0:00:23 > 0:00:26'Filmed over a year, all over Scotland...
0:00:26 > 0:00:31'..these two films are a snapshot of our lives.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33'We 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 > 0:00:53'Your parents expect you to act like an adult,'
0:00:53 > 0:00:58but they'll still treat you, and see you, as a child.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01There's an overwhelming sense that the future is coming,
0:01:01 > 0:01:03it feels always unstable.
0:01:03 > 0:01:07You are making life decisions here.
0:01:12 > 0:01:14'It's a big year for us.
0:01:14 > 0:01:15'For all of us.'
0:01:26 > 0:01:30Older people probably look down on our generation
0:01:30 > 0:01:35and think that we just know absolutely nothing.
0:01:35 > 0:01:39People have a stereotypical image of us which makes them think
0:01:39 > 0:01:42they can't trust us with bigger responsibilities.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45I guess at this age you think of so many great things and
0:01:45 > 0:01:48so many fantastic ideas,
0:01:48 > 0:01:52but you kind of think that now's not my time.
0:01:52 > 0:01:54But now SHOULD be our time.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00My name is Kieran.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05I'm an international trapeze artist.
0:02:05 > 0:02:09I have travelled the world and hold the record for the highest
0:02:09 > 0:02:12and longest bike ride on a high wire.
0:02:13 > 0:02:18Obviously, that's not strictly true,
0:02:18 > 0:02:21because I don't like heights.
0:02:21 > 0:02:25But that's not to say I couldn't be a trapeze artist
0:02:25 > 0:02:27if I wanted to.
0:02:27 > 0:02:31I was brought up with the belief that there's no such word as "can't".
0:02:35 > 0:02:39'I live in Wick. It's a very peaceful place...
0:02:39 > 0:02:44'unlike my house, thanks to my three excitable brothers.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49'The house can be hectic, to say the least...'
0:02:49 > 0:02:51Ewan!
0:02:51 > 0:02:53'..but I wouldn't change it for the world.
0:02:56 > 0:03:00'Sport is one of the most important things in my life.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03'Without it, life would seem pretty dull.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08'My hero is David Weir.
0:03:08 > 0:03:15'He's a man who can do things in a chair I didn't think were possible.
0:03:15 > 0:03:19'Sometimes when I'm lying in hospital and not feeling very well,
0:03:19 > 0:03:24'I think to myself, "David's got through this, so I can, too."'
0:03:28 > 0:03:30- Yes!- Ssh!
0:03:32 > 0:03:34I demand a recount.
0:03:34 > 0:03:38Matt! Matt, cut. They must never see this!
0:03:38 > 0:03:42The people must never witness this!
0:03:46 > 0:03:51This one here, John, who's behind the sofa, is evil.
0:03:51 > 0:03:56After I share all my sweeties with you, this is the thanks I get.
0:03:56 > 0:04:00Exactly. I am your big brother, it's in my contract.
0:04:00 > 0:04:07Most of the time we are all very happy, and it's blissful,
0:04:07 > 0:04:11and there's, like, angels flying about the house
0:04:11 > 0:04:16most of the time. We just shooed them off before you got here.
0:04:16 > 0:04:21I'm the big brother, I'm supposed to protect them and everything.
0:04:21 > 0:04:27I love them and I want to help them in any way it's possible to
0:04:27 > 0:04:32help them, so I do feel kind of responsible in some ways.
0:04:32 > 0:04:37Oh, I missed a shot there. Sorry, getting off track.
0:04:37 > 0:04:43But it's really good, I enjoy living with Mum and Dad and everyone.
0:04:46 > 0:04:47We're happy.
0:04:49 > 0:04:55I think the best aspect of a family is the unconditional love.
0:04:55 > 0:04:59Like, you may feel very alone at times, you may lose
0:04:59 > 0:05:04all your friends at school, but you'll always have your family.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07I think all families are unique in the way that they go about
0:05:07 > 0:05:09dealing with each other and helping each other,
0:05:09 > 0:05:12but I think they have one thing in common, though,
0:05:12 > 0:05:15that all brothers and sisters naturally hate each other.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20The worst part of a family is probably having to deal
0:05:20 > 0:05:24with them, cos immediate family living with you,
0:05:24 > 0:05:25you're with them all the time.
0:05:28 > 0:05:33The most annoying thing about my parents?
0:05:33 > 0:05:36How long does this documentary have to be? Erm...
0:05:38 > 0:05:42The most annoying thing about my parents is the nagging,
0:05:42 > 0:05:48the constant nagging of, "Do this, do that, don't do this, don't do that."
0:05:48 > 0:05:52Definitely the "do your homework now" speech.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55They say I'm messy.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57I don't know where they got that from.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14'My name is Margot.
0:06:15 > 0:06:20'My one biggest hope for the future is to become an actress.'
0:06:20 > 0:06:21She is a woman,
0:06:21 > 0:06:25her eye fixed on the shadow of her solitary ambition...
0:06:25 > 0:06:29'But thinking about the future scares me to death, because I know
0:06:29 > 0:06:32'I've chosen a hard path, especially considering where we live.
0:06:32 > 0:06:38'We moved to the Isle of Skye about ten years ago.'
0:06:38 > 0:06:40Come on!
0:06:40 > 0:06:41'It's crazy saying that,
0:06:41 > 0:06:44'as I still don't feel like I've fully settled here.
0:06:44 > 0:06:49'Skye is a wonderful place, in many ways, like the gorgeous views
0:06:49 > 0:06:51'and the freedom of the outdoors.
0:06:51 > 0:06:55'I mean, I get to look out my window and see ocean
0:06:55 > 0:07:02'and hills, which is amazing, but I guess it's just not for me.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07'The longer I live here, the more I realise how drawn I am to the city.
0:07:07 > 0:07:12'School's OK, for now.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15'I know as a kid, I watched those American high school films
0:07:15 > 0:07:18'and expected to have thousands of friends,
0:07:18 > 0:07:20'and get a boyfriend instantly and go on holiday all the time, but
0:07:20 > 0:07:26'that is completely not what it is, which was disappointing to find out.'
0:07:30 > 0:07:31That was pretty good...
0:07:31 > 0:07:34This is my drama class, and everyone just now is
0:07:34 > 0:07:38practising for their exam plays, which we have in a month.
0:07:38 > 0:07:40We've prepared our play already,
0:07:40 > 0:07:45because we are entering our piece into a competition,
0:07:45 > 0:07:48and we are performing it later on this week at the Aros Theatre.
0:07:48 > 0:07:52I guess what I like about drama, is I prefer being someone
0:07:52 > 0:07:56else in a whole other reality world, whatever,
0:07:56 > 0:07:59whether it's fictional or not.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02It's more fun than being myself.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05I'm not completely satisfied with the way my life is just now.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20The rumour was that I was a lesbian.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23It wasn't the rumour that affected me,
0:08:23 > 0:08:26because I kind of felt like saying, "So what if I am? Do you have
0:08:26 > 0:08:28"a problem with that? It's got nothing to do with you."
