Mark Turner
Age: 21
Home town: Wolverhampton
My disability: Spina Bifida
My level of mobility: Independent (Manual Chair user)
The course I am attending: Sport and Recreation Progression Award Level One and Community Sports Leaders Award.
Why I chose this course: I like lots of different sports and know quite a lot about it, I want to gain good qualifications so that I can get a career in sport.
What I hope to get out of the course: I want to find out a lot more about sport and exercise, how to keep fit and healthy, learn about the human body and I would also like to learn how to teach and coach other people about sport and fitness.
I used to be a national junior power lifter and it helped me to see lots of countries and places I maybe wouldn't have seen if it wasn't for sport, it just proves that if you work hard and believe you can do it you can achieve a lot, I would like to be able to teach other people about how sport can help them too!
My thoughts about National Star College: I think it's a good place, I could be here or sitting at home doing nothing - I'm learning a lot too. It gives me more chances to get involved in different sports and you can socialise with lots of new people too.
What I hope to do after National Star College: Hopefully I would like to work part time in sport, maybe working as a coach or working as a fitness instructor in a gym. It is also my dream to go to the Paralympics one day as a Power lifter. I would like to spend some time at home with my family in Wolverhampton and look for somewhere to live independently.