Jessica Watson, a 16-year old Australian, has just sailed around the world, (23,000 miles) alone and unaided.
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd described her as a true Australian hero.
“You are a hero to all young Australians, you are also a hero to all young Australian
women. You do our nation proud,” he said.
But the feisty teenager wasn’t afraid to tell him, in front of thousands of people, he was wrong.
“I’m actually going to disagree with what our Prime Minister just said. I don’t consider myself a hero, I’m just an ordinary girl who believed in her dream.” Jessica said, adding, “You don’t have to be someone special to achieve something amazing. You just have to have a dream, believe in it and work hard,” she said. “If you programme your brain, anything is possible.”
June 20th, 2010 at 7:00 pm
Very well said! She seems like a very mature young woman, and I like her philosophy.