0:08:28 > 0:08:33The thing is, I couldn't say that, because I wasn't.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36I used to have kids go past me, with their tops over their nose,
0:08:36 > 0:08:40and I heard people say, "Don't breathe the lesbian's air!"
0:08:40 > 0:08:41and stuff like that.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43And that's what annoyed me,
0:08:43 > 0:08:45cos I thought, "Why are you being like this?"
0:08:48 > 0:08:52'Once rumours catch on, people make them bigger than they actually are,
0:08:52 > 0:08:54'and it just kind of escalates, and that's what happened to me.'
0:08:58 > 0:09:04Occasionally, there are crazy rumours that go around the school,
0:09:04 > 0:09:07and you sit there and you're, like, "What are you talking about?!
0:09:07 > 0:09:09"This never happened!"
0:09:09 > 0:09:12I think gossip is common in schools, because everyone is
0:09:12 > 0:09:17so closely packed - you can have 600 people within 100 square metres,
0:09:17 > 0:09:21and within that, it's easy to spread rumours from one end of the hall
0:09:21 > 0:09:25to the other, and within that, 600 people will know about it.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28It's all fun and games talking about someone behind their back
0:09:28 > 0:09:31and getting in on rumours
0:09:31 > 0:09:34and telling your friends what you've just heard, until you're the one
0:09:34 > 0:09:38people are talking about. Then that's when it gets serious and horrible.
0:09:38 > 0:09:42'People tend to be cruel towards things
0:09:42 > 0:09:46'that they don't understand.'
0:09:46 > 0:09:51If you don't understand something, then it's easier to mock it.
0:09:51 > 0:09:56Some people wanting to feel good about themselves,
0:09:56 > 0:10:01means to them that they have to make other people feel worse.
0:10:01 > 0:10:05Teenagers can be very horrible, and it's difficult to deal with,
0:10:05 > 0:10:07but there's not much that can change that.
0:10:16 > 0:10:18'My name is Gaelan.
0:10:20 > 0:10:22'I live in small village called Mossbank,
0:10:22 > 0:10:25'which is in the northeast mainland of Shetland.
0:10:25 > 0:10:31'It's pretty remote, but growing up here has been a good experience,
0:10:31 > 0:10:34'though that's not to say it's always been easy.
0:10:34 > 0:10:38'My dad was a veteran from the first Gulf War
0:10:38 > 0:10:42'and he came back suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45'And then when I was seven, my mum had a major stroke
0:10:45 > 0:10:48'and collapsed at the bottom of the stairs.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50'I remember finding her there and not knowing what to do.
0:10:50 > 0:10:54'Those kind of things have had a big impact on myself
0:10:54 > 0:10:57'and my two brothers.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59'I left school as soon as I could.
0:10:59 > 0:11:01'Sitting at a desk just wasn't for me.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03'I have to be doing something productive.
0:11:03 > 0:11:05'It's what I've always enjoyed.
0:11:05 > 0:11:09'I'm an apprentice joiner. I get £3.52 per hour, which is
0:11:09 > 0:11:12'a couple of pence more than the minimum wage.
0:11:12 > 0:11:14'It's a fairly decent wage,
0:11:14 > 0:11:17'considering I'm learning things as I go along.
0:11:17 > 0:11:21'There are a few downsides of living up here, like the buses.'
0:11:21 > 0:11:23All right, Rory?
0:11:24 > 0:11:27I've still not been paid yet, so it'll be tomorrow or Wednesday.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29Cheers!
0:11:29 > 0:11:33'Everything is based in Lerwick, the main town in Shetland.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36'It's about 30 miles away, and about an hour or so on the bus.
0:11:38 > 0:11:42'I've been saving up for a motorbike, so that when I turn 17
0:11:42 > 0:11:44'I won't be so dependent on the buses.'
0:11:48 > 0:11:52Rory has very, very kindly let me on for free until I get my money.
0:11:52 > 0:11:56He's always said if I'm ever short, then just tell him,
0:11:56 > 0:11:59and he'll let me off that time and I will pay him back when I can.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01I mean, none of us like debt,
0:12:01 > 0:12:03but it's just one of those things that happens.
0:12:03 > 0:12:09When I get my bike, that'll mainly be for getting to and from work on site.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12My mum and dad are quite supportive of me getting a bike.
0:12:12 > 0:12:16Dad's got a few bikes himself and he used to ride them a lot
0:12:16 > 0:12:18when he was younger.
0:12:18 > 0:12:23Dad's all for it and he's even saying that he'll pay for lessons.
0:12:25 > 0:12:27The only problem with living up in Shetland
0:12:27 > 0:12:29is the fuel prices tend to be higher
0:12:29 > 0:12:32than some of the other places down south.
0:12:32 > 0:12:34At the moment, money is a little bit tight.
0:12:38 > 0:12:42Ah, I definitely worry about money all the time.
0:12:42 > 0:12:47I don't think it's the main thing. To have friends and family
0:12:47 > 0:12:51around you is much more important than having millions of pounds.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54It's true that money doesn't make you happy,
0:12:54 > 0:13:00but a lack of it does make life harder.
0:13:00 > 0:13:04I was ten when the recession hit,
0:13:04 > 0:13:10so I've never really grown up having great amounts of money,
0:13:10 > 0:13:15so I think that's matured me and made me a lot more aware
0:13:15 > 0:13:20of how important it is to day-to-day life and how careful you need to be.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23Money doesn't take you as far as you think when you're younger.
0:13:23 > 0:13:27I thought £100 would get me really, really far.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29I've never been more wrong in my life.
0:13:29 > 0:13:34So what I've basically learnt about money is that it controls everything,
0:13:34 > 0:13:37it controls what you can and can't do,
0:13:37 > 0:13:40and basically sets limits on your life.
0:13:50 > 0:13:51'My name is Amy Jo.
0:13:51 > 0:13:56'I've been in love with flying for as long as I can remember.
0:13:56 > 0:14:00'I've always wanted to be a pilot, but more specifically,
0:14:00 > 0:14:04'I would like to fly fast jets in the RAF or the Navy.
0:14:04 > 0:14:09'I can't imagine doing anything more amazing.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11'I'm learning to fly gliders
0:14:11 > 0:14:14'and I'm hoping to go solo this year.
0:14:14 > 0:14:18'I don't talk a lot at school,
0:14:18 > 0:14:21'and as a result, I think people see me as a bit of a loner.
0:14:21 > 0:14:25'That's the difficult side of being a teenager,
0:14:25 > 0:14:27'the social and emotional side.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32'I just wish it was all a little bit more linear.
0:14:40 > 0:14:47'I don't think that life has meaning, I just think we're here by some
0:14:47 > 0:14:52'accident or chance, and if there is a meaning to life then
0:14:52 > 0:14:55'that suggests that someone created the Earth and everything on it.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58'I just don't find that feasible.
0:14:58 > 0:15:02'But then, how can you really know, I suppose?
0:15:02 > 0:15:04'You can only really debate it.'
0:15:09 > 0:15:13I call upon Amy Jo to continue the case for side opposition.
0:15:13 > 0:15:14Hear, hear.
