(Florence is originally from Sierra Leone, Pam is the session facilitator)
Florence: Well, erm, after my life in college, I went to, I was trained as a teacher.
Pam: Ur hm…
Florence: Went into the school, to a school and taught, I was trained particularly as an infant teacher. I went and I was posted to a school. After a while I was promoted senior teacher then head teacher.
Pam: Ah.
Florence: I retired a head teacher actually.
Pam: Right. (Speaking to another participant) No I won’t have any more thanks
Florence: I retired a head teacher actually. And then as a teacher, there was that, you might have heard about it, I don’t know if you know about it, Commonwealth Bursary
Pam: Bursary, yes
Florence: I had, I obtained the Commonwealth Bursary and I travelled here. The British Council sponsored it all.
Pam: Oh did they?
Florence: Did everything, yes. Well from Commonwealth countries, not just our country.
