Thirteen Years Well Spent
What was school like for you? This podcast chats to young adults about what, from school they use in life and what they have learnt since. In the cumulative stories of real people, lets find out if school is doing as it claims - prepare young people for life.
Thirteen Years Well Spent
Latest Episodes
22 Alexis
What if someone doesn't attend school for most days from year 8 onward? Alexis didn't. Yet she is "successful" in terms of having a job that she thrives in, a family, a work ethic and a sense of purpose. In fact, she suggests that she ended up ...
21 Kayla
Negative life experiences, like being picked on in school, sometimes lead to positive attitudes like care and empathy. But if you were able to choose to have or miss those experiences, what would you choose? I wouldn't. Kayla's is a...
20 Kieran
Kieran’s story is so unnecessarily tragic!Kieran was bullied and the teachers didn't help. Add to that an autistic neurology, anxiety and depression and no one will be surprised that Kieran did not do well at school. But passing only one...