0:15:16 > 0:15:19Now, we hear all along, up and down this table,
0:15:19 > 0:15:22that the father clearly is going to not take any time off -
0:15:22 > 0:15:25he's going to be at work all the time
0:15:25 > 0:15:28if he's not forced into taking time off.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31But we don't see that this is an issue, as such.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34We see fathers DO take time off.
0:15:34 > 0:15:37Sometimes the father will be the main person who looks after the child
0:15:37 > 0:15:38and the mother won't be.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41That topic's hard, because personally,
0:15:41 > 0:15:44I sort of agree with it halfway.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47When I was younger, it was my mum that did all the work and my
0:15:47 > 0:15:51dad stayed at home all the time with me, so certainly I know it works.
0:15:51 > 0:15:56We've heard that the parents need to be together to raise a child,
0:15:56 > 0:15:58but we don't always see this as a necessity.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00Often, I'm sure we all understand,
0:16:00 > 0:16:03a relationship isn't always good for somebody, and that often,
0:16:03 > 0:16:08relationships aren't as nice and sweet and fairy-tale as we imagine.
0:16:08 > 0:16:13I'm going to be talking about the main extension now...
0:16:14 > 0:16:17'Last year, after my third-year exams,
0:16:17 > 0:16:21'my mum had a funny mental health phase.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24'It was just horrible, because she didn't want to see us, she didn't
0:16:24 > 0:16:28'want to speak to us. I didn't know what was going on, because my dad
0:16:28 > 0:16:34'wouldn't really tell me. He's not brilliant at telling people emotions.
0:16:34 > 0:16:38'My mum had been taken into a mental hospital at Stracathro.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41'I just felt as if I was completely collapsing in on myself.
0:16:41 > 0:16:44'Just the world had fallen away from me.
0:16:44 > 0:16:46'With the whole depression thing,
0:16:46 > 0:16:50'that's not something that just comes on.'
0:16:50 > 0:16:52It's horrible to know that your own parents
0:16:52 > 0:16:55haven't really been telling you the whole story.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57# Right before my eyes
0:16:57 > 0:17:01# I saw the whole world lose control
0:17:01 > 0:17:04# The whole world lost control
0:17:04 > 0:17:09# Before my eyes, uh-huh... #
0:17:09 > 0:17:13'I've never felt as devastated as I was then, and I just remember'
0:17:13 > 0:17:19I just cried and I pretty much didn't stop until the next morning.
0:17:19 > 0:17:24# ..I can't take this any more It breaks my mind, uh-huh... #
0:17:24 > 0:17:27I'm still not sure if it was the right decision they made,
0:17:27 > 0:17:31to split up, but it is what it is just now,
0:17:31 > 0:17:33and I just have to deal with it.
0:17:42 > 0:17:48To some people, a normal family might be real,
0:17:48 > 0:17:51but in my opinion, I don't think it is, cos I think everybody's
0:17:51 > 0:17:55got something different going on at home.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58I know that when parents split up, young people can be massively
0:17:58 > 0:18:02affected by that, but I remember
0:18:02 > 0:18:06when my parents split up, I didn't really care that much.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09They weren't happy with each other,
0:18:09 > 0:18:12so it made sense for them to separate.
0:18:12 > 0:18:14If two people aren't happy in a marriage,
0:18:14 > 0:18:17why cause a fuss over them leaving?
0:18:17 > 0:18:21Everything starts with your basics, and if your family,
0:18:21 > 0:18:26being your most basic place, is not stable, then you're going
0:18:26 > 0:18:30to have a very, very hard time making everything else stable.
0:18:30 > 0:18:33It can impact different people in different ways,
0:18:33 > 0:18:36but it's hardly ever a positive impact.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39'Hi, I'm Gregor.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46'I live in Kilmarnock in East Ayrshire.
0:18:50 > 0:18:54'I live with my mum, my brother and one of my two older sisters,
0:18:54 > 0:18:57'and her daughter, Anwin, who's 18 months old.
0:18:59 > 0:19:03'We're a very, very close family, and I do love them all, equally.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10'When I was younger it used to always get to me, the fact that
0:19:10 > 0:19:15'I wasn't sporty, geeky or cool. I didn't fit in with the cliques.
0:19:17 > 0:19:21'You see it in American high school movies all the time,
0:19:21 > 0:19:25'you've got the jocks and the Goths and people like that.
0:19:25 > 0:19:27'I'm one of the kids in the music department.'
0:19:27 > 0:19:30# Sometimes in our lives
0:19:30 > 0:19:35# We all have pain We all have sorrow
0:19:35 > 0:19:39# But if we are wise
0:19:39 > 0:19:43# We know that there's always tomorrow
0:19:43 > 0:19:47# Lean on me when you're not strong... #
0:19:47 > 0:19:51'Now I'm musical, so I have a place to fit in,
0:19:51 > 0:19:55'and a place to have friends, and a place to be myself.'
0:19:55 > 0:19:59# ..somebody to lean on... #
0:19:59 > 0:20:03My mum wants me to go on and get a fantastic education,
0:20:03 > 0:20:08she wants me to go to uni, but I want to do something with music.
0:20:08 > 0:20:11# Lights will guide you home... #
0:20:11 > 0:20:14'We've got a big show with the music department coming
0:20:14 > 0:20:17'up at the end of the year, which we're all really excited for.'
0:20:17 > 0:20:22# I will try to fix you... #
0:20:22 > 0:20:25Sounding good, guys!
0:20:25 > 0:20:27I like to think I've got a lot of friends at choir.
0:20:27 > 0:20:29Yeah, I definitely do.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32And that's another thing that's just great,
0:20:32 > 0:20:35being able to go there and not be judged at all and make new friends.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43'My relationship I've recently started up
0:20:43 > 0:20:49'is with a very, very close friend. My best friend, a girl called Megan.'
0:20:49 > 0:20:52# A teenager's romance
0:20:52 > 0:20:54# Is fickle or true... #
0:20:56 > 0:20:58We grew in closeness,
0:20:58 > 0:21:01then...
0:21:01 > 0:21:03you know how it is.
0:21:09 > 0:21:13'It's like, you used to hear fairy-tale stories of two kids
0:21:13 > 0:21:15'growing up together and then...
0:21:15 > 0:21:19'getting split up apart and then meeting each other further on in life
0:21:19 > 0:21:21'and then getting married.
0:21:21 > 0:21:23'And the first kiss is amazing.
0:21:23 > 0:21:27'I can actually remember the first time that I kissed her.'
0:21:27 > 0:21:30And it was...it was THE best kiss of my life.'
0:21:30 > 0:21:33# Keep saying you love me
0:21:34 > 0:21:36# And they'll look upon... #
0:21:37 > 0:21:39She's like a princess to me.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42Like, she really is. She only deserves the best,
0:21:42 > 0:21:45and that's what I hope I can give to her.
0:21:45 > 0:21:52# A teenager's romance that goes on and on. #
0:21:56 > 0:21:58"Oh, my God, I really, really, really
0:21:58 > 0:22:01"want a boyfriend who treats me amazingly!"
0:22:01 > 0:22:04And I'm like, "Yeah, that's not going to happen."
