Dean Lomax

I mean, the school that I went to eventually was closed down as well.

But I also am very proud to come from that area.

And I have lots of fond memories as well.

No, we didn't.

No, we didn't.

And although I always tried my best in school, I was very, very average.

And a lot of lessons could end up being disruptive.

And sometimes, as we touched upon before, some teachers, not all teachers, but some of the teachers wouldn't be so supportive as well.

I mean, one or two of them had even said, you'll never be a paleontologist.

And that was at about the age of 13 or 14.

Yeah, and that was a real problem.

So at that point, in some respect, my kind of dream of becoming a paleontologist started to fall away from me.

But it was kind of the last few weeks in school.

And I was put into one of the classes where it was kind of not the naughty children, but basically the children who the school didn't know what to do with.

And I had this supply teacher come in.

I've kept in touch, actually.

His name was Mr. Bonacorsi, Renato Bonacorsi.

And he was going around the class saying, what do you want to do?

And he came to me and I said, I want to be a paleontologist.

And he said, well, where's the best place in the world for this?