It was a heinous drive from her house to the suburb. It was her first day in Girrawheen Senior High School as a Drama teacher. This school was known for its ‘bad’ reputation subsequent to its grand opening in 1974. The school …show more content…
She attended Ocean Reef Senior High School; it’s a spacious government school just north of the river. She studied here during year 8 to 10, being a government school it doesn’t give any justice for Miss D’s interests. Due to these flaws, Miss D decided to move to the prestigious Prendiville Catholic College. With button up dresses and white washed stockings, she fell in love with the school. They offered various extracurricular that “enabled her to rekindle her love with performing”. A mixture between sweat and hard work enabled the young high school student to perform in profuse stage productions, both musical and theatrical. She took part in many lead roles including playing the orphan “Annie in Annie, and Alice in Through the Looking Glass”. All these aspects of passion involving the theatre inspired her to further her learning in Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA)
Miss D was selected to be one of the 18 students taken on board to study at WAAPA to study musical theatre. Miss D also had the privilege to study with the Australian wolverine, Hugh Jackman. Miss D initially desired to be a stage performer, but her tenacious values to teach students and give back steered her into another direction. She felt that teaching would give her opportunity to ‘’make a difference into people’s