Duffy Assembly

On Monday, Paihia School had a New Zealand actor named Hayden Weal come  to talk to us about his acting life and childhood. He told us a story about when he was in school. He said that he was always getting in trouble so one day he got sent to the principal's office. When he got there he sat down and she asked him what do you want to be when you grow up?. He said I want to be an actor because he loved to watch movies and the principal said that’s never going to happen. One day Hayden was being naughty and his teacher asked him what do you want to be when you grow up?. Remembering what his principal said he didn’t want to tell her, but then he did. He simply said “I want to be an actor.” Then the teacher said “That’s great.” He then told her what the principal said. She then said “Follow me.” She took him to the library and picked out three books on how to become an actor; he read them everyday. Years later the dream that he was hoping to become came true. It turns out he acted in The Hobbit, Lord Of The Rings and was in a film with Daniel Radcliffe. I really enjoyed him talking to us because he’s shown that you don’t need to listen to negative people and keep on living up to your dreams.