Hello and welcome to Get an Unreal Job! I’m Erica Drewsen, a teacher at Carroll College in beautiful Broulee on the south coast of New South Wales.
The idea for this podcast came from my 25 years in schools, where I’ve learned that life beyond the four walls of the classroom can be thrilling — and sometimes a little daunting. When we’re young, we dream big. But by the time we’re teenagers, those dreams can start to fade.
So I asked my students to name two things: a “real” job — something familiar and achievable — and an “unreal” job, their ultimate dream role. What I discovered is that our teens are still dreaming big. And why shouldn’t they? Unreal jobs are real. People actually do them.
Each week, I’ll talk with a student about their dream — their unreal job — and then meet someone who’s living that dream in real life. Real stories, big dreams, and a reminder that the future is exciting.
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Hello and welcome to Get an Unreal Job! I’m Erica Drewsen, a teacher at Carroll College in beautiful Broulee on the south coast of New South Wales.
The idea for this podcast came from my 25 years in schools, where I’ve learned that life beyond the four walls of the classroom can be thrilling — and sometimes a little daunting. When we’re young, we dream big. But by the time we’re teenagers, those dreams can start to fade.
So I asked my students to name two things: a “real” job — something familiar and achievable — and an “unreal” job, their ultimate dream role. What I discovered is that our teens are still dreaming big. And why shouldn’t they? Unreal jobs are real. People actually do them.
Each week, I’ll talk with a student about their dream — their unreal job — and then meet someone who’s living that dream in real life. Real stories, big dreams, and a reminder that the future is exciting.
Episode 1 – Introduction
In this first episode of Get an Unreal Job, I sit down with Elsie, a Year 9 student at Carroll College. Elsie recently performed in the school’s production of We Will Rock You and is already thinking about her future career. For her “real job,” she sees herself as a primary school teacher because of her love of working with young children and her experience in youth ministry.
But when it came to choosing an “unreal job,” Elsie had a very different idea. She dreams of being an influencer — not in the traditional sense of selling products or promoting luxury lifestyles, but as someone who uses a public platform to create positive change, especially for women, education, and how people see the world. Elsie’s vision is to be authentic, relatable, and a role model who inspires others to become better people.
In our conversation, Elsie shares her hopes, her uncertainties, and the big questions she’d love to ask someone who already lives in that world: How do you even get there? What is it really like to hold a high-profile role? And how do you stay true to yourself while dealing with public pressure and criticism?
This episode sets the stage for exploring those questions with someone who has made that leap, and later we’ll return to Elsie to see what she takes away from their insights.
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Get an Un-Real Job
Hello and welcome to Get an Unreal Job! I’m Erica Drewsen, a teacher at Carroll College in beautiful Broulee on the south coast of New South Wales.
The idea for this podcast came from my 25 years in schools, where I’ve learned that life beyond the four walls of the classroom can be thrilling — and sometimes a little daunting. When we’re young, we dream big. But by the time we’re teenagers, those dreams can start to fade.
So I asked my students to name two things: a “real” job — something familiar and achievable — and an “unreal” job, their ultimate dream role. What I discovered is that our teens are still dreaming big. And why shouldn’t they? Unreal jobs are real. People actually do them.
Each week, I’ll talk with a student about their dream — their unreal job — and then meet someone who’s living that dream in real life. Real stories, big dreams, and a reminder that the future is exciting.
