ABSTRACT
During the first year of my research I attended the interviews of prospective candidates for a PGCE PE (Secondary) course with a view to choosing four that I could work with for the year. I wanted four postgraduates who would be willing and open enough to talk to and share with me, their experiences on the course. From my first encounter with Laura1 I thought she would be ideal. When she had arrived for the interview she got out of the car with a man and a young child. I assumed she was married and had a child and was therefore not a ‘typical’ candidate straight from university. During the group interview Laura had demonstrated a willingness to speak her mind and I gained the impression that she was a confident, independent individual.
