Katriona O'Sullivan
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
I'm here to get educated.
And the pleasure...
of learning that I was good at this, kept me going.
Getting marks, proving myself wrong, the feeling that I wasn't very clever, traveled with me my whole life.
And then all of a sudden, I'm in this big, beautiful college and I'm getting first class marks.
And that is addictive and wonderful.
So that kept me going as well.
The fact that I could do it.
But did you have to keep that edge, the F them edge, you know?
So like the access program is great as well because you can go back to them.
So they're like an anchor.
So when you come in like you did, Claire, you didn't come in through that route.
So generally now when people come in from underserved communities, they do have to link with the access office.
And then there's kind of like staff there that are there to help you.
That's it.
There's a support network there.
So I could pop back.
And go, I hate these.
Or, you know, I don't feel good enough.