Jensen, 15, plays soccer, basketball, tennis, table tennis, and cricket. He is a member of Somerset Cricket Club.

He has many awards for a variety of different sports including football, basketball and cricket.

He said he would most like to meet Michael Jordan because "he is the greatest basketball player and a great role model. He is a great athlete and shows great leadership qualities''.

Jensen, who is on the honour roll, is thankful to God for giving him a good family.

He said he is also grateful to his parents for bringing him up the way they did.

He said he was brought up with good moral values and because of this he is responsible and makes good choices.

Jensen wants to become a doctor because he enjoys helping people.

The well-rounded student sees violence as society's main problem.

And he attributes the violence to "people's mentality''.

"People need to change their mentality in order for the violence to stop,'' Jensen said.

And he warned that Bermuda could become another New York or Los Angeles in the next 15 years if the violence doesn't stop.

"There will be no control over what is coming into the Island,'' he said.

"It will be hectic. Government won't have control over what is happening.'' If the violence stops, he added, Bermuda could return to the way it was 15 years ago.

People would be able to leave their doors unlocked and do things without being afraid, Jensen said.

On a more upbeat note, Jensen said if he had a ticket to anywhere in the world he would go to Africa because he would like to see how the people there live and he would like to see where his ancestors came from.

Jensen -- who enjoys listening to Bone Thugs and Harmony and watching Fresh Prince -- suggested that Government build a recreation centre on the Base when the United States Navy leaves later this year.

Anyone could go there to relax, he said. And there would be sporting facilities and a place to watch television.

Jensen believes this would get school kids off the streets.

"If we had somewhere to go we wouldn't stand around doing nothing,'' he said.

Jensen recalled that the best day of his life was when he scored the winning goal at the school soccer finals.

He said the worst day of his life was when he was running to catch a bus after school and slipped as he was going down a grass bank.

"Everyone was laughing at me,'' he recalled.

Jensen has one sister Arlita and a dog named Snuggles.

Interview by KRISTY WARREN JENSEN BASCOME