St Helena: Growing up on one of the world's remote islands
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ก.ย. 2024
- The BBC meets pupils at Prince Andrew School on the tiny British colony of St Helena in the South Atlantic - one of the world's most remote islands.
What is it like growing up in such a place - and do most of the children want to stay there as adults?
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learned this place existed approximately five minutes ago and, i don't know if they want me to visit but... man, i really wanna visit.
My grandad was born in Saint Helena, In the 1980's he went back home to see his family and my great-grandad. I use to me intouch with my cousin in Saint Helena ( Christina Peters, lives at Blue Hill) i would love to get in touch with all my family who are still living over there. x
I grew up on St Helena (2012-2017) I think I remember Christina Peters (although Peters is one of the most common surnames so I could be thinking of someone else)
these are some really intelligent kids!
People on this side of the world pray for the life you have with safety , cleanliness, a good sense of family and a tight community. Remember the grass always looks cleaner on the other side.
I grew up on St Helena, it is incredibly safe, there's very little disease, and it was the closest community I've ever lived in, everyone knows everyone. I wish I could go back, but it's too expensive to fly
As a youth I can understand their urge to leave, the yearning for adventure and to truly be independent and venture out to see the rest of the world. As an adult there’s a sense of longing for peace. But they’re speaking from their parents point of view about the airport being there or not, not their own.
Smart, well-spoken lad
I could live on such a beautiful island
They have no idea how lucky they are to be so far away from the madness that rule the world!!!
the madness rules that island. everybody has a car, but theyre unable to grow their own food
@@humphrex That's not true, not everybody has a car and loads of people grow their own food, I grew up there and I remember going to the farmers and buying all sorts of vegetables
My Mother was from St Helena, her mother was cape coloured from South Africa.
omg i come from a similar backround lol
Small world you two
I had a relative who was a famous surgeon on the island called Wilberforce Arnold-he was from Ireland originally. There is a statue to him. I wasn't really aware of where the island was until recently but this connection and my French one-my wife is French, have resulted in a self obsession with the island! No one has mentioned Napoleon being prisoner here and his story is quite amazing as he was well thought of by many islanders and had a very close relationship with an English girl.
It’s interesting listening to these children, who appear to be well educated and articulate that they feel change to the island maybe not the future for the islanders, but who all want to leave. However for the island to have a future it has to evolve and having the airport has to be the way forward, it doesn’t mean there will be a dramatic change, but to have an up to date infrastructure does help. I don’t know if the Saints have a link to a 6th form College in the UK for further education, but my children went to Peter Symonds College in Winchester and that was the 6th form College for the Falkland Islands children.
The girls' accents sound similar to ours in Bermuda.
I'm from Bermuda too🇧🇲
I`m English and to me they sound English but with a hint of New Zealand or South Africa.Unusual.
@@mjh5437It's like a combo of South African/New Zealand/Cultivated Aussie accent.
The accent is like Kiwi/Old American/British mix
A bit of SA too,that`s the only thing spoiling it lol
@SuicidalCoffee Its a very isolated place. Apparently it takes days to reach there, as they don't have an airport, therefore ships have to travel there for days from South Africa.
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Can I say that I am in this video, i'm the girl in the white shirt, and the Australian dude is an expat. he was here for 2 years. he's not saint so dont go by his excent. We have a dialect that not a lot of people can understand, so this is kind of our posh voices. we sound nothing like this on St Helena. We'd get teased for talking properly 'cause it's just not our way.
I saw a list of how your accent sounds somewhere on the internet, I want to sound like your orignal accent in my everyday conversation. Help!!!
the first little girl is so pretty. she looks Somalie
+precisioninstruments lol you must've been looking at guys.
They have the airport now lol this video is so long ago I wonder if those kids left the island
By the way congratulations in getting a place at the University of Hertfordshire to study Journalism. I'm guessing this will probably be your first visit to England ? Nonetheless I hope everything goes OK and you're lucky to come from a peaceful island like Saint Helena, where crime is virtually negligible. Of course living standards are very different from Saint Helena and the UK, but with your next step in gaining extra qualifications, I'm sure you'll be one step better !!
@SuicidalCoffee It sounds very similar to south african accents !!!
@LuvLady22 Well most of the inhabitants have some african and even some asian ancestory. Most young people tend to leave the island after schooling, either to work in the UK, South Africa or British colonies such as the Falkland Islands on long term contracts, possibly 10-20 years, and then when they get enough money, they come back to the island, where they either set up a business or if they worked longer, they then mostly retire.
has argentina claimed St Helena yet?
Who is original from st Helena cuz if u are who knows any Benjamin’s & George’s ?
I'm a Benjamin :)
Simon Benjamin ha I’m a George
@@joewatson3386 plenty of George's still there on the island.
Simon Benjamin yep I know
My nana is from St Helena, she moved to the UK to work and had my mum there. She is a George! Betty George. So rare to run into any other saints!
love it u all kids
Can I move there?
have you moved there? i wish to also move there.
They have internet connection, but it is extremely slow !!
This is the problem with democracy. When you give people choices they don't know what they want. It's why the ancient Greeks abandoned democracy. It caused to many arguments and civil wars. They reverted back to kingship. The people of St Helena don't know what they want. First they talked about isolation and in the next breath talked about wanting to join the outside world. ??
