OP results Gold Coast: OP1 student Katie Wainwright reveals her career choice

As an OP1 student, this Gold Coast high school graduate can do anything she wants. She reveals the dream career on her horizon.

AS an OP1 student Gold Coast high school graduate Katie Wainwright can do anything.

But instead of becoming a doctor, lawyer, or rocket scientist, she has her heart set on a career closer to home.

Born into a family of educators the All Saints Anglican School graduate said she hopes to put her brains back into the classroom as a high school teacher specialising in English and History.

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Katie Wainwright will begin study at Southern Cross University Gold Coast campus this year.

About to embark on an education degree at Southern Cross University on a full scholarship she will be part of the university’s largest ever cohort.

“I think it is a really noble profession, and it is one that makes it possible for me to keep learning throughout my life. I’ve always wanted to help kids navigate one of the most important parts of their life, while they’re learning at school,” Ms Wainwright told the Bulletin.

Ms Wainwright said she chose Southern Cross because it allowed her to complete education double-degrees in the same four years and automatically qualify to teach NSW and Queensland.

Katie Wainwright is passionate about English and history.

“I’m passionate about teaching English and History, because you need to have strong language skills to succeed at anything in life and History is integral understanding politics.”

All Saints Anglican School was the third most successful school when it came to OP scores last year, with 40.2 per cent of eligible students achieving a ranking between one and five.

Ms Wainwright was one of only 455 Gold Coast students to achieve the top bracket in their final assessment.

“ It wasn’t easy, I had to balance a lot of things and put the time in,” she said.

“Especially when a lot of my subjects were humanities, they were all research based so it took a lot of time but worth it in the end.”

Katie Wainwright received an OP1.

“I’d like Australia to see teaching the way I see it, there is a lot of pressure to do medicine or other things when you get an OP 1 but I don’t think people don’t really understand what goes into the work of teachers and how they can change people’s lives.”

Senior manager of student management Paul Robinson said Southern Cross University has experienced a seven per cent increase in domestic student applications across its campuses at Gold Coast, Lismore, Coffs Harbour and online compared to the same time last year.

Southern Cross University’s most in-demand courses for 2020 include the Bachelor of Nursing, Psychological science, Education, Bachelor of Business, Occupational Therapy and our award-winning Preparing for Success Program (PSP) pathway to University.