Inspiring view of myself
I remember staring at a poster in biology class while at school. The image was of two people at the top of a mountain overlooking a beautiful scene. The statement at the bottom read: “Where you have been to, is not nearly as important as where you are going.” My fascination with it hadn’t gone unnoticed; the teacher saw me looking at it, took down the poster and said, “have it, Sharon. And know whatever you do, you will succeed, as you have the personality to take you anywhere”. I was in complete awe of Ms Mitchell and thought, wow – what a statement! Especially as a typing teacher a few days previous had told me that the only place good enough for me when I left school was the dole queue. I was 15 and about to leave school with no idea what I wanted to do.
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