b'Names that RING A BELL It would be great to get Cristiano Scottish-born scientist Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephoneRonaldo on the phone. He is the GOAT in 1875, with the first-ever phone call taking place on March 10th, 1876,and is inspirational, not only in football, between Bell and his assistant, Thomas Watson, using a recently patentedbut also as a role model for young telephone. The first words spoken on the phone were, Mr Watson, comepeople. We could chat about how to here, I want to see you. Students in Years 7 and 8 select the person, livingbecome a better footballer, and today or from history, they would most like to get on the phone. I would ask Cristiano if he really gave his agent an island as a thank-you present.My favourite person in history to call on the phone would be Anania Fikru, Year7Pongfinity, the Finnish content creator team, consisting of Emil,Otto and Miikka who specialise in table tennis entertainment.Each person has been involved in the national table tennis team in Finland. I would ask them about performing new tricks and howthey put their challenges together. Sakithian Kareenthiran, Year 7Who would I phone? Albert Einstein of course! I really want to know about his last words actually, as The historical figure I would contact by telephone isapparently they were to his nurse in Anne Frank. During World War II, Anne Frank was aGerman (she didnt understand the young girl who wrote a diary in an attic hiding fromlanguage and was unable to repeat the Nazis. I have always wanted to know more aboutthem!). He was such an incredible her perspective and goals, and phoning her wouldperson, they must have been something surely be a moving and inspiring experience.important for all mankind. Maybe they were his last wishes, his final thoughts or just a truly awesome quote. I would chat about how she gathered the courageDo you know what I would also ask him about? I would like to know to remain so upbeat and brave in a disturbinglyif there are theories he had that he never said, or didnt have full proof violent period, when everything seemed so cruel andof, and so didnt publicise. Einstein spent the last years of his life unfair. I would tell her she is a symbol of courage andworking on ideas, so maybe I could ask him if anyone else, since he resilience, and that her words live on and are knownhas died, has had any similar thoughts.to millions of people today. Having such a chance to thank her on the phone would be wonderful as herIt goes without saying that Einstein was extremely influential and viewpoint is quite valuable.his ideas shaped the world as we know it. In our phone chit-chat, I It would be eye-opening and revealing to chat withwould ask him if he predicted any modern discoveries, or if he ever Anne Frank, to talk to someone who lived in fearimagined future technologies. It does make you wonder what he of discovery, right up until those in the attic werewould have come up with if he had had the internet.betrayed and taken to a concentration camp. It wouldIbrahim Hanif, Year 8help me to appreciate even more what I have in a land that is free.Sarb Chattu, Year 8If I could phone any person in history, I would call Boudicca, Queen of the Iceni. I really want to know what it was like being queen of her tribe and the challenges of leadership she had to face. I have often wondered how she felt when the legacy and will of her husband Prasutagus was completely disregarded by the Roman invaders, and why she decided to take action. How did it feel to organise a revolt and attack Roman soldiers? Not an easy thing to have to do Im sure, even if they were the invading enemy. Finally, at the end of my call, I would like to know how she died, as it remains an unknown cause; some historians say it was due to an illness, some say she committed suicide. That would be the substance of our telephone chat, because all we have today is speculation and guesswork, without a definitive answer or proof.Stephen Pruce, Year 814'