AllAfrica.com – Yusuf Al-Hassan
“LIKE many of us, when he was in year nine, Melburnian Andrew Lau found school a little uninspiring. While some of us reacted to our boredom by ducking out of class and down to the local shopping centre, Mr Lau started his own web business…Now 22, Mr Lau, who’s currently studying computer and network engineering at RMIT, is one of 13 Aussie whiz kids who just took part in the Seeds of the Future program with Chinese tech giant Huawei…Mr Au said he noticed how the students from the non-English speaking countries can all speak English and lamented that there is no cohesive, national framework in Australia for languages at school. He said he’s learnt that it’s important to be outward-looking and international-looking. Many members of the group have pledged to continue Chinese lessons once they arrive back in Australia. Given how much of an economic powerhouse our neighbour to the north has become, it’ll likely come in handy.”(more)