Kirsty Hulse tells us about growing up in Stoke, going to Uni, getting the p*ss taken out of her accent, building a business, California, coming back to Stoke and building Confidence Live.
Great discussion- it really resonated with me as I was the first person in my family to go on to higher education. When going for interviews for teaching jobs and deputy headships- I definitely think my accent and working class roots went against me in a minority of cases (thankfully not all) I am proud of my upbringing and coming from a council estate (lots of prejudice out there - don’t get me started) Big shout out to my teachers at BerryHill Primary and High School- they worked incredibly hard to give the pupils the best opportunities. I was in education for 40 years and loved my job- the children I taught (mainly in Stoke schools) were open, honest, funny and wanted to learn. Considering the challenges some of them faced at home, they were walking miracles.
Great discussion- it really resonated with me as I was the first person in my family to go on to higher education. When going for interviews for teaching jobs and deputy headships- I definitely think my accent and working class roots went against me in a minority of cases (thankfully not all) I am proud of my upbringing and coming from a council estate (lots of prejudice out there - don’t get me started) Big shout out to my teachers at BerryHill Primary and High School- they worked incredibly hard to give the pupils the best opportunities. I was in education for 40 years and loved my job- the children I taught (mainly in Stoke schools) were open, honest, funny and wanted to learn. Considering the challenges some of them faced at home, they were walking miracles.