Back To School With Samantha Armytage

Sunrise, sunset. Join us for the final instalment of Back To School With season four.

This post is presented in partnership with ReachOut.

Our webseries Back to School With invites Australia's most interesting and successful people to share stories from their school days. In each episode, they let us know how they landed their dream careers, as well as how they faced all those inevitable obstacles of teenagerdom along the way.

In the first three seasons, we interviewed Julie Bishop, Anthony Albanese, Shane Jacobson, Dr. Karl, Daniel Ricciardo, Tom Ballard, Janine Allis, John Marsden, Michael Caton and many, many more fascinating peeps.

Wait until you see who we've got in store for Season Four...

In the final episode of the new season, we chat with Sunrise co-host Samantha Armytage, who, just like her mate "Kochie" managed to become one of Australia's favourite television personalities and an acclaimed journalist, despite having a "terrible" HSC mark. "I won't tell you what it was, but it wasn't great, and it will give everybody hope that there is life after the HSC." She also shared her experience working as a "substitute teacher/ border mistress" in England, where she used to escort students to nightclubs on the weekend. "The theme of my life is fun, all the time."

Check out our chat!

Wondering how you can similarly move on from failure? Read about 'choosing a career pathway' at ReachOut.

That's it for this season of Back to School With. Keep your eyes peeled for Season Five in the very near future...

In the meantime, catch up with every episode:

Season One

Season Two

Season Three

Season Four

Back To School With... Season Four is presented by ReachOut Australia. Visit ReachOut to get support to help you with everything from everyday issues through to tough times.