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Penny Anderson

Penny Anderson. An interview. How long have you taught at LC?. She started out as a student at LC Taught here from 1984 to 1994 “Reincarned” back to LC in 2001 and has been here ever since “I’ve spent a lot of my adult life at LC”. Have you always wanted to be a teacher?.

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Penny Anderson

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  1. Penny Anderson An interview

  2. How long have you taught at LC? • She started out as a student at LC • Taught here from 1984 to 1994 • “Reincarned” back to LC in 2001 and has been here ever since • “I’ve spent a lot of my adult life at LC”

  3. Have you always wanted to be a teacher? • She had a range of interests early on. • Always interested in psychology • Once she finished Year 12, she was offered two scholarships to study • RMIT and a studentship • Wasn’t ready to leave Tasmania and chose between the two • Hasn’t regretted teaching – some of the things about being in class is what she likes to do best

  4. What’s the most interesting place you’ve ever visited? • At the moment, freshest memory is being in Havana. • Loves to play the trumpet and has watched movies about Cuba and was expecting to see a lot of interesting things • An “interesting, eclectic blend of cultures” • Life happens on the streets in Cuba • Music, culture and art is a unifying aspect of society – real emphasis on life. • “Book the tickets! We’ll finish the course (Studies in Religion) in Havana!

  5. Any other interesting places that you’ve visited? • First overseas trip when she was younger – Bali, Indonesia • She wanted to see if she could travel solo • She spent two months travelling through Bali, and visited Changi • Her grandfather was a POW and she wanted to see what that experience was like for him. • It wasn’t a markedly different place in many ways, and she was shocked to see it so unchanged. Horrified, but she was moved by it

  6. Do you have any pets? • Jasper – Welsh cardigan Corgi. Black and white. A “legendary dog” who’s just “happy, happy, happy, all the time”. Her face lit up when she said this. • Gwen – Burmese cat. She’s a “law unto herself” and “beats up the dog mercilessly” • She doesn’t really get up unless it’s sunny outside and there’s no point unless it’s sunny outside

  7. What else do you do apart from teaching? • Family is very important, along with friends. I put 99% of my non-school time into family. There isn’t a lot of non-school time, though, because school just tends to “take over your life”

  8. The end of the interview • I have this afternoon off, just to do whatever she wants and to take some time for herself • One of her great indulgences is to get a glossy magazine and sink into a nice cushy chair with a nice coffee in Gloria Jean’s or somewhere and bliss out into nothingness. “That’s my idea of heaven”

  9. A final note… I left Penny to her perfect afternoon, and ended the interview there. I thought that it would be a good time to leave her to have just one afternoon to herself, just to do what she wanted for a change.

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