I mua i tōna haere ki The BUSY School, i uaua ki a Steele te whakawhiti kōrero ki ngā pakeke o tōna ao, otirā ki ōna kaiako. Kua kore ia e aro ki tōna mātauranga, ā, kāore ia i whakaaro ka taea e ia te whakaoti i te kura tuarua.
Engari i tana rēhitatanga ki Te Kura BUSY, i tango a Steele i ngā hikoinga tuatahi i runga i tētahi ara hou, ā, i te mutunga ka whiwhi ia i tana tohu paetahi kura tuarua me te māia hou.
I whakatūria te Kura BUSY i te tau 2020 hei tuku huarahi kē mō te ako ki ngā ākonga e mōrearea ana, ā, kāore rānei i te hono ki te tauira mātauranga tuku iho. Ka whai wāhi ngā ākonga ki tētahi hōtaka ahurei e whakakotahi ana i ngā akoranga mātauranga, te mātauranga umanga me te whakangungu (VET), me te whakawhanaketanga whaiaro.
Ka mea a Steele nā te huarahi i whakamahia e ngā kaiako o The BUSY School tana tirohanga hou. "Ko ētahi o ngā wā whakamārama ko ngā kōrero noa ki ngā kaiako, me tō rātou whakaatu tūturu i tō rātou whakapono ki ahau," i mea ia.
“Nā ngā kaiako i tino akiaki i ahau kia whakapono ki a au anō, ā, i huri taku whakaaro mō te whakawhiti kōrero ki ngā pakeke. Ka rongo au ka taea e au te noho pai me te tangata katoa.”
He kaiako kotahi i tino noho hei hoa piri ki a Steele, ā, i tohatoha ia i āna whakaaro mō te tawhiti i tae atu ai a Steele i tana hui whakawhiwhinga tohu.
“"I mea mai ia ki ahau, ā tētahi rā ka whai pakihi āku ake, ka tino angitu rānei ahau," i maumahara a Steele. "Nā tērā i tino pai rawa atu taku wairua; tata ahau ka tangi, ki te pono."”
Mai i tana whiwhinga tohu, kua tīmata a Steele i tana ake pakihi whakapaipai whenua, ā, kua whakatika hoki ia i tētahi uti tawhito kia rere anō ai, kia taea ai e ia te whakamahi mō tana mahi.
“"Nā The BUSY School i āwhina i ahau kia tae ki te wāhi kei reira au ināianei mā te hoatu māia ki ahau kia taea e au te mahi i ngā mea katoa e hiahia ana au," tā Steele, e hihiko ana mō āpōpō.
“Kāore au e mōhio kei hea taku hiahia kia noho ai i roto i ngā rima tau e heke mai nei, engari ko tāku e mōhio ana, ahakoa he aha ka kitea e au, ka angitu ahau nā ngā uara i hoatu mai e Te Kura BUSY ki a au.”
Mātakitaki kia ako atu ai koe mō te haerenga a Steele.