Ten years later and I'm still no closer to being able to visit.
The UK government is really missing a trick by not exploiting St. Helena as a tourist destination, although being a Londoner who also spent time living on the south coast of England, I'm acutely aware of the downsides of having tonnes of people descend on the place you call home.
And then Starlink arrives on the island with unlimited high speed internet...
Congrats!!! You guys already have one now! Working since 2017
it's great to live on the isolate island
2 days by Ascension Island and 5 via Cape Town
The airport is going to bring huge changes. It may be for good; it may be for bad. But, since most young people plan on leaving anyway, why care?
The reason is, they want to explore the world but, they want home to stay the same. Don't we all? It's a dilemma.
Even if you leave your home doesn't mean you don't care about it. A lot of people want to leave home when they graduate and so many of them end up coming back home in the end.
Trúth B-Spoken Yep, I know. But, without the airport, too many never come home.
Ease of passage brings in tourists; cheaper goods; permits the to and fro of islanders; boosts the economy and keeps the island alive etc.
But, it might just change 'home' beyond all recognition and rob it of its simplicity and tightly-knit community.
Therein, lies the dilemma. x
That comes from the point of view of an outsider. Bringing our ways to their island may take away from the traditional feel and essence. It is not odd for locals to not want to deal with a potential swarm of tourists. Home may not feel like home if it becomes commercialized.
Trúth B-Spoken I'm putting both points of view! I have no idea how the airport will affect the island. I have no idea whether the majority of people will see it as a benefit, or a curse.
But, it WILL affect the island, of that we can be certain.
I hope, for the people of Saint Helena, that the result will be positive.
+graceygrumble me too!
Are you moving to the island ? or is it you would like to go to that school?
A lot of saints in Falklands . Working mpa. Its not true is it some are descended from Pirates. Ole reet Matey. One used to say. Lol. True.
i was born there yay now i live in england
I believe, that one way or another, the Saints have had a raw deal from the UK government.
They are planning to build an airport on the island with flights to and from Cape Town. It will destroy the islands unique culture but at the same time boost the islanders fortunes hopefully. It is almost entirely subsidised by the UK, most jobs are public sector, wages are pitiful and prices are very expensive. I do feel sorry for the mixed emotions of these kids. Google St Helena Independent for the excellent island paper.
These kids are in their 40s now
i doubt, this post is only 8 years ago.
Prince Andrew school? They should probably change that name…
Change it to what? Pizza Express Woking?
@@andycapp5581 omg its like they are rubbing our noses with it! especially as there has been lots or historical abuse allegations on the island, epstein island, Jersey(island not the city lol).. elite who abuse sure like small islands..
@255ad are you talking about st helena? i thought thyere were no airports so how can you fly?
modelearth, a once-a-week commercial flight from Johannesburg to the new airport started a couple of years ago although it is fairly expensive.
Well, the only thing that everlasting is change...
whats the name of the guy they interviewed
do they automatically get british citizenship
All passports issued through the Government of St Helena (both biometric passports printed in the United Kingdom, and emergency passports produced locally) have the status of British Overseas Territory Citizen passport, as defined by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. As such, they are widely recognised and accepted around the world, but do not carry the privileges or entitlements of European Union membership.
Yes, The population is only 4000 so dont worry about being overwhelmed if they did migrate ffs
this is one weird place you find most of these remote islands in the world weird pitcairn is one there are so many of these little out posts I bet time stands still there wow
It's not remote. Its close to Africa and South America.
@@MrAmhara 2,000 Miles ain`t close to nowhere lol
Sargon's family
They sound bermudian
I don't think the airport is going to be built now, it's on hold.
Ann TwoShoes, a once-a-week flight from Johannesburg started a little over two years ago.
and expensive too
Another piece gaaarn
My dad is from here he is dark
Bad luck.
I wonder what my family members look like over there. I'm so curious.
Trade places with me in South Africa I beg you lol
...and outrageously expensive!
@modelearth if there was I mean
Some budding entrepreneur, who is currently getting taught at the School will come up with a solution as to ‘ how best to survive in our home ‘ ? They will come up with a solution , that no Politician has ever thought about !! The kids will sort it out !!
@ChorltonBrook I don't live on this island
@ChorltonBrook but every body there speaks perfect English, that's like every English holiday makes dream,
a hot holiday island that's only a few hours away by plane, where every body talks the same as you
255ad 😂😂😂
seeee lavvvie, chicken plou
So the young white student says if the airport is built resident of St. Helena will make .or mine to build homes, buy more food, cars, petrol and raise children. The children, young students look and sound well raised, air ports will bring more tourism, also pollution, trash etc. Here in U.S. those close to fresh food, water, land will make it if the grid is attacked, both water and electricity. The banks and on line banking will be done in. If the food fresh and otherwise is tracked in, there won't be any. So the mean will inherit the
WORLD.
Airport was only built at St. Helena so British can easily militarise it if there is outbreak of WWIII as the island will be a massive strategic outpost during a world war if suez canel trade route is bombed and blocked.
LOL ask yourself why the UK government is spending £10s millions of British tax payers money on a tiny island with 4000 population if there isnt an ulterior motive?
I know opportunities arn't that great on the island but am I the only one who thinks it's a smack in the teeth to raise a child then have them disappear out of your life at 17 for 20 years??