0:22:04 > 0:22:08Girls are the worst thing about being a teenager.
0:22:10 > 0:22:12They're so stressful.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15Trust and understanding,
0:22:15 > 0:22:20I think that's the only way to have a good relationship.
0:22:20 > 0:22:23Yeah, being in a relationship's nice,
0:22:23 > 0:22:27but I think they should actually grasp what it really is
0:22:27 > 0:22:33before rushing headlong because of some One Direction song.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35At the moment, I don't particularly see the point in it.
0:22:35 > 0:22:38I mean, I know other people do, but I don't want to be sitting
0:22:38 > 0:22:43there being heartbroken, rather than focusing on what really does matter.
0:22:51 > 0:22:53'There's a little thing at the moment,
0:22:53 > 0:22:56'and he's older than me, he's a year above me,
0:22:56 > 0:23:01'and I really like him, and he's told me he likes me as well.'
0:23:01 > 0:23:03I love spending time with him,
0:23:03 > 0:23:06we've had lunch a few times recently, which I was really
0:23:06 > 0:23:09happy about, cos he asked me and I didn't have to ask him.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11And all my friends were, like, "You should ask him!
0:23:11 > 0:23:14"You should ask him! He'll say yes." But I didn't want to,
0:23:14 > 0:23:17cos I've never experienced anything like that.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20'I've never liked anyone as much as I like him.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23'And I've never even contemplated going out with anyone,'
0:23:23 > 0:23:26like as a choice, I've never wanted to go out with anyone,
0:23:26 > 0:23:28but I can see myself going out with him,
0:23:28 > 0:23:31but I don't know what he's thinking right now.
0:23:34 > 0:23:38'A lot of kids are in relationships at my school.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40'A lot of girls have older boyfriends,
0:23:40 > 0:23:43'like, girls in the year below me will have boyfriends in the year
0:23:43 > 0:23:47'above me, and a lot of kids my age have had sex, for example.'
0:23:51 > 0:23:56My first time...was...too early.
0:23:56 > 0:24:03Erm, I can now look back and say I wasn't...I wasn't ready for it,
0:24:03 > 0:24:07and it was a wee bit too serious for the stage I was at.
0:24:07 > 0:24:12Oh, I am not sure how to answer that one. I don't know.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14Do I have to answer that one?
0:24:16 > 0:24:21Er...my sex life is for me to know and you to find out.
0:24:21 > 0:24:23Or maybe not.
0:24:23 > 0:24:28I'm 15. I don't know what I think about sex yet.
0:24:28 > 0:24:34Having sex at a young age is stupid, but other than that, that's fine.
0:24:34 > 0:24:41Unless you're not married, and I believe in sex after marriage.
0:24:41 > 0:24:45Neither of us were expecting it to go that far, to be honest,
0:24:45 > 0:24:48but yeah, it was enjoyable.
0:24:48 > 0:24:53Sex is something that I kind of cringe away from.
0:24:53 > 0:24:57It's not something I like talking about very much.
0:24:58 > 0:25:02Sex is necessary for the survival of the human race.
0:25:10 > 0:25:13Come to my woman's breasts and take my milk for gall,
0:25:13 > 0:25:16Wherever in your sightless substances You wait on nature's mischief.
0:25:16 > 0:25:17Come, thick night,
0:25:17 > 0:25:19And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of Hell...
0:25:19 > 0:25:21Remember it!
0:25:21 > 0:25:23And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of Hell...
0:25:23 > 0:25:26And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of Hell...
0:25:26 > 0:25:27That...no...
0:25:27 > 0:25:29No.
0:25:29 > 0:25:31Almost there, though.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34Can you come and help me set up the stage, please, everybody?
0:25:34 > 0:25:37We are doing our play tonight.
0:25:37 > 0:25:41The competition aspect of it is really exciting,
0:25:41 > 0:25:45and the judge coming just adds more pressure.
0:25:46 > 0:25:50So I'm playing Lily Morgan,
0:25:50 > 0:25:54who is a very dull, stupid girl,
0:25:54 > 0:25:59and the whole play is basically about me trying to convince
0:25:59 > 0:26:02people that I CAN play Lady Macbeth.
0:26:02 > 0:26:06Everyone's trying to convince me not to go up for the part,
0:26:06 > 0:26:11and it's kind of transforming from a really dull boring character
0:26:11 > 0:26:14into kind of a version of Lady Macbeth.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17THEY WHISPER
0:26:22 > 0:26:27"She is a woman, her eye fixed on the shadow of her solitary ambition."
0:26:27 > 0:26:30- D'you know who wrote that? - Why are you doing this, Lily?
0:26:30 > 0:26:33Coleridge! Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
0:26:33 > 0:26:37"Her eye fixed on the shadow of her solitary ambition."
0:26:37 > 0:26:41Lily is a very ambitious character, and wants to get everything
0:26:41 > 0:26:44she wants, and wants everything to go her way, and that's like me.
0:26:44 > 0:26:49- Thou would be...- Lily!- Why can't for bloody once can't it be me?!
0:26:49 > 0:26:50LAUGHTER
0:26:50 > 0:26:52Oh, Lily.
0:26:58 > 0:27:00- It went so well!- I'm so happy!
0:27:00 > 0:27:03- It went really quick as well. - I know.
0:27:03 > 0:27:06- I'm so proud of you. - Did you like it?
0:27:06 > 0:27:08Oh, my God, it was really brilliant.
0:27:08 > 0:27:12I was getting drinks at the bar, and everybody was going,
0:27:12 > 0:27:14"Are you the mother?!"
0:27:14 > 0:27:16"Yeah! That's my girl!"
0:27:16 > 0:27:18I'm just happy I didn't forget my lines.
0:27:18 > 0:27:22My darling! I'm so proud of you, cherie!
0:27:34 > 0:27:39'Cerebral palsy is a condition that basically starts
0:27:39 > 0:27:46'when not the right amount of oxygen gets into your brain
0:27:46 > 0:27:49'during, kind of, being born.
0:27:55 > 0:27:59'I don't like it when people sit there and go, "Oh, it's Kieran,
0:27:59 > 0:28:02"he's the guy with the chair."
0:28:02 > 0:28:07I'm hoping people will see that the chair doesn't define me,
0:28:07 > 0:28:09- I- define me.
0:28:12 > 0:28:19Let's see if you've improved your driving. It's a tight corner.
0:28:19 > 0:28:20Up round...
0:28:20 > 0:28:23Wahey! You got it this time.
0:28:23 > 0:28:26You did well, my Padawan.
0:28:28 > 0:28:30It's good to see so many happy smiling faces,
0:28:30 > 0:28:33especially all of our children.
0:28:33 > 0:28:36Must be a very special day today - Kieran's got a tie on.
0:28:39 > 0:28:45'Religion, I think, is a big part of all our lives up in Wick.
0:28:45 > 0:28:50'Pretty much everyone goes to church, it's a kind of ritual,'
0:28:50 > 0:28:54get your... As we call it in Wick, get your fancies on, like your
0:28:54 > 0:29:00fancy tops and your fancy jeans and everything and just go to church.
