Were you encouraged and inspired at school ? Home?

Not by school. I went to a grammar school but was very middle-of-the-road, I didn’t shine at anything. No one paid me any particular attention. Career options were basically teacher, nurse, secretary. In the event I did well in exams and I was told ‘could be university material’. Too late, I’d decided on another path by then.

I left the same year and much the same experience. We had a careers advice afternoon, which was useless. I ended up working in a bank which I hated.
I wanted to be a nurse but was discouraged by my parents as they thought it wasn't right for me as I had asthma.
When my daughter told me she wanted to nurse I gave her all the encouragement I could to do what she wanted and is now a nurse.