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Feb 18, 2026

19:48
Is that what you're saying, essentially? Yeah.
19:50
Yeah, I think a lot of schools, when you go in, like when I went into secondary school, I had an idea of what I wanted to do, but I didn't really know what lessons I'd pick for that, so I picked art and DT, DT over engineering, and I actually ended up doing a lot more practical work than I would have in engineering, and a lot of people who I knew did engineering.
20:11
Didn't quite understand why, but I'd definitely say the design part of it was a lot more...
20:17
It helped me a lot more.
20:18
It helped me understand a lot.
20:20
So what I'm doing in my engineering course now is actually stuff I did in Year 9 and 10 when I first started my options.
20:28
But actually designing something and building it myself, that was really, really nice to do.
23:53
What do you think me, Matt and Zoe could do more of to help you and your friends to do that?

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