Little Australians benefit as teachers move into childcare

By Maxine McKew
February 24 2013 - 3:00am
Pet Boles and some of her kindergarten kids Gabriel (left) and Madison, both four years-old at the Minifie Park Early Childcare Centre.
Pet Boles and some of her kindergarten kids Gabriel (left) and Madison, both four years-old at the Minifie Park Early Childcare Centre.

PET Boles always wanted to teach, but remembers being told that she was ''way too brainy to just be a teacher''. These days she's more amused than indignant about this pernicious stereotype. It took her 20 years to realise her original ambition, but at 41, Boles now has the happy confidence of a mid-life career-changer who's landed in a professional sweet spot.

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