In this interview for Dennik —a national daily newspaper in Slovakia—, now university student Michael Šeliga looks back on his secondary education and its impact on him.

In this article, he explains that he comes from a small village called Spišské Bystré in the Poprad district. Michael went to the Secondary Industrial School of Technology and Design in Poprad, majoring in mechatronics. His school allowed the students to participate in various clubs, activities and competitions.

Michael Šeliga: “I had very good teachers. Looking back, I can say that it was the best school I could have chosen. From the second year, we started creating various projects. One of which is MyMachine. It is a project in which young children from primary school come up with something, university students are tasked with processing it and designing a solution, and then high school students make it. For example, children think they want a special robot, university students design it, and if the children approve the design, high school students make the robot. I was involved in this for three years, and every year we produced a different Dream Machine. It really pushed us forward. At that time, I knew for sure that I wanted to work in technology, because it is a fantastic thing, I was fascinated by it.“

Thank you Michael for your wonderful testimony on how you perceived MyMachine, participating as a technical secondary school student.

Read the full article in Slovak here.

Read the full article in English here.