Mr. Martin Scattergood:

It was not coming from the teachers. I cannot stress enough that the teachers in Bolton Street bent over backwards for us, and I would do the same for them. They made us feel really at home.

There was no one telling me about apprenticeships in junior cycle at school. I had to hunt out the information for myself. We were told about the college route and that was it. As to STEM subjects, I did technical graphics and maths, as well as engineering in my first year in school. However, the school timetable did not suit and I could not continue with engineering, which is metalwork, because it conflicted with other stuff I wanted to do. I had to choose art instead of engineering. That was more important to me at the time.