00:13so i'm james i'm 20. i'm a third year student at the london school of economics and i'm doing a
00:21degree in financial mathematics and statistics and i'm in my final year now and so i'm looking
00:27to graduate uh in june of 2027 and after that i want to go work in finance for a bit
00:33and hopefully get some experience in the private sector and then long term we'll see where we go from
00:39there lots of lots of benefits so i've gained a lot of experience in in discussing political issues
00:50and it gives me opportunity to to understand issues about my own country in a lot more detail a lot
00:56more depth and i also get to listen to people from all around the world speak about political
01:02issues and countries that i have very little knowledge about that's given me a lot more
01:06knowledge about international politics and geopolitics and i've also had the opportunity
01:11to work on international studies such as the election integrity report last year and that
01:18was a great experience and i learned i learned a lot from that i've also made a lot of great
01:23connections with people who are very experienced and have done i've had a lot of success in their
01:28life and i can learn a lot from them and then of course earlier this year i had the opportunity
01:32to
01:32go to chicago and to speak at the myers report international conference and that was a great
01:38experience as well so there really there really is quite a lot that i've been able to do and i've
01:42been
01:42able to to learn um from from from being involved with the myers report over the last two years
01:52yeah i mean like when when you're constantly discussing and debating political issues with
01:58very intelligent and experienced people then that's naturally gonna improve the way that you
02:03can view and dissect political arguments um so anyone is wanting that to improve their critical
02:09thinking skills and this is definitely um a mechanism by which you can do that
02:17uh yeah definitely um i think when you become more educated and informed on a topic you're able
02:25to speak with a lot more confidence and authority on said topic regardless of who you're speaking to
02:30and because you have more more faith in your own ability and your own knowledge and that's
02:35naturally going to translate into the way that you convey your your your thoughts and and and your
02:40positions uh yes yes always definitely yeah no i mean definitely i mean there's there's a lot of
02:50people who have a lot more experience than me um but that's not not that fact does not necessarily
02:56compromise the extent to which they've they've shown me respect and given me opportunities and and
03:01viewed me in many ways as an equal so definitely i have i've been i've been i've been i've been
03:07i've been viewed with with with a lot of respect and and i do appreciate that
03:15um definitely i think i think there's a lot of opportunity there and there's a lot of value from
03:21from being involved with the my report my report and having exposure and to lots of really interesting
03:26people um and if anyone is you know starting university and they want to get involved with
03:32and with with politics or or being just more politically aware and then i definitely recommend
03:37them to get involved with with the my report
