- Hi, my name is Muychou. I'm from Phnom Peng, Cambodia.
I came to Australia in 2009
to do my high school from Year 10 to Year 12
at Rochedale State High School.
I also went on to do my bachelor degree
in Business, majoring in Employment Relations
and Human Resource Management at Griffith University.
And I'm currently doing a postgrad study,
a Masters for Health, Safety and Environmental
at Queensland University of Technology.
So, my state high school helped me to prepare for my university
by providing help and support that I need.
Because I still remember that I went to see my maths teacher
almost every day during lunchtime.
Consider that I also gave up my lunchtime,
she also had to give up her lunchtime
just to walk me through each question that I did't know.
And also not only the English teacher,
but other teachers, as well, that I went to see them,
just, you know, "Can you explain this? Can you explain that?"
And to me, I really appreciate what they've given to me.
Because I wouldn't have done so well in my study without the help.
Since from my high school to now,
I've been provided a lot of opportunities
to participate in a lot of events.
But I would like to pick only two that I feel that I get the most out of.
One is the Queensland Youth Parliament that is run by the YMCA organisation.
The second one is the Australian Youth Summit conference
that is run by ASEAN
organisation based in Melbourne.
So far that I know, there's a lot of university pathways available
through out all the state high schools in Queensland.
I really recommend to all students out there
to take the opportunity to participate in that program,
because it's a really fantastic program.
It's going to give you an idea of what the university looks like,
how does a lecture room look like,
and what is a lecturer going to be doing in the lecture room,
and how are you're gonna sit in the table, what the room looks like.
It's just so much opportunity that you can grab from there
because you kind of build a connection from there on
because you're gonna meet one of the lecturers
that's gonna be your future lecturer, or one of the staff
that you're gonna deal with a lot through your university life.
So definitely go for that program.
When I finish studying, I want to participate as a policymaker.
The reason why I want to do that kind of job
is because I believe that in order for something to happen,
in a way that
people accept the policy,
the law, is about the way you influence their belief,
their vision and their goal for the future.