SIXTEEN AND SERIOUS

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"At the age of sixteen, most people have just started to think about the kind of job they might do when they're older. few people have gone further than that -they've already started work. Here are three sixteen-year-oldswho are already serious about their career.

SHANAZE READE: BMX champion.
Shanaze Reade is officially the best BMX rider in the world for her age. She's very serious about the sport. She didn't really celebrate her sixteenth birthday because she was preparing for the British BMX Championship at the time, and that was more important. Jamie Staff, a former BMX champion says: 'I'm sure she'll be the sport's fastest woman'. Shanaze says: 'My long-term goal is to be Olympic champion.'

RUPERT GRINT: actor.
At the age of eleven, Rupert didn't have much experience of acting. However, he went to the auditions for the first Harry Potter film and got one of the biggest roles: Harry's friend Ron Weasley. According to the film's producer, Rupert is 'a natural comedian' and has 'great instinct and talent'. Rupert says: 'I hope to carry on playing Ron and to get the opportunity to do more comedy'. Rupert was working on the latest Harry Potter film at the time of his sixteenth birthday.

CLAIRE CALVERT: ballet dancer
Claire has been a student at the Royal Ballet School in London since the age of eleven. Now sixteen, she is one of the most promising dancers at the school and has already worked with two professional ballet companies.
For Claire,the best thing about being sixteen is that now she doesn't have to live at the school -she can share a flat with her friends. The worst thing is that her body is changing as she gets older. 'That's harder as a dancer', she says,
'because your body is in the spotlight.' Claire spent her sixteenth birthday at school with her friends.

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