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Time is ticking…
It’s almost the end of term.
 It’swealmost
But before the end
end the year, oflike
I would term.
to present
to you some statistics, facts and events.
Meet Jack – your average student:

Born: 8 January 1997 (age 16)

 So far, Jack – just like you,
this academic year has:

• 38 weeks
• 190 Registrations with your Tutor
• 950 lessons
• 12.6 hours having ‘Break’
• 31.6 hours having ‘Lunch’
We will come back to Jack later…
 Facts: British population…

According to the 2011 census,

the total population of the
United Kingdom is around
63,182,000.

You would need to multiply

Greig City Academy 52,651 times!
 The average British person:

The United Kingdom has an

extremely high literacy rate
(99% at age 15 and above).

This means 631,820 people cannot read.

 The average British person:

About 40% of British students

go on to post-secondary education.

Academic year All Students

998,658
2011/12 2,496,645 study after
school
2010/11 2,501,295

2009/10 2,493,415
The average British person lives:
 Between now and the age you leave school (at 18 years old):

Year 9

From this week in July 2013 to, Friday, July 14, 2017
Result: 4 years, 6 days.

Alternatively time units

• 2,112,480 minutes
• 35,208 hours
• 1,467 days left at school.
• 209 weeks
 Between now and the age you leave school (at 18 years old):

Year 7

From this week in July 2013 to, Friday, July 26, 2019
Result: 6 years, 17 days.

Alternative time units

• 3,179,520 minutes
• 52,992 hours
• 2208 days left at school.
• 315 weeks
 In a lifetime, it is predicted you will:

• Spend 18 minutes every week cleaning their teeth.

• This means you will brush your teeth for 1,248 hours.
• This is 2 full months (24hrs) non-stop brushing.
In a lifetime, it is predicted you will:

Be caught on
CCTV camera
300 times a day
 In a lifetime, it is predicted you will:

The average person swallows

8 spiders a year while asleep.”
 In a lifetime, it is predicted you will:

If you worked for 20 years, your average salary

would be £39,000.

That’s approximately £1,560,000 in earnings over

40 years...
 Once in a
lifetime event:
Olympics
Queen’s Jubilee: 1952-2012
Queen’s Jubilee: 1952-2012
Iconic pop-
stars
Disasters
Disasters
Disasters
Amazing life stories
Amazing
life
stories
Recognise this?
Fred Perry
Wimbledon
 Fred Perry

Country: Great Britain

Born: 18 May 1909- Stockport, England.
Died: 2 February 1995 (aged 85)
Turned professional: 1936
Retired: 1956

Fred Perry won three consecutive

Wimbledon Championships from 1934 to 1936
Fred Perry - 1936

http://safeshare.tv/w/DymOYpboHV (Start and play until 1min 10secs)

 77 years since last British
Wimbledon champion…

This is about:
• 4-5 times longer than you have been alive.
• 2-3 times longer than I have been alive.
• 2,926 weeks in school.
• 73,150 lessons!

• You have currently been in school between

950 – 4,750 lessons.
Andy Murray
 Andy Murray
Country: Great Britain
Born 15 May 1987 - age 26
Ranked as the World No. 2
and is the British No. 1.
Australian Open Final
(2010, 2011, 2013)

French Open SF (2011)

Wimbledon W (2013)

US Open W (2012)
Now, back to Jack – your average student:
This is Jack Andraka.
He is 16.
Just like you, he has spent the amount
of time same at school.

• 38 weeks
• 190 Registrations with your Tutor
• 950 lessons
• 12.6 hours having ‘Break’
• 31.6 hours having ‘Lunch’
Jack Andraka – your average student:

Due to his love for Science:

He became an international
sensation by inventing a
cheap and accurate
pancreatic cancer sensor.

He was just 15.

 Remember the name: Jack Andraka

He wrote 200 letters to

college professors, before 1
person took him seriously.

His sensor has proved to be 99.9% per cent accurate,

28 times faster,
28 times less expensive,
and over 100 times more sensitive than current tests.
Each test costs between 4-6p.
Remember the name: Jack Andraka

http://safeshare.tv/w/rzYTPnXjGU - play for 45secs

 It’s almost the end of term.
The reason I talk to you about time is this…
It’s almost the end of term.

You have 6 weeks

ahead of you…
It’s almost the end of term.

42 days
1008 hours
60,480 minutes
What couldtheyou
It’s almost learn
end of term. in
an hour?
 What could
It’s almost you
the end do
of term.

in 3 hours?

The time it took Murray to

win Wimbledon…
 What could
It’s almost you
the end do
of term.

in 1000 hours?

The time it took Jack to

invent his test for cancer…
 It’s almost the end of term.
This is the time you have…

42 days
1008 hours
60,480 minutes

Use it wisely…
To finish, a moment in history.

Andy Murray

http://safeshare.tv/w/aXZlsZwkhK