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A scholar and teacher is sharing her story of being unable to attend school in the 1960s and 70s. Judith says it was an incredibly lonely experience, but 50 years later, she's determined to show those who struggle with school that it's never too late to learn.

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00:0266-year-old Judith says she was a happy child when she was at home due to early problems
00:09with eczema and asthma.
00:11That was a lot.
00:12So to start with, I was just missing school because of actual health reasons.
00:21She became a curiosity to the other kids and didn't like the attention.
00:25It only ramped up as she fell further and further behind.
00:30This teacher would put us at the front of the class, facing the class, to stand there
00:35for a while as basically as dancers.
00:38This is where I started to feel sick before school.
00:42The anxiety just was too much.
00:45So she stayed home even more.
00:48Judith read a lot of books and started teaching herself piano and Latin.
00:53She went on to become a scholar and teacher.
00:56Can you tell me what the first person singular present active indicative is?
01:01Being made a dunce sounds, pardon the pun, old school.
01:06But SchoolCard Australia says feeling shame in the classroom is just as relevant to children today.
01:13Sometimes it happens in reverse.
01:14Instead of being punished, people are rewarded.
01:17You know, you get your name up on the board if you've done well.
01:19But if you're the kid whose name never gets up on the board, that can impress on a young
01:24person just as significantly as being publicly shamed.
01:30Judith has some regrets about the impact SchoolCard has had on her socially, but no qualms about
01:36the effect on her learning.
01:38I reckon I went to school half of my 14 years.
01:43I have a PhD and I teach Latin and ancient Greek.
01:49I teach Latin and ancient Greek, but I do not care about that.
01:50My staff and my colleagues who have never seen them.
01:51I am very happy to be the same thing as Ibellum
01:51in English as a Christian, and I see some progress.
01:51I am happy to be the same thing as I see how I am doing it.
01:51There are two ways to be the same thing as I see how I am trying to my career and
01:52And I will share my mind with each other's understanding that I can imagine.
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