The St Patrick's College/SurveyLab Link
The Future
At the end of 2006, Leon and Jeremy met with Chris to discuss the coming year. After two years, everybody was still keen to continue the interaction, but it was apparent that the pair wouldn't be able to commit as much time to the programme as they had previously.
Leon says it was a real shame because he had been looking forward to working more with the school. But the pragmatic decision had to be made to focus energy almost completely on SurveyLab business. "We had to prioritise. We just didn't have the bandwidth. If I had more time I would jump at the opportunity to do it again."
Chris says while he must accept SurveyLab's decision to scale-back their involvement with the school he regrets it. He would like to make class-industry interaction a permanent part of his department's culture, and encourages other teachers to go out and forge similar arrangements. He wishes them luck and hopes they get in touch with people like Jeremy and Leon.
"We were very lucky to find them."
