out of it someday.

Every Saturday he teaches a class at St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church in Smith's Parish to children who are not taught the religion in school.

Daniel, a 12th-grade student at Mount St. Agnes Academy, said he started teaching the class after his confirmation in grade eight.

"I had to pick a project to do and I choose to teach the CCD (Continued Christian Development) class,'' he explained. "I enjoyed doing it so I continued.'' Daniel says he considers his parents, who are both teachers, as his role models because "they always look out for me and make sure I do not do anything that will affect me badly''.

As a prospective educator, Daniel says he thinks most of the changes Government plans to make to the public school system are good.

"The mega high school will take strain off of the smaller high schools they have now which cannot accommodate a lot of students,'' he says.

At school, Daniel is involved in the Glee club and the student council. He also works after school as a cashier at the A1 Supermarket in Smith's Parish where he was a packer for three years before he applied for his present job.

If given the chance, Daniel says he would like to visit Spain.

"I'm taking Spanish at school and a trip to Spain would help me to learn the language better,'' he adds.

While describing himself as shy, Daniel says his motto is to try to do his best everyday.

One of his favourite sports is tennis which he used to play, but now enjoys watching on television.

Daniel also believes Bermuda's youth need to develop more positive attitudes.

However, he also feels Bermuda needs to look into providing more things which the youth would want to do, such as building a race track for those who may be interested in dirt biking but are not members of any official organisation.

"There are things the youth would like to get involved with, but there are not many opportunities to do so because the Island is so small,'' Daniel says.

Ross Perot is on the top of his list of people to meet because he would like to "find out how Mr. Perot made all of his money''.

INTERVIEW BY KRISTY WARREN