Laura Dowling

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would you not just stay and just sit in the class even but he was just a really lovely man even though I was a dire student like awful yeah so him and I think teachers can have such a really such an effect on you as a youngster growing up they can be that other parent that isn't a parent but that's just that overseer yeah

Yeah, I have very fond memories of many teachers, but those two would stand out.

And we don't hear enough about that, I don't think.

We just hear all the, oh, sure, look, they get three months holidays and stuff.

But my goodness, there can literally be the difference between a child being happy or not in school.

Yeah.

Well, I did pharmacy.

I chose pharmacy because I wanted to get into healthcare.

I loved science.

I loved maths and chemistry.

My mum was a midwife, so there was that healthcare aspect.

Yeah, and my brother's a doctor.

My sister's a pharmacist.

We have a black sheep in the family.

He's a pilot, but that's... We all went into healthcare except him, so three out of four...

You might as well be a pilot.

Yeah, so I chose pharmacy again because I liked the idea of working in healthcare, being patient facing and learning about health and drugs and illness, but not being a doctor because I didn't really like blood or guts.

And the idea of dissecting cadavers just didn't appeal to me.

So that's why I chose pharmacy.