0:29:00 > 0:29:03- ALL:- # Then sings my soul
0:29:03 > 0:29:06# My Saviour God to Thee... #
0:29:06 > 0:29:10'Regardless of whether you're religious or not,
0:29:10 > 0:29:17'if you have faith in you as a person,
0:29:17 > 0:29:19or in a god,
0:29:19 > 0:29:25'or in anything, then you're more likely to succeed.
0:29:25 > 0:29:27'That's the way I kind of think.'
0:29:27 > 0:29:32# How great thou art. #
0:29:45 > 0:29:49'When my parents split up, I didn't know what was going on,
0:29:49 > 0:29:53'I didn't know how to deal with it, I didn't know where I was going,
0:29:53 > 0:29:59'what I was doing, and that did have quite a big impact.
0:29:59 > 0:30:03'At school I was consistently going downhill with it.'
0:30:03 > 0:30:07There was, like, literally nothing that would get me
0:30:07 > 0:30:09out of my bed in the morning apart from gliding.
0:30:09 > 0:30:13I'm ready, Amy Jo.
0:30:13 > 0:30:15OK. Cable on, please.
0:30:18 > 0:30:19Left rod up.
0:30:39 > 0:30:41'I don't know if it's a bad thing, but my life's just become
0:30:41 > 0:30:45'an endless cycle of waiting to get up in the air next time.
0:30:45 > 0:30:48'And that sounds really cheesy, but it just feels amazing when
0:30:48 > 0:30:52'you're up there, there's nothing quite like the buzz I get from it.'
0:30:58 > 0:31:01'I'm getting close to going solo flying,
0:31:01 > 0:31:03'and I've just realised that it is actually
0:31:03 > 0:31:07'a realistic thing, that I could actually fly as a career,
0:31:07 > 0:31:10'and it just feels like the world is definitely looking up.'
0:31:13 > 0:31:16She's happy when she's doing this. What more does a parent want,
0:31:16 > 0:31:19than for your child to be happy doing what they love?
0:31:22 > 0:31:25There is still that sort of panic, I do get a bit of,
0:31:25 > 0:31:28"Oh, my God, I've got to get on the ground,"
0:31:28 > 0:31:32but you can't afford to panic, cos, yeah, that's not so good.
0:31:32 > 0:31:35Nice one, Amy Jo.
0:31:39 > 0:31:43I can't wait until I can be in control of my own life,
0:31:43 > 0:31:48I can choose what I do and when I'm doing it.
0:31:48 > 0:31:53You get to that point where you feel like you need to grow up
0:31:53 > 0:31:56and you need to start making your own decisions,
0:31:56 > 0:32:00and I think a lot of people feel that way before they turn 16.
0:32:00 > 0:32:03Which can also be scary, it can also be,
0:32:03 > 0:32:08"This is something I feel I should be running to my parents for,"
0:32:08 > 0:32:13but I also know I can't always keep running to my parents for things."
0:32:13 > 0:32:16And it's learning how to gradually stand on your own two feet
0:32:16 > 0:32:17a bit more.
0:32:17 > 0:32:21Jobs are so scarce nowadays,
0:32:21 > 0:32:25and good jobs are even more scarce.
0:32:25 > 0:32:29Some teenagers are very, very enthusiastic to go and join
0:32:29 > 0:32:32the world of work, but then there's others that are, like,
0:32:32 > 0:32:36"Have I grown up too quickly? Am I going to miss being a kid?"
0:32:36 > 0:32:38MUSIC "When I Grow Up To Be A Man" by The Beach Boys
0:32:38 > 0:32:41# When I grow up to be a man
0:32:42 > 0:32:47# Will I dig the same things that turn me on as a kid?
0:32:48 > 0:32:51# Will I look back and say
0:32:51 > 0:32:54# Well, I wish I hadn't done what I did?
0:32:54 > 0:33:00# Will I joke around and still dig those sounds...? #
0:33:00 > 0:33:03Everybody's winners, everyone!
0:33:03 > 0:33:07# When I grow up to be a man
0:33:09 > 0:33:13# Will I look for the same things in a woman that I dig in a girl?
0:33:13 > 0:33:14# 14...15...
0:33:14 > 0:33:18# Will I settle down fast or will I first wanna travel the world...? #
0:33:18 > 0:33:21'The reason I left school is I just plain and simply didn't enjoy it.
0:33:21 > 0:33:24'It was boring, it was desk work, paper work, it was repeating
0:33:24 > 0:33:27'the same thing over and over and over, day in and day out.
0:33:27 > 0:33:31'I've done a lot of woodwork and I knew I enjoyed it,
0:33:31 > 0:33:33'so I thought joinery might be the path for me to go down.'
0:33:33 > 0:33:37And now obviously I am working as an apprentice joiner.
0:33:37 > 0:33:40If you look straight down on that bubble,
0:33:40 > 0:33:42it should be right in the centre.
0:33:42 > 0:33:46- Well...- No? Has it moved again?
0:33:46 > 0:33:49'It's cos the apprenticeship is part at college and part on site, so it is
0:33:49 > 0:33:54'more of a smooth transition from school, slowly eased into the world
0:33:54 > 0:33:58'of work, so we've not got this huge weight of responsibility dropped
0:33:58 > 0:34:02'onto our shoulders, and just expected to cope straightaway.
0:34:06 > 0:34:09'I think I live to work,'
0:34:09 > 0:34:13cos when I'm at home doing nothing, and I'm playing my games or whatever,
0:34:13 > 0:34:14it just doesn't feel right.
0:34:14 > 0:34:19'I enjoy work, it's one of the best and greatest parts of my day.
0:34:19 > 0:34:24And yeah, it is a way for me to move out and start being independent
0:34:24 > 0:34:27and living on my own as soon as.
0:34:27 > 0:34:29Homesies.
0:34:32 > 0:34:35'Part of me thinks I might have grown up too fast,
0:34:35 > 0:34:38'purely because of the fact that when Mum had the stroke,
0:34:38 > 0:34:40'we all had to adapt very quickly,
0:34:40 > 0:34:44'and with Dad being a Gulf War veteran,
0:34:44 > 0:34:47'and his Gulf War Syndrome and PTSD,
0:34:47 > 0:34:49'so that's affected us in growing up quickly as well.'
0:34:56 > 0:34:59Yeah, there were some things I didn't get to do,
0:34:59 > 0:35:02that I would've liked to, and I know you two blame yourselves.
0:35:02 > 0:35:05And it isn't your fault, you can't blame yourselves.
0:35:05 > 0:35:07- You're determined to make me cry, aren't you?- Yeah.
0:35:07 > 0:35:09I'm just waiting for you to cry.
0:35:11 > 0:35:13I think it's helped shape who I am today,
0:35:13 > 0:35:16and I think it's helped develop my understanding.
0:35:16 > 0:35:17I think it's made us stronger as a family.
0:35:17 > 0:35:19I think it has, yeah.
0:35:19 > 0:35:24I joke about kicking you all out the door at 16, but it's actually
0:35:24 > 0:35:28wanting to see you guys go out and live your life.
0:35:28 > 0:35:31I don't want to keep you close to.
