Meet The Stringers

Yrsa, 11

What do you want to be when you grow up?

“High school professor in psychology. I want to go to Harvard University. They have a really good psychology programme. My grandfather’s brother went to Harvard so I want to follow in his steps. It’s my only goal in life.”

Favourite food:

“Bónus lasagna is my favourite thing and pasta with ketchup.”

Hobbies:

“I’m singing in a band. You can look it up, the name is Spotlight. We have a music video.”

Brynja, 12 fun of someone, you find solutions in the circle, like saying sorry, asking for a hug, talking about it or so on. It really works for children, and even for teenagers. We think it might even work for adults.

What do you want to be when you grow up?

Mental health:

We would do something about kids’ mental health issues. For example, we would have a day once in a while in school where you can do whatever you want. If you’re tired you could go to sleep, or if you wanted to be on your iPad watching YouTube, you could.

Misc.:

We would ban selling pizza with pineapple on it — or wait, we actually don’t all agree with that!

A disclaimer from Maggi:

“I want to work in a juvenile correction center or be a criminal psychiatrist. It’d be fun to be a criminal psychiatrist. I could go to Cambridge for college, which is probably not gonna happen. I just want to know what it’s like to work there and make it better for them because many kids go to very bad correction centers.”

Hobbies:

“I really like painting and drawing, but that’s really basic. Everybody loves that.”

Magnús, 14

What do you want to be when you grow up?

“I wanna work in film or TV. But probably as a writer.”

Hobbies:

“I don’t really have hobbies. I just do things I want to do on a huge scale. I really just think of ideas in my head, and I find ways to express them.”

Eldlilja, 15

What do you want to be when you grow up?

“I think I want to be an actor, a journalist, a director or something. I would love that.”

Favourite food:

Kids are thinking the most about the environment, while adults are ruining the planet! We’re trying to make our futures bright, but the adults are ruining it!

We would take away all the plastic from the ocean — right now! And we would stop plastic production — with the exception of plastic straws and plastic spoons, because the paper ones really suck. But you would have to recycle that plastic. With the used plastic straws and spoons, we would you can just push a button and make it. There are people that spend hours working on their art and practicing their technique. AI art is less valuable than all that work.

Conflict resolution:

We would instill the Solution Circle in every kindergarten and elementary school. The Solution Circle is like a system to help kids figure out what to do when they have conflict with each other. For example, if kids are making

I actually shouldn’t be a member of parliament, because I don’t think I know enough about the issues. So I actually don’t think I know any better than Icelandic politicians — but at least I can admit it.

“Homemade pizzas. They’re amazing.”

Hobbies:

“I love acting, sewing, doing things with my hands and making art. Oh, and Taekwondo!”