By CHRIS BRAMWELL in Rotorua
While many of us struggle over planning our summer holiday itinerary, Year 12 student Caillor Woon is juggling an exam timetable that would have most of us needing six months in the Bahamas to recover.
The 16-year-old Rotorua Boys' High School student isnot only sitting NCEA at levels 2 and 3, he is also taking on scholarship exams.
And if that wasn't enough, Caillor has also just sat a rigorous eight hours of exams to win a Waikato University scholarship.
Caillor is sitting English and Japanese at level 2 and accounting, calculus and statistics at both level 3 and scholarship.
Despite dealing with all this in just three weeks he appears completely relaxed.
"I haven't found it too stressful at all and I haven't really had to study too hard. I guess I am a bit lucky," he said.
The Waikato University scholarship will pay his fees for the first year of a computer-related programme, but Caillor is not sure whether he will take it up.
"I am only 16, and also I'm not sure if I really want to study computers at uni.
"I am thinking of maybe doing business management and law," he said.
Caillor's mother Linda Woon said she was a very proud mum.
"I think it is tremendous. He has such a calm, logical approach and just doesn't seem to mind that he is doing something different from the other students," she said.
A computer-free summer ahead for Caillor? Not likely, said Ms Woon.
"Caillor is a member of a huge online community. He communicates with people from all over the world. It's part of his life."
