Fail File: Sandy Pasley, Baradene principal

Fail File: Sandy Pasley, Baradene principal
Sandy Pasley. (Image: Supplied)
Victoria Carter
Each fortnight, Victoria Carter speaks to someone about failure and disappointment and what they learned. This week, she talks to Sandy Pasley, a principal for more than 23 years, first at St Mary's College and now 13.5 years at Baradene College. I was really disappointed when: I was at an all girls’ boarding school and to learn physics, biology and maths, teachers would come in the evenings from other schools to teach us. One of them encouraged me to consider medicine. I was quite fired up, but my mother took me to the loca...

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