Deb, for instance, recounts her inability to accept her own expertise as a teacher when she was asked to apply for a job in a university:Well it was interesting for me, I was at [a large regional] public school and the Principal had contacted me one day when I’d come into the staffroom and said, ‘‘Deb, the Head of School at the School of Education at [large teaching university] has contacted me, and wants you to phone them’’. And I said, ‘‘Oh yes, OK’’. And I thought he was just mucking around, so I didn’t phone. And a couple of days later, he said to me, ‘‘Did you phone the university?’’ And I said, ‘‘No, I thought you were only mucking around!’’ And he said ‘‘No!’’ So they phoned again, and they asked me to go out, and they talked to me and said they had a job. …They asked me to apply, which I did. I won the position, but I was too frightened to take it. That happened twice.…I didn’t take it. It was offered and I didn’t take it. I thought, ‘‘Working in a university? Intelligent people work there. Who was I?’’ Because I felt as if I’d bluffed my way through teaching. (Interview, Deb, 2004)