0:35:31 > 0:35:33Kids are meant to fly the nest at some stage.
0:35:36 > 0:35:40# When I was just a little girl
0:35:40 > 0:35:47# I asked my mother What will I be? #
0:35:50 > 0:35:54'We're in Glasgow, this is my mum's house.
0:35:54 > 0:35:58'Since she's come down here, she has been a lot better.
0:35:58 > 0:36:02'Since my mum's breakdown and all the stuff in and out of hospital,
0:36:02 > 0:36:05'I've definitely learnt that you need to be more aware
0:36:05 > 0:36:09'of your mental health, because I've seen what happens when you're not.'
0:36:09 > 0:36:13So you keep saying how much you hate school, and yet you want to go into
0:36:13 > 0:36:17the Navy. Are you sure that it won't just be a replacement for school?
0:36:17 > 0:36:19Military is exciting, it's fun,
0:36:19 > 0:36:23and you get to travel the world, you get to do exciting flying,
0:36:23 > 0:36:26you get to do stuff that hopefully is going to be doing people good.
0:36:26 > 0:36:30But there's two things that worry me big time about it.
0:36:30 > 0:36:34One is that you've not actually thought through the bits
0:36:34 > 0:36:36that are not nice to think through.
0:36:36 > 0:36:37I have!
0:36:37 > 0:36:42I just want you to have thought it through so completely.
0:36:42 > 0:36:46What I wouldn't want you to do is suddenly find yourself in a position
0:36:46 > 0:36:50and think, "D'you know what? If I'd really thought about it,
0:36:50 > 0:36:54"I'd know deep down I was going into it because I want to fly,
0:36:54 > 0:36:58"not because I think that armed response is a...good idea."
0:36:58 > 0:37:01Well, I think I AM going into it because I want to fly,
0:37:01 > 0:37:03and I want an exciting life.
0:37:03 > 0:37:06But I think armed force isn't a good idea ALL the time,
0:37:06 > 0:37:08but it is necessary some of the time.
0:37:08 > 0:37:12Well, I don't know. I suppose I'm...
0:37:12 > 0:37:14Just going to have to deal with it.
0:37:14 > 0:37:16Yeah, well, yeah, of course I would.
0:37:16 > 0:37:18I very much want you to live your life
0:37:18 > 0:37:20and I don't want you to be frightened of not doing anything.
0:37:20 > 0:37:23So many people don't quite get round to living the life they...
0:37:23 > 0:37:26It's like they're saving themselves for something.
0:37:26 > 0:37:28What are you saving yourself for?
0:37:31 > 0:37:33I think there's too many yellows.
0:37:33 > 0:37:37I'd much rather have a job that makes me happy
0:37:37 > 0:37:42than a job that makes me rich and depressed.
0:37:42 > 0:37:45What excites me most about the future is,
0:37:45 > 0:37:48basically, I want to see what happens with my life, I want to know
0:37:48 > 0:37:53if I do anything interesting, I want to know what jobs I get,
0:37:53 > 0:37:57if I ever get married, like ever, or have children.
0:37:57 > 0:37:59Children scare me, though.
0:37:59 > 0:38:02Meet somebody, get married, have children.
0:38:02 > 0:38:06I guess now it happens in different orders,
0:38:06 > 0:38:10especially with my generation.
0:38:18 > 0:38:20I have made mistakes, definitely,
0:38:20 > 0:38:24although everyone makes mistakes, especially when we're teenagers.
0:38:24 > 0:38:26'And you've got to be careful with other people
0:38:26 > 0:38:29'so you don't hurt them.
0:38:33 > 0:38:37'I broke up with Megan cos there were some issues that weren't
0:38:37 > 0:38:40'getting spoken about,
0:38:40 > 0:38:44'we just thought we were living in a dream.
0:38:44 > 0:38:47'I can't remember once that we argued,
0:38:47 > 0:38:51'so when it all came up to boil, it got really messy and angry.
0:38:54 > 0:38:59'Everything's based around hormones and mad feelings
0:38:59 > 0:39:01'and stuff like that.'
0:39:01 > 0:39:05Those times that you hurt and those times that you make mistakes,
0:39:05 > 0:39:12they're heart-wrenching, in a much different perspective from what
0:39:12 > 0:39:16a parent or an adult would see as heart-wrenching, most definitely.
0:39:35 > 0:39:40It's really unfortunate that your first glimpse of what a relationship
0:39:40 > 0:39:45could be or could have been ended up in hurting you,
0:39:45 > 0:39:49because...certainly...
0:39:49 > 0:39:55love doesn't hurt. I mean, if it's love, it doesn't hurt.
0:39:55 > 0:39:56So, from...
0:39:56 > 0:39:59- Really?- Yeah. - That's not what I've heard.
0:39:59 > 0:40:03You're sounding like you're talking from experience.
0:40:03 > 0:40:10Well, everybody's experienced... you know...being...being hurt,
0:40:10 > 0:40:15whether it's a relationship or...with...
0:40:15 > 0:40:18You see that's the awkward part, that's the awkward part -
0:40:18 > 0:40:23we didn't even go out, so what do you say to people? You can't call
0:40:23 > 0:40:27him your ex, you can't say we broke up, cos it was never a thing.
0:40:27 > 0:40:30It's like that "we almost went out" phase.
0:40:33 > 0:40:36Yeah, but you are fiery and sensitive,
0:40:36 > 0:40:40so you just threw yourself into it, thinking that was...
0:40:40 > 0:40:43Listening to your heart and...
0:40:43 > 0:40:45There's more fish in the sea.
0:40:45 > 0:40:47Yeah, but there's not.
0:40:47 > 0:40:49Yeah, OK, I'm joking.
0:40:49 > 0:40:51There's not more fish on Skye.
0:40:51 > 0:40:55Maybe a few anchovies flipping around some places.
0:40:59 > 0:41:03I never thought I'd get over it, but I'm over it.
0:41:03 > 0:41:04Yeah.
0:41:04 > 0:41:07I wouldn't... I wouldn't change it.
0:41:07 > 0:41:09Cos you've learned something.
0:41:09 > 0:41:12- Yeah.- Yep.
0:41:13 > 0:41:16# Please help me mend my broken heart
0:41:18 > 0:41:24# And let me live again... #
0:41:28 > 0:41:30'Me and Megan were together for six months.'
0:41:32 > 0:41:37Obviously I felt upset and felt like...
0:41:39 > 0:41:43HE SIGHS: I don't know...
0:41:44 > 0:41:47I felt kind of lonely for a wee bit.
0:41:47 > 0:41:53It is just a teenage thing, it just happens and you get to grow up
0:41:53 > 0:41:55and you do get past it.
0:41:58 > 0:42:02She's got a new boyfriend and I've got a new girlfriend,
0:42:02 > 0:42:07and you know, I guess we're both perfectly fine with that.
0:42:14 > 0:42:16- Thank you.- You're welcome.
0:42:16 > 0:42:18'What I like about Kaitlyn is that she is way different
0:42:18 > 0:42:22'from everybody else, and she does not want to be part of the crowd.
