St Helena: Growing up on one of the world's remote islands

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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[SuicidalCoffee]

There accent is somewhat British and Australian mixed into one... weird.

[theworldvideos1]

@SuicidalCoffee It sounds very similar to south african accents !!!

[SuicidalCoffee]

@theworldvideos1 Agreed. So so confused. I didn't even know this place existed till... well.... NOW! xD

[theworldvideos1]

@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.

[LuvLady22]

Wow...I learned of St. Helena and Tristan de Cunha a couple years ago. I decided to look up more info about the islands today and found out that black slaves (some free) lived there in the early 1800s...I can see that clearly now...I thought that after almost 200 years,there would be no trace of "Africanness" on the island,but I guess not! Great video...How many students actually leave? Where do they usually go? The UK? How long do they stay away and do they adapt well?

[theworldvideos1]

@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.

[TheT33g]

@angolanchico ok youve got your opinion ive got mine sorry if i insulted you i didnt mean to peace brother

[angolanchico]

@TheT33g i was just trying to say every country has good and bad things.....image the grow populations. the island would flood , islands like these should be for military and scientific purposes in my opinion. or at least expand the islands into the ocean makin it a bid island, dubai people can do that , netherland people can do that , angolans can do that. so why brintain don even think about this?

[TheT33g]

@angolanchico tell me why england is a shithole? also these people wanna leave but i bet after being in the stress of a big city with all the dickheads and parsites they will soon wanna be back on their little island because i would soon rather live there than here

[angolanchico]

@TheT33g referring to an yearly comment.. any country is a shithole including your country, thats not the case these people wanna leave the island so why not putting on sale? these islands are not good to live in...

[angolanchico]

@TheT33g why do you say that?

[TheT33g]

@angolanchico because if angola bought it nobody would want to live there

[angolanchico]

what if angola buys St helena? british people dont give a fuck about the 3 islands in south atlantic, let angolans rule we have some good project for the islands