Muychou from Cambodia - Alumni video transcript

Student (Muychou from Cambodia): Hi, my name is Muychou I am from Phnom Peng Cambodia. I came to Australia in 2009 to study Year 10 to Year 12 at Rochedale State High School. I went on to do my Bachelor Degree in Business, majoring in Employment Relations and Human Resource Management at Griffith University. I’m currently doing post grad study – a Master of Health, Safety and Environment at Queensland University of Technology.  
My state high school helped me to prepare for university by providing help and support whenever I needed it. I still remember I went to see my maths teacher almost every day during lunchtime; consider that I gave up my lunch time and she also had to give up her lunch time to walk me through each question I didn’t know, Also, I went to see the English teacher and other teachers as well to ask them “can you explain this, can you explain that to me.” I really appreciate what they gave me because I would not have done well in my studies without their help.  
From high school to now, I have been provided with a lot of opportunities to participate in a lot of events, but I would like to pick two that I feel I got the most out of. One is the Queensland Youth Parliament run by the Young Mens Christian Association (YMCA) organisation; the second is The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Youth Summit Conference that is run by the ASEAN organisation based in Melbourne.  
So far that I know, there are a lot of university pathways available to all the state high schools in Queensland. I really recommend to all students out there to take the opportunity to participate in that program because it is really fantastic. It is going to give you an idea of what the university will look like, how the lecture room looks, what the lecturer is going to be doing in the lecture room, and how you are going to sit at the table. There is so much opportunity you can grab from that because you can build the connection from there already - you’re going to meet one of the lecturers that could be your future lecturer, or one of the staff you are going to be dealing with a lot in your university life - so definitely go for that program.  
When I finish studying I want to participate in policy making. The reason I want to do that kind of job is because I believe that in order for something to happen - that people will accept the policy, the law - is about the way you influence their belief, their vision and their goal for the future.​