INTERVIEW WITHwith M R J O H N S O N M R J O H N S O N

Q. What do you like most about Harrow Bangkok so far?

A. The students: you guys are incredible! You can go to other schools from all around the world and you don't get the same kind of enthusiasm. You don't get the recital hall absolutely filled out because of a house event You guys engage in everything. Sometimes we make mistakes. Not everyday is a good day for all students but you guys really make the place what it is.

Q Who would you say is your role model?

A. I listened to a TedTalk by Sammy Basso who has an accelerated ageing disorder so he looks 90 even though he’s 14. It’s a wonderful TedTalk where he talked about how he was still able to find happiness despite his condition, such as how he was able to design his own musical instrument to fit his needs and play in a band. It’s wonderful.

Q. Do you like playing videogames?

A. 'I have always been interested in being outside more than playing video games. I do feel like the old games were better though, you played them because you enjoyed it, the stakes were low. I remember playing Tiger Woods and Mario Kart on the Nintendo 64, since then I haven't picked up a controller!'

Q. What is your favourite show of all time?

A. Fawlty Towers. It is just really funny!

Q. What is one piece of advice you’d like to give to the students?

A. Take advantage of all opportunities, even if you’re not interested in it Even me, at 32, I feel like there are still things out there that would interest me that I haven't done, so go out there and engage with as many things as you can!

Q What’s one book you’d recommend the students read?

A. There’s this book called Factfulness which is all about statistics and how we use them, often wrongly This book confronts all those misinformations. It’s very easy to consume and I’d recommend it to anybody and I especially like the psychology aspect of it.