them to know what I'm getting them
0:51:41 > 0:51:43for birthday presents.
0:51:43 > 0:51:46Or I might just come in for a wander and enjoy the freedom.
0:51:46 > 0:51:49OK. I'm going to kick back, right.
0:51:49 > 0:51:51Ready when you are, Natalie.
0:51:53 > 0:51:59'I think I was the right kind of person to lose my sight,
0:51:59 > 0:52:02'in terms of I'm quite determined
0:52:02 > 0:52:07'and I was once described as emotionally resilient.
0:52:07 > 0:52:09'I think that's probably true.
0:52:10 > 0:52:13'I'm probably quite a happy person on the whole.'
0:52:25 > 0:52:27So you're looking forward to going to college?
0:52:27 > 0:52:29Aye, I cannae wait.
0:52:30 > 0:52:33- This is just a year's course you've got, isn't it?- Aye.
0:52:33 > 0:52:38- That's good, it'll be handy to have a mechanic in the family.- Aye.
0:52:40 > 0:52:44I want to try one year to see how it works around you as well.
0:52:44 > 0:52:47To see how I can still do my caring role.
0:52:47 > 0:52:51So, do you think you'll stay at home while you're at college?
0:52:51 > 0:52:55- Probably. If that's all right? - Of course.
0:52:57 > 0:53:00I want to move out but if I was to go and I got a phone call
0:53:00 > 0:53:05saying Mum's in hospital and she's done something worse than usual,
0:53:05 > 0:53:09I think I'd feel more so it's my fault because I've not been there.
0:53:09 > 0:53:11I've been like, "I want to go and live my own life, see you later."
0:53:11 > 0:53:13And that's me away.
0:53:13 > 0:53:18I don't want that to stop you from doing what you need to do.
0:53:18 > 0:53:22Sometimes I do feel guilty that you haven't had the childhood
0:53:22 > 0:53:27that you could've had, if I didn't have anything wrong with me.
0:53:27 > 0:53:29But that cannae be helped.
0:53:31 > 0:53:34- It's been hard sometimes, though. - We get through it.
0:53:34 > 0:53:38- But we make a good team, don't we? - Aye.
0:53:38 > 0:53:43We work together and it just makes life easier for both of us.
0:53:44 > 0:53:47I'm always going to be here, I'm never going to go anywhere.
0:53:47 > 0:53:53I maybe willnae be next door but I won't be too far away.
0:53:54 > 0:53:56That's good to know.
0:54:07 > 0:54:11# I'm not a vampire but I feel like one
0:54:11 > 0:54:15# I sleep all day because I hate the sun... #
0:54:15 > 0:54:17You need to remember to remind me about the tickets.
0:54:17 > 0:54:19If you forget the tickets...
0:54:19 > 0:54:21- They're right there. - SHE LAUGHS
0:54:21 > 0:54:25I've managed to get eyeliner everywhere but where it's needed.
0:54:25 > 0:54:28I don't really mind that my mum's taking me down or anything.
0:54:28 > 0:54:30She said it's a dodgy neighbourhood.
0:54:31 > 0:54:35- Is it?- She said it looks like a dodgy neighbourhood.- Oh, well.
0:54:35 > 0:54:39There's a higher chance that something bad will happen.
0:54:39 > 0:54:43- Like dying.- Like death or like drugs.
0:54:43 > 0:54:46There will be a higher chance of drugs in dodgy neighbourhoods,
0:54:46 > 0:54:49stuff like that. I've never taken any.
0:54:49 > 0:54:55I've got friends who do drugs but I don't really want to do drugs.
0:54:55 > 0:54:59I don't want to end up having my whole future taken away from me
0:54:59 > 0:55:03- because I get high. Or something like that.- It's really stupid.
0:55:05 > 0:55:08If you see a drug dealer, punch them.
0:55:08 > 0:55:11"If you do drugs, you will get pregnant and die!"
0:55:11 > 0:55:13THEY LAUGH
0:55:13 > 0:55:17"You're not allowed a boyfriend till you're 18...and out of my house!"
0:55:17 > 0:55:23I never got that one. I got, "Ida, are you interested in anyone?"
0:55:23 > 0:55:27"Er, no! Let's not have this conversation."
0:55:30 > 0:55:34I shall inform my mother of the fact that we're now leaving.
0:55:47 > 0:55:50- Are you all excited?- Yes!
0:55:57 > 0:56:01- Glasgow! - CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:56:02 > 0:56:06I regret to inform you that every single person in this band
0:56:06 > 0:56:09has made a very big mistake in their lives. We grew up.
0:56:09 > 0:56:13Growing up sucks. I don't know if you know that, but just don't do it.
0:56:13 > 0:56:15This goes out to everyone under 18.
0:56:15 > 0:56:18- Stay young. Enjoy it while you can. - CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:56:18 > 0:56:21This song is called Gone Years.
0:56:21 > 0:56:23SCREAMING AND APPLAUSE
0:56:26 > 0:56:27MUSIC
0:56:36 > 0:56:39MUSIC FADES
0:57:03 > 0:57:07I think "never grow up" basically means keep your mentality.
0:57:07 > 0:57:11Like, don't let society destroy your youthfulness,
0:57:11 > 0:57:14your creativeness, all the things that schools...
0:57:14 > 0:57:16- Your energy.- Your energy.
0:57:16 > 0:57:20All the things that schools crush, don't let them crush it.
0:57:20 > 0:57:22Everything that you have in your youth,
0:57:22 > 0:57:24keep it on until your adult life,
0:57:24 > 0:57:26because that's what will make you amazing.
0:57:56 > 0:57:59We've heard that the parents need to be together to raise a child
0:57:59 > 0:58:03but I'm sure we all understand a relationship isn't always
0:58:03 > 0:58:06good for somebody and often relationships aren't
0:58:06 > 0:58:09as nice and sweet and fairy tale as we imagine.
0:58:11 > 0:58:14I can actually remember the first time that I kissed her.
0:58:14 > 0:58:17And it was the best kiss of my life.
0:58:20 > 0:58:22Focus on the positive and just attack it.
0:58:22 > 0:58:25Life isn't coming for me,
0:58:25 > 0:58:29I'm coming for it and I'm coming for it as hard as I can.
0:58:29 > 0:58:31MUSIC: "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Paul Anka
0:58:31 > 0:58:34# With the lights out It's less dangerous
0:58:34 > 0:58:37# Here we are now Entertain us
0:58:37 > 0:58:41# I feel stupid and contagious
0:58:41 > 0:58:46# Here we are now Entertain us
0:58:46 > 0:58:49# A mulatto, an albino
0:58:49 > 0:58:53# A mosquito, my libido... #