I suspect that most of us have an intuitive sense that we learn best by doing. Throughout high school and into university, my passion outside my studies was acting. I was lucky to find talented teacher-directors, and then equally passionate fellow student-directors and brilliant professionals who encouraged and stretched me. My extraordinary public high school drama teacher had high expectations. Ours were not your average “high school productions”. We worked for months on major plays with big casts and serious production values.