0:42:22 > 0:42:26'There's nobody like her that I've ever met.'
0:42:26 > 0:42:29# Love, love is strange... #
0:42:29 > 0:42:32Thank you very much.
0:42:32 > 0:42:33Cheers.
0:42:33 > 0:42:38# Lot of people take it for a game
0:42:41 > 0:42:44# Once you get it
0:42:44 > 0:42:47# You're in an awful fix... #
0:42:50 > 0:42:53The best thing about being young and in love is that you are young,
0:42:53 > 0:42:58and in love, and you've got nothing to worry about.
0:42:58 > 0:43:01I'm enjoying the freedom of the holidays,
0:43:01 > 0:43:05and getting time to spend with Kaitlyn,
0:43:05 > 0:43:10and that is probably my favourite part, spending time with her.
0:43:10 > 0:43:12Thank you.
0:43:13 > 0:43:17I've managed to convince Kaitlyn to come to the music department's show.
0:43:17 > 0:43:20I really hope I don't embarrass myself too much.
0:43:29 > 0:43:31Everybody should be coming on.
0:43:31 > 0:43:34It'd be nice if the cast were awake(!)
0:43:40 > 0:43:45We've gotten to the finals, and it's out of all of Scotland,
0:43:45 > 0:43:48so we've done pretty well to get here, being one of the top
0:43:48 > 0:43:53four in the whole of Scotland, which is pretty good in itself.
0:43:53 > 0:43:56Winning would obviously be great,
0:43:56 > 0:43:59but I don't think it will bother me too much.
0:43:59 > 0:44:02It probably will, but... SHE LAUGHS
0:44:02 > 0:44:05If we don't win, then we don't win.
0:44:07 > 0:44:10'This rehearsal will give us an idea of how it will be tonight.'
0:44:12 > 0:44:15What do you mean, "this type of thing"?
0:44:15 > 0:44:17It's not you, Lily.
0:44:17 > 0:44:20- You're too...- What?
0:44:20 > 0:44:22I'm too...what, Barry?
0:44:24 > 0:44:26Don't laugh at her!
0:44:26 > 0:44:29You're too nice.
0:44:29 > 0:44:31And what did YOU say?
0:44:35 > 0:44:36Get out!
0:44:36 > 0:44:38Sorry, what?
0:44:38 > 0:44:41THEY ALL LAUGH Get out! Get out!
0:44:41 > 0:44:43We're all pretty nervous, I know I am.
0:44:43 > 0:44:46But hopefully it will come together
0:44:46 > 0:44:48before the actual performance.
0:44:48 > 0:44:50Usually the adrenaline makes it a lot easier.
0:44:50 > 0:44:53Right, are we ready?
0:44:53 > 0:44:55Yeah.
0:44:59 > 0:45:01What do you mean, "this kind of thing"?
0:45:01 > 0:45:04It's not you, Lily.
0:45:04 > 0:45:05You're too...
0:45:05 > 0:45:09What? I'm too...what, Barry?
0:45:09 > 0:45:12You're too nice.
0:45:12 > 0:45:14'This is my first time doing a lead role,
0:45:14 > 0:45:16'and I'm really enjoying it.'
0:45:16 > 0:45:19- Get out.- What?- GET OUT!
0:45:19 > 0:45:25Having a chance to show, I guess, what I can do to important people.
0:45:25 > 0:45:27Ladies and gentlemen,
0:45:27 > 0:45:32we saw four plays, all terrifically worthy in their own way,
0:45:32 > 0:45:35but there can be only one winner,
0:45:35 > 0:45:38and the winner was Hard To Swallow...
0:45:38 > 0:45:42SCREAMING AND APPLAUSE
0:45:44 > 0:45:45I'm not too disappointed.
0:45:45 > 0:45:48Pretty disappointed, but I'm not too disappointed.
0:45:48 > 0:45:49SHE LAUGHS
0:45:49 > 0:45:55In amongst all the rejection and kind of losing,
0:45:55 > 0:45:57it's still amazing,
0:45:57 > 0:46:01and I still want to be able to do this for the rest of my life,
0:46:01 > 0:46:05cos I know that acting, any profession like that,
0:46:05 > 0:46:11you have to be faced with criticism and rejection, and this is just
0:46:11 > 0:46:16the first time it's happened, so I guess I just have to get used to it.
0:46:24 > 0:46:29This is going to be amazing because now the whole world is going to see
0:46:29 > 0:46:33how amazing Wick Academy is, and I'm really looking forward to it.
0:46:33 > 0:46:36Unless they lose, then I'm denying everything.
0:46:43 > 0:46:45Here we go.
0:46:57 > 0:46:59Rain's on.
0:47:00 > 0:47:06It's a typical day for a football match, bucketing rain.
0:47:15 > 0:47:19It's local people, you know all of them, you know
0:47:19 > 0:47:21the players as well, that's the good bit.
0:47:21 > 0:47:25I think it's just the sense of a community
0:47:25 > 0:47:29coming together behind these 11 people.
0:47:29 > 0:47:32WHISTLE BLOWS
0:47:32 > 0:47:34WHISTLE BLOWS
0:47:46 > 0:47:48With a disability,
0:47:48 > 0:47:55you always kind of have that little moment where you go to your...
0:47:55 > 0:48:01As my brother would call it, a dark place, your dark place.
0:48:01 > 0:48:06But it could've been a heck of a lot worse.
0:48:06 > 0:48:11And that's what you've got to think, you've got to focus on that -
0:48:11 > 0:48:14it could've been worse.
0:48:14 > 0:48:17And I think I'm blessed to be able to do that, even though
0:48:17 > 0:48:24this doesn't work, this does, these do, kind of, and this does.
0:48:24 > 0:48:26My goodness, this does!
0:48:26 > 0:48:28Aw!
0:48:29 > 0:48:31- Yes!- Yes!- Yes!
0:48:35 > 0:48:37THEY CHEER
0:48:38 > 0:48:40Yes!
0:48:51 > 0:48:54- Glad you've got your seat belt on? - Yes.
0:48:54 > 0:49:00Seeing your local team score, I think in any sport,
0:49:00 > 0:49:05or do well in any sport, is one of the best feelings you can have.
0:49:08 > 0:49:11You're so happy that you may win.
0:49:11 > 0:49:16I don't think we did, which I was gutted about.
0:49:16 > 0:49:19We drew. Well, robbed. HE LAUGHS
0:49:35 > 0:49:39'I ain't about to let anything beat me.
0:49:39 > 0:49:44'And that's the attitude that was instilled in me.'
0:49:44 > 0:49:50You cannot let negativity bring you down the whole time,
0:49:50 > 0:49:57you've got to get up and focus on the positive and just attack it.
0:49:57 > 0:50:00Life isn't coming for me, I'm coming for it,
0:50:00 > 0:50:03and I'm coming for it as hard as I can.
0:50:10 > 0:50:15This is my not-so-beautiful 125cc bike.
0:50:15 > 0:50:20Didn't pay very much for it - there's little bits and pieces to do.
0:50:21 > 0:50:24I noticed your clutch cable's got a few cracks in it.
0:50:24 > 0:50:27It's better getting it replaced, especially up here,
0:50:27 > 0:50:29because the cracks will get water in there
0:50:29 > 0:50:31and your clutch cable will snap as you're riding.
0:50:31 > 0:50:34And it's not fun when that goes.
0:50:40 > 0:50:43It's not a bad size for you. Not a bad size.
0:50:44 > 0:50:48It's just good to have your own bike, and know that you're just getting
0:50:48 > 0:50:50closer and closer to getting a full licence
0:50:50 > 0:50:52and being able to go places yourself.
0:50:52 > 0:50:55It does mean I'm going to have to really get my bike fixed now.
0:50:55 > 0:50:58Get one of them back on the road again, we can actually go out.
0:50:58 > 0:50:59And I'm looking forward to that.
0:50:59 > 0:51:03Just a bit of bonding time, a bit of fun.
0:51:03 > 0:51:07This won't be the final look of the bike, I'll clean her up a bit,
0:51:07 > 0:51:09put flames on the side, make it go faster!
0:51:09 > 0:51:11Go-faster stripes!
0:51:15 > 0:51:17What experience do you have on a bike?
0:51:17 > 0:51:20Not too much, the last time I was on one, I was 12
0:51:20 > 0:51:23- and in a field, so not too much.- OK.
0:51:25 > 0:51:27'This is where I'm going to go for my first proper bike lesson.
0:51:27 > 0:51:30'Stevie, the instructor, is taking me.
0:51:30 > 0:51:33'He also taught my dad how to ride bikes.'
0:51:35 > 0:51:38OK, when you're ready. That's fine.
0:51:44 > 0:51:46That's fine.
0:51:46 > 0:51:47That's fine, yeah.
0:51:47 > 0:51:49Just come forward to me. OK.
0:51:49 > 0:51:52Put the clutch in, put the clutch in.
0:51:52 > 0:51:56You must mind the clutch. Start her up again.
0:51:59 > 0:52:01OK, good.
0:52:01 > 0:52:03Stop there again.
0:52:03 > 0:52:06OK, not too sharp.
0:52:06 > 0:52:08OK.
0:52:17 > 0:52:20OK, just stop there again.
0:52:21 > 0:52:22Excellent, really good.
0:52:24 > 0:52:29I'm looking forward to being able to go to places I want to go when I want
0:52:29 > 0:52:33to go to them so I don't have to rely on buses or my parents, don't
0:52:33 > 0:52:36have to plan around what they're doing, or what time the buses are.
0:52:41 > 0:52:44Getting my licence is a step forward to adulthood
0:52:44 > 0:52:46and closer to my own independence.
0:52:59 > 0:53:04- There you go.- Not funny. Do you know how unfunny you are?
0:53:06 > 0:53:09It's our production of We Will Rock You,
0:53:09 > 0:53:13this year's school musical. We've not done one in so many years.
0:53:13 > 0:53:16We Will Rock You is Queen, the musical,
0:53:16 > 0:53:19it's Queen's greatest hits all put behind a storyline.
0:53:21 > 0:53:23# I got to be cool
0:53:23 > 0:53:25# Relaxed
0:53:25 > 0:53:26# Get hip
0:53:26 > 0:53:28# Get on my track
0:53:28 > 0:53:31- # Take a back seat - Hitch-hike
0:53:31 > 0:53:34# And take a long ride on my motorbike
0:53:34 > 0:53:37# Until I'm ready
0:53:37 > 0:53:40# Crazy little thing called love
0:53:40 > 0:53:43- QUEEN: - # This thing- This thing - Called love
0:53:43 > 0:53:47- # It cries- Like a baby - In a cradle all night... #
0:53:48 > 0:53:52'Crazy Little Thing Called Love, it's a great song
0:53:52 > 0:53:57'about how love is sort of... I think it's sort of...part of life.
0:53:59 > 0:54:01# There goes my baby... #
0:54:01 > 0:54:06'My year in, let's call it romantic life, has been a bit...
0:54:06 > 0:54:09'strange and disconnected.
0:54:09 > 0:54:13'That song speaks a lot about it.
0:54:15 > 0:54:18'I would like to think that some day'
0:54:18 > 0:54:25a relationship or love will inspire me to write a proper song.
0:54:25 > 0:54:29# Nothing really matters
0:54:29 > 0:54:34# To me... #
0:54:34 > 0:54:38I feel like a lot is going on in my teenage years.
0:54:38 > 0:54:41Looking back in 10, 15 years, it'll be something
0:54:41 > 0:54:45I remember, because I'm spending time with people that I love,
0:54:45 > 0:54:48doing things that I love doing.
0:54:48 > 0:54:56ALL: # Any way the wind blows. #
0:55:05 > 0:55:09- Well done, Gregor! - Thank you, all, well done!
0:55:27 > 0:55:31'I'm going to be doing my very first solo on the hill, which is
0:55:31 > 0:55:33'Bishop Hill up there.'
0:55:37 > 0:55:38I'm just putting a parachute on,
0:55:38 > 0:55:42obviously it's an emergency piece of equipment, and you're always
0:55:42 > 0:55:45taught how to use it and you know how to bail out if you need to.
0:55:45 > 0:55:49At this point, I just sort of take myself through it, the launch,
0:55:49 > 0:55:53what could go wrong, all those things, so you're planning ahead.
0:56:02 > 0:56:06Instruments, that all looks normal, no cracks or abnormalities.
0:56:06 > 0:56:11Trim looks fine. Eventualities...
0:56:11 > 0:56:13in the case of a launch failure...lower the nose
0:56:13 > 0:56:15to recover your altitude and if possible, land ahead.
0:56:15 > 0:56:19Approach speed minimum of 55 knots going up to 60.
0:56:19 > 0:56:20OK.
0:56:20 > 0:56:23My canopy.
0:56:25 > 0:56:30OK, so just take a moment to think about your cable break options.
0:56:30 > 0:56:32- Sure.- OK?
0:56:32 > 0:56:33- Cool.- Good.
0:56:41 > 0:56:45'Launch and landing, they're the most dangerous parts of the flight.
0:56:47 > 0:56:53'All the time you're making sure your wings are level, you're
0:56:53 > 0:56:56'making sure that in the event of a launch failure you know what to do.
0:57:30 > 0:57:34'It's a great feeling just to know that people that are experienced
0:57:34 > 0:57:38'and know a lot about this trust me enough that they can give me
0:57:38 > 0:57:39'an entire aeroplane and say,
0:57:39 > 0:57:41'"Yeah you can go and do what you want with it."
0:57:49 > 0:57:51'Until you go solo, you sort of
0:57:51 > 0:57:55'don't believe it's ever going to happen, that is a big milestone.
0:57:56 > 0:57:58'Everything just feels like
0:57:58 > 0:58:02'it's going forward at a really fast pace, cos it is, really.
0:58:12 > 0:58:16'I feel it's good having the knowledge that I can be responsible,
0:58:16 > 0:58:18'I can be self-sufficient, and I can be independent,
0:58:18 > 0:58:23'before I actually go into the adult world wherever I go in that.'