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"I suppose you might say it was a little bit more laid back and obviously a co-ed environment is very different," she said. "It was a good first step to university."
Emily Millane firmly believes each student should take their own approach to their VCE year.
She did, right down to choosing to study one of her VCE subjects at Box Hill Institute and the remainder at Sienna College.
"I was a last minute person all the way through," she said. "You have got to find what works for you and go with it as much as you can."
The unique approach paid off with a VCE score of 99.75 and the 2002 Premier's VCE Award in Politics.
"I was shocked to win the award," she said, "but I thought it was really funny to be receiving the politics award from the Premier Steve Bracks.
Emily said her decision to study at Box Hill Institute had been a spur-of-the-moment decision but she had not found it difficult to organise.
"I'd heard through one of my friends that girls had done politics at Year 12 level at TAFE," she said. "So I asked myself what am I doing, doing a fifth subject at school that I don't like that much. "I had enough time to change my subjects so I rang a few people and went up to TAFE and enrolled."
Emily said she had noticed a difference between the atmosphere at TAFE and at school. "I suppose you might say it was a little bit more laid back and obviously a co-ed environment is very different," she said. "It was a good first step to university."
Politics is an enjoyable subject as well as a family affair for Emily. Her father Bernie is a City of Whitehorse councillor.
"I really enjoy it," she said, "but I can't explain it. "It is always changing and it is always dynamic. It is a people subject and I guess that makes it something you can relate to."
18 March 2003
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