Ms Wendy Newman:

The NLN is not like regular school. There are exams that people need to do but they do not do them until their tutor thinks that they are ready to do them. It is not a question of having exams in September with a great deal of worry. One is prepared for the exams so that the person and the tutor are aware of this. Mr. Conroy is so good, follows the rules, and when we are doing the exams we go into a room where there is nothing on the desk so we do them properly. There is peace of mind in knowing that, come September, there is no worry because the course can be taken at the person’s own pace and when he or she is ready for it. I suffer a great deal with fatigue and had to get out of the class but I never fell behind because my tutor realised how much I needed to get outside or I would have basically cracked up. At the end of the day I did my exams when I was ready to do them and I passed them. I am working now at the end of them.