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Wild at heart<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t

Victor Compton<\/p>\n\t\n\t\n\t<\/div>\t\n\n[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row gap=”35″][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]Victor Compton comes alive in the bush. \u201cIt\u2019s as if my senses become heightened and I become in tune with my surroundings, especially if I\u2019m on foot.\u201d<\/p>\n

The son of Victor (1991, Churchill) from Barberton in Mpumalanga, the Grade 11 Hilton College boy loves nothing more than exploring the school\u2019s nature reserve.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve a keen eye for spotting animals in the wild, identifying trees and bird watching.\u201d<\/p>\n

A recent recipient of an Ambassador\u2019s Award for playing tour guide to a visiting professor on a trip to the nature reserve, Compton says being a good host is putting yourself out for your visitor, \u201cmaking them feel welcome and helping them find connection\u201d.<\/p>\n

Since he will find any excuse to get into the wild, he wasn\u2019t in the least bit \u201cput out\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe make time for the things we enjoy,\u201d he says. \u201cAnd the more time you spend in nature, the more you appreciate it \u2013 and the more you realise how small we are.\u201d<\/p>\n

Describing his school as being \u201clike a potjie pot \u2013 a mix of everything and everyone\u201d, he says it\u2019s good preparation for the real world. \u201cHere you live with a wide range of people, and that\u2019s where growth happens \u2013 outside your comfort zone.\u201d<\/p>\n

Compton says he doesn\u2019t fear failure. \u201cYou need to fail to grow. My father would say, learn from your mistakes or the mistakes of others.\u201d<\/p>\n

With plans to follow his father into a career in farming, Compton hopes to study at the Royal Agricultural University in Cirencester in England, before working on the family\u2019s macadamia farm.<\/p>\n

Compton grew up on stories of Hilton College and thought of the place as \u201cmajestic\u201d. As his fourth year here draws to a close, he has his own Hilton College stories to tell. They are magical and inextricably linked to the Hilton College farm and nature reserve.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”15514″ img_size